THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

The Old Man and the Sea is set in mid-20th century Cuba. The protagonist is an old fisherman named Santiago. The old fisherman, who had not caught a fish for eighty-four days, refused to admit defeat and was still full of fighting spirit. Finally on the eighty-fifth day he caught an eighteen foot long and fifteen hundred pound marlin. The big fish dragged the boat into the sea, and the old man was still dead. Even if there was no water, no food, no weapons, no assistant, no cramp in his left hand, he was not discouraged at all. After two days and two nights, he finally killed the big fish and tied it to the boat. But many sharks immediately came to rob him of his spoils. He killed them one by one, and at the end of the day there was only a broken rudder handle as a weapon. As a result, the big fish are still doomed to be eaten up. In the end, the old man dragged back a pair of fish bones exhausted. When he came home and lay in bed, he had to find the good old days from his dreams in order to forget the cruel reality. Close the book and think of the old man fighting tenaciously with sharks alone at sea without light before savoring how powerful the old man's faith is. Old man and the sea, the sea is the life of the old man; Life is the loneliness of the elderly; Loneliness is the belief of the elderly; Faith is the soul of an old man. The sea is the soul of an old man. In Hemingway's simple writing style, the old man's struggle with the sea narrates the struggle between man and nature, without many strange plots. I think the old man has many stories, many stories about the sea. Thing. A person, in the son of a time, there will be a lot to say, but he can only tell the sea, he can only taste everything in loneliness. Everyone has the loneliness of life, need to cook a pot of bitter tea, taste alone. The old man must go to sea alone, driving a small boat in the boundless sea. The loneliness of the sea may be something we have never experienced. In the sea, the old man has the uncertainty of life and death, and the desolation of being alone. But in the dark night the fear of darkness could not overwhelm the old man. The old man met many sharks when he was exhausted, and if the old man gave up his resistance, he could only be buried in the fish's belly. But he didn't. He fought valiantly with a dozen sharks by faith. He tried his best. He tasted blood. He succeeded. I should have the mentality of an old man, even in the dark sea, but also with a strong attitude to face life. We may encounter many difficulties at the same time. In the face of many difficulties, what we should do is not hesitate, but keep calm and bravely move forward. Calm and courage are the magic weapons to deal with difficulties. The old man said, "You can destroy a man, but you can't defeat him." People are born to accept all kinds of challenges, from the exam in school to the competition in the workplace in the future, to live until the end of life. Man can be destroyed is the body, and all material things, and can not be defeated is the spirit, faith, is the soul. Human life is sustained by faith. It was like the most painful decade in Chinese history - in which many people were unfairly persecuted and physically destroyed. But at such times, a person with a soul must stand firm in his beliefs and act rightly.