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The Old Man and the Sea

Recently I have read The Old Man and the Sea, I was deeply moved by the old man and his spirit.

The author of the book Ernest Hemingway is one of the most famous American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. The Old Man and the Sea was written in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952 and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953 and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. The book was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works.

It’s a story about a old man struggling with nature, though he was defeated at last, in some extent, he has already challenged himself and nature.Santiago, the hero of the story, had gone eighty-four days without t aking a fish back. At first, a boy named Manolion had been with him, but Santiagocatch even one fish. The boy had gone at his parents’orders in a lucky boat which caught three good fish the first week. Santiago is a very old Cuban fisherman, even he had been unable to catch a single fish for totally eight-four days. He didn’t give up. he made his decision that he should fish again to get over the unlucky time. And he held the belief that

he could do it and he would be lucky enough to fish, but meanwhile, he should go to deeper waters. On the 85th day, he caught a massive marlin. But after two days and nights' fierce and toug h fighting, the old man was only to bring back a large colossal marlin skel eton, a worn-out boat, and his exhausted body. But he still be appreciated.

I believe everybody who has read the book must admire Santiago’s perseverance.When I read “the senior fisherman think: Here to the seaco ast really was too near, perhaps could have a bigger fish in a farther place ...” I extremely admire this senior fisherman, because he by now already projected on some fish, but he had not settled to the present situation, b ut was approaches the bigger goal advance.When I read “the big marli n start fast to gather round the young fishing boat hover, twined the cable on the mast, the old person right hand lifted up high the steel fork, leapt t he water surface in it the flash, did utmost throws to its heart, one wail en ded the big fish's life, it was static floats on the water surface... My heart also liked together the big stone falls. I extremely admire old person that kind do not dread, the relentless spirit, although knows the match strength is very strong, but he not slightly flinches, but is welcomes difficultly ab ove. There is no doubt that he is great, because he never gave up in the face of difficulties that he showed great endurance in his battle against the sea. “But a man is not made for defeat ,”he said, “A man can be destroyed but not defeated .” Santiago was old just as Hemingway said