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PAGE PAGE 20 论《老人与海》中曼诺林的作用 摘要：《老人与海》是美国作家欧内斯特·海明威最著名的小说之一，使其魅力经久不衰的原因在于小说中所蕴含的永不服输的斗士精神和积极向上的乐观人生态度。曼诺林仅在小说开头和结尾出现，但是却发挥着非常重要的作用。本文将在前人研究的基础上分析曼诺林在《老人与海》中的作用，并且对曼诺林这一人物进行价值分析和深层意蕴的解析。 关键词：曼诺林；老人；《老人与海》 Study on the character of Manolin in The Old Man and the sea Abstract: The Old man and the Sea is one of the most famous novels written by the American writer Ernest Hemingway. The warrior spirit of never yielding and positive optimistic attitude towards life make this book enduring for many years. Manolin only comes into sight at the beginning and at the end of the novel, but the little boy has a very important role. Based on the results of existing studies, this thesis will analyze the role of Manolin, in addition, engage in the value analysis and the deep meaning interpretation. Key words: Manolin; the old man; The Old Man and the Sea 1 Introduction Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), an outstanding novelist of America, has been regarded as a giant not only in American literature but also the world literature. His style was the particular type of hero in his novels, and his ideas were widely recognized and imitated in English-speaking countries and even all over the world. The Old Man and the Sea stood out as one of the excellent books because of its vivid characterization and simple language. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for?fiction in 1952, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature two years later.?It was a short novel about the old man called Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman. He fished in the sea for 84 days without catching a fish. A boy called Manolin sailed with him in the past, but he was forced to leave him and fished in another boat. The old man stuck to fishing by himself and in the end, he hooked the largest giant marlin he had ever known. But the big fish was so unruly and powerful. It dragged the old man and his boat for 48 hours. The old man ate little food and lacked of sleep, so he had to bear the pain and fought against his cramped fingers. To his