英文版“老人與海”的英雄特征分析

1、an analysis of the heroic characteristics in ”the old man and the sea11abstracthemingway 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 mem and the sea is one

2、 of the most influential and far-reaching novels of the literary treasure of the world. it's so widelyread that people consider that "whatever there is an intellectual, people know hemin gway and no body knows hemingway without knowing his works the old man and the sea ” why the novel is so

3、 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. bui (he main factor, no doubt, is the touching and unforgettable portrait of the immortal artistic figure, santiago,

4、a representative of code heroin the introduction of the essay, i will make a brief dcscription 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

5、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 pro

6、cess of his catching marlin and fighting with the sharks then i will analyscs 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 her

7、oically in the actual battle; and last, endure the loneliness in lhe long process of the fighling. the last pari of the essay is the conclusion. this paper will analyze the image of the old man, reveal the characteristics of code hero, and advocate the spirit of never giving up.key words： the old ma

8、n and the sea, hemingway, code hero, santiagooutlineabstractintroductioni. background information1.1 the introduction to the author1.2 the introduction to the novel backgroundii. the introduction to the old man and the seaiil the study of the heroic characteristics3.1 everlasting hope for the future

9、3.2 unyielding spirit for facing the challenge3.3 heroic behavior in the actual battleconclusionintroductionthe old man and the sea was published in 1952 and was one of hemingway most successful novels which won hemingway nobel prize for literature in 1954.the novel writes a very simple story which

10、chronicles the adventure of santiago, based on a true story of a cuba fisherman. after eighty-four days without catching a fish, santiago, an old cuban hooks a giant fish. for two days and two nights the old man holds on while the fish pulls him further and further. finally he kills the fish and tic

11、s it to his skiff. almost at once, brutal sharks begin to take his price away. he struggles against the sharks with the harpoon, the oar, the knife, the short club the sharks eat all but the bones of the fish half dead with exhaustion, he brings the skeleton home and makes his way to bed and dreams

12、of his golden timein the novel, hemingway creates an immortal artistic figure, santiago, a representative of code hero. santiago is a poor fisherman who lives alone and has finally lost all will to live every day is the same dull, monotonous routine his wife had died; his only comfort is a boy.the c

13、hief point about santiago is that he behaves perfectly and honorably, with great courage and endurance while losing to the sharks the giant fish he has caught, he comes with the message that while man may grow old, and be wholly down on his luck, he can still dare to stick to the rules, persist when

14、 he is destroyed, and thus by the manner of his losing to win his victory. i also want to point out that the novel not only describes the fight between human and nature and fate but also indicates hemingway's code hero getting to its summit. although the old man in the novel is weak and in the g

15、rim fate of pressure, he also shows the spirit of code herothis paper will analyze the image of the old man, reveal the characteristics of code hero, and advocate the spirit of never giving up.lbackground informationli the introduction to the authorernest hemingway (18961961) was a novelist and shor

16、t story writer who became one of the best-known american authors in his century. he was famous for his experience and unique artistic style all over the world. according to the old man and the sea (1952), hemingway won the nobel prize for literature in 1954.hemingway centers his novels on personal e

17、xperience and affections. he could not cope with post-war america, and therefore he introduced a new type of character in writing called the “code hero" hemingway is known to focus his novels around code heroes who struggle with the mixture of their tragic faults and the suitounding environment

18、.moreover, hemingway's creation not only originated from life true to life but superior to life. hemingway is a realism writer, consequently, copied something mechanically. he was also a master of turning reality into fiction, representing not only what had actually happened but also what logica

19、lly might happen. he didn't lay special emphasis by his inner beauty. so santiago leaved an indelible impression to us. hemingway once said that the old man and the sea could be in a longer novel. in the novel, he could describe many other villagers and how they made a lively life, how they were

20、 educated, how they bore children, and so on. but he omitted all those, only describing, the old man and the process of fishing the marlin and fighting the sharks. besides, hemingway not only reflected real life but also expressed himself in his work. on we can say, hemingway's creation is super

21、ior to lifehowever there is a question, "is hemingway timid and pessimistic, so (hat he is committed suicide?" the answer, of course, is "no'； hemingway suffered much illness and injury and he committed suicide at last. but his suicide cannot show he was timid and pessimistic. on

22、the contraiy, he set upon image of braver because he regarded his illness and injury as his "enemy"such as the sharks. he used his life as a weapon, in order to get rid of his "enemy", he would rather choose to die he and his "enemy” ended in common ruin.1<2 the introduct

23、ion to the novel backgroundhemingway defined the code hero as "a man with lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful" (the american tradition in literature. page78). he showed, in his famou

24、s phrase for it, "grace under pressure .in the end the code hero will lose because we are all mortal, but the true measure is how a person faces death the code believes in “nada”，a spanish word meaning noihing. along with this, there is nothing after lifeii.the introduction to the old man and t

25、he seahemingway's view of human nature is that happiness is rare and is found within a man and not in his outside circumstance or surroundings. hemingway illustrates this in three ways. first, he portrays the human nature of santiago, the main character, as being one of humility and compassion,

26、full of strength and pride. he is shown not as a gleefully happy man, but one who meets life with a serene, quiet resilience second, santiago fellow villagers are shown as shallow, with a narrow view of life compared to his. their focus on appearances is in sharp contrast to santiago's focus on

27、intrinsic values third, it will be shown that his rare brand of happiness comes from within.to hemingway, the dignity of a man should be so important to that man that he is willing to die for it. most likely that is the reason santiago went deep into that sea, following the marlin, tearing the skin

28、off his hands as he held on to that line this is also why santiago risked his life catching the marlin. finally, he caught the marlin, he was proud of himself that he so extremely wanted when the sharks attack the fish, it is as same as the sharks attacking his dignity. this is mostly why an elderly

29、 man, armed only with crude weapons would fight many sharks. as the sharks tear apart the marlin bit by bit, it is as they are tearing apart his dignity bit by bit. that is why santiago found the courage to fight off sharks to protect his dignity. hemingway shows that a man will not risk his life fo

30、r his dignity, then what is in that life to live for? even (hough the old man lost the battle with the sharks at the end, "his persistent determination makes him as a perfect code heix)''(77w american tradition in literature, pagc82). he had done everything a person possibly could have

31、through santiago hemingway told us that we are wholly down on our luck and destroyed in the end. then we should conduct ourselves just like the old fisherman, not be pessimistic and disappointed but to keep on struggling until we get what we want. that is, undefeated spirit is most important. this i

32、s also the normal principle of hemingway.i think santiago in the old man and the sea was hemingway himself. in the old man and the sea、hemingway was fond of him and sang high praise ofhim he placed his personal experience on the old man and reflected some of his innate characters hemingway merged hi

33、mself with santiago in thoughts and feelings the spirit of santiago lasted and re-embodied on hemingway. throughout santiago, the old man cannot accept the fact that he is getting old and that he slowly casting his strength. hemingway in reality was having the same problems. he was getting old and t

34、hings he once did, he no longer could do. just as hemingway could not accept that fact, neither could his character: santiago. in fact, hemingway utilized his life to show that he was an unconquerable “old lion”iii. the study of the heroic characteristics3.1 everlasting hope for the futureone may lo

35、se the battle in life, but he can achieve a moral significance after his courage, bravciy and ability to endure have been tested. because hope does not die, power is not off. even if the hope is slim, we also must try our best to fight for it. the author believes that, hope makes the old man to figh

36、t with the marlin, fight with the sharks and fight with his own will.at the beginning of the novel, the author portrays the image of the old man. "the old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of the neck. the brown blotched of the bencvolcnt skin cancer the sun brings from its

37、reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks the blotches ran well down the sides of his cords but none of these scars were flesh they were as old as erosions in a fishless desert"(the old man and the sea, pagel). when we read here, we maybe show our sympathy to the old man and think that he

38、 cannot do anything further more, santiago life is not in good condition he lives in a shack in which there is only a bed, one chair and a place on the dirty floor to cook with charcoal. he is so poor that had no “pot of yellow rice and fish to catm(77?e old man and the sea, pagc2). while sailing fo

39、r fishing, he has only a bottle of water with him. he leads a lonely life. his wife died leaving him no children.except a boy he once taught io fish, he has few friends il seems that few people care him what is more, he is a failure in catching fish. for eighty-four days he fished in a skiff without

40、 taking a fish. eighty-four days is a long period of time. eighty-four days without a fish is very unfortunate for a fisherman for a weather-beaten, poverty-stricken and lonely old man like santiago, the misery might be beyond anyone's intolerance. for a man can tolerate failure, but can?t toler

41、ate continuous failure too much failure will sure defeat a man even with strong will. for this reason, we may arrive at the conclusion that santiago will give up fishing. bui to our surprise, the color of the character is brighter in the following, everything about him was old except his eyes and th

42、ey were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated'' (the old man and the sea. pagc2).what makes the old man make such a decision under the difficult condition? through the man, the author points out ven though life is harder, even the wretched standpoint, “but who knows? may

43、be today every day is a new day"(77w old man and the sea, page22). this is (he hope for lhe future, never giving up hope for the fulure.3.2 unyielding spirit for facing the challengethe process of the old man's fishing is just like the human's whole life. everyone in the world lives a h

44、ard life and has to face the vast and vast sea, the greedy sharks with sharp tooth, and along with himself is just a boat and his soul that support him live in the world. facing with the respected but fearsome nature, the human being is so insignificant. however the author has raised such a question

45、: by what lhe human being should have to live in the work? at the same time, the author answered this question by portraying the way that the old man faces the sea and deals with the sharks alone4<just then, watching his lines, he saw one of the projecting green sticks dip sharply/9 (the old man

46、and the sea, pagc31) a big fish is hooked. at the first round of contest, the old man suppresses his own desire and waits the fish to eat the hook quietly. the old maifs silent sounds reflect his strong desire from the deep heartnext is the contest of the strength. the old man “swing with each arm a

47、lternately on the cord with all the strength of his arm and the pivoted weight of his body." but ''nothing happened the fish just moved away slowly and the old man could not raise him an inch." the fish is so big that can pull away the boat to the wider deep sea. at one side is a v

48、ery old man, and at the other side is unfathomable sea and unknown injuries, the readers can imagine the picture hegel ever said, “the great personality and the degree of firmness can only be measured by those of the opponents. (the image in hemingway s "the old man and the sea page24) the old

49、man's admirable courage is also demonstrated by lhe opponentthe sea and the sharkswhen the old man was young, his spirit of daring to be the number one has been accumulated the author portrays that the old man played the hand game with a great ncgrofrom casablanca who was the strongest man on th

50、e docks, "they had gone one day and one night with their elbows on a chalk line on the table and their forearms straight up and (heir hands gripped tight. each one was trying to force the other's hand down onto the table?" “he had unleashed his effort and forced the hand of the negro d

51、own and down until it rested on lhe wood(the old man and the sea, page57) 44he decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and /the old man and the sea. pagc59) it's no doubt that, the age of being full of energy and power has gone and the old man is not stronger than ever bef

52、ore but from the novel we can see that the old man is so eager to regain the powe匚 he pursues what is called a eternal thing ignity of the human3.3 heroic behavior in the actual battledefinitely a midget in spiritual couldnt become an actual giant. if a person has strong will but he takes no actual

53、action, he is still a midget. santiago doesn't only have spiritual power, he also prove his power and strength by his action. by describing the process of his fishing the marlin and fighting with the sharks, hemingway shows us another characteristic of santiago as a code hero that is, to display

54、 great tenacity and to show the death efying spirit in the actual battle.with his exceeding self-confidence he gels rid of his bad luck and catches the fish which is longer than his skiff. the marlin is immense and strong. santiago and the marlin, neither side is ready to yield. the great fish is al

55、so a remarkable and respectable fish. the marlin is actually towing the skiff bchind him. the fish moves steadily and they travels slowly on the calm water.then santiago meets with a more terrible clisaster. the sharks spring on the marlin and want to take his prize awa y. the old fisherman doesift

56、fold his hands and wail for desiructio n. i nsiead, he bravely determines (o fight them until he dies. actually the old man's head is clear and good now he is full of resolution to fight with them until the sharks. but he knows that there is little hope for him to win since he is so wcaiy and so tired he knows the failure is inevitable. but he should behave as a man in the battle field. with his blood mashed hands he rams the harpoon down onto the biggest shark, but the shark takes his harpoon away. so he lashes his knife to the butt of one of the oars then