老人与海英语书评（最终版）

第一篇：老人与海英语书评（最终版）

2009级英语专业网上英语自主学习作业

作业：The Old Man and the Sea

I had read this novel when I was in middle school.I came across it in a library and after opening the book I continued reading till the last page.It’s amazing that there should be such a wonderful story.Later, I learned some parts of the story from our Chinese book and the teacher told us to try to feel something that the author was expressing.Then, I became confused for all I noticed was the story itself.Now I read the novel again, but in English.I have been familiar with the plot and many details in the story, and I could still recognize them while reading them in English.The story goes like this: there’s an old man in Cuba named Santiago who was a fisherman.He had been fishing hard in the Gulf Stream for 84 days but got nothing.In the previous days a boy named Manolin was fallowing him as a company, but the kind boy was force to leave the old man by his parents who thought that the old man was unlucky.However, Santiago continued to go fishing alone in the eighty-fifth day.The boy cared about him and prepared things for him.The old man left the land early in the morning and in this very day his luck finally came—a large marlin bit his bait and couldn’t escape.But the fish was so big and heavy that it pulled the skiff or a little ship as far as it could do.The old man was very excited and determined to defeat it.So they started a battle which lasted for days and nights.First the fish was in charge, it swam fast with great strength and the old man could only pull the rope with great efforts.When the old man was tired he ate bonito or dolphin to keep strong and he started to talk to himself so that he would not feel weak in the mind.The marlin grew tired gradually and it began to circle.The old man knew that he was to have the fish.He burnt all his energy to pull the rope while the fish was circling under the water.The fish came nearer and nearer to his skiff, and then the old man hit the fish with a harpoon and finally got it.The fish was huge and it was longer than his skiff.He tight it alongside the skiff with ropes and lay down in the stern to have a rest.However, on the way back the blood from the scar of the fish speared in the sea water and then the sharks came.The old man was not afraid and used every weapon to fight with them.There were five or six times of attacking from those sharks and each time they ate lots of fine meat from the marlin.The old man fought again and again to protect his fish and used harpoon, oar, knife, rudder and so on to beat the sharks.They fought all the way back home and in the end the old man gave it up because the fish was almost eaten up and he was exhausted.The old man finally came back after sailing out for so far and so long a time.It was deep in the night;he left the skiff and the fish and went to bed.In his dream, he saw lions playing on the beach in the coast of Africa.The story ended.It is said that the author, Ernest Hemingway who is a great American writer wrote the novel in only eight weeks, basing on one of his friend’s true experience.He created the figure of the old man which was later called by people “tough man” and showed his life attitude and spiritual world.The most well-known sentence of this novel and also the topic of it is that: “man is not made for defeat.A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” These words become belief of many readers.In my opinion, the whole story is about a battle between an old man and the sea, both of which are considered to have symbolic meanings according to critics.The old man once was so energetic and strong but couldn’t get harvest from the sea.He used his old body and strong mind to fight against nature and challenge his fate.He did win a bit—he got the large fish, but he lost totally because he carried back only the skeleton of the fish with his hands bleeding.On the other “网上英语自主学习”课程总计36课时，平均每4个课时完成一个学习任务，学生按要求完成相应的作业并对自己的学习过程进行自我评价，如，甲、乙…

2009级英语专业网上英语自主学习作业

hand, he had done all he could to fight against all unlucky things and didn’t lose his face.He behaved like a real man, a tough man.That’s what’s most important in a battle.Hemingway is famous for his special writing style and skills.His words are short but tough, and people describe this as “telegraph style”.And from this typical work of his I can easily find out something worth noticing.I like the first paragraph very much because it reads so natural and attracting and it will lead you into the situation as soon as possible.It writes: “He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.In the first forty days a boy had been with him.But after forty days without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week.”

Some features can be seen that verbs and nouns are used mostly, but not adjectives.This will make the novel clean and hard like bones and easy to understand.The novel is not long and not difficult to read in English, and I think we can learn to be tough like Santiago when facing with hard times in our life, which is the best solution we should choose in a bad situation.“网上英语自主学习”课程总计36课时，平均每4个课时完成一个学习任务，学生按要求完成相应的作业并对自己的学习过程进行自我评价，如，甲、乙…

第二篇：老人与海英语书评

《老人与海》英文书评

On summer vacation of this year, I studied in novel “ old man and sea ” of Hemingway , famous writer of U.S.A.,.I admire the old fisherman's will in the novel very much, he lets me understand that a person must have unremitting spirit, could succeed.What the novel is described is an old fisherman almost the sixty years old, when go to sea and fish alone once, have angled to a big fish, but can not draw.After tough fisherman and fish have socialized for a few days, just find this is a big Malin's fish which exceeds several times of one's own fishing boat, though know perfectly well that it is very difficult to win , does not give up yet.Because big Malin fish fishlike smell of wound attract odd herds of shark vie for the food again later, but the old man is still unwilling to give up like this, stress the tight encirclement finally , take the large fish back to fishing port , let other fishmen admire it endlessly.The old fisherman thinks that as I read “: It is really too close from here to coast, perhaps there are bigger fish in the farther place ……” When,admire very much because this old fisherman in the persons, because play not for some fishing he already at this moment I, but he is not satisfied with the existing state of affairs , but advance towards greater goal.Seeing us again, meet some little difficulties at ordinary times , all of us complain bitterly.We are the future of the motherland, should be as ambitious as this old man, go to pursue well , greater goal.Read as me “ big Malin fish is it enclose light fishing boat move about , is it get mast to twine cable fast to begin, old man right hand hold steel fork high , jump out in a flash , affording to try one's best above water in it, a sound of wail has finished the life of the loud fish, it floats on the surface of water silently ……”When, the I one heart is too fall like pieces of stone not big.I admire that kind of fearing of the old man at all , unremitting spirit very much, though know rival's strength is very strong , but he has not shrunk back at all , meets the difficulty.Just because there is this kind of spirit, the old fisherman has obtained the victory of the trial of strength of this life and death.We should study the old fisherman's spirit too in life, do the thing and is not afraid of the difficulty , could achieve success.Read big blood offensive smell of fish smell one shark , fall over each other to visit to vie for the food, left hand of old man pull a muscle just, he can only use right hand, can weapon attacked to used for defend oneself with stick , mouth of swordfish that catch everything, and has driven away this herd of shark finally.But big meat of fish take into big half already, but old man criticize one's own left hand “ when the work this when have a rest ” humorously also, I am subdued by old man's optimistic spirit too.In life, some losses are unavoidable, we should treat the optimistic attitude , can't worry about petty gain or loss.Finally, the novel sees with a teenager that old fisherman has 18 feet of big long Malin's fish totally in the tolerance , the ones that have described this fish are enormous again, prove that old fisherman's difficulty overcome is big, than ordinary.Old fisherman's spirit that makes great efforts to struggle fearless of danger and difficulty that the novel has been extolled, we should be like him too, can' t be satisfied with the current situation , should be positive upwards, it should be unremitting to do anything, it must not give up halfway to meeting difficulty should meet the difficulty.Only in this way, we could obtain greater success and victory.

第三篇：英语写作——书评《老人与海》

Book Review on The Old Man And The Sea

“A man is not made for defeat.A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”These two sentences are so familiar to us.It’s spoken by Santiago, the hero of The Old Man And The Sea.When I first read this book in Grade 5, I was shocked by his brave and staunch spirit.This book tells us a story about an old fisherman called Santiago.He had been fishing 84 days without catching any fish at all.However, he made his mind to get a big fish.In the 85th day, after a long fighting, heeventually caught a big Marlin fish, which will be an honor to him.Unluckily, several sharks came to the boat and ate the dead fish.Although Santiago struggled to fight with them, tired out, they ate it at last.In the end, Santiago carried the shell of his Marlin fish home.This book tells the story with the time order, using a unique tough style.It perfectly shows the hero Santiago’s strong mind with aconciseplot and lively words.On the other hand, Hemingway tried harder to describe the big body of the Marlin fish and the fierceness of the sharks.It stresses his character in return.In my opinion, this book is not famous for its themes, but also for its writing style, a kind of tough style.The brave fisherman Santiago is also an image to reflect the author himself.Hemingway has attended the world war and got injured several times.So this book is like an autobiography of him.In my opinion, Hemingway and his hero Santiago represent the kind of man, who has full energy to overcome any obstacles, brave spirit to respond to any challenge and a strong mind never to give up.Sometimes life is like a round of push and pull.The winner will never be the weak or the timid, it belongs to the hero.Theobstacles in your life are like the big Marlin fish and the huge sharks.It is actually tough and endless.But try not being afraid and never give up.Each obstacle is a kind of challenge, thus our life is colorful.Even if they defeat

you, don’t step back.Think about Santiago’s words “A man is not made for defeat.A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” You will eventually defeat your enemy one day.

第四篇：《老人与海》书评

《老人与海》书评

标题：失败是另一种成功——《老人与海》读后感 内容：

“一个人并不是生来要给打败的，你尽可以把它消灭掉，可就是打不败他。”海明威的《老人与海》这部经典之作，我曾一遍又一遍地翻阅。每次靠近它，几乎都能深深地触及到自己的心灵，震撼到自己的灵魂，获得精神上坚不可摧的依靠。

“一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。”这是主人公桑地亚哥信奉的真理，他一直在用行动诠释给我们看，并且他做到了，创造了大海上的奇迹。是他，通过自己的一举一动，一言一行，告示给我又一个人生箴言：失败是另一种成功！

这位“硬汉”的故事真的将我深深折服„„

风烛残年的老渔夫桑地亚哥一连八十四天都没有捕到一条鱼，这让他成为了别人眼中的失败者。而他却从没有认输过，总是斗志昂扬，充满着信心与希望，时刻准备迎接下一次的丰收。这也似乎正预示着一场战斗的开始。终于，在第八十五天，他发现了一条身长约十八尺，体重约一千五百磅的大马林鱼。他明知对方力量比自己强大，却还是决心与之战斗到底。尽管大鱼拖着船往海里走，老人依然死拉着不放，即使没有水，没有食物，没有武器，没有助手，左手抽筋，他也丝毫不灰心，并对大鱼说：“我跟你奉陪到底！”。经过两天两夜的战斗后，他终于杀死了大鱼，把它拴在船边。然而，考验并没有因此结束。回航时，大鱼的血腥味引来了鲨鱼一次又一次的袭击。筋疲力尽的老人凭着自己顽强的意志，独自用尽一切手段来反击。鱼叉被鲨鱼带走了，他把小刀绑在桨上乱扎。刀子折断了，他用短棍。短棍也丢了，他再用舵把来打。——似乎没有什么能阻挡和摧残他。可是，上天似乎并不会怜惜这位坚毅刚强的老人，它将厄运一次又一次降在他身上，而最终只留给了他一副鱼骨头。老人回到家中，已是精疲力竭，躺在床上，去梦里追寻心底的那份美好„„

桑地亚哥——多么令人心疼的孤独乐观的老人，多么令人钦佩的勇敢睿智的渔者，多么令人敬畏的顽强刚毅的硬汉，多么令人称赞的坚韧执着的斗士——用行动抒写了自己人生的“华丽”篇章，这份“华丽”，虽然很不完美，更可以说是失败的，毕竟他是付出了沉重的代价最终仍一无所获。但是，从另外一种意义上来说，他更是一个胜利者。因为，他不屈服于命运，无论在怎么艰苦卓绝的环境里，他都凭着自己的勇气、毅力和智慧进行着奋勇的抗争。大马林鱼虽然没有保住，但他却捍卫了“人的灵魂的尊严”。他身上所散发的精神气息已经深深感染了每一个人，他的英雄形象也已深深刻在了每一个人的心上。他是物质的失败者，却是精神的胜利者，是生命的英雄。他的失败，注定诠释了另一种成功。

或许胜利在这部小说里已然不重要，重要的是一个人的生命价值，正真得到了体现。老人敢于挑战极限，一次又一次地超越，不得不让我们敬佩，他所带给人类的是一种自信，一种强大的精神力量。

这位英雄老人，这位失败的成功者，他不仅代表了自己，更代表着像他一样的那一类人，了不起的一类人，让人敬佩的一类人——“命运总是与人作对，人不管如何努力拼搏，终不免失败。尽管如此，人还是要苦苦奋斗，并尽量保持自己的尊严，一个人在肉体上可以被打垮，但在精神上永远是强者。”这，便是这类人一直坚定遵循的一个真理——这一类人，他们始终保持旺盛的生命力和坚强的意志力，始终保持人的尊严和勇气。在他们身上，具有一种不屈不挠、坚定顽强，面对暴力和死亡而无所畏惧，身处逆境而不气馁的坚强性格。他们用行动来显示自己的勇敢、冷静、果断、顽强和不畏任何强大力量的主体意识。从他们身上，我们可以看到人的本质，人的努力和奋斗，人的追求和痛苦，人的信仰和挣扎，人的倔犟和价值，人的聪明和命运，人的胆略和气魄，人的尊严和灵魂。即使失败了，也要坦坦荡荡，不失重压下的人的“优雅风度”。

其实，失败的确可怕，只要它猖狂起来，可以将人彻底击溃。而失败又不可怕，只要你敢于面对他，不向它屈服，尽可以将它踩在脚下。何谓失败？失败就是要跌倒了重新鼓起勇气爬起来，再一次跌倒再一次爬起，永远不要失去对生活的希望，不要失去对梦想的追求。何谓英雄？英雄就是敢于面对挫折，面对挑战，不断战胜自我，战胜挫折的强者，就是有勇气继续去完成自己也许已经失败了许多次的梦想的勇士，他会不断告诉自己：当你遇到挫折，没关系，闯过去！黎明在下一时刻迎接你；当你遇到坎坷，不要紧，冲过去！彩虹在下一个晴天鼓励你；当你惨遭失败，不要哭，挺过去！风景这边更好。生命中，经历一次磨难，就是锻炼自己的意志；挺过一次灾难，就是增加自己的力量。

无论处在顺境还是逆境，立于自然或是社会中，都应该正视现实，接受一切并超越它，继续自己的人生之旅。纵然面对死亡，也要漠然处之，宁折勿弯。这是桑地亚哥所执著的人生要义，也正是《老人与海》中的哲理闪光之处。他揭示了肉体和精神的永恒生命力来自于不断运动的驱动力，强调了要在深沉的行动中锻造有价值的灵魂。

读《老人与海》这本书，我感到自己浑身都增添了战胜困难的勇气和力量。我觉得，正是书中描绘的复杂险恶的人生环境和面对此种环境主人公所展现的坚韧的人生态度，使得我越来越迷恋这部作品。无论在今后的人生道路上有多少荆棘坎坷，多少挫折失败，我相信只要有老人那般不服输的品质，我一定会是生活的强者。《老人与海》真的是值得我们去细细品味的，就像高尔基的《海燕》，能让我们在暴风雨来临前获得勇气，获取力量。而它又有自己独特的神韵，其中更多了一份坚韧、刚毅、执着与信念，让我们不管遇到什么困难都能有勇气、有信心地去面对，去坚持，去抗争，决不退缩。

我想，人生正像老人出海捕鱼一样，会遇到这样那样的坎坷波折甚至失败。失败的原因也可能不尽相同，无论如何失败总会带给人一定程度的打击，让人难以承受。但是，我们必须明白，只有再出海，才会有胜利的希望，才会有成功的机会。只要我们勇敢地去面对，即使没有成功，也不会给人生留下遗憾，毕竟我们努力过，付出过，奋斗过，争取过，我们同样会是生活的强者，我们的生命也会因此而精彩。

这，应该就是“失败是另一种成功”的价值所在吧！

第五篇：《老人与海》书评

生命不息，坚韧不止

——《老人与海》书评

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曾听过这样一句话：平凡就是知道自己就像一颗小草一般，却依旧拥有坚忍不拔的意志，为了一个问题的答案而追根究底，为了一篇论文的完成而废寝忘食，为了一份承诺的实现而夙兴夜寐，在一个个平凡的日月轮回中不断努力，让自己不因平凡而沦为平庸。是的，《老人与海》的作者海明威正事塑造了这样一个主人公——圣地亚哥，平凡，却因为拥有坚忍不拔的意志让人为之肃然起敬。

《老人与海》这本书讲了这么一个故事：古巴老渔夫圣地亚哥连续八十四天没捕到鱼，被别的渔夫看做失败者，可是他坚持不懈，在一次单身出海打鱼时，钓到了一条大马林鱼，却拉不上来，大马林鱼将他的小船在海上拖了三天才筋疲力尽，被他杀死了绑在小船的一边。后来又因大马林鱼伤口上的鱼腥味，在归程中一再遭到鲨鱼的袭击和抢食，但老人仍不愿就这样放弃，他用尽了一切手段来反击，最终突出重围，将大鱼带回了渔港，只可惜回港时只剩鱼头鱼尾和一条脊骨。尽管鱼肉都被咬去了，但这依旧无法摧残他的英勇意志，这让其他渔夫佩服不已。老人是孤独的，他是在理想的道路上独自前行的旅人，但他又是不孤独的，因为他的意志是那样的坚强。

海明威的这部小说荣获了诺贝尔文学奖和普利策奖。这个骨头里留有几百块弹片的硬汉作家，恰当地写出了生命的强度，告诉我们怎么去面对生、老、病、死，告诉我们心该有多宽，这位普通而又可敬的老人让我们深深的懂得了：做人不应该被任何困难所屈服，应该尽自己最大的努力与生活中的磨难做不屈不挠的斗争。

人性是强悍的，人类本身有自己的限度，但正是因为有了老渔夫这样的人一次又一次地向限度挑战，超越它们，这个限度才一次次扩大，一次次把更大的挑战摆在了人类面前。在这个意义上，老渔夫圣地亚哥这样的英雄，不管他们挑战限度是成功还是失败，都是值得我们永远敬重的。因为，他带给我们的是人类最为高贵的自信。人生本来就是一种无止境的追求。它的道路漫长、艰难，而且充满坎坷，但只要自己勇敢顽强地以一颗自信的心去迎接挑战，就将永远是一个真正的胜利者。

纵使老人顽固不化、愚蠢木钝，但他的坚持赢过了波塞东的嚣张；纵使老人一次次失败，他从没有绝望过，那份淡定，平息了一切波涛；纵使老人身处险境，但他的生存信念驱走了死神的垂顾；纵使老人一次次精疲力竭，然而他的等待，胜过了时间的脚步。其实，在我看来，《老人与海》中得老人圣地亚哥，也正是作者海明威所塑造给自己看的一个形象，用于激励自己。然而，1961年7月2日晨7时，海明威取出自己珍爱的镶银双筒猎枪，枪口对准口腔，他用最后的勇气为自己敲响丧钟。也许正如他言：“有勇气死去比经受身心屈辱的恐怖要幸福得多。”

海明威终究还是选择了死亡，忍受不了现实来自各个方面的折磨而解脱。在最后那一刻，海明威究竟是一个超越自我的英雄还是一个选择逃避的懦夫我们不得而知，但是我相信，海明威作为《老人与海》的作者也是它的第一位读者，一定也从中意识到了很多。海明威自己也非常喜欢他的这一作品，他说：“我一直读过200多遍，每读一次，我就多一份收获，好像我最后得到了我这一生辛苦工作所欲得到的东西”。当然，每一个它的读者也一定从中受到了鼓舞，甚至于将海明威视为自己精神的寄托。曾听说在海明威自杀后的第二天，消息传到了西班牙，一位出名的斗牛士知道了以后只说了一句：“做得好”，然后便选择了同样的方式，终结了自己的生命。看来，海明威的文字的的确确影响了那个时代的很多人。

“一艘船越过世界的尽头，驶向未知的大海，船头上悬挂着一面虽然饱经风雨剥蚀却依旧艳丽无比的旗帜，旗帜上，舞动着云龙一般的四个字闪闪发光——超越极限！”作者海明威是这样评价他的作品《老人与海》的。当然，小说是小说，生活是生活，我们不可能像老

人去一个苍茫的大海，不服输地和鲨鱼搏斗，但我们可以在摔倒后，珍藏那枚把我们绊倒的石头，然后带着它，负着伤，继续前行，同时等待天空中的云雾拨开。

人们总是把海明威的《老人与海》作为“硬汉”精神的代表，“人不是为失败而生的”、“一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败”，所有读过这篇小说的人都对这两句话留下了深刻的印象。伟大的作品都能散发出象征和寓言的意味，这篇作品在表现老渔夫坚毅意志的同时，也深刻表现了他孤独的忧伤，或许，这是比单纯表达他惊人意志力更为感人更为使人震撼的蕴含在作品深处的意味。

从创作来看，海明威始终恪守着“冰山原则”，他说：“冰山运动之雄伟壮观，是因为它只有八分之一在水面上”。作品中的文字和形象是所谓的“八分之一”，而情感和思想是看不见的那“八分之七”。《老人与海》中使用了大量的象征、隐喻手法，赋予了作品丰富的内涵。而《老人与海》只有5万多字，它却征服了所有的诺贝尔文学奖的评委，1954年，“因为他精通于叙事艺术，突出地表现在他的《老人与海》之中”，才被授予了诺贝尔文学奖这一奖项。

《老人与海》更多的给人是希望与信念。在那个迷惘的年代里，《老人与海》一扫“迷惘”的阴霾，在那孤独的忧伤里，给人更多的是顽强与不屈的精神品格。