TA的笔记

• Santiago's desire to fish far out shows his desperation to catch a fish, even at the risk of danger. If something dangerous occurs, there will be no help—it will be just Santiago and the sea. Santiago's good vision again emphasizes his youthful qualities despite his age.

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• shrug sth off/aside 不把…当回事 不予理睬

  2023-01-27 14:47:30 喜欢(0)

• The paintings suggest that Santiago's wife was more religious than he, but that he may have adopted her faith as a way of remembering her. That Santiago feels too lonely to even look at his wife's photograph shows how empty his life is, besides his friendship with Manolin

  2023-01-27 14:21:50 喜欢(0)

• That Santiago seems lifeless with eyes closed shows that his youthfulness is internal—in his mind and memories only. Santiago's inability to recall whether Martin has given him food shows how old he truly is, but his promise to repay the gift with good meat from a fish shows that he still has the pride and determination of a young man.

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• Santiago's newspaper-covered bed shows he is very poor. Everything has been stripped from him, so that all he has left is a kind of inner lion, an inner pride.

  2023-01-27 14:19:44 喜欢(0)