Hemingway's Classic the Old Man and the Sea
Post by (mbt schuhe günstig) June 2010
Though the story "The Old Man and the Sea" is simple but contains a profound message. The content is that old fisher Santiago didn't get any fish within 84 days, but he found one salmon which has over 1500 pounds in the 85th day. And he began the struggle of 3 days and nights. At last, the big fish came out of water exhaustedly and be killed by him. On the way home, he was attacked by sharks, and finally just fish head, fish end and one chine remained. This is a classical tragic novel with deep implied meanings and also is a symphony about heroism. Hemingway said: “I am trying to depict a real man, a real child, real sea, a real fish and a real pack of sharks. And if I can describe them vividly enough, they can stand for many other things.” The old fisherman in the story is a wretch. He had never caught a fish for 84 days and other fishermen looked him as a loser. However this seems to indicate an approaching fight. It turns out on the 85th day a big marlin weighing 1500 pounds has found Santiago’s bait. Although he is quite aware that the fish is much stronger them himself, he is determined to fight to the very end. He said to the big fish, "I will keep accompany to the end." At last, he won. After getting that fish hardly, the test was not over. He only could tie up the fish on one side of the ship because that the fish was big and long. On his way back, the smell of the big fish's blood attracted many sharks which attacked it again and again. Then, with every means, he fought back. After the harpoon was brought away by the sharks, he tied the knife on the paddle and used it to fight. After the knife was broken, he used short club. And after the short club was missing, he fought with steering handle. Although all the flesh of marlin was gone, nothing could destroy his will. God maybe took pity on the old man, and he put misfortune on the old man again and again. Finally, his strong will didn't get good result. And the fish just remained head, end and one chine. Why did Hemingway not let the old man get a victory? If he did that it was able to embody the great of the hero. The story of the old man is not only a symbol of the relationship between man and nature, but also symbolized the indestructible spirit of the whole human. In reality, although he failed, but in spirit, he was a winner, since his indomitable fighting spirit, demonstrated the people's noble and dignity. Taking all times of life in account, who have not experienced the failure? Even if he is a successful people, he also has. Reasons for the failure can be varied, but in any case failure is always a shock which is hard to afford. Further out to sea, you will have the hope of victory. I think, it is this dangerous life environment and tough attitude towards life that make this work more and more attracting. In the story, the old man also said, "People are not born for failures. A person can be destroyed, but can not be defeated." This word makes me to remember Beethoven's "Symphony of Destiny" Beethoven has said: "I can be destroyed, but I can not be conquered." They explained the meaning of hero and the meaning of life. And the text of the article also explains the idea explicitly: people should bravely face the failure. From this aspect, this book is not a fable or fairy, but a realistic work. It is the values of life rather than triumph that become important in this novel. The old man’s courage to challenge and surmount difficulties wins our admiration and presents confidence as well as the strong spiritual power to human beings. "The old man and the sea" brings me a lot of imspiritation in my life. What is failure, failure is fail down and get uo the courage again, once failed then get up, never loose hope in life, don't loose dream in your life. What does a hero do? A hero dares to face and challenge setbacks and overcome his weakness. Only those who can put aside setbacks and courageously realize their dreams even if they have failed for many times can be counted as heroes. I am quite like Hemingway's "The old man and sea", also have learned that there are a lot of ups and downs of Hemingway's life, having experienced a war, having experienced the diseases and mental torture, and in fact, he had overcome time and again. What a pity is that he eventually chose to commit suicide. He might have his own reason. But he went against the interpretation of the failure and hero described in the “The old and sea”. It is indeed a regret. Failure is not terrible. The Terrible thing was yield to failure, once you yield, then all the dreams will not realized, that in the real life has a very important meaning, I think life is just like the old man going to the sea for catching fishes and there will appear the situation that requires us to face courageously; even if we do not succeed, we will not leave regret to our life because of our failure to make efforts; we can also be strong characters in life and our life will become splendid because of the efforts we have made. Read more about mbt schuhe günstig>>>