Tiny but mighty
——Read \"The old man and the sea\"Thoughts Nowadays,many people may be confused on the true sense of our lives.Some people are eager to succeed and to realize their so-called sense of lives.Maybe,so do I.However,after I read this famous novel-- The old man and the sea.I was shocked by this amazing novel and Hemingway.Because it told me what the true sense is of our lives:We may be tiny,but our thought,heart,soul and spirit can be mighty.
The novel tells us a story that happened a long time ago,in Cuba,an old fisher called Santiago always went fishing alone.And unfortunately,he even hadn’t caught any fishes for eighty-four days,while in the eighty-fifth day,he caught a very huge marlin fish,it is nearly two feet longer than the boat.And after two days’ drifting, Santiago stabed the marlin fish into death,and during this time,the old fisher suffered from many tough hardships that he had never gone
through.Howerver,at this time,the blood of the dead marlin fish attracted some sharks.Although the old man had a life-and-death fight with those bad guys,but as a result,the marlin fish had been eaten out by the sharks while only the bare skeleton was left.
The old man returned to the harbour with his tired body but no gain.Soon he fell asleep.And in his dream,he saw a lion.And in this chapter,the author revealed the subject of this novel:”A man is not for defeat,a man can be destroyed but not defeated!”
During my reading,I found that the expreions of this novel is so wonderful that I am
attrcted by them.For example,”The clouds over the land now rose like mountains and the coast was only a long green line with the gray blue hills behind it.The water was a dark blue now,so dark that it was almost purple.”
After my thinking,I have many thoughts about Santiago,this novel or even Hemingway.I feel my spirit has been even just the same as him.It’s true that we can not deny that Santiago is a tiny fisher:he is old and poor.But the more important matter is that he is also a mighty man:he has a brave and benevolent heart,a firm belief and a strong spirit.Is he just like Hemingway?Just like John F.Kennedy said:”No one can exceed him,he is the symbol of the spirit of the United States.” Hemingway and Santiago,they both bore the heavy burden at their times,but they still took their courage in both hands,even though they might be injured or lose their lives.Undoubtedly,in our
lives,we may meet a lot of hardships,but we are born to eradicate them,but not to suffer from them.In this novel,the old man had never yielded to the tough surroundings,this is his victory!
I think this great spirit should not just be the spirit of America,but we human beings.Through the history of our Earth,so many people had this great spirit,such as Martin Luther King, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Isaac Newton and so on.We human beings who have sent a meage to the world that we have not just be a collection of the tiny creature or a collection of the mixture of the blood and meat----we are,and always will be,the people who are mighty in their spirit.
I believe,with this spirit,we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.With this spirit,we will be able to transform the janging discords of our world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.With this spirit,we will be able to work together,to struggle together,to stand up for true sense of our lives together,knowing that we can not be destroyed.
“We may be unable to lead a rich or succeful life,but at least,we can try our best to make it a better world.We are tiny in our bodies,but we can be mighty in our spirit.”From every mountainside,let this spirit ring!
