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1、.......TheOldManandtheSeaisashortnovel(novella)aboutanelderlyCubanfishermanwhogoesoutaloneinasmallboatandhooksintoahugemarlin.TheOldManandtheSeawasfirstpublishedinLifemagazineinitsissueofSeptember1,1952.CharlesScribner's&SonspublishedthebookinNewYorkCitylaterinthesameyear.
2、Animmediatesuccess,itwonthe1952PulitzerPrizeandhelpedHemingwaywinthe1954NobelPrizeforliterature.Onland,theactiontakesplaceinasmallvillageonthenortherncoastofCuba,belowtheTropicofCancerandnotfarfromthecapitalcityofHavana.Atsea,theactiontakesplaceintheboatofanoldman,Santiago
3、,whoisfishingformarlinnorthofCubaintheGulfStreamoftheGulfofMexico.ThetimeisSeptemberinthelate1940's.HemingwaylivednearHavanafrom1940until1959.Hemingwaywrotethestoryinthird-personpointofview.Insomepartsofthenovel,thenarratorisanaloofobserver,seeingonlytheactionsofthemaincha
4、racter,Santiago.Inotherpartsofthenovel,thenarratorentersthemindoftheoldmanandreportswhathesees.Inthelattercase,thenarrationbecomesomniscientthird-personpointofview........Althoughthenarratorpresentsanobjectiveaccount,attimesheexhibitssympathyfortheoldmaninhisexhaustingstru
5、ggleagainstthemarlinandtheelements.Eighty-fourdayspassandstillSantiagohasnotcaughtafishinthefamiliarwatersoftheGulfofMexiconorthofhisseacoastvillageinCuba.Hasoldagerobbedhimofhisonce-greatskill?Ishejusthavingbadluck?Willhisscarredhandseveragainpullinaprizecatch?.......Hisb
6、oatisemptynotonlyoffishbutalsoofhisfriend,Manolin.Santiagohadtaughttheboytofish,beginningwhentheboywasjustfive.HeshowedManolinallthesubtletiesoftheart,andManolinwasdeeplygrateful.Morethanthat,helovedtheoldman.Often,hewouldtakefoodtoSantiago,andtheywouldtalkbaseball,usually
7、discussingtheexploitsofthegreatYankeecenterfielder,JoeDiMaggio,whoplayedmagnificentlyevenwhenbotheredbyaphysicalailment.(DiMaggiowasoperatedonin1947toremoveabonespurfromtheheelofhisleftfoot.Healsodevelopedabonespurinhisrightfootandsometimesdislocatedhisshoulderduringgames.
8、)WheneverSantiagowentouttofish,Manolinwouldgowithhim,happilyandexcitedly.Butafterthefirst
