老人与海英文读书报告精编.docx

老人与海英文读书报告

第一篇：老人与海英文读书报告ABookReportofTheOldManandtheSeaTheOldManandtheSeaisanovelwrittenbyErnestHemingway,anAmericannovelist.Thestoryissetinthe20thcenturyafterWorldWarII,whichisbasedonthenovelwrittentruestoryHemingwayhimselfhasexperienced.Exactly,it’sastoryofanepicstrugglebetweenanold,seasonedfishermanandthegreatestcatchofhislife.LeadingcharacterSantiago,anagedCubanfisherman,hassetouttoseaandreturnedempty-handed.Atfirst84days,hedidnotevenfishonefish.Hedidnothaveenoughfood,andmanylocalstodoubthisfishingtechnique.Someevenlaughathim.So,Hedecidedtogototheseatofishfoodandprovedthatheisaskilledfisherman.Ontheeight-fifthdayofhisunluckystreak,Santiagodoesaspromised,sailinghisskifffarbeyondtheisland’sshallowcoastalwatersandventuringintotheGulfStream.Atnoon,abigfish,marlin,takethebaitthatSantiagohasplacedbefore.Althoughtheoldmanexpertlyhooksthefish,buthecannotpullitin.Instead,thefishbeginstopulltheboat.Heknowsperfectlywellverydifficulttowin,butstilldidnotgiveup.Sincethen,theybegantheirthree-dayfighting.Theentiretime,Santiago,enduresconstantpainfromthefishingline.Eventually,thethirdday,thefishtires,andSantiagomanagestopullthemarlinincloseenoughtokillitwithaharpoonthrust.However,thingsdonotgosmoothlyasheexpected.Onhiswayhome,heisattackedbuyseveralcrowdsofshark.Althoughhekillsthesharksintheend,theyhavedevouredthemarlin’spreciousmeat,leavingonlyskeleton.Theoldmanarriveshomebeforedaybreak,andsleepsverydeeply.Lateron,theoldmanwakesupandfindsthelittleboyMandolinstayingwithhim,anddecidestogotoseatofishagain.Infact,thestorycontainsmanydifferentsymbolsandthemes.Byreadingthisbook,Iwasdeeplyimpressedbytheoldmanandwhathesaid“amancanbedestroyedbutnotdefeated.”Santiago,thoughdestroyedattheendofthenovella,isneverdefeated.Instead,heemergesasahero.Santiago’sstruggledoesnotenablehimtochangeman’splaceintheworld.Butthestrugglesomehowenableshimtomeethismostdignifieddestiny.Theoldmansetsagoodexampleforus.Heteachersusthatweshouldfightandneverlosefaith,nevergiveup.Nomatterhowhardthelifeis,it’spossi