Zhu Fanyue: "The Old Man and the Sea" recommended reading

Author: Longjiang Road Primary School COFCO Xiangyun Branch 52nd Class Zhu Fanyue

I read a lot of meaningful books, and the most impressive was the American writer Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea.".

The protagonist of the story is an old fisherman in San Diego. This old man, who had been at sea for 84 days, found nothing and was almost starving to death. But he did not concede, did not give up, and finally caught a large fish with a length of 18 meters and a weight of 1500 tons on the 85th day. The big fish dragged the boat deep into the sea, and the old man kept holding on to it. In a situation with no water, no food, no weapons, and an injury to his right hand, he was not discouraged, and after two days and two nights of fighting, he finally killed the big fish. Later, many sharks tried to rob him of his "booty", and the old man killed them one by one. However, the big fish could not escape the fate of being eaten in the end, and the old man tried his best to drag back only a fish skeleton... It seems to have gained nothing, but it has gained people's respect and admiration!

After reading this book, my mood could not be calmed for a long time. I admire the old man's strong perseverance, tenacious fighting spirit and indomitable spirit. No matter what dangers and difficulties he faces, he maintains a kind of human dignity and courage, which is one of the most precious qualities of human beings. Fate was unfair to him, and he had no complaints and was never discouraged. Standing up from failure again and again... This makes me think of my usual homework a little more, a little more difficult to scream tired, hurry to give up, completely without the determination to overcome difficulties. After reading this book, I was ashamed of my previous actions. Compared with the difficulties encountered by the elderly, this difficulty encountered by me is simply not worth mentioning!

Each of us should learn from this precious spiritual quality of the elderly. As Hemingway said, "You can be destroyed, but you can't be defeated!" The old man finally failed, but he was a victorious loser, because he defended the dignity of the human soul, and he brought us the noblest "self-confidence" of mankind! The book "The Old Man and the Sea" is a pearl that gathers the light of human nature, and it is also a bright light, which points out the direction for us to move forward!