《老人与海》读书报告
Book Report of The Old Man and the SEA
The Old Man and the SEA is a midium-length novel written by Ernest miller
Hemingway ,who was born in America.Hemingway went through a quite rough life.He experienced two wars.The wars brought lots of honor to him, followed by 237 scars of wounds and frightening memories which can never be driven away.As far back as 1939, Hemingway began to prepare for the novel.But in fact, the novel was not be published until 1952.
\"A man is not made for defeat.\" \"A man can be destroyed but not defeated.\"After reading the book The Old Man and The Sea , my brain is filled with these two
sentences.Santiago is a true man who taught me to face difficulties bravely and to be confident in my life.
The Old Man and the SEA is a story that a old fisherman, Santiago, did not catch any fish in 84 days.At first, a boy named Manolin used to go fishing with Santiago.But after 40 days without any fish ,his parents arranged the boy to go to another boat, because they thought it would unlucky to let the boy stay with the old man.However, in the eighty fifth day ,the old man rowed the boat far away in the early morning ,and to his surprise, he caught a marlin which was bigger than the boat.The old man struggled with the big marlin in the following two days, and finally speared it.However, the injured fish left a trace with blood, leading hundreds sharks to
battle .The old man tried his best to fight with sharks, but when he arrived at
harbor ,the old man fell down exhaustedly ,only to find there was just a huge fishbone left.The boy came to visit the old man and he believed the old man was not a loser.He told the old man \"He did not beat you .Not the fish.That afternoon, the old man slept .He met a lion in his dream.
In the story, Santiago is the symbol of those who will never give in to the
difficulties no matter how hard they are.The sharks stands for some resistance, even disasters.Santiago showed his optimism.Even if he just caught a fish born, he still a winner in spirit.
After reading the novel, we can understand what is true brave.We may meet
various of difficulties and challenges in our life.Facing to them, what should we do? Santiago has given us a powerful answer.I think the old man is the lion in his dream __a lion that will never give up ,no matter what difficulties he met.Never give up__ that\'swhat The Old Man and the Sea told us.
