试析HeroicAnAnalysisoftheHeroicCharacterintheOldManandtheSea

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Abstract：The Old Man and the Sea is the novel written by Ernest Hemingway. And it is a famous work of him. In this novel， the author shapes a image of“a dauntless man”who still keeps his grace manners even if failing. And which subject mainly praise the dauntless struggling spirit. Santiago is an image of “bre hero”. This article mainly analyzes the character of Santiago from the following aspects： Facing bad luck， Santiago dealt with it with hardworking and never give up； Santiago is a man full of challenge spirit and competitive sense； Santiago is hero and failure. This kind of breness deserves us to study especially when we lived in this society which full of death and violence.
Key Words：Santiago dauntless struggling spirit bre hero

1.The Brief Introduction of Santiago

Santiago is an aged Cuban man， a skilled fisherman by profession. By personality， Santiago is bre， determined， and optimistic， not letting anything in life rattle him. Even when he does not catch a single fish for eighty-four days， he refuses to be discouraged. He has had streaks of bad luck in the past， and he is hopeful that the next day will bring him better luck. In fact， he makes up his mind to go far out to sea and try his luck， optimistic that he may catch a really large fish.
2.A Detailed Analysis of the Character of Santiago

2.1 Hardworking and Never Give up

The hero of "the old man and the sea" Santiago is the most typical "butch" image that "a man can be destroyed but not defeated". Years of hard life in fishing carved him an image of the sea， created his “dauntless man " character. In the novel， Santiago go fishing is not only to feed himself， but also for glory， he hopes it can prove what a kind of person he is .when he finally bagged his dream论文导读：teduringthelifejourney，butthefailureafterfightingpromptspeoplemuchrespectthanthosewhoachievesuccesseasily."Theoldmanandthesea"notsimplytellsusastoryaboutoldmanstruggleagainstthesharks，what'oreisaphilosophyoflifeabouthowtostrugglewithadversityand
of the goal， he return with a winner’s posture， but he encounter more dangerous opponents： the shark. And then he had to fight against the shark.”A man is not made for be defeated， you can put him out， but can't defeated him.".
2.2 Challenge Spirit and Competitive Sense
Santiago's most significant character is that he is a man full of challenging spirit and competitive sense. Each time when he goes fishing， to survive is not his single purpose； what’s more is challenge to battle to the sea. He couldn't catch a fish for 84 days， it is a sting that the sea gives him and it is also a test that the sea gives him. He face unprecedented failure is also a time when he outbreak his energy when he face more strong challenge. In the eyes of this kind of "dauntless man "， to face the cha摘自：毕业论文结论www.7ctime.com
llenge that may destroy him can stimulate his sense of his life and vitality. In this sense， he went into the sea is to lose and to promote his whole life with challenge.2.3 Hero and Failure源于：论文书写格式www.7ctime.com
"The old man and the sea" reveals an ancient and grand literary theme---the relationship between man and the nature and the challenge of people against the fate， reflects a dauntless attitude of life and dare to fight with the bad luck. Works reflects the failure see from the surface， but it implied the tough guy temperament that doesn’t bow to the failure. Failure is everyone inevitably to taste during the life journey， but the failure after fighting prompts people much respect than those who achieve success easily. "The old man and the sea" not simply tells us a story about old man struggle against the sharks， what's more is a philosophy of life about how to struggle with adversity and how to be a hero of life.

3.Conclusion

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his is the spirit of Hemingway's tough guy， it is also the philosophy of subject which express in the works .That is， people may constantly suffer failure when struggle with the outside world. However man should
face failure brely and do not break the dignity of people.
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Ernest Hemingway.The Old Man and the Sea.Beijing：world Publishing Corporation.1998.
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