An old man who didn't catch a fish for more than 80 days was very angry and plunged the harpoon into the shark's forehead.

The old man and the sea is a simple story.

An old Cuban fisherman named Santiago made a living by fishing. He lived at sunrise and rested at sunset in simple living, day after day, year after year.

This work, as Hemingway himself said, "has no symbolic significance. The sea is the sea and the old man is the old man. Boys are boys and fish are fish. Sharks are sharks ... what people say about symbolism is nonsense. "

But he added, "I tried to describe a real old man, a real boy, a real sea, a real fish and many real sharks. However, if I can write realistically enough, they can also represent many things. "

If this story is only about the "old man" or the "sea", it may not be so memorable and thoughtful. The "old man" is the wind and candle, and the marketing body is declining; The sea means endless and unfathomable changes. There is such a disparity in strength between the "old man" and the "sea". What's the story?

The "old man" was later regarded as a loser and lost without a fight. It happened that he had a "performance" laughed at by his peers-he didn't catch a fish for 84 days. As a result, the old man looked lonely, had no money to buy things to eat, and lived a humble life. Although I caught a big fish weighing nearly 1 ton when I went out to sea again, I was unfortunately attacked by sharks on my way back. In the process of fighting the shark, the old man killed the shark or drove it away, but the big fish was also bitten by the shark.

Looking at this story in this way, there is only one word left for the old man "miserable".

To put it another way, if he is not strong enough or his sailing skills are poor, he will get lost in the sea and be buried in the belly of a fish. But as a result, he killed a big fish several times his weight beside the boat. Kill or drive away sharks that eat the carcasses of big fish.

For people with poor physical strength and fishing skills, a shark is enough to kill them. And the old man looks so carefree in front of sharks. Like a skilled snake catcher, he accurately thrust the harpoon into the shark's forehead.

This is the wonderful and bright spot of this story! It is so enjoyable and exciting to read.

The old man himself is synonymous with challenger, conqueror, dream catcher and senior fishing expert. The old man himself is a symbol of "spirit", which has been sublimated into "soul" and divorced from the "soul" of the material body. In other words, the "old man" is not a mortal, but a "god" and a "god of war" at sea.

This is the image of the "old man", such a unique and charming image. The loneliness, confusion, pain and unyielding of the old people in deep sea fishing show us what is a tough guy, what is a tough guy, what is calm and what is comfortable. The image of "old man" is actually the image of a challenger, conqueror, dream catcher and senior fisherman.

He is a challenger-challenging the unpredictability of the sea.

On the one hand, a fisherman with a thin and aging face, and on the other hand, an unfathomable sea. "Man" is so small in front of the deep and broad "sea"! The mystery of the "sea" lets you know that danger will happen at any time, but you don't know where it comes from.

Actually, it's not that the old man didn't catch any fish. The tuna he caught was so small that he ate all the small fish. His goal is big fish.

The bigger the dream, the greater the desire and the greater the challenge. He is indomitable after repeated battles and defeats. His goal is to catch a big fish weighing 1000 pounds.

In the process of catching big fish on voyage after voyage, he became more and more familiar with the habits of the sea and knew the dangers and how to deal with them. This is something that most people dare not try, which is a fortune in itself.

He is a conqueror-conquering fierce sharks.

The part where the old man conquered the shark was the best part. Sharks are the highest food chain in the ocean. They are fierce animals and eat everything, including swallowing a boat. Ironically, their opponents are poorly equipped, and in the struggle with the big fish, they have exhausted their physical strength and their minds have become less clear. His left hand has been cramping and even losing consciousness, his right hand is bleeding from the fish rope, and his shoulder is unbearable from the fish rope.

What is the old man's opponent "shark"?

"That's a big gray whale shark. It was born with a good physique. It can swim as fast as the fastest fish in the sea. Everything around it is beautiful except its jaw. " "They are different from the teeth of most sharks. They are not in the general pyramid shape. They are curled up like claws. They are almost as long as the old man's fingers and have sharp blades on both sides. This kind of fish feeds on all the fish in the sea. They swim so fast, so strong, armed and invincible. "

Fortunately, the shark's target is not the old man, but the big fish caught by the old man. When sharks are greedy, it is easy for old people to get it. He stabbed the harpoon to the shark's forehead with his injured "blood hand". "The line between its eyes and nose extends to the intersection of the lines behind its head."

Just like hitting a snake seven inches, the old man seems to have solved the shark neatly, which is more handy than solving a big fish weighing more than 1000 Jin. So is the shark in the back. The old man is obviously possessed by ghosts and gods, and all the fierce sharks let him solve it so easily ... Perhaps this is the reason why he wrote The Old Man, the reason why he wrote The Sea, and the true meaning of the old man and the sea.

"Old" actually represents experience and experience. The old man's shark fighting skill is not an armchair strategist, but the result of countless actual combat operations.

He is a dream catcher-he doesn't care about the record of not fishing for more than 80 days.

"A dish, a gourd ladle of wine, in this base lane. If people can't bear it, they will be worried. If they return, they will not change their fun. " This is the life portrayal of Yan Hui, a disciple of Confucius. So is Hemingway's The Old Man.

He is not hedonism, but minimalism. I don't know how many patches he wore. Those patches faded into different shades by the sun. He doesn't even have a pot of fish and yellow rice at home. He took a bottle of water to the deep sea. Really fishing for a living. He eats the same food as the fish in the sea to stay strong enough to compete with them. His equipment is also very crude, and the sails are patched in different shades.

But old people are not ordinary people. "I am an unusual old man." "He has confirmed thousands of times, it's nothing. Now he will prove it again. He always starts from scratch, and he never thinks about the past when he does this. "

He has a strong body. "He eats white turtle eggs to keep fit." He drinks shark liver oil, although it tastes bad.

He kept the record of wrestling with black people for one day and one night, and finally won the championship. He can see clearly in the dark. "Like a cat."

Old people often dream of Africa they saw when they were young, children and lions, all of which represent youth and strength.

He is a senior fishing expert-he enjoys every process of deep-sea fishing.

? He pursued the pleasure and excitement of fishing in the open sea, and also accumulated rich experience in obtaining resources from the sea. He likes the pleasure of sailing on the high seas. He is familiar with the habits of the deep sea, every kind of fish in the sea, the sound of their breathing, and their colors and shapes. He doesn't need much sophisticated equipment, but he can deal with every emergency simply and calmly. He enjoys it, is alone and fearless. So addictive, so enjoyable.