The old man

Lily
and
Xiong
the sea
By Ernest Hemingway

Grade
LOG 4
ABOUT ERNEST HEMINGWAY

• Main points about Ernest Hemingway are

• This book, The Old Man and the Sea won the
Pulitzer Prize in 1953
• that he won the Nobel Prize in LIterature in
1954
• that he is considered one of the greatest
American writers of all time,
• that his experiences during World War 1
shaped his writing
 Setting: Cuba, during the era of Joe DiMaggio with the New York
B Yankees (1940s)
A
Santiago:
C The old man did not yield to fate.
K No matter how hard the environment was, he fought bravely with
his courage, perseverance and wisdom. It shows "how far can a
G person's ability reach".
R He is a victorious loser and a failed hero.
O Manolin:The boy Manolin is the spiritual support of the old man, who has always
U been around the old man. He is strong and kind, like a ray of light in the dark. He is
not influenced by external objects. He sticks to his principles.
N
Marlin:The marlin represents the ideal of life in the text. The old man is difficult in
D the process of pursuing. Just like the danger on the road of life, we need to work
hard to cross it.
 About this book
An old fisherman named Santiago had a bad luck streak of 84 days
without catching a fish. Everyone said he was unlucky and they started
refusing to fish with him. One person remained loyal to him, Manolin,
even though he too was forbidden to fish with him by his parents.
On the eighty-fifth day, he decided to go fishing in the deep sea,
where fishermen had never been before, to prove his ability and courage.
At sea, the old man found a big marlin. He overcame many difficulties
and struggled hard. Finally, on the third morning, he stabbed the
harpoon into the heart of the marlin fish. On his way back, the old man
encountered five shark attacks, and he fought back bravely with
harpoons, oars and knives. The book ends with what happened after he
docked back at the port.
SENTENCES IN THE
BOOK
①“BUT A MAN IS NOT MADE FOR
DEFEAT. A MAN CAN BE
DESTROYED BUT NOT
DEFEATED.”
②BUT, THEN, NOTHING IS EASY.
③IT IS SILLY NOT TO HOPE, HE
THOUGHT.
⑤NOW IS NO TIME TO THINK OF
WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE. THINK
OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT
THERE IS.
 I recommend this book because:
This novel expresses the perspective of life as a struggle. The
fisherman, though old, unlucky and unsuccessful, still perseveres
in his efforts and can win because of his own nature. Even in the
face of unconquerable nature, man can still win spiritual victory.
Perhaps the result is failure, but in the course of struggle, we
can see how ordinary men become great men.

This book is very real, unlike other stories about inspiration,

unlike other stereotypes (first suffering from difficulties, then
working hard, and finally succeeding). It helped me understand
that in ordinary life, before every choice, there are infinite
possibilities.
THE END