Reading the old man and the sea About the author Ernest Hemingway， one of the greatest American writers in 20th century， is the representative of “lost generation” He was born on July 21， 1899， in Oak Park， I worked as a reporter after graduating from high school in ，amd served as an ambulance driver in the Italian infantry and was wounded just before his 19th Hospitalized， Hemingway fell in love with an older In 1954， Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for L In his life， Hemingway married four times and wrote numerous essays， short stories and The effects of Hemingway's lifelong depressions， illnesses and accidents caught up with In July 1961， he committed suicide in Ketchum， I About the book The old man and the sea is one of Hemingway’s most enduring Told in language of great simplicity and power ， it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman ，down on his luck ，and his supreme ordeal ---a relentless ， agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream Here Hemingway recasts ， in strikingly contemporary style， the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat ， of personal triumph won from loss Written in 1952 ，this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature About the old man Santiago is described as a failure by other fishermen in the village for catching no fish for a long time However， he should be regarded as a hero all his life ， when he had played the hand game with the great Negro from Cienfuegos who was the strongest man on the docks ;when he fight with that large marlin ; when he struggle with the sharks You can find his optimism， confidence， wisdom， perseverance and bravery anywhere I admire him not only because these but also his regarding these as the things he had to do ， the rules he had to obey Such a man is really a man ， a marvelous man All the characters of him is worth being learned not only in Hemingway’s times ，but for ever ; not only for a certain kind of man ， but for all of us Let’s always remember his word “But man is not made for defeat，” he “A man can be destroyed but not ”
最佳答案Frances Hodgson Burnett的the secret garden？The opening chapter in the The Secret Garden finds Mary Lennox an ugly and disagreeable She has a little thin face and a little thin body，thin light hair and a sour Her hair is yellow，and her face is yellow because she has been born in India and has always been ill in one way or Her father holds a position in India under the English Government and is busy and her mother is a great beauty who cares only to go to After her parents die in an epidemic of cholera，this lonely girl is sent to live with her uncle，Archibald Craven，at Misselthwaite Manor，on the edge of the Yorkshire moor in EThere，with the help of the robin，a magical bird，Mary discovers a secret garden which has been shut up for ten Ten years ago，Craven’s wife，Lilias，died from a severe fall from the tree right in this From then on，this garden is locked Under the care of Mary and Dickon，a Yorkshire boy who lives on the moor，the dead garden is turned into a flourishing garden full of vigor and The process of tending the garden also restores Mary to her In addition，the discovery of the garden parallels Mary’s discovery of her cousin，Colin，who is tyrannical and In the garden，Colin strives to gain his health and At the end of the book，MCraven returns to the garden and MCraven， Mary and Colin are reunited happily in the beautiful
