Reflection

"The Old Man and the Sea"is an inspiring and encouraging book, telling the story of an old man at sea. For 84 days, he did not catch a fish, but he had a determined faith and strong willing. Finally, he caught a very big marlin as a reward. What was unfortune was that the fish dragged his boat for three days, which discouraged and tortured him before being killed. It impressed me that the old man fought solely with no food, no water, no weapon and no helper. What's worse, on the way back, he encountered a group of sharks, which robbed his trophy. The old man bravely struggled with the sharks, only to see that the sharks ate up marlin meat and left the skeleton. It is an disapoointed and depressed event, which would strike me if I were the old man. However, the author intended to convey that the old man was actually the great champion of the life. He held a struggling and diliggent outlook on life, exercising his perseverance and determination in the fight with sharks. In my opinion, life is like fishing, since there is no permanent victory. It is a fight with no chance to win. The only matter we should do is to be mentally tenacious, positive, brave and not fearing the failure. Even if I am beated physically, I will always be strong in spirit.