Santiago(老人与海论文)

Santiago's Good Qualities
The fate of the poor ,unfortunate ,old man is very tragic，but he is still
the hero, even though he failed .he is a undefeated hero, because he does
not give up to the destine.
The good qualities we should learn from the old man are braveness,
confidence, perseverance and faith. We need courage to face difficulties;
we need confidence to believe we can overcome difficulties; we need
persistence to support us to realize our dreams; we need faith to be tough.
“But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed
but not defeated.” Failure is not terrible, but to yield is terrible.
We are so proud of the old man, because it proves that man is different
from other living creatures in this world that he defeats the marlin which
is larger than his skiff. We have courage and mentalities to make us more
powerful, because one’s potential can never be measured. And when he
knows that there must be sharks coming, he still keeps calm to think out
different ways to deal with them. How much courage does it need?
Though the old man, Santiago, has gone 84 days without catching a
fish, loosing his luckiness and the respect of his village, he still ventures
far out into the Gulf to fish, confident that his unlucky streak is near its
end. In the process of his fighting with the large marlin and sharks, we
can see his skillful expertise mentalities, and calmness, which fully
indicates his confidence. He wants to tell us that he can get successful not
to depend on luck.
In the face of adversity, perseverance is sorely needed. When his hand
are burnt out by the line, he doesn't give up and lets go the line, but to say:
" It is not bad, and pain does not matter to a man. " Though wet with
sweat, tired deep into his bones, burnt out by the line, with so mush
troubles, he just perseveres in it by using both of his hands in a swinging
motion and tried to do the pulling as much as he can wit his body and his
legs. He overcomes difficulties, persuades himself keeping on, and in the
end win in all, including the the respect or even admiration of his village,
with his incredible persistent characteristic.
The old man also demonstrates that even when all is lost and seems
hopeless, a willful heart and faith will overcome anything. He has faith in
Manolin, in the Yankees, in Joe DiMaggio, and most importantly in
himself. This is perhaps his greatest attribute because without it he would
never have had the strength to persevere and defeat the giant Marlin and
fights off the sharks. Sometimes things could become out of our control
and sometimes we really want to give up, but when we have faith in
something, we will remind us not to give up by the faith, which are the
source of and also reason for perseverance. If only we have faith in
something, we wouldn't have lost the hope of life, thought life is
meaningless, or given up what we always pursue easily. We will hold an
optimistic attitude toward whatever happens to us.
Santiago has taught me a lot that to be brave, confident, persevering
and never loose faith. All these good qualities make me an optimistic girl,
who was always complaining about many things, afraid about difficulties
and gave up easily. Santiago is created by American author Ernest
Hemingway，in spite of which, the writer himself should have died of
commit suicide. I couldn't believe it. But I will keep optimistic all the
time, because my idle is the old man, Santiago.
References：
[1]《外国文学评论选》（下册） 湖南人民出版社 1983年
[2] 《老人与海》海观译 商务印书馆 1963年
[3] 《The Old Man and the Sea》 外国教学与研究出版1996年
[4] 《打不败的失败者》 人大复印报刊材料《外国文学研究》1984年第3期
[5] http://www.paperlw.net
Santiago's Good Qualities
———The Old Man and Sea
22nd, Oct，2011
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