The-old-man-and-the-sea-老人与海中的象征手法

The-old-man-and-the- sea-

人与海中的象征手法

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction

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Introduction to the background

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2 The Symbolism in the Works

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2.1 The Definition of Symbolism........ .................................................. ...................

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2.2 Major Symbols in

The Old Man and the Sea

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3 Conclusion ............. .................................................. ..................................................

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The Old Man and the Sea

Introduction

The Old Man and the Sea

written by Ernest Miller Hemingway . Who was

an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. The Old Man and the

Sea is one of Hemingway's most famous work and may very well become one of

the

true

classics

of

this

generation.

It

played

a

great

part

in

his

winning

the

Pulizer Prize in 1953 and the 1954 Novel Prize for Literature and confirmed his

power

and

presence

in

the

literary

s

The

Old

Man

And

the

Sea

,

I

have read some of his other works, such as

The Sun Also Rises

, But The

Old Man

and the Sea

is the one that left the deepest impression for me.

The novel is described an old fisherman almost the sixty years old, when go

to

sea

and

fish

alone

once,

have

angled

to

a

big

fish,

but

can

not

draw.

After

tough

fisherman

and

fish

have

socialized

for

a

few

days,

just

find

this

is

a

big

Malin's fish which exceeds several times of one's own fishing boat, though know

perfectly well that it is very difficult to win

, does not give up yet. Because big

Malin

fish

fishlike

smell

of

wound

attract

odd

herds

of

shark

vie

for

the

food

again later, but the old man is still unwilling to give up like this, stress the tight

encirclement finally , take the large fish back to fishing port , let other fishmen

admire

it

endlessly.

This

book

gives

me

a

deep

impression

especially

the

description

about the man’s braveness and

persistence.

In

Ernest

Hemingway’s

novel

,

this

is

only

simple

plot,

and

the

main

character is just an old man . However, no battle can be more glorious , and no

story can be more appealing than it. We can clearly see how he deals with the

spectacular

subject

of

the

struggle

between

man

and

nature

，

using

unique

language style

，

beautiful writing skills

，

vivid descriptions and creatable symbols .

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The Symbolism in the Works

2.1 The Definition of Symbolism

Symbolism

is

an

artistic

movement

in

the

late

19

th

century

that

tried

to

express

abstract

or

mystical

ideas

through

the

symbolic

use

of

images.

In

literature,

it

is

a

writing

style

of

use

something

to

stand

for

something

else

by

reasoning of relationship, association, accident resemblance , or a visible sign of

something invisible.

As a master in literature, Hemingway uses very simple words and sentences

to write some opus, which is his iceberg technique that he uses in his work. He

believe as a good writer , he didn't deed to reveal the action or characters clearly ,

obscurity can give us the aesthetic sence . So the words and sencences in his work

are symbolic and suggestive. That is to say, one need keep a close eye to read his

works and read between the lines deliberately.

2.2 Major Symbols in

The Old Man and the Sea

There

are

many

symbols

in

this

story

,

such

as

the

old

man,

the

boy,

the

sea,the

shark,

the

marlin

and

etc.

This

paper

only

focuses

on

the

important

symbols and analyse the deep meaning of them.

Many people believe that the novel is about the life of Hemingway himself .

Because some parts of the story do relate to what Hemingway has experoenced in

his life.

The old man

—

Santiago is the last tragic hero that Hemingway desecribe.

Being poor and unlucky , his fate is sad, but he is not a man easily defeated. The

old

man's

tragic

fate

is

an

light

in

art

of

Hemingway

misfortune.

Hemingway

had

once

joined

in

the

Second

World

War

and

the

Spanish

War .

The

society

after war is disarrayed and destitute . The fantastic phenomenon of the war and

the society brought deep spiritual injury to Hemingway , which can be said that

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