Abstract
Erneat Hemingway is a great public hero whose unique style in literary works is very ingenious and very popular in Europe and America. As one of the 20th century’s most famous American authors, Ernest Hemingway was noted for being the representative of “The Lost Generation”.The Old Man and the Sea tells about the frustrated experience of a fisherman – Santiago.When he fishes on the sea, he is very tired.He has little sleep and food for three days.Finally,he catches the marlin fish which is so big that he has ever seen.He is so happy about the big fish.But unfortunately, the big fish was eated by a shark. Facing this situation,Santiago did not complain about the bad luck. The theme is very deep and it is in praise of heroism. In 1954, Hemingway got the Nobel Prize for literature because of his great work the Old Man and the Sea.
There exist a large number of researches in the Old Man and the Sea from various perspectives, for example, the stylistic features,code hero problems and linguistic studies. The present thesis will interpret the Old Man and the Sea from a new perspective.
This thesis will focus on the analysis of the symbolism in the Old Man and the Sea, attempting to acquire a deep understanding of the novel. Through the discussion of the symbolic meaning of various characters in the novel, the paper tries to explore the theme of the novel and in so doing, identify Hemingway’s philosophy of life.
Based on the research, we can infer that the author’s motivation of writing this novel is to stress the importance of courage when people in the bad environment. We can also explore the main theme of the novel. Against the indifference of the universe, love is often the only force that endures.Although human’s condition is frustrated in the society, hope still exists in the bad environment. Hemingway just uses this symbols to reflect the theme.The last part is Heymingway’s philosophy of life: Courage is a way leading to success. In other words, a man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Key Words: Santiago, symbolism, philosophy of life, motivation.
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