Reflection

The Old Man and the Sea In the past, when I read Hemingway's novel——The Old Man and the Sea,I don't have many impressive feelings.The book is about an old man who fought tenaciously against the sea and finally caught a big fish after three days of confrontation. Maybe it is because of the age.When rereading the story this time, I focus more on the old man instead of the process of catching fish. Through this reading,I feel a certain empathy with the author and the characters, and I feel something deeper in life. The old man used to be the best fisherman, but he had not caught any fish for 84 days.The boy who fished with him was not allowed to go out with the old man because the old man was getting old and his ability was doubtful.The old man himself may feel that he was getting old. If he started to doubt that he was not good enough, everything would indeed start to go badly. The old man often recalled his youth.There was a sharp contrast between the present and the past. Why was the old man so determined to catch a big fish? He wanted to prove to others, but also to himself. It is a story of defeat but not glory. The big marlin failed after struggling and the old man was defeated by the sharks. Everyone will be defeated in the years, will not they? It is not because they are not good. Through the text, a progressively older life is found struggling sadly. As growing older, the double compulsion of energy and economy, how to fill the gap between old age and youth, how to cure the helpless sorrow of physical aging, I'm afraid this is not just a problem that someone needs to solve. When I closed the book, such a hard-boiled story made me feel more sad. When we were children, we had the innocence of children, when we were young, we had the vigor of youth, when we were middle-aged, we had the pride of middle age, and when we were old, what do we have? If an old man's memory always stays in the golden age, despite it was an exciting story,isn't it sad? People should do things that correspond to the process of life, but what are the things that we can do in old age? When an old man loses some of his abilities due to physical decline, where is the new spiritual pillar? The author Hemingway certainly did not find the real answer, as his body aged, life could not continue to bring him strong stimulation, his career could not surpass the aura of the past, the lion in the dream is no longer enough to bring comfort, he committed suicide. The old man, was a dream of Hemingway's. When faced with the helplessness and sadness of his body's inability to maintain its own brilliance, his subconscious actually doubted his own luck, and he wrote this story to vent his sorrow, while gathering courage for himself and his readers. Hemingway was also searching, also like the old man on the sea, going far away, driving a small boat on the sea expecting to catch another big fish. But good luck isn't always there, is it? Despite using many positive words to support himself, Hemingway still could not escape the cool inside.Hemingway's own experience is enough to make people feel emotional. Many of my friends around me, including myself, often have a feeling of not being able to do anything, or because they see the helplessness of various lack of abilities, rather than new hope. On the other hand, when the old man was about to overcome the big fish, he thought: If only the boy was there. When struggling, it's nice to have an audience next to you at the right time, and it's sad for the old man to no longer be noticed. With the intensification of the aging society, many people who do charity work for the elderly, just like the boy next to the old man. Sometimes,spiritual concern is more important than physical care, how to help the elderly to realize the value of this stage of life is a big problem, especially those outstanding fishermen. The irresistible aging of life is a human certainty. Since aging is a segment of the life process that always need not and should not be wasted, just being sad is uselessness.Everyone is in a different environment, the future source of spiritual strength can not be the same, I do not know how others will, I still expect to drift in the sea, although not necessarily have the courage to drive the boat farther away from land, but I believe there must be something in the distance that I want to pursue. After the big fish was swallowed up by the shark, the old man understood that he was born a fisherman, just like a fish is born a fish, so together with the sea is the meaning of existence, and he was no longer lost.At this point his voyage became lighter, and he didn't have any thoughts or even any feelings anymore. He seemed to be beyond all that, he just sailed the boat as wisely as possible safely to the port of return home.