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1、BookreportofTheOldManandtheSea(ⅰ)翻译092班蒋坚荣ErnestMillerHemingway(July21,1899–July2,1961)wasanAmericanauthorandjournalist.Hisdistinctivewritingstyle,characterizedbyeconomyandunderstatement,influenced20th-centuryfiction,asdidhislifeofadventureandhispublicimage.Heproducedmos
2、tofhisworkbetweenthemid-1920sandthemid-1950s.HewontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1954.ManyofhisworksareclassicsofAmericanliterature.Hepublishedsevennovels,sixshortstorycollections,andtwonon-fictionworksduringhislifetime;afurtherthreenovels,fourcollectionsofshortstories,andth
3、reenon-fictionworkswerepublishedposthumously.TheOldManandtheSeaisthestoryofanepicbattlebetweenanold,experiencedfishermanandalargemarlin.Thenovelopenswiththeexplanationthatthefisherman,whoisnamedSantiago,hasgone84dayswithoutcatchingafish.Heissounluckythathisyoungapprentic
4、e,Manolin,hasbeenforbiddenbyhisparentstosailwiththeoldmanandbeenorderedtofishwithmoresuccessfulfishermen.Stilldedicatedtotheoldman,however,theboyvisitsSantiago'sshackeachnight,haulingbackhisfishinggear,gettinghimfoodanddiscussingAmericanbaseballandhisfavoriteplayerJoeDiM
5、aggio.SantiagotellsManolinthatonthenextday,hewillventurefaroutintotheGulftofish,confidentthathisunluckystreakisnearitsend.Thusontheeighty-fifthday,Santiagosetsoutalone,takinghisskifffarontotheGulf.HesetshislinesandcomeacrossgreatmarlinWhileSantiagocontinueshisjourneyback
6、totheshore,sharkskeepattackinghisboatandhefightsbackwithhisonlytool.Finallyreachingtheshorebeforedawnonthenextday,Santiagostrugglesonthewaytohisshack,carryingtheheavymastonhisshoulder.Oncehome,heslumpsontohisbedandfallsintoadeepsleep.Thenovelsuggeststhatitispossibletotra
7、nscendthisnaturallaw.Infact,theveryinevitabilityofdestructioncreatesthetermsthatallowaworthymanorbeasttotranscendit.Itispreciselythroughtheefforttobattletheinevitablethatamancanprovehimself.Indeed,amancanprovethisdeterminationoverandoverthroughtheworthinessoftheopponents
8、hechoosestoface.Santiago’spridemotivateshisdesiretotranscendthedestructiveforcesofnature.Throughoutthen