美国文学史 论文

On Character of the Old Man in 《The Old

Man and the Sea》

Name：Wang Jianye

Student ID：161310322

Abstract:

He is a man who can be destroyed but cannot be defeated.But what makes he can do this,or in other word what character does he have?As far as I am concerned the most important character is that he never give up.And the most appropriate word to describe the old man I can thing out is touch.Yes,he's a tough guy.

Key Words:

the old man;character;touch;can not be defeated,touch guy.

Body:

After I read the book that is called “The old man and the sea”,I was deeply moved by the old man and his spirit.

This book talked about such a story, old fisherman Santiago de Cuba consecutive 84 days did not catch the fish, was another loser as a fisherman, but he was persistent, and finally caught a big marlin large

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Marlins his boat dragged on for three days at sea, exhausted, was tied to the boat he was killed on one side, and then Return Journey repeatedly been shark attacks, he has exhausted all means to counterattack. Back to Hong Kong only the head and a fish tail spine. Although the fish have bitten gone, but whatever can not destroy the will of his bravery.

Santiago was old just as Hemingway said “Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.” He think every day is a new day. No matter how old he is. He said “It’s better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”

Santiago was poor; he had nothing except a little boat and harpoon. But he said “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”

Santiago was alone. Mandolin can not go to sea with him because of his parents. He catches fishes alone. He fights with sharks alone. He can talk to nobody except himself. No one will help him.

But even though he faced hungry; weary and difficulty alone, he does not give up.

Why the old man persists to take dentuso back. It’s so dangerous to fight with sharks.

He is so brave and persevering. “But a man is not made for defeat” he said “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”Yes,he's a tough cookie.

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美国文学史 论文

Santiago in self-confidence is absolute self-confidence, is not to environmental change and changes in self-confidence, it does not compare with others, self-confidence. In Santiago's philosophy of existence, even when confronted with a pole of the unlucky people can only self-confidence.

Bones are the pillars of the spirit, Hemingway seems to Santiago did not let the success of the elderly, but to the bare bones of the elderly to play the hardness of life.

Hemingway's novel won the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize. The bones in hundreds of pieces of shrapnel left the tough guy writer, the proper strength to write his life, tell us how to deal with birth, old age, sickness and death, tells us how wide the heart, such as the sea in general. The elderly are lonely, he was approached in an ideal road trip travelers, but he is not lonely, because his will is so strong.

Conclusion:

The old man is a touch guy.If he want to do something he will never give up. This book reveals to us a truth: people are not born to fail, and a person can be destroyed, but can not be defeated.

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第二篇：海明威小说《老人与海》读后感

永不言败

——读《老人与海》有感 “一个人并不是生来就要给打败的，你可以消灭他，却不能打败他。”

——题记

《老人与海》这本书，是我今年冬天看的。 期末成绩陡降，满腔的怒火无处宣泄，不能自残啊！只好用读书这种方式来排解心中的不悦，让自己平静下来。

于是，整天泡在书店里看书。一本又一本。其中，就有这《老人与海》。

这阿桑提亚哥爷爷为生计出海捕鱼，发现并用鱼叉捕到了一条大鱼。但是，那条大鱼太大了。老人虽有经验但是苦于上了年纪，“心有余而力不足”，让着大鱼拖着行了数天。最终捕到了，不幸的是归途中又遇到鲨鱼。最终，他只是带回了一副大鱼的骨架??

虽然如此，但是老人坚持不懈、拼死搏斗的精神然我很是佩服！

现实生活中，我总是站在道路的分岔口处。一边——是坚持，另一边——是放弃。使句实话，我选择后者，更多一些。因此，不知不觉间，我成为了一个

“煎饼人”——门门通，门门松 。成绩既不偏科，又不拔尖。

为什么？

想了很久，终于明白——是困难。是我不能面对困难，我经常选择的是放弃或逃避。

而《老人与海》中的老人呢？

鱼，太大，硬拉会让他丢掉性命；身，太累，几日几夜不眠让他眼冒金星，几近跌入水中；肚子，太饿，几条小鱼根本填不饱。这么多的困难，不知比学习上的困难难上多少倍！但是老人，选择了坚持，选择了面对。

对阿桑提亚哥爷爷的敬佩油然而生，甚至是崇拜！ 我遇到的学习上的困难与所遇到的困难相比，简直不值一提！但是，我退却了，阿桑提亚哥爷爷执着的坚持了。即使是猎物被可恶的鲨鱼吃掉，也苦中作乐，乐观的面对失败。为了下一次的成功！

“一个人并不是生来就要给打败的，你可以消灭他，却不能打败他。”这句话，我终于明白了。打不败的，是人的信念！

没有失败，就没有成功。有了坚定的信念，相信“我能行”，才能克服困难，拥抱成功！

面对生活，永不言败！