The-old-man-and-the-sea评述

TheoldmanandtheseaAnoldmansailedonseafor84dayswithoutanyharvest.Onthe85thday,hecaughtamassivemarlin.Butaftertwodaysandnights'fierceandtoughfighting,theoldmanwasonlytobringbackalargecolossalmarlinskeleton，aworn-outboat,andhisexhaustedbody.InErnestHemingway’snovel,thereisonlysimpleplot,andthemaincharacterisjustanoldman.However,nobattlecanbemoreglorious,andnostorycanbemoreappealingthanit.Wecanclearlyseehowhedealswiththespectacularsubjectofthestrugglebetweenmanandnature，usinguniquelanguagestyle，beautifulwritingskills，vividdescriptionsandingenioussymbols.Hemingwaysymbolizesthesubject，andthusthethemegivesbeyondtheconnotationofthestoryitself，andprovidesmuchspaceforusthinking．Inthewholenovel,firstlywecaneasilyfindthatthemarlinisdescribedthemost.AfterIhaveknownthebiologyofHemingway,Iunderstandthatthemarlinissymbolizedasthespectacularwork,whichisthehighlightinHemingway'slatelife.Confrontedwiththesuspicionofpeopleandpaininhisbody,heneveryieldstothefate.Instead,hepursuestoachieveagreatgoaltoprovehisability.There'snodoubtthatthemarlinistheexactsymbolofhismagnificentgoal.Secondly,theseaistheembodimentofmaternity.Inthenovel,theoldmanalwaysregardstheseaasakindwoman.Heisdependentonhertosomeextentbecausehecansensetheuniquetranquility.Atthesametime,theseaisalsotheveryplacethattheoldmanfightsagainstthefate,strugglesagainstnature.Atthemoment,theoldmanwouldliketoconquerthesea.Thirdly,theyoungboyMarolinplaysasignificantrole.Theboysymbolizesasthevigorouslife,whichshowsthegreatexpectationfortheoldmanofyouthandstrength.Meanwhile,wecansimplyfindtheoldmanisoftenlonely.Theboyalwayssupportshimandaccompanieshim,whichpresentsthedeepeageroftheoldmanforcarefulnessandkindness.Fourthly,thelionisdeemedasacriticalcharacterinthenovel.Itisthetypicalemblemofpowerandstrength.Evenitissymbolizedasthemale,whichexpressestheman'saspirationofpowerandbraverytostruggleagainstthedarkness.Fifthly,asweallknow,thesharksaresymbolizedastheevilforce.Instead,fromthepictureaboutthefiercefightingbetweentheoldmanandthesharks,weareshockedbytheoldman'sperseveranceandbravery.I'mreallyproudofthepowerandthestrengththehumanbeingshave,Lastbutnottheleast,theoldmanSantiagohasbeenthemosttypicalrepresentativeoftheHemingway'stoughguy,whoisconfident,courageousandpersistent.AfterIhaveunderstoodthesymbolsofthesecharacters,nowIhaveamoreprofoundacknowledgeonthisnovel.Irealizethatduringthecourseoflife,failuresonlybelongtotheonethatcompromisetodifficultyandchallenge.Andwhatcountsislyinginhowyoustanduponyourown.Onlyyoufighttillthelastmoment,canwebecomeareallytoughhero.