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1、character analysis of santiago in the old man and the sea 畢 業(yè) 論 文 題 目：老人與海中圣地亞哥的性格分析學(xué) 院：外國語學(xué)院專 業(yè)：英語班 級：專接本12-1班姓 名：李翠超學(xué) 號：20120306004指導(dǎo)教師：趙雙玉 2014年5月28日a graduation thesis for the b.a. degreecharacter analysis of santiago in the old man and the sea byli cuichaosupervisor:prof. zhao shuangyuresearch

2、direction:literaturespecialty:english language & literatureclass:1201register number:20120306004faculty:school of foreign languagesshijiazhuang universitymay 28, 2014鄭 重 聲 明本人的畢業(yè)論文是在導(dǎo)師指導(dǎo)下獨立撰寫完成的，學(xué)位論文沒有剽竊、抄襲，造假等違反學(xué)術(shù)道德、學(xué)術(shù)規(guī)范和侵權(quán)行為。若有上述情況，本人愿意獨立承擔(dān)由此產(chǎn)生的法律責(zé)任和法律后果，特此鄭重聲明。學(xué)位論文作者（簽名）：2014年5月28日acknowledgm

3、entsi wish to express my profound indebtedness to professor zhao shuangyu, my supervisor, for her warm-hearted encouragement and invaluable advice. in the last three months, she has given me indispensable help in many ways, from the language polishing to the argument expounding, and from the first o

4、utline of the thesis to its final completion. without her insightful comments, patient guidance and meticulous scholarship, my thesis would not have appeared in the present form.my heartfelt thanks also go to all my teachers of the school of foreign languages at shijiazhuang university for their inf

5、ormative and inspiring courses and lectures，from which i have obtained a lot of knowledge and creative ideas that are conducive to the completion of my work.and finally, i would express my sincere thanks to my classmates, namely li weiying, zhang kuo, dong lulu who generously lend me their hands dur

6、ing the course of writing this thesis.摘 要 老人與海是海明威創(chuàng)作風(fēng)格和創(chuàng)作思想達到成熟和顛峰時期的代表作,這篇文章幫助海明威贏得了普利策獎和諾貝爾獎。圣地亞哥是這篇小說的主角。海明威在這篇小說中把圣地亞哥塑造成了一個“硬漢”的形象。這種“硬漢”精神影響了一代又一代人，激勵他們在未來的路上無論遇到什么困難都頑強拼搏、努力奮斗。然而，老人雖然很偉大，但也不是一個完美之人。本篇論文主要就圣地亞哥的性格進行了分析。他的性格曾被許多評論家和學(xué)者從不同的方面研究過，在借鑒了以往研究的基礎(chǔ)上，這篇文章主要從兩方面來探討他的性格。一方面，他有很多值得我們學(xué)習(xí)的積極品質(zhì)。

7、他具有堅強的意志、善良慈祥的內(nèi)心、理智的頭腦。另一方面，他也有不太完美的地方。例如，他非常孤單，朋友極少。另外，他還是一個有性別歧視和明顯攻擊性的人。老人與海一書中精心刻畫的圣地亞哥這一形象正是海明威本人性格特征的真實再現(xiàn)，海明威的性格特點就了圣地亞哥的這些特點。所以，本文最后又從海明威對圣地亞哥性格映射的角度上做出了討論。 關(guān)鍵詞：性格； 優(yōu)良品質(zhì)； 消極品質(zhì)； 映射abstract the old man and the sea is hemingways masterpiece which represents his mature writing style and excellent

8、 composing thoughts in the peak period of creation. this novel helps him won the pulitzer price and nobel price. and santiago is the main role in the old man and the sea. hemingway creates him as a powerful man,which has influenced hundreds of and thousands of generations of people and inspired them

9、 to work hard and fight with the life no matter what happened.however, although great as the old man is, he is a not very perfect man.this thesis mainly makes an analysis on the character of santiago, which has been studied by many critics and scholars.based on those studies, this article will discu

10、ss his character from two aspects.on one hand,he has many positive qualities which deserve us to learn.he is strong-willed,kind-hearted and rational. on the other hand,he also has many aspects that are not very well.for example, he is very lonely,which means he has few friends.besides,he is also a p

11、erson that has sexism and overt aggression. it is hemingways character that makes santiagos character.so this passage finally discusses the projection of hemingways character over santiago. key words: character; positive qualities; negative qualities; projectioncontentsi. introduction.1ii. the writi

12、ng background and iceberg theory.1 2.1 writing background.2 2.2 iceberg theory.2iii. character analysis of santiago.2 3.1 positive qualities of santiagocharacter.3 3.1.1 strong will.3 3.2.2 kind heart.4 3.3.3 rational mind.5 3.2 negative qualities of santiagocharacter.6 3.2.1 loneliness.6 3.2.2 sexi

13、sm.7 3.2.3 overt aggression.8 iv. the projection of hemingweis character on santiago.10 v. conclusion.12i. introductionernest miller hemingway ,who was one of the most famous american writers in the twentieth century and belonged to the lost generation. he was born in oak park, illinois on july 21,1

14、899. influenced by his parents,he ardently loved music,hunting,fishing,boxing and bullfighting, which are very challenging activities. he has took part in two world wars and spanish civil war. during world war i, he served as an ambulance driver while during world war ii and spanish civil war, he se

15、rved as a correspondent. he was wounded by the war many times and has experienced twelve operations, which withdrew 227 pieces of bullet fragments from his body. finally he settled in cube. his works have the sun also rises, a farewell to arms and the old man and the sea. in 1958, he won the pulitze

16、r price for the old man and the sea and in 1953, he won the nobel price. however, what surprised the world most is his suicide.he committed suicide by shooting himself on the morning july2,1961.the old man and the sea is a very simple story, but it has a far-researching significance to the human. a

17、fisherman of cube,santiago, didnt get any fish for about 84 days in the gulf of mexico.however, he didnt give up and still went fishing on the 85th day. he regarded 85 as a lucky number and he must catch a fish. kung fu people live, santiago finally got a fish as big as the length of the boat after

18、fighting with the fish for about 3 days and 3 nights. but on the back way home, the fish was attacked by some crucial sharks. although the old man has tried his best to protect the fish, he failed. at the end, the sharks devoured the marlin,leaving only the head,skeleton and tail. the topic sentence

19、 in the book is “a man can be destroyed but not defeated”. this word has inspired hundreds of people and became the food for thought.ii. the writing background and iceberg theory2.1 the writing backgroundafter world war ii, the social atmosphere became worse and worse,the values of struggling hard h

20、as been gradually dying out,and the evil social influence has spread all over the peaceful period. the old man and the sea was created under this social condition.before it, hemingway didnt have any new works for a long time, which makes him extremely misery .so the old man and the sea has reflected

21、 all his beliefs,pursuits and thoughts. and it was adapted from a real man story-gregorio fuentes.in 1936, gregorio went far away from the bank of the sea and he caught a very big fish. however, the fish was attacked by sharks when going home because it detained on the sea for too long time. finally

22、 it remained only a piece of fishbone.2.2 iceberg theorythe iceberg theory is about that seven eighth of an iceberg under the water while only one eighth above the water. actually,it is a kind of writing style of hemingway. it means that the writer only describe a small portion of what he knows, lea

23、ving about ninety percents of the content a mystery that grows beneath the surface of the writing. in the old man and the sea, the author used iceberg theory to perfectly build the character of santiago. the author didnt describe his character directly, but through brief words, distinctive images, r

24、ich emotion and deep thoughts. in this way, iceberg theory make people understand santiago well by themselves. it leaves us a space to imagine what actually santiagos character it is.iii. character analysis of santiago this part is the main content of the thesis. santiagos character, the soul of the

25、 novel, is an important clue to prompt the development of the story. from his character, people can find the true intents of the author and grasp the final meaning of the old man and the sea. so next will discuss santiagos character. it is divided into two aspects-positive and negative qualities.3.1

26、 positive qualities of santiagocharactereach people has both merits and dis-merits including santiago. as the powerful man in the old man and the sea, santiago must have many positive qualities which deserve us to learn. his spiration is admirable and have a great impact on us.the author provides a

27、distinctive character to the reader. this part will discuss santiagos character from the positive aspect, such as his strong will, kind heart and rational mind.3.1.1 stong willin the novel, one of santiagos most positive qualities is his stong will. thats his secret of success. the strong will is ex

28、pressed through many sides, such as his confidence, optimism and braveness.to begin with, santiagos strong will was shown in his confidence. after 84 days fishing on the sea, he didnt get any fishes and what made things worse was that his only company, manolin , also left him. he was unlucky in some

29、 peoples eyes. but he didnt give up. he had hope and confidence all the way. he believed he must be able to catch fishes with his outstanding abilities. he decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted badly enough. his confidence makes his strong will.confidence is the belief that support people t

30、o go ahead. further more, his strong will was shown in his optimism. he could even play jokes with the little boy under the outside pressure. he imagined everything beautiful even when he had nothing. there were no cast net and yesterdays paper, but he went through the fiction every day. he still co

31、uld talk about the baseball game no matter how bad the situations were. it shows his optimism.its another behavior of strong will.last but not least, his strong will was shown in his braveness. he fight with the big marlin for three days and three nights. he tried to catch the marlin again and again

32、. he also met the big sharks and struggled hard with it. exhausted, painful as he was, he never thought about giving up and losing hope. even faced with the sharks alone, he is brave. he didnt scare of anything. he insisted on fighting until he arrived home.in this way,he is a great hero.besides all

33、 above,other things can also show his stong will. for example, his images make it. “everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.” the eyes are the key points. we couldt feel disappointed , despair and pessimism from his eyes.

34、all of these has showed his strong will. he believed every day was a new day. the people who didnt have hope is silly.“every day is a new day.it is better to be lucky.but i would rather be exact.then when luck comes you are ready”although santiago was old and unlucky, his heart was young and had str

35、ong power. no matter what he experienced, he convinced he can success at last. he still hold the grace under the heavy pressure. just like the words “man is not made for defeat. a man can be destroyed but not defeated.” these all reflect his strong will.3.1.2 kind heartas an old man,he has experienc

36、ed a lot, including the poverty life, crucial society and the death of his wife. facing so many difficulties, he didnt become hostile. he is still kind-hearted, generous, fatherly and caring. he didnt lose love for anyone.for manolin, santiago often looked at the little boy with his sun-burned, conf

37、ident loving eyes. he taught manolin not only the skills of fishing, but also how to deal with the life. people must learn to endure the unfair of life and how tough life is. life was hard, but we could challenge the difficulties and grasp the nettle.for his neighbors in cube, when santiago didnt ge

38、t a fish for 84 days, they made fun of him, but he was not angry and didnt say anything bad of them. he had a generous heart which was able to bear anything that people gave him. in other word, he was a person who had no grudge. meanwhile, martin, the owner of the little restaurant, had ever provide

39、d the old man a lot of food when he was most in need. santiago never forgot it and always wanted to thank him by giving him the best fishes he could catch. at last, santiago gave the only remained head of the marlin to martin, leaving nothing to himself. therefore, we can conclude from it that santi

40、ago is a very kind-hearted, generous person.for the marlin, santiago respected it for its beauty, braveness and strength. he regarded marlin as his brother rather than prey. on one side, he wanted to kill it. on another side, he treated marlin as his friend on the ocean. in this way, he held a lovel

41、y heart. he thought everything beautiful,even his prey. for the creatures in the sea, santiago sympathize with the weak. he liked his main friend on the ocean-the flying fish. he felt grieve for the birds, especially the cute dark terns.they were always looking for food, but unfortunately they found

42、 nothing. compared with the sea, the terns were too delicate to survive. although santiago didnt like the huge, stupid loggerhead, he was friendly to them. he didnt kill them just because he hate them. to some extent, he even showed kind heart to something that he didnt like.for himself, he also lon

43、ged for other peoples caring. a man who is always caring about others also wanted to get othersconcern. therefore, santiago tried his best to be kind-hearted, generous, fatherly and caring.from these five parts, santiago has mostly showed his kind-hearted aspects. he was an old man who was full of l

44、ove and never complained the unfair life. no matter what happened, he faced it with smile and love.3.1.3 rational mindbesides the strong-will, kind heart, santiago also showed his personal charm in another aspects. in the process of fishing, he kept rational all the way. no matter how difficult the

45、environment is, he is calm, endurable and rational.in daily life, there are many temptations to prevent people to make the right choice. sometimes people cannot resist the temptations and go another way. in other word, they forget their certain goal. but santiago could make it. he liked baseball ver

46、y much so that he enjoyed fantasizing about baseball match. its a kind of entertainment. although he wanted to do that, he knew what he should do. he still could tell himself that now is no time to think of baseball, now is the time to think of only one thing-fishing. when he was drafting, he wanted

47、 to sleep. but he knew it was the eighty-fifth day and he should fish the day well. santiago showed great restraint in fishing. he adhered his final goal. its another view of showing rational. in society, maybe people know something is right and its good for us. but because we dont like it, most peo

48、ple chose to avoid doing it. however,santiago was a rational people. he didnt like to eat the white turtle egg and shark liver oil so much, but in everyday life, he ate it just to be strong and never stopped it. when he was on the sea, he had to eat the dolphin. although he thought it was unsavory,

49、he ate it to save energy. whenever it is, he kept rational and made the best choice according to the condition.when people want to do something successfully, on one side, he must have the strong desire to make it. on another side, he must have the skill about what he do. although santiago didnt get

50、the fish for 84 days, he has learned the excellent skill to catch fish. that is the foundation to be rational. this is also the reason why he could finally catch the marlin. as people can know, the environment that santiago faced on the sea is very terrible. the marlin is difficult to catch. santiag

51、o have to fight with it for almost three days and three nights. but every time he struggle with it he can make the right choice. he knew how he could catch the fish more quickly. when the shark came, he also could attacked them with all the tools he owning. facing at the dangerous moment, he can wel

52、l deal with it. therefore,santiago is a rational man whenever it was. in such tough circumstance, santiago tell himself that he must do something to alter the status quo and make some difference. he thought he could do a lot to make the situation better. he didnt give up and lose the braveness just

53、because of the old age and hard condition.3.2 negative qualities of santiagos charactergold cant be pure and man cant be perfect. santiago has many merits as mentioned above.to some extent, he is a great man. but he also has something unperfect. next are some negative qualities of santiago.3.2.1 lon

54、eliness loneliness sometimes cannot be described as bad or negative. but this article will understand it in another view.in the cube, santiago was an old man, he has experienced most part of his life. he should have many friends or workmates or someone to talk with. but he didnt have. his only wife has passed away leaving no children with him. no one but the little boy would like to go fishing with him. eve