Santiago's personality is somewhat similar to Hemingway's. Hemingway was aggressive in his youth. But with the passage of time, Hemingway has reached middle age, and his energy and creativity have also declined. In Hemingway's inner world, he was very upset, but he never lost hope and confidence.
The Old Man and the Sea describes an old fisherman fishing at sea. He didn't catch a fish. Everyone said he was unlucky. The next day, he decided to go to deep sea fishing, where fishermen had never been before, to prove his ability and courage. At sea, the old man found a marlin and overcame many difficulties.
After a hard struggle, I finally stabbed the harpoon into the heart of the marlin on the third morning. On the way back, the old man was attacked by sharks five times. He fought back bravely with harpoon, paddle and knife. When he sailed the boat back to the port, the marlin had only a big white skeleton left.
The old man in the extended information, the old man in San Diego and the sea, were finally dragged to the coast by a huge fish skeleton after three days of exhausted sea struggle. In fact, the old man is the winner who gets nothing. And in the future, people can't believe that this exhausted old man can overcome the raging sea.
In Hemingway's view, life is a war that can't be won, just like the old man's "old sail repaired with many flour bags looks like a flag that will never fail." But the old man never stopped acting. It is a kind of pursuit in the face of great sadness, death and failure, which is also tenacious and persistent.
The whole time of the novel is very tight, only four days before and after: the day before going out to sea, with the old man's return from the sea as the introduction, people around him appear one by one and explain their relationship with the old man: Manorine, a child who loves him and learns to fish with him; A group of fishermen who respect him but can never understand him; A hotel owner who cares about him.
Old people live in such a character group. By contrast, he is obviously different from others. He is an optimistic, open-minded, experienced, confident, hardworking, brave, adventurous, simple and passionate Cuban fisherman. At the same time, this spoke structure can also produce clear clues, focused centers and concise stories.
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