A Deep Interpretation of The Old Man and the Sea

1. The intimate relationship between the old man and the boy reflects the old man's nostalgia for his lost youth.

The only person who accompanied the lonely old man was the boy Manorine. Old people always want to travel with boys. When he was in trouble at sea, he said to himself many times, "If only that boy were here." . Boys are not only companionship and comfort to the elderly, but also remind them of their brave and strong youth. In this boy, he saw vitality and hope. When he fought against the ocean with his old body, the boy became his spiritual motivation.

The lion in Africa is mentioned many times in the article, which symbolizes the brave and fearless spirit of the old people.

The old man likes lions very much. He saw lions in Africa when he was young, and often dreamed that they appeared on the beach in his dreams when he was old. The lion is the king of all animals, and the old man's love for the lion is more because he likes the lion's character. This reflects from the side that the old man has a strong will and will not be defeated by difficulties. Let us understand why he never gives up after repeated bad luck and stubbornly fights with big fish and sharks with thin strength.

For that big fish, the old man's feelings are complicated. He wanted to kill it and sincerely praised it.

This book uses a lot of space to describe the old man's association with big fish. The wonderful competition is close, and this fish is not only a commodity that can fetch a good price. The old man is an indomitable hero, and so are the fish he meets. The old man has expressed his apologies and appreciation for this fish many times, but he is a fisherman after all. In order to defend his dignity and complete his mission, he had to end the life of this fish. The fish's tenacity and tenacious struggle have inspired the old people's infinite potential and will to break out in the devastated situation. It can be said that it has helped each other.

This is really a book with ups and downs, which is closely related to people's hearts everywhere. Besides the game between the old man and the sea, what other stories do you not know?

1. The prototype of the old man is gregorio Fuente. He immigrated to Cuba when he was young and became a fisherman. 1930, Hemingway experienced a shipwreck, and it was Fuente who rescued and transferred the people on board. Hemingway appreciated his fisherman's experience and his personality, and they became good friends who talked about everything. Fuente accompanied Hemingway in hunting Nazi submarines in the Caribbean and went fishing or exploring with him. Their friendship lasted for more than 30 years. 196 1 year, after Hemingway committed suicide, the old man stopped going to sea. On June 3rd, 2002, Fuente died at the age of 6543865438004.

This book has a strong religious meaning, Hemingway consciously compared the old man to the incarnation of Christ. Why do you say that? It turns out that the old man's name "San Diego" is actually the Spanish spelling of "St. James", one of Jesus' four disciples and a fisherman. The old man carries a fishing line, which means that Jesus carries a cross; Finally, the old man came home and lay in bed with his arms straight and palms up, much like the crucifixion posture of Christ. In the Old Testament, human beings were punished by God for their original sin, but Jesus Christ stood the test of suffering and was finally redeemed. The novel also expresses this Christian spirit-the old man hasn't caught a fish for a long time, and suffered the blow and frustration brought by the impermanent fate, but he still faced all this squarely and never flinched, and finally completed his "self-salvation" as a fisherman.

Hemingway himself thinks The Old Man and the Sea is his "best work that can be written in my life". The writing of this work applies the iceberg principle. What is the "iceberg principle"? The iceberg principle was put forward by Hemingway in the documentary Death in the Afternoon in 1932. He compared literary creation to an iceberg floating on the ocean and thought: "The iceberg movement is magnificent because only one-eighth of it is on the water." By the same token, literary writing should focus on objective narration, without adding too many details and descriptions, so that people can dig and feel profound connotations in simple language.