戊上一记录O返回O F载打印 Email 下一记录【标题】老人与海之人与自然【作者】罗丽娜【关键词】人与自然；和谐；冲突【指导老师】许奋荣【专业】英语【正文】l. l ntroducti onA. A Brief In troduction to the AuthorErnest Hemingway, an American writer of novels and short stories, was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Chicago. Hemingway, as one of the most famous American writers of the twentieth century, began his writingcareer for TheKansas City Star in 1917. With the appearanee of The Sun Also Rise in 1926, Hemingway became the voice of“ lost generation ” . His narrativesfrequently contain masculine motifs, such as bull-fighting Death in theAfternoon, hunting The Green Hills of Africa, war A Farewell to Arms, For Whonthe Bell Tolls, and fishingThe Old Man and the Sea. All of these motifsderive from Hemingway s own experiences as a traveler and an adventurer.In 1961, he died, by suicide, i n Ketchum.B. Backgro und and Syn opsis of the WorkThe Old Man and the Sea is a no vella by Ern est Hemin gway written in Cubain 1951and published in 1952. It is Hemingway s masterpiece, and it is also a classical works in the history of literature.It was the last major workof fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. InThe Old Man and the Sea Hemingway presents old age facing life and deathwith courage, hope, and wisdom. For all its apparent simplicity it is a work of con summate art. The old Man and the Sea as Hemin gway s most popular work was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, and in 1954 Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The old Manand the Sea recounts an epic battle between an old, experieneed fisherman and a giant marlin said to be the largest catch of his life. There s no complicated plot, but it indicated a lot. Hemingway has said “ I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea and areal fish and real sharks. But if I made them good and true eno ugh they would mean many things ” .1 It s an aesthetic work; the key point is that the author en dowed it deep soul, pushed readers to pon der it over. The novelThe Old Manand the Sea figured a classic tough guy, the old fisher,Santiago,after faili ng to catch any fish duri ng eighty four days, fin ally he got a huge marli n alone in the sea, but the fish was too big that it dragged his small boat about three days. Fin ally the fish wore out and was killed bySantiago. On the way back, a shark attacked him and only the head and tail of the fish was left in the end. It was a profound classic tragedy as well as a touching song of praise to heroism.II. The Harmony between Man and Nature Hemingway was successful. He made the sea, the tiny boat, the old man and the kid dance in front of us vividly and harmoniously. Furthermore, from these apparent things, we were touched deep inside. A ship traveled to the end of the world, bearing up for the unknown sea. There s hanging a flagon the fore, on which shining for words surpassing the limit. The authorHemingway remarked his work the Old Man and the Sea in this way. This is a beautiful picture, is a harmonious picture, with emphasis on the harmonious relationship between man and nature. This relationship is noted as being depending on each other for existence instead of conquest, obedience, or worship.A. The Harmony between the Old Man and the SeaThe sea of the story lies out beyond Havana, Cuba. It is vast, majestic, and timeless, calm for much of the year, feeling the benign influences of the trade winds and the Gulf Stream. The sea is the central character in the story. It plays a very important role in the story. Most of the story takes place on the sea, and the old man is constantly identified with it and its creatures; the old man loves its beauty, power, and mystery. “ He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. ” 2 On this timeless stream the old man spends most of his waking hours. He says“ It is enough to live on the sea and kill ourtrue brothers. ”3 His sea- colored eyes reflect both the sea stranquility and power, and its inhabitants are his brothers. The old man refers the sea as a woman. People refer to the sea as a womanwhen they love her. When they view her as an enemy and rival, though, they refer to her as a man, but Santiago didn t think so. Despite the sea is an enemy , theocean is important in that it indicates that while the sea may bring fortune. There are many sentences and paragraphs in the book describing the old mans feeling about the sea. At the beginning of the novel, it opens by explaining that the fisherman, who is namedSantiago, has gone 84 days without catching a fish. He is apparently so unlucky that his young apprentice Mandolin has been forbidden with him. Rants to sail with the old man and been ordered to fish with more successful fishermen. Everything is unlucky, but in the book there is a sentence“ Everything about him was old except his eyesand they were the same color as the sea