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The Symbolism in the Old Man and the Sea A Thesis Submitted to College of Foreign Languages Xingtan College Qufu Normal University In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts ACKNOWLEDGMENT I am deeply grateful to Professor Sun huaxiang who has given me constant and valuable advice, read my drafts through meticulously and offered incisive comments on them. Without his help, the thesis could never have reached its present form. My sincere gratitude also goes to all my teachers who have given me excellent lectures and great help, which are indispensable to the completion of this thesis. I also give my hearty thanks to all my classmates who have offered generous help and useful suggestions in the process of writing this thesis. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to all the writers whose works have been referred to in this thesis. 摘 要 被威谦、福克纳誉为“这代人最优秀的一个单篇”的《老人与海》是硬汉海明威的力作，而对于《老人与海》的象征主义，评论界各执己见，海明威本人的解释也模棱两可。而小说中主人翁桑提亚哥和生存环境、大海、鲨鱼、小孩等角色实际上非角色本身，表面上角色及故事情节有着深刻的象征意义，所以希望从文中的主人公、其生存环境等各个方面对其象征主义进行剖析、总结和归纳《老人与海》的象征手法以及海明威的人生观在各象征因素中的体现，以期能帮助读者更好的理解这部作品。 关键词：海明威；象征因素；冰山理论；生存环境；人生观 ABSTRACT The Old Man and the Sea，praised by a famous writer as “the most excellent simple article in this generation”，is a masterpiece of the unyielding man －Hemingway. But with regard to the symbolism，it has been talked differently and was equivocal in the explanation by Hemingway himself. The protagonist, the living environment, the sea, the shark, the marlin are not themselves but have significant symbolical meaning. Here will analyze its symbolism through some aspects such as the leading character, the living environment and Hemingway′s philosophy of life reflected by the symbols, with a view to help the reader get a better understanding of Hemingway′s masterp