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1、.......TheOldManandtheSeaisashortnovel(novella)aboutanelderlyCubanfishermanwhogoesoutaloneinasmallboatandhooksintoahugemarlin.TheOldManandtheSeawasfirstpublishedinLifemagazineinitsissueofSeptember1,1952.CharlesScribner's&SonspublishedthebookinNewYorkCitylaterinthesameyear.Animmediatesuccess,itwonthe
2、1952PulitzerPrizeandhelpedHemingwaywinthe1954NobelPrizeforliterature.Onland,theactiontakesplaceinasmallvillageonthenortherncoastofCuba,belowtheTropicofCancerandnotfarfromthecapitalcityofHavana.Atsea,theactiontakesplaceintheboatofanoldman,Santiago,whoisfishingformarlinnorthofCubaintheGulfStreamoftheG
3、ulfofMexico.ThetimeisSeptemberinthelate1940's.HemingwaylivednearHavanafrom1940until1959.Hemingwaywrotethestoryinthird-personpointofview.Insomepartsofthenovel,thenarratorisanaloofobserver,seeingonlytheactionsofthemaincharacter,Santiago.Inotherpartsofthenovel,thenarratorentersthemindoftheoldmanandrepo
4、rtswhathesees.Inthelattercase,thenarrationbecomesomniscientthird-personpointofview........Althoughthenarratorpresentsanobjectiveaccount,attimesheexhibitssympathyfortheoldmaninhisexhaustingstruggleagainstthemarlinandtheelements.Eighty-fourdayspassandstillSantiagohasnotcaughtafishinthefamiliarwatersof
5、theGulfofMexiconorthofhisseacoastvillageinCuba.Hasoldagerobbedhimofhisonce-greatskill?Ishejusthavingbadluck?Willhisscarredhandseveragainpullinaprizecatch?.......Hisboatisemptynotonlyoffishbutalsoofhisfriend,Manolin.Santiagohadtaughttheboytofish,beginningwhentheboywasjustfive.HeshowedManolinallthesub
6、tletiesoftheart,andManolinwasdeeplygrateful.Morethanthat,helovedtheoldman.Often,hewouldtakefoodtoSantiago,andtheywouldtalkbaseball,usuallydiscussingtheexploitsofthegreatYankeecenterfielder,JoeDiMaggio,whoplayedmagnificentlyevenwhenbotheredbyaphysicalailment.(DiMaggiowasoperatedonin1947toremoveabones
7、purfromtheheelofhisleftfoot.Healsodevelopedabonespurinhisrightfootandsometimesdislocatedhisshoulderduringgames.)WheneverSantiagowentouttofish,Manolinwouldgowithhim,happilyandexcitedly.Butafterthefirst
