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1、welcomeErnestHemingwayTheOldManandtheSeamaybewell-knownasoneofthetrueclassicsofthisgeneration.Certainly,thequalitiesofErnestHemingway'sshortnovelarethosewhichweassociatewithmanygreatstoriesofthepast:nearperfectionofformwithinthelimitationsofitssubjectmatter,restraint
2、oftreatment,regardfortheunitiesoftimeandplace,andevocativesimplicityofstyle.Also,likemostgreatstories,itcanbereadonmorethanonelevelofmeaning.HemingwayOnoneitisanexcitingbuttragicadventurestory.Sustainedbytheprideofhiscalling,theonlypridehehasleft,abrokenoldfishermanv
3、enturesfaroutintotheGulfStreamandtherehooksthebiggestmarlineverseeninthosewaters.Then,aloneandexhaustedbyhisstruggletoharpoonthegiantfish,heisforcedintoalosingbattlewithmaraudingsharks;theyleavehimnothingbuttheskeletonofhiscatch.Onanotherlevelthebookisafableoftheunco
4、nquerablespiritofman,acreaturecapableofsnatchingspiritualvictoryfromcircumstancesofdisasterandmaterialdefeat.Hemingway'sCubanfishermanisacharacterallowingtheimaginationofhiscreatortooperatesimultaneouslyintwodifferentworldsofmeaningandvalue,theonerealanddramatic,theo
5、thermoralanddevotionallysymbolicOnstillanotheritisaparableofreligioussignificance,itsthemesupportedbythewriter'sunobtrusivehandlingofChristiansymbolsandmetaphors.LikeColeridge'sAncientMariner,.Aboutwriting,Hemingwayhasawell-knownmetaphor:thetipareusuallyseven-eighths
6、submergedunderthewater.Writersmustreproducetheexposedsurfaceofthewaterthatone-eighth.Therestshouldbelefttothereadertounderstandandimagine“TheOldManandtheSea”isaproductofthistheoryintopractice.Itisbrief,withoutasuperfluousword,justlikethetipoftheiceberg,simple-clear,f
7、reshandbiting.Thisisabookabouttheoldfishermanwholivesaloneinseafishing.Afterthe84dayswithnothinghecaughtahugemarlin.Ithadneverbeenseenandheardoffortheoldman.Thefishwasatleastlongerthanhisboattwofeet.Thefishisverylarge,draggingtheboatdriftedfortwodaysandnights,theelde
8、rlywasinaneversufferedthroughadifficulttestinthesetwodaysandtwonights.Finallythefishwasstabbedandtiedtothebow.However,itisunfortuna
