英文版“老人与海”的英雄特征分析.doc

An Analysis of the Heroic Characteristics in The Old Man And The Sea ABSTRACT Hemingway was one of the most famous novelists in America.?He created a perfect image of Code Hero: Santiago in?The Old Man and the Sea?which won Hemingway Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.?The Old Man and the Sea?is one of the most?influential?and far-reaching novels of the literary treasure of the world. It’s so widely-read that people consider that?“Whatever there is an?intellectual, people know?Hemingway?and nobody knows Hemingway without knowing his works?The Old Man and the Sea”. Why?the novel is?so widely read? Why is it so?influential?and why is it so loved by the people of different colors and different nations? Surely many factors may contribute to the success of the novel. But the main factor, no doubt, is the touching and unforgettable?portrait?of the immortal artistic figure, Santiago, a representative of Code Hero.? In the introduction of the essay,?I?will make a brief description about the contents of this novel and point out the main idea of the novel.?The content of the essay is to?analyze?the characteristics of Code Hero.?And then?I?will set out framework of the essay.?The first part of the body is the background information.?Through the introduction to Hemingway’s legend life, we find some common points between the author and the old man, and the most?familiar?point is that both of them have the spirit of Code Hero.?In the second part of the body,?I?will portray the process of his catching Marlin and fighting with the sharks.?Then?I?will analyses the spirit of Code Hero.?The spirit is concentrated on four areas: First, never give up hopes in any difficult conditions; secondly, keep daring spirit and never admit defeat in the process of fighting; thirdly, behave heroically in the actual battle; and last, endure the loneliness?in the?long process of the fighting.?The last part of the essay is the conclusion.?This paper will?anal