The Old Man and the Sea
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-Ernest Hemingway
13英4康志伟15号
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About the author • Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. • He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 . • During his later life, Hemingway suffered from increasing physical and mental problems .
This is a book about the old fisherman who lives alone in sea fishing. After the 84 days with nothing he caught a huge marlin . It had never been seen and heard of for the old man. The fish was at least longer than his boat two feet . The fish is very large, dragging the boat drifted for two days and nights, the elderly was in a never suffered through a difficult test in these two days and two nights.
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Helpless, isolated and adverse circumstances, courage, perseverance and wisdom, valiant struggle , nothing daunted, fortitude an indomitable, strong and unyielding old man to face violent and death.
Finally the fish was stabbed and tied to the bow. However, it is unfortunate that a shark suddenly turned up in returning, the elderly and the Shark had a desperate struggle, finally, the giant marlin was eaten up by shark. After some bitter, the old people dragged home only a bare and a skeleton of the injury, but he still be appreciated.
As the child said: “It does not beat you, it does not.”
《老人与海》 确实是一部让人终身受益的励志书籍，因为它 《 给予我们太许多人生启示。摘录小说中部分精彩语句送给大 家。
1、每一天都是一个新的日子。走运当 然是好。不过我情愿做到分毫不差。这 样，运气来的时候，你就有所准备了。 2、不过话得说回来，没有一桩事是容 易的。
Old fisherman's spirit that makes great efforts to struggle fearless of danger and difficulty that the novel has been extolled, we should be like him too, can' t be satisfied with the current situation , should be positive upwards, it should be unremitting to do anything, it must not give up halfway to meeting difficulty should meet the difficulty. Only in this way, we could obtain greater success and victory.
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• • • • • • • Striking Economy Understatement Sentences short Words simple Subjects war Stamina and cohe story
3、“不过人不是为失败而生的，”他 说，“一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打 败。” 4、现在不是去想缺少什么的时候，该 想一想凭现有的东西你能做什么。
5、人不抱希望是很傻的。