My thoughts after learning the famous novel

The old man and the sea

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My thoughts after learning the famous novel

The old man and the sea

In the past a few days, we learned something about a novel called the old man and the sea, after learning it, I have some thoughts about it.

The story introduced an old experienced fisherman to us. His name is Santiago. He has not caught any fish for 84 days, so the 85th day, he went to the deep sea, trying to get some fish. It was a hard time when Santiago floated on the sea for almost 3 days in order to catch a big fish called marlin. Finally, he made it. But unfortunately, the smell of blood attracted a lot of sharks. At last, all his effort to drive away the sharks was in vain. His marlin was eaten up, and he still got nothing.

Although the consequence was not so good, I still believe that Santiago is a real hero. A hero, not means that he is never afraid of anything, but means that he is really afraid, but he never gives up. This is hero. In addition, his words in this story also impressed me a lot. He said,“man is not made for defeat, a man can be destroyed, but not defeatded.’’ Perhaps we wish that everything can go well in our daily lives, but as we know, it is only a wish. We are sure to meet some trouble in our whole lives, so we must be brave. We can never give up. No matter how old we are, no matter how unlucky we are,

no matter how hard the problems are, we are expected to solve those problems bravely, and never say:“no”.

Of course, now we are college students, we may have not met any problems that were really difficult to solve. But if we enter the society after a few years, we have to face some trouble which will make you lose your head. Then will you give up? Santiago taught us never give up, man is not made for defeat. Be steel in your future lives, and I really hope that we can lead happy lives in the future.

第二篇：Impression of the old man and the sea 《老人与海》英文读后感

Impression of the old man and the sea

I wanted to write a passage about another book called life of pi, but that book is a little weird. Then I chose this one, which I’ve just finished the second time.

This novel is so good that I read it twice. I believe that most people have read it before, so I’ll omit the summary.

It is not important whether Santiago (the fisherman) brings back the marlin at last, but the process is valuable. Remember that famous sentence? “Man is not made for defeat...A man can be destroyed but not defeated”. The sea is both kind and cruel, but Santiago cannot be defeated by whatever misfortunes befall him. Just like we are in this feminine and masculine world, right? We are really tired of the dark and boring competition, but we have to prove that we can be a better person if we are brave. We cannot withdraw when facing something bad, the best thing is to try hard to change it no matter how awful it is. Then you are satisfied, for you’ve done what you could do.

Nowadays, we youngsters are so weak. once we meet with a small problem, we want to escape. Actually, there are no big dills if we are strong enough to face it and challenge it! Sometimes we need to be obstinate to fulfill our goals and dreams.

Well, that is the faultily impression of the old man and the sea.

Some information about the book from WIKIPEDIA:

The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in . It was the last major work of to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.[1] It is noteworthy in twentieth century fiction, reaffirming Hemingway's worldwide literary prominence as well as being a significant factor in his selection for the in . It is first on Irish Independent's list of 20 Lifetime Reads.