The Old Man and Sea

When a person admits this defect and tries to overcome it instead of succumbing to it, it doesn't matter whether he finally catches a complete fish or not, because the value of a person's life has been fully reflected in the process of chasing the marlin salmon. The old man and the sea has successfully created a classic image of a tough man. The author of this article also won the Nobel Prize for literature. The protagonist of the novel is an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago. He went fishing alone. After 84 days, he still got nothing. In 85 days, he finally caught a big Marinha fish. However, the strength of the fish is too strong. After three days of competition on the vast sea, the old man finally subdued the big fish, because the big fish is huge, he couldn't drag the fish into the boat at all.He tied the big fish to the side of the fishing boat. On his way home he encountered repeated shark attacks.The old man fought against the sharks,but in the end, he left only his head,tail and a spine.The old man Hemingway created here is a tragic hero. Although he finally got only a fish skeleton,he is a spiritual winner. He said: "Man is not born for failure...A man can be destroyed, but not defeated." Human nature is strong. Human beings have their own limits,but it is precisely because people like the old fisherman expand to the limits again and again and put greater challenges in front of mankind again and again. In this sense, heroes like Santiago, the old fisherman, whether they challenge the limits, fail or succeed,are worth learning. Hemingway expressed his thoughts on the relationship between man and nature through the struggle between the old man and the big marlin, sharks and the sea and a large number of inner confessions: the law of nature is irresistible to human power, our noble people's indomitable struggle against nature should also live in harmony with themselves.