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老人与海读后感英文版（TheOldManandtheSea）

第一篇：老人与海读后感英文版(TheOldManandtheSea)

Impressionof“TheOldManandtheSea”

WhenIwasamiddleschoolstudent,I’vefinishedthisbook

inChinese.ButwhenIreaditinEnglish,Ireallygainsomething

newbothinthewayofexpressionandthespirititshowsto

us.Maybedifferentagestoreadthesamebookwewilllearn

differentthingsfromit.Atleast,formypart,thatistrue.Firstly,I

wouldliketoreviewsomeinformationaboutthisbook.Suchas

thebackground,majorcharactersandthetopicofit.TheOldMan

andtheSeaisastorybyErnestHemingway,writteninCubain

1951andpublishedin1952.Itwasthelastmajorworkoffiction

tobeproducedbyHemingwayandpublishedinhislifetime.One

ofhismostfamousworks,itcentersuponSantiago,anaging

Cubanfishermanwhostruggleswithagiantmarlinfaroutinthe

GulfStream.[1]

TheOldManandtheSeaservedtoreinvigorate

Hemingwaysliteraryreputationandpromptedareexamination

ofhisentirebodyofwork.Thenovellawasinitiallyreceivedwith

muchpopularity;itrestoredmanyreadersconfidencein

Hemingwayscapabilityasanauthor.Itspublisher,Scribners,on

anearlydustjacket,calledthenovellaa“newclassic,”and

manycriticsfavorablycompareditwithsuchworksasWilliam

Faulkners“TheBear”andHermanMelvillesMoby-Dick.This

bookgivesmeadeepimpressionespeciallythedescription

abouttheman’sbravenessandpersistence.Inthisbook,in

ordertosuggesttheprofundityoftheoldman’ssacrificeand

theglorythatderivesfromit,Hemingwaypurposefullylikens

SantiagotoChrist,who,accordingtoChristiantheology,gavehis

lifeforthegreatergloryofhumankind.Crucifixionimageryisthe

mostnoticeablewayinwhichHemingwaycreatesthesymbolic

parallelbetweenSantiagoandChrist.WhenSantiago’spa