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Book Review of The Old Man And The Sea(老人与海读书报告英文)

Book Review of The Old Man And The Sea(老人与海读书报告英文)

Book Review of The Old Man And The Sea

“Man is not made for defeat, a man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Said the old man, when he was confronted with a life-and-death fight. I was totally shocked and impressed by his persistence and courage.

The old experienced fisherman, Santiago, had set sail in vain for 84 days without catching a single fish. He was regarded as a total loser by other fisherman, so the boy whom he was with at first left him, following his parents’ order. The old fisherman was then all alone floating in the vast ocean. But he wasn’t defeated by the disappointment and misfortune.On the contrary, He still believed firmly in himself that his bad luck would soon come to an end. On the very next day, the huge marlin showed up like it was meant to be, with its extreme strength, dragging the old man’s boat round and round against the old man’s pulling. Exhausted but determined, the code hero never gave up and finally win the marlin. However, on his way home, a group of sharks followed the smell of blood and chased after him. Soon a fierce fight putting up between the man and sharks, he had sworn to stop until he pilled the last drop of his blood,using up everything he could reach to defend. Though only the skeleton of the big marlin arrived at the harbour with him, he was admired as a hero by those who had teased at him.

Nowhere has the significance of a strong will been so vividly and accurately enlightened as in The Old Man And The Sea. So constantly did the difficulty appeared in his life, but he never blamed fate for his misfortune, instead, we can always find optimism in the character. No matter what impossible task he was facing, he sticks to his principle: never submit to life. He might be weak in body,but he was mentally strong, which remind me of the quote of Romain Rolland,” There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is and to love it.”

He who didn’t make it to bring the whole marlin back shows us the true meaning of success doesn’t necessarily lies in the result but more importantly in one’s spirit. He was admired as a true hero for his perseverance and the power of his strong will.He got nothing in the end, but he conquered the sea that he had used to relied on for living. Life is like the sea in the story, full of ups and downs, and sometimes even downs and downs, from another perspective, this is the only way to a strong spirit, like the saying goes,”what doesn’t kills me makes me stronger.” In my point of view, the images in the novel has many profound symbolic meanings. The marlin represents for the things that we eager to achieve,the sharks are the obstacles lies on the way to accomplish our goals, only with a confident mind to meet the challenges bravely can we obtain moral victory.

Undoubtedly, The Old Man And The Sea is Hemingway’s most immortal work. The old man’s precious quality and virtue was revealed perfectly by his description. And the work encourages people around the world to live up and never give up in the face of difficulties.

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