名著老人与海英语读后感

名著老人与海英语读后感

《老人与海》体现了海明威的人生 哲学和道德理想，永

不服输的斗士精神和积极向上的乐观人生态度。以下是小编

带来的老人与海英语读后感，希望对你有帮助。

老人与 海英语读后感

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一

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When

I

was

a

middle

school

student,

I

’

ve

finished

this book in when I read it in English,I really gain

something new both in the way of expression and the

spirit it shows to be different ages to read the same

book we will learn different things from least, for

my part, that is true.

Firstly,I would like to review some information

about

this as

the

background,major

characters

and

the

topic of it.

The

Old

Man

and

the

Sea

is

a

story

by

Ernest

Hemingway,

written

in

Cuba

in

1951

and

published

in

1952.

It was the last major work of fiction to be produced

by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his

most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging

Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far

out in the Gulf Stream.

The Old Man and the Sea served to reinvigorate

Hemingway's

literary

reputation

and

prompted

a

reexamination of his entire body of work. The novella

was

initially

received

with

much

popularity;

it

restored

many

readers'

confidence

in

Hemingway's

capability

as

an

author.

Its

publisher,

Scribner's,

on

an

early

dust

jacket,

called

the

novella

a

classic,

such

works

as

William

Faulkner's

Bear

and

Herman

Melville's Moby-Dick.

This

book

gives

me

a

deep

impression

especially

the

description

about

the

man

’

s

braveness

and

persistence.

In this book, in order to suggest the profundity

of the old man

’

s sacrifice and the glory that derives

from

it,

Hemingway

purposefully

likens

Santiago

to

Christ,

who,

according

to

Christian

theology,

gave

his

life for the greater glory of humankind. Crucifixion

imagery is the most noticeable way in which Hemingway

creates

the

symbolic

parallel

between

Santiago

and

Christ. When Santiago

’

s palms are first cut by his

fishing

line,

the

reader

cannot

help

but

think

of

Christ

suffering

his

stigmata.

Later,

when

the

sharks

arrive,

Hemingway portrays the old man as a crucified martyr,

saying that he makes a noise similar to that of a man

having

nails

driven

through

his

hands.

Furthermore,

the

image of the old man struggling up the hill with his

mast

across

his

shoulders

recalls

Christ

’

s

march

toward

Calvary.

Even

the

position

in

which

Santiago

collapses

on his bed

—

face down with his arms out straight and

the palms of his hands up

—

brings to mind the image of

Christ

suffering

on

the

cross.

Hemingway

employs

these

images in the final pages of the novella in order to

link

Santiago

to

Christ,

who

exemplified

transcendence

by

turning

loss

into

gain,

defeat

into

triumph,

and

even

death into renewed life.

The major characters in this book are also vivid

and lively.

Santiago?,the old man of the novella

’

s title,

Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who has had an extended

run of bad luck. Despite his expertise, he has been

unable to catch a fish for eighty-four days. He is

humble,

yet

exhibits

a

justified

pride

in

his

abilities.

His knowledge of the sea and its creatures, and of his

craft, is unparalleled and helps him preserve a sense

of hope regardless of circumstance.

The marlin?,Santiago hooks the marlin, which we

learn

at

the

end

of

the

novella

measures

eighteen

feet,

on

the

first

afternoon

of

his

fishing

expedition.

Manolin?,a boy presumably in his adolescence, Manolin

is Santiago

’

s apprentice and devoted attendant. The

old

man

first

took

him

out

on

a

boat

when

he

was

merely

five years old. Due to Santiago

’

s recent bad luck,

Manolin

’

s parents have forced the boy to go out on a

different fishing boat. Manolin, however, still cares

deeply for the old man, to whom he continues to look

as a mentor.

Joe DiMaggio, although DiMaggio never appears in

the novel, he plays a significant role nonetheless.

Santiago

worships

him

as

a

model

of

strength

and

commitment,

and

his

thoughts

turn

toward

DiMaggio

whenever

he

needs

to

reassure

himself

of

his

own

strength.

Perico

?,Perico,

the

reader

assumes,

owns

the

bodega

in

Santiago

’

s

village.

He

never

appears

in

the

novel,

but

he

serves

an

important

role

in

the

fisherman

’

s

life

by

providing

him

with

newspapers

that

report

the

baseball

scores.

This

act

establishes

him

as

a

kind

man

who helps the aging Santiago.

Martin,like

Perico,

Martin,

a

caf

é

owner

in

Santiago

’

s

village,

does

not

appear

in

the

story.

The

reader learns of him through Manolin, who often goes

to Martin for Santiago

’

s supper. As the old man says,

Martin is a man of frequent kindness who deserves to

be repaid.

From

the

very

first

paragraph,

Santiago

is

characterized

as

someone

struggling

against

defeat.

He

has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish

—

he will soon pass his own record of eighty-seven days.

Almost

as

a

reminder

of

Santiago

’

s

struggle,

the

sail

of

his

skiff

resembles

“

the

flag

of

permanent

defeat.

”

But

the

old

man

refuses

defeat

at

every

turn:

he

resolves

to

sail

out

beyond

the

other

fishermen

to

where

the biggest fish promise to be. He lands the marlin,

tying his record of eighty-seven days after a brutal

three-day fight, and he continues to ward off sharks

from

stealing

his

prey,

even

though

he

knows

the

battle

is useless.

Because Santiago is pitted against the creatures