Although [The old man and the sea" is a simple story, it bears a profound moral. sexy lingerie â€[ Are They Still Prevalent? It is about an old fisher, Santiago, who has not captured any fish in 84 days in a row ended up finding a huge salmon as heavy as 1500 pounds on the 85th day. Seize the Moment!! christmas gifts is Most Lovely for Love in 2009 Then started the fighting for 3days and nights, finally the big fish floating on the surface exhausted, and were killed by him. In the return journey he suffered the shark`s attacks again, and at last when he back to the yard only left the fish`s head, tail and a spine. This is a far-reaching implication of the classical tragic novels, also is a heroic symphony. hemingway said:" i try to describe a real old man, a real child, a real sea, a real fish and some real shark.

However, if I can write realistically enough, they can also represent other things." The old man Santiago described in the story was an unlucky person and other fishermen regarded him as a loser because he had not caught any fish for 84 days. But this seems to indicate the beginning of a battle, indeed, on the 85th day, he really found 1500 pounds of salmon, although he knew that the other is stronger than him, he determined to fight in the end. He says, "I will fight with you in the end!", finally he wins. but the test is not finish though he catchs the fish not easy. Because the fish is big and long, he gets the fish tie in one side of the ship. On his journey back home, sharks are attracted to the trail of blood left by the fish in the water. Thus he uses all measures to fight back. The harpoon is taken away by a shark. He makes a new harpoon by strapping his knife to the end of an oar.

When the knives were broken, he tried to use short sticks. When the short sticks were lost, he tried to fight with the rudder. Although the fish was almost gone, nothing could destroy his willpower. The God seems to have pity on this great old man, he doomed to the old man again and again, but in the end his indomitable power will did not get a good result, when he back only left the fish`s head, tail and a piece of spine. Why did Hemingway not let the old man get a victory? If he did that it was able to embody the great of the hero. The story of the old man is not only a symbol of the relationship between man and nature, but also symbolized the indestructible spirit of the whole human. He is defeated in reality but triumphs in spirit because his persistence in the fight shows the nobleness and dignity of mankind.

In the world is there anybody, including the most successful ones, who never experiences failure? Whatever causes it, failure is always a blow which is hard to bear. However, only to sail again can you have the chance to win. In my opinion, the dangerous living environment and the persevering life attitude in this story make it attractive. The old man in the story once said, [A man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeat." This sentence reminds me of Beethoven's Symphony. Beethoven also said, " I can be destroyed, but can not be conquered." They show the implication of heroes and meaning of life. Meanwhile what the old man says points out the theme of this novel: people should face defeat with courage. From this aspect we can say this novel is neither a fable nor a fairy tale but a realistic work.

So what matters is not the idea of victory but the life value of a man. The old man is brave to challenge his limits and overtake it over and over again, which are admired by us. He shows us a confident and strong spiritual strength. I am profoundly inspired by The Old Man and the Sea. What does failure mean? It means you have to get restarted with courage after you fail no matter how many times it happens, never feel hopeless about life and never give up your own dreams. What are heroes? Heroes are who face setbacks bravely to challenge them and defeat themselves and defeat setbacks. They have the courage to fulfill the dreams that they may try a lot of times but fail. Those people can be counted as heroes. I like Hemingway's "the old man and sea" very much, and also learn that there are a lot of ups and downs in Hemingway's life, experienced a war, the disease and mental torture, in fact, he had bravely passed time and time again, Sadly in the end he chose suicide to terminate his life. Maybe he had his own reasons, but he violated his descriptions about failures and heroes in "The Old Man and the Sea". It is a pity.

Failure is not horrible. It is horrible if you give in failure. Once give in, all dreams won't come true, which has an important meaning in real life. I think that life is just like that the old man fished in the sea. Face it bravely, even though he didn't success, he wouldn't leave any pities of life. We are also strongers of life, and our life will be colorful because of our efforts.