The old man and the sea

After I read the book that is called “The old man and the sea”, I was deeply moved by the old man and his spirit.

The book written by Hemingway tells us a story that an old man whose name is Santiago went out to do some fishing on the sea on his own, but down on his luck, he hadn’t caught any fish for 84 days. Next day he caught a huge marlin which is bigger than his boat and took a formidable battle with it. He beat it at the end. When he was on the way home, the smells of blood of the marlin draw a lot of sharks’ attention and they fought for it. In order to protect the marlin and him the old man tried his best to fight with them. After a cruel fight, he won it and came back home tiredly. Although he only got a skeleton of the giant marlin at last, he is also a great hero in many people’s heart.

In the article, the old man is a great man. Although he failed for many time in his life, he never gave up. He is a steel-willing man who insisted his dream and work hard. You can destroy him, but you can’t beat him. Whatever he faced to, he would never yield to the difficult, which shows a strong spirit.

In our lives, I think we should learn something from the old man which will make us have a more valuable life. Whenever and wherever we meet trouble, we should never give up and try our best to overcome it. We should always keep on our dream and make it come true. Every one

has his backbone which can’t be bended by anyone, which is very important for everyone in his whole life. If we meet difficulty in our life, we should face it bravely and work out some way to solve the problem whatever would happen at last. We can be destroyed, but we can’t be beat by anything or anyone. If you failed for many times in your life, you wouldn’t surrender because if you try to do it, you may succeed in your life, but if you do not do it, you would not be succeed forever. Everyone has his advantages and disadvantages in his life, but we should face to our disadvantages, and we must be confident, which would also make us be confident of our life. We should have faith in what we do in our life, we will have a more beautiful life in the future and our dream will come true. We should pay more attention to what we do during our life rather than what we will get at the end because I think it is more important than any thing you get finally. If you enjoy you life not something you get, you will have a meaningful life and a noble spirit. It will hurt you when you pay more attention to what you get in the future. It will also make you do something wrong which is bad for other people, our society and our country.

I’m impressed by the sentence which is “We can be destroyed, but we can’t be beat.” I think everyone should do it no matter what happen in our life. This book makes me know something I didn’t know in the past. The book and the old man have a great influence in my life. I love

this book.

第二篇：老人与海读后感-英文版

The Old Man and the Sea describes the experience of an old man who suffered from loneliness, frustration and the deprivation of his strength and vigor as a result of growing old, yet strong enough to get through all these adversities. He failed to catch any fish in 84 consecutive days, during which his only real friend—-a little boy was forced to leave him. Nevertheless, none of these

circumstances was formidable enough to make him forsake what he believed in or stop him from achieving his goal. The eyes of the weather-beaten man twinkled with an air of toughness. On the 85th day he set out with a greater goal, bearing in mind that every day is a new day and it could be the turning point of our life. Fortunately, he did meet a big fish that day. But as his strength was

relatively weak compared to the fish, it nearly consumed him to drag it onto the bank. Finally, he made it to the bank with all his energy drained, his whole body ached and he soon fell asleep, dreaming about the most powerful beast-- lions. Actually, the time he dragged the fish onto the bank, all he found was a set of the skeleton of the fish. Yet he is still a winner who deserves our respect and admiration. He believed that a man can be defeated, but can never be conquered. He is given the title “the American tough guy”.

I’ve gained considerably from this book. 84 days has past ,yet he never ceased to try. The moment he found the chance had come to him, he bravely embraced it without considering his own strength, because he knew clearly

that’s what he wanted and all that he’s been waiting for.

People told me that there isn’t such word as “failure” in the dictionary of youth. Most of time, we fail to be what we want to be because we don’t dare to struggle for it and we are afraid that we might fail in the end. But that actually does not matter. Life is not always about winning or losing, instead, it’s about trying to be the best you could possibly be and always give a hundred percent to whatever you’re doing.

We may wish everything went smoothly with our friends. But, as is often the case, it remains a well-intended wish, for nobody is lucky enough to avoid all the adversities and difficulties in his life. We should develop a more

advisable and positive attitude rather than beg for good luck.

Being a tough guy is especially important for people who’ve just embarked their career or further education. No matter what we do, no matter what choices we make, we are bound to confront with twists and turns. We may be angry at and complain about our jobs even to the point that we want to quit. We feel strangled by the burden we carry with us. We may be frustrated and cry out sometimes or doubt about the meaning of our existence. But it will all pass, you will make it through and everything is gonna be fine, and one day when you look back on how you’ve made it you will notice these difficulties which once deemed to be too great to conquer is no big deal now. But before you

notice that you have to be a tough guy.