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1、ReadingreportonTheOldManandtheSeaStudent:WangXiStudentNumber:1114070313ⅠIntroductionTheOldManandtheSeaisbasedonthenovelwrittentruestory.AfterWorldWarII,HemingwaymovedtoCuba,metoldfishermanGregorioFuentes.In1930,Hemingwaybyashipinthestormvictims,FuentesHemingwayrescued.Sincethen,HemingwayandFuente
2、sforgedaprofoundfriendship,andoftenwithfishing.In1936,Fuenteswasfarouttoseatocatchabigfish.ⅡLiteratureReviewErnestHemingwaywasafamousmodernAmericannovelist;hewaswell-knownforbeingtherepresentativeof“theLostGeneration”.HewasaglamorouspublicherowhosestyleofliteratureisverypopularinEuropeandAmerica.
3、In1954,HemingwaygottheNobelPrizeforliteraturebecauseofhisthegreatworkTheOldManandTheSea.TheOldManandtheSea,praisedbyafamouswriteras“themostexcellentsimplearticleinthisgeneration”,isamasterpieceoftheunyieldingman—Hemingway.Butwithregardtothesymbolism,ithasbeentalkeddifferently,andwasequivocalinthe
4、explanationbyHemingwayhimself.TheProtagonist,thelivingenvironment,thesea,theShark,theMarlinarenotthemselvesbuthavesignificantsymbolicalmeaning.Therearealsomanypeoplestudyonit.BakerbelievesHemingwaylearnedto"getthemostfromtheleast,howtoprunelanguagehowtomultiplyintensities,andhowtotellnothingbutth
5、etruthinawaythatallowedfortellingmorethanthetruth".ThestyleisknownastheIcebergTheory:inHemingway’swritingthefactsfloatabovewater;thesupportingstructureandsymbolism,operateout-of-sight.Writingin“TheArtoftheShortStory”,Hemingwayclarifies:“AfewthingsIhavefoundtobetrue.Ifyouleaveoutimportantthingsore
6、ventsthatyouknowabout,thestoryisstrengthened.Ifyouleaveorskipsomethingbecauseyoudonotknowit,thestorywillbeworthless.Thetestofanystoryishowverygoodthestuffthatyou,notyoureditors,omit.”JacksonBensonbelievesHemingwayusedautobiographicaldetailsasframingdevicesaboutlifeingeneral—notonlyabouthislife.Fo
7、rexample,BensonpostulatesthatHemingwayusedhisexperiencesanddrewthemoutwith“whatif”scenarios:“whatifIwerewoundedinsuchawaythatIcouldnotsleepatnight?WhatifIwerewoundedandmadecrazy,whatwouldhappenifIweresentbacktothefront
