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1、TheOldManandtheSeaAuthor:ErnestMillerHemingway(July21,1899–July2,1961)wasanAmericanwriterandjournalist.HewasoneoftheveteransofWorldWarIlaterknownas"theLostGeneration".HereceivedthePulitzerPrizein1953forTheOldManandtheSeaandtheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1954.Healsohaso
2、therfamouswork,likeThesunalsorises,FarewelltoarmsandForwhomthebellrolls.Content：TheOldManandtheSea waswritteninCubain1951andpublishedin1952.Itisthestoryofastrugglebetweenanoldman,Santiago,andabigfishinthemiddleofthetwentiethcenturyaccordingtothetruth.Santiago,anold
3、,Cubanfishermanhasjustgone84dayswithoutcatchingafish.Santiagobelievesonedayhewillbegintocatchfishagainandthatheisjustgoingthroughanunluckytime.SantiagohasanapprenticecalledManolin.ManolinadorestheoldmanbuthisparentstellhimhemuststopfishingwithSantiagobecauseheisnot
4、catchinganyfish.Theboytakestheoldmanfoodandsomethingelsetohelphimtokeepfishing.Onthe85thdaythatSantiagotakeshisskiff(boat)outmuchfartherintotheseathanusual.Atnoon,abigfishtheoldmancalledMarlinweightedabout1500poundstakesthebait.Theoldmanexpertlyhooksthefish,butcann
5、otpullitin.Instead,thefishbeginstopulltheboat.Theoldman,Santiagoisunabletosimplytiethelinefasttotheboatbecausethefishmightbreaktheline. Twodaysandtwonightshadpassed.Onthethirdday,thefishbeginstocircletheskiff,andtheoldmanusesallthestrengthhehadlefttokillthebigfish.
6、Hedidit.Butthatdoesn’tmeantheluckycomesback. Sharkswereattractedbythetrailofbloodleftbythemarlininthewater,althoughhetriedhisbesttostrugglewithsharks,thesharksateentirefishandleftonlytheskeletonofthefish,itshead,anditstail.Santiagotellshimselfforgoingouttofarintoth
7、eocean.Hegetsbacktohishomeandcollapsesonhisbed.Totallyexhausted.Thenextmorning,acrowdofamazedfishermangatheraroundtheskeletalcarcassofthefish,stilllashedtotheboat.Manolin,whohasbeenworriedsickattheoldman'sabsence,ismovedtotearstofindSantiagosafeinhisbed.Santiagodre
8、amsofhisyouth—oflionsonanAfricanbeach.Fisherman’scharacter&morals：Thestoryshowsanoldmanwholivesinhelpless,isolatedandadversecircumstancesbutstill
