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1、TheOldManAndTheSeaSettingTheOldManandtheSeaisanovelwrittenbytheErnestHemingwayin1951inCuba,andpublishedin1952.ThisbookwasawardedthePulitzerPrizeforFictionin1953andwascitedbytheNobelCommitteeascontributingtotheawardingoftheNobelPrizeinLiteraturetoHemingwayin1954.PlotsummaryThisbooktalkedabou
2、tCuba,anoldfishermannamedSantiago,amanaloneatseafishing,innothingcaught84daysaftertheMarlinshadanimmeasurable.Thisistheoldsawhasneverheardof,andtheboatislongerthanhistwofeetofabigfish.Freshfishisverylarge,draggingtheboatdriftedforawholethreedaysandthreenights,theelderlyinthesethreedaysandth
3、reenightshaveneverexperiencedadifficultstandthetestofbigfishfinallystabbedtodeath,tiedtothebow.However,whentheunfortunatereturnoftheshark,theelderlyandthesharkhadfoughtbackagainsttheend,thebigmarlin,orbeeneatenbysharks,andtheelderlyexperiencedsomehardships,Finallydraggedhome,onlyabareskelet
4、onandafishoftheinjury,theystillgotappreciationfrompeople.Famousremarkitwastoogoodtolast,hethought.IwishithadbeenadreamnowandthatIhadneverhookedthefishandwasaloneinbedomthenewspapers."butmanisnotmadefordefeat,"hesaid."Amancanbedestroyedbutnotdefeated."CommentfromAmanzonAsidefromafewshortstor
5、ies,"TheOldManandtheSea"isthefirstHemingwaybookthatIhaveread.Ofcourse,Iamfamiliarwithhispersona,andtheideaofthe"Hemingwayman,"andwaswellawareashisstatureasoneofthegreatestwritersofmoderntimes.ButIhadneverreadhisbooks.Wow.Imean,really.Wow.With"TheOldManandtheSea,"itissoeasytoseewhyHemingwayw
6、asawardedtheNobelPrize,andwhyhedeservesallofhisaccolades.Thisshortnovelisfierce,fullofvibrantenergyandhumanity,allthewhilebeingaslavetotherealitiesoffinitepower,oftheinabilitytostruggleagainstsomethinggreaterthanyourself.Ofcourse,thisisthestandard"managainstnature"story,butitistoldwithsuchc
7、raftthatevenclichesringtrue.Santiagoisafully-realizedcharacter.Hisstrengthofwillisallthatholdstogetherhisfailingbody.Thegreatmarlinthathestruggleswithislikeatruefish,lackingpersonalityoranthropomorphism,butjustapowerfulbeastthatdoesnotwanttodie.Thereisno
