The Old Man and the Sea

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Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American writer and journalist. He was one of the veterans of World War I later known as "the Lost Generation". He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for The Old Man and the Sea and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

He also has other famous work,like The sun also rises , Farewell to arms and For whom the bell rolls.

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The Old Man and the Sea was written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. It is the story of a struggle between an old man ,Santiago ,and a big fish in the middle of the twentieth century according to the truth.

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Reading Report of The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea was written by an American writer named Ernest Hemingway. It has been translated into tens of languages, and the writer was so proud of his work.

Santiago, the hero of the story, had gone eighty-four days without taking a fish back. At first, a boy named Manolion had been with him, but Santiago couldn’t catch even one fish. The boy had gone at his parents’ orders in a lucky boat which caught three good fish the first week, and the couple thought that it was definitely and finally bad to let their boy stay with the old fisherman. On Santiago’s eighty-fifth day of fishing, he went out alone, leaving the smell of the land behind and rowing out into the clean early morning smell of ocean. To his surprise, he caught a tuna which he had never seen before and it was hard to believe that the tuna was bigger than his boat. Later, the blood from the tuna left a trail for all sharks as wide as a highway, so fighting against sharks was unavoidable. The result was that sharks ate up all the meat of the tuna and Santiago only brought the tuna skeleton back. He was so tired that he slept deeply as soon as he got home, dreaming of lions.

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A man can be destroyed but not defeated

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This semester, we saw the movie —《The old man and the sea》. The movie which was adapted from the novel written by Hemingway tells us a story about an old man fight against the nature.

The novel narrates an old fisherman named Santiago didn’t catch a fish after 84 days on the sea. Finally, he made a decision that going fishing to the unfamiliar sea area. Luckily, he discovered a huge marlin. After fierce fighting, he conquered the marlin despite he was exhausted. Drawn the short straw, the smell of marlin’s blood attracted the sharks. Sharks raided the old man and bit the meat of marlin. The old man resisted the attack from the sharks desperately. However, when he went back the harbor, there was only the marlin’s skeleton left. And there were many discussions about the skeleton among people in harbor.

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The old man and the sea

Hemingway is one of my favourite writers. The old man and the sea is one of his most enduring works and the true classics of this generation. It played a great part in his wining the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. I admire the old fisherman's will in the novel very much, he lets me understand that a person who is persistent could succeed.

The story speaks of a battle between an old,experienced fisherman, Santiago and a large marlin. Santiago has gone fishing for 84 days without catching a fish. He then fought with the marlin for two terrible days and nights, and finally killed it by his harpoon. With the Malin fish's blood smell attracted hordes of sharks, Santiago endures a much longer and grueling struggle .And finally bought the Malin skeleton back to the fishing port successfully, which let other fishermen admire

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Summary——The old man and the sea

Santiago, an old man, fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone 84 days now without taking a fish. In the book, he was described as thin and gaunt, everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated. As an old man, undoubtedly, he had suffered a lot. All the things, such as the poverty life, crucial society and the death of his wife, hurt him all the time, however he became neither hostile nor fractious and he still believe in “every day is a new day, it is better to be lucky, but I would rather be exact. When luck comes you are ready” He held his faith to fish again and this time he was determined to be far out to come in when the wind shifted. He decided to prove he is a strong old man this time, because he thought the thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing. When he was drafting, he wanted to sleep. But he knew it was the eighty-fifth day and he should fish the day well. Santiago showed great restraint in fishing. He adhered to his final goal. Santiago suffered three days and nights and he conquered the marlin, the sharks, all the things! He fought against sharks in five rounds, and under

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Plot Summary

In a small fishing village in Cuba, Santiago, an old, weathered fisherman has just gone 84 days without catching a fish. On the 85th day, he is determined to catch a big, impressive fish.

For years, Santiago has been fishing with a young boy named Manolin. Manolin started fishing with the old man when he was only 5 years old. Santiago is like Manolin's second father, and has taught the young boy everything about fishing. Manolin is extremely loyal to Santiago and makes sure that the old man is always safe, fed and healthy. Manolin's parents, however, force the boy to leave Santiago and fish on a more lucrative fishing boat.

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Abstract

The Old Man and the Sea tells the frustrated experience that the old fisherman fishes in the course. The theme is deep, and it is a song of praise of heroism. “But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated” has been the classic saying and the old man also has been the most typical and the most representative of the Hemingway’s “tough guy”. When Hemingway talked about the successful factors later, the little boy was mentioned in the same breath with the old man.

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A Book Report of The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway, an American novelist. The story is set in the 20th century after World War II, which is based on the novel written true story Hemingway himself has experienced.

Exactly, it’s a story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life. Leading character Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman, has set out to sea and returned empty-handed. At first 84 days, he did not even fish one fish. He did not have enough food, and many locals to doubt his fishing technique. Some even laugh at him. So, He decided to go to the sea to fish food and proved that he is a skilled fisherman. On the eight-fifth day of his unlucky streak, Santiago does as promised, sailing his skiff far beyond the island’s shallow coastal waters and venturing into the Gulf Stream. At noon, a big fish, marlin, take the bait that Santiago has placed before. Although the old man expertly hooks the fish, but he cannot pull it in. Instead, the fish begins to pull the boat. He knows perfectly well very difficult to win, but still did not give up. Since then, they began their three-day fighting. The entire time, Santiago, endures constant pain from the fishing line. Eventually, the third day, the fish tires, and Santiago manages to pull the marlin in close enough to kill it with a harpoon thrust. However, things do not go smoothly as he expected. On his way home, he is attacked buy several crowds of shark. Although he kills the sharks in the end, they have devoured the marlin’s precious meat, leaving only skeleton. The old man arrives home before daybreak, and sleeps very deeply. Later on, the old man wakes up and finds the little boy Mandolin staying with him, and decides to go to sea to fish again.

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