Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea tells a very simple story, which makes everyone who has seen it moved and realize that an old fisherman named Santiago went fishing alone. After 84 days of nothing, I caught a huge marlin. This is a big fish two feet bigger than his boat. The old man has never seen or heard of it. The fish was so strong that it dragged the boat for two whole days and nights. In these two days and nights, the old man experienced a difficult test that he had never experienced before, and finally stabbed the big fish to death and tied it to the bow. However, at this time, he met a shark, and the old man fought with the shark to the death. As a result, the marlin was eaten up by sharks, and the old man finally dragged home with only a bare fish skeleton.
Perhaps, the old fisherman in the book is not the final winner, because although he defeated the marlin at first, he was finally eaten by the shark. He only came ashore with fishbones, but never compromised with the sea, marlin and shark. He is actually a winner who dares to challenge his own shortcomings and his own courage and confidence.
In the vast waves of the night, weak human beings are bravely fighting against the powerful nature, just like facing the unpredictable fate of life, what can be eliminated is the body, and what cannot be conquered is the will and spirit. When he came back in the morning, the old man didn't have nothing. The freedom of life gained by defeating nature and self is a symbol of his victory.
There is no denying that everyone has defects. When a person admits this defect and tries to overcome it instead of giving in to it, no matter whether he can finally overcome his own defect, he is a winner, because he has overcome his own compromise on the defect, and he is the winner of his own courage and confidence. The old fisherman is a winner who dares to challenge his shortcomings and his courage and confidence. From the perspective of secular victory, the old fisherman is not the final winner, because although he defeated the marlin at first, the marlin was eventually eaten by the shark, and he just returned to the shore with the skeleton of the marlin, which means that the shark is the winner. However, in the eyes of idealists, the old fisherman is the winner, because he never gave in to the sea, marlin and shark.
Human nature is tenacious, and human beings have their own limits, but it is precisely because people like the old fisherman have repeatedly challenged and surpassed that this limit has been expanded again and again, and greater challenges have been placed in front of human beings again and again. In this sense, a hero like the old fisherman Santiago deserves our eternal respect no matter whether he succeeds or fails in challenging the limits. "A ship crosses the end of the world and sails for the unknown sea. On the bow, there is a flag, which is still gorgeous despite the wind and rain. On the national flag, Yunlong is dancing and shining-beyond the limit! " Author Hemingway commented on his work The Old Man and the Sea.
When we read about the old people struggling in the sea and the fish desperately living, we are willing to believe that this is the value of living and prove our existence. For young people and middle-aged people, we should pay more attention to the connotation of this book from this angle. The struggle may be fruitless, and everything may be an empty "skeleton". However, we must admit that the process of struggle is admirable. Just as a book critic interprets the Monkey King in The Journey to the West, readers like Sun Walkers in the west best, not the Buddha fight that has been successfully completed.
Life is like a Wang Yang, wide and steep. It can push you to a higher level and make you lose all your happiness in an instant. In order to keep this trace of happiness, we will try our best to rush to the top of the waves and use our full blood to resolve the sometimes angry ocean. You know, a good fisherman has the will and spirit of San Diego.
I think: life is an ocean, sometimes rough and sometimes calm. You can feel the persistence in the wind and the excitement in the waves! These are the joys and pains brought by the process!