It's long long ago， maybe before I can read english books. I don't remember which movie edition I had seen. But I was impressed by the music， the scenery and the costume. I was very favor of a section of music in its balls. It's
pretty brisk， liked a wonderful song of a bird. Regarding to the characters， I liked Elizabeth， the heroine，though I didn't think she's beautiful. But she's smart. However， I didn't pay much attention to the plot. I thought it's so long that it made me impatient and bored. By now， I haven't read the whole story in English or its Chinese version， either. I owe it to my prejudice.
In fact， I didn't understand the story at that time. I didn't know why it called Pride and Prejudice. Of course someone was pride， but I didn't find where' s the prejudice. I thought it's normal， the way people treated each other in that. I considered prejudice would be very disgusting.
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 upSantiago 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.
Today, I finished reading the book _the old man and the sea_. This book mainly tells about an old man fishing at sea, but he did not catch a fish for times.
In fact, after I read this book, I did not fully understand the meaning of the book, so I asked my mother, and my mother told me again, so I understood some.
The old man didnt get anything for 84 days, but he didnt give up. He kept cheering himself on. Finally, he decided to go to the deep sea to catch a big fish, so he set out. In the end, although he caught a big fish, he was eaten up by the big shark when he went back, leaving only a huge fish bone. He was very sad.
After reading this book, I feel a little sad. I feel sorry for the old man.
After reading the old man and the sea, I understand a truth: only the strong and unyielding can taste the fruits of victory, and those who give up halfway can never succeed.
_The old man and the sea_ mainly tells: when the old man went out to sea to fish, he caught mahalim. Although the old man knew that his strength and physical strength were not better than those of the new years fish, he did not give up halfway, but compared with the 150 pound fishs ability to endure pain. When the fish gradually surfaced, the old man ended his life with a harpoon. On the way back, the old man was attacked by a shark. Although the shark was defeated, the old mans rope and harpoon were gone. The old man was not discouraged, but tied the knife to the handle of an oar and made himself armed. Two hours later, the old man encountered a group of sharks, but the old man finally relied on his persistence to defeat them.
The story of the old man and the sea tells us that perseverance will succeed. Compared with the fish, the old man has no advantages in quantity, strength and weapons, but is full of disadvantages. How did he defeat the shark and let the shark lose in his hands? What does he rely on? He is persistent on his own. So we cant go halfway.
The old man in the story is not discouraged when facing a stronger opponent than himself, but in reality, I give up halfway. When I was a child, I wanted to learn to play drum. My father supported me, but I didnt insist on it and gave up halfway. After reading about the old man and the sea, I realized that people cant go halfway. Now, I must regain my interest in drum playing and keep going on this road.
_A man is not born to be defeated. He can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated._. This is a very influential sentence in the old man and the sea. It is also a perfect interpretation given by Hemingway to his old man Santiago.
The old fisherman drifted in the sea without any harvest for 84 days, and finally caught a huge marlin. After two days and two nights of struggle, the old man finally killed the big guy. But on the way back, the big fish unfortunately attracted sharks. So after another deadly fight, the old man came back to the shore exhausted, but the giant marlin was only a skeleton bitten by the shark.
Although Hemingway didnt give the story a perfect ending, he depicted the unyielding quality of the spiritual strong for the readers.
_A man is not born to be defeated. He can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated._. This is the old mans belief and the thought expressed in the old man and the sea. When one strives for a goal on the road of life, he often encounters many setbacks, just like the old man struggling with the shark in order to bring back the marlin. Many people are often afraid of suffering and succumb to it, and make themselves submit to it. But the old man didnt, and kept on fighting. Although the old man failed in the end - the marlin was eaten up by sharks, the old man was a _unbeaten loser_. He never succumbed in spirit or action. Failure is not terrible. Who hasnt failed in life? Someone will give in to fate in failure, and the old will grow up in failure. The old mans image of _he can be eliminated, but he cant be defeated_ is fully reflected in him, and people cant help but have deep admiration for the old man.
Return to reality from the old man. In reality, we are often the same as the old man. When we encounter such a setback, sometimes it is also a wave of ups and downs. However, _now is not the time to think about what is missing. Think about what you can do with what you have._. The difference between the weak and the strong is fully reflected in it. If we want to be a strong man on the road of life, we must be like the old man, who will not be defeated.
Life is a constant pursuit, its road is long and rough. But as long as we can fight bravely, we will be a winner forever!
