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1、.......TheOldManandtheSeaisashortnovel(novella)aboutanelderlyCubanfishermanwhogoesoutaloneinasmallboatandhooksintoahugemarlin.TheOldManandtheSeawasfirstpublishedinLifemagazineinitsissueofSeptember1,1952.CharlesScribner's&SonspublishedthebookinNewYorkCitylaterinthesamey
2、ear.Animmediatesuccess,itwonthe1952PulitzerPrizeandhelpedHemingwaywinthe1954NobelPrizeforliterature.Onland,theactiontakesplaceinasmallvillageonthenortherncoastofCuba,belowtheTropicofCancerandnotfarfromthecapitalcityofHavana.Atsea,theactiontakesplaceintheboatofanoldman,
3、Santiago,whoisfishingformarlinnorthofCubaintheGulfStreamoftheGulfofMexico.ThetimeisSeptemberinthelate1940's.HemingwaylivednearHavanafrom1940until1959.Hemingwaywrotethestoryinthird-personpointofview.Insomepartsofthenovel,thenarratorisanaloofobserver,seeingonlytheactions
4、ofthemaincharacter,Santiago.Inotherpartsofthenovel,thenarratorentersthemindoftheoldmanandreportswhathesees.Inthelattercase,thenarrationbecomesomniscientthird-personpointofview........Althoughthenarratorpresentsanobjectiveaccount,attimesheexhibitssympathyfortheoldmaninh
5、isexhaustingstruggleagainstthemarlinandtheelements.Eighty-fourdayspassandstillSantiagohasnotcaughtafishinthefamiliarwatersoftheGulfofMexiconorthofhisseacoastvillageinCuba.Hasoldagerobbedhimofhisonce-greatskill?Ishejusthavingbadluck?Willhisscarredhandseveragainpullinapr
6、izecatch?.......Hisboatisemptynotonlyoffishbutalsoofhisfriend,Manolin.Santiagohadtaughttheboytofish,beginningwhentheboywasjustfive.HeshowedManolinallthesubtletiesoftheart,andManolinwasdeeplygrateful.Morethanthat,helovedtheoldman.Often,hewouldtakefoodtoSantiago,andtheyw
7、ouldtalkbaseball,usuallydiscussingtheexploitsofthegreatYankeecenterfielder,JoeDiMaggio,whoplayedmagnificentlyevenwhenbotheredbyaphysicalailment.(DiMaggiowasoperatedonin1947toremoveabonespurfromtheheelofhisleftfoot.Healsodevelopedabonespurinhisrightfootandsometimesdislo
8、catedhisshoulderduringgames.)WheneverSantiagowentouttofish,Manolinwouldgowithhim,happilyandexcitedly.Butafterthefirst
