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1、BookReportofTHEOLDMANANDTHESEATHEOLDMANANDTHESEAisoneofthemasterpiecesofAmericanwriterHemingway.ThevisionofwhatIsawispublishedbyChinabookpressanditcosts16Yuan.ErnstHemingway(1899~1961)，oneofthemostimportantwritersinthe20thcentury.Heisfamousforhissimplestyleandcarefu
2、lturningofhisfiction.Heusesveryshortandsimplesentenceandrarelydoesheuseadjective.Heoftenrepeatsakeyphraseorkeywordstoemphasizehisthemeandthelanguageisseldomemotional.Inthe1954hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeofliterature.Likeotheryoungintellectuals,Hemingwaybecamedisappoint
3、edandbitterafterWorldWarOne.Eagertocreatetheircareer,butdepressedbythewar,theyspenttheirlifedoingnothing.Theywerecalled“thelostgeneration”andHemingwaywasthoughtasthespokesman.Theirliteratureworksembodiedgreattragedyconsciousness.ThenovelsofHemingwayexpresshisanti-wa
4、rsentimentandstrongspirit.HeisconsideredasthespiritualmonumentofAmericans.ThisstoryissetinCubainthe20thcentury.ThemaincharacterisanoldfisherinSantiago.For84days,theoldfisherhasnotcaughtanyfish.Hewasstarvingbuthedidnotyieldtofate.Finally,inthe85thdayshecaughtahugesal
5、monwhichweighted1500pounds.Althoughthebigfishpulledthesmall3boataway,theoldfisherstilldidnotgiveup.Underthecircumstanceoflackofwaterfoodandweapon,theoldmandidnotfeeldepressed.Twodayslater,theoldmankilledthebigsalmonatlengthandtiedittotheboat.However,lotsofsharksfloc
6、kedtoeatthebigsalmon.Theoldmankeptfightingwithsomanysharksandkilledallofthemoneafteranother.However,thebidsalmonhasalreadybeenateup.Exhaustedtheoldmanwentbackhomeandfellintoasleep.WhenIwasreadingthebook,imaginingthatscene,Iwasattractedbytheplotandmovedbytheoldman’ss
7、trongspirit.Someoneconcludedthat,“Atonelevelitisthetaleofamanandafish,atanother,astoryofmanversusnature,atyetanother,thestoryofthecultureofmanhood,courage,braveryinthefaceofexistence,andatyetanotherahistoryofwhatlifewaslikewhenindividualsweremorethecentralactorsonth
8、ehumanstageandnotgroupsororganizations.”Thisstorytellsusthatamancanbedestroyedbutnotdefeated.Althoughthefisherwasoldandunlucky,hestillstri
