1、3.1 psychological descriptionPsychological descriptive foot reveal within characters including dynamic and personality, also be the important way to Chinese and foreign writers characters commonly used method. The old man and the sea, have abundant psychological description, the author skillfully us

2、ing free association skill, the scenery, the characters as connection cohesion dialogue means, use the character psychological time, break the timing constraints, natural works in order to expand the capacity, make all his works with me, as if with a feeling of heat flow boiling. Darkness old man he

3、ard flying fish water of voice, the authors wrote“in the dark the old man could feel the morning coming and as he rowed he heard the trembling sound as flying fish fell the water and the hissing that their stiff set wings made as they sqared away in the darkness. He was very fond of flying fish as t

4、hey were his principal friends on the ocean. He was surry in the birds , especiafly the small delicate dark learns that were always flying and looking and almost never finding, and he thought the birds have a harder life than we do except for the robber birds and the heavy strong ones” By flying fis

5、h thought of birds, the birds thought of a person by one thought ocean. By sea, the cruel thought of birds effeminate destiny. Abundant psychological activities showed the old man great sympathy. Shows, including human beings, animal world survive hard and persistence. But the ocean under the moon r

6、ighteousness associate to tender women old man：“They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enenry . But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great lavours. And if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them. The mo

7、on affects her as it does a wommin he thought ”The old man inside the ocean as a charming woman that old man to oceans chi love and passion. Through the old mans psychological description, the ocean is personified. Also further demonstrates the old man love the sea offices of the son feelings.The ol

8、d man and the sea psychological description of colorful, magnificent and moving. Some lenovo strange, terrible, some ChuYu humor, confusing, thus suggesting some JingCe philosophy, moving, some borrow things germinal, poetic flavour is abundant.3.2 Linguistic descriptionIn”The Old Man and the Sea”by

9、 Hemingway，we can see how he deals with the tremendous subject of the struggle between man and nature，using unique language style，beautiful writing skills，vivid descriptions an d the writing principle of”Iceberg”Hemingway symbolizes the subject，and thus the theme gives beyond the connotation of the

10、story itself，and provides much room for thinkingTh is essay analyses and discusses mainly the symbolic meanings of the novel and its linguistic features3.2.1.symbolismThe basic meaning is symbol in some consciousness or imagine image labeled to suggest some invisible implication, it can through imag

11、e to trap appreciator experience and emotional hair of performance, make literature produce strong vitality and permanent artistic glamour. As a realist writer of the tao, Hemingway knows, apply indicative gimmick abstract thought becomes concrete physical, let the reader from the concrete object st

12、imulate experience imagination and emotions of performance, to dig among them meaning accumulate. Hemingway in the novel the old man and the sea, by local rhetoric of symbolism to give the novel symbolic. 3.2.1.1 the protagonist Santiago is life hero symbol. He dared to lifes hardships declare war,

13、to the persons life and beyond it, limit challenge to change lives for honor, dignity, from the Angle of unprecedented astonishing to show people the value of life. In the sea, and the big marlin and sharks fight, he with confidence and courage, tenacious hero image stuck up a song of deep low back

14、cello XieZou song. Fisherman fishing for living, in the boundless sea, a lonely old man skiff continuous skiff didnt catch any fish, it is really hapless, however, the old man didnt lose confidence:Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the sanle color as the sea and were cheerfu

15、r and undefeated.Eyes are the Windows of the soul, this seawater as blue eyes with that symbolizes luck torn sails contrast, reveals the old man Santiago never resign yourself to fates character, appearing old man optimistic and cheerful, as heretofore, do not reach the goal will stop spirit. He is

16、determined to in the eighty-fifth day to to catch a great distance, this is the old man to the ideal pursuit, is human longing to conquer oneself weak performance.The sea symbol of life, human society fight field of silhouette. Hemingway not only make an objective description of the sea, many places

17、 is through the old man with tendentiousness musing San Diego, remembering, soliloquize form such as narrative out.It was these sharks that would cut the turtles leg and flippers off when the turtles were asleep on the stirfaceIn this picture scroll everywhere is the strong chase, the weak to escape

18、, nowhere not concealed the pitfalls, it shows it is true, from everlasting and eternal predatory struggle of existence spectacle. This symbol was American society, people depend real strenght determine his status, level trenchant, no equality, justice whatsoever, The mighty on high, do as you like,

19、 and are at the bottom to yunyunzhongsheng by fooled by fish. The sea imply just appear nature with sharks ruler, where there are they, there would suffer disaster.3.2.1.2shark main representative all destructive power, are ravening, manufacture of disaster, to stop people achieve ideal realm of var

20、ious damaging the symbol of evil forces. To the sharks strong and cruel, the author so aggressive, describes a way:In the night sharks hit the carcasses as someone might pick up crumbs from the table.3.2.1.3of the author in more symbolic description, consciously gave the old man to Christ incarnatio

21、n. In the story in the course of the whole, the old man had two crucifixion process. For example, when the old man Santiago saw stars shark (galanos) when, cant help.The author describes a way: is that word translation, maybe cant is but a clamor, like a person feel nail through his hands, the nail

22、into the wood when involuntarily send out that kind of shouts. The author here hint of the one is be crucified Jesus. The most vivid point is the old man dragged the giant fish skeleton after come back, shoulder the mast began to climb the bank, have looked back that held by the boat marlin wrecks.

23、This a stationary camera shows the old man as a Christ is beginning to another the suffering of the course, and fish as another Christ is tied to the cross. These symbolic description that indicate that in the United States Jesus again be nailed on the cross, Christian spirit is killed. Through this

24、 obscure depictions of expressing the author for American realistic extreme pessimism. 3.2.1.4in the novel one extremely important symbols, San Diego is dream entangles the soul is the that group of lions, it represents exuberant vitality and youth, symbolizing the old man to force the pursuit and t

25、o the stronger yearning, each dreamed that the group of lions after all gave the old man added boundless spiritual strength. Group of lion symbolizes sympathy weak one, hostile to evil, can create miracles, people ask again can overcome all kinds of evil forces of unity and friendship among groups.3

26、.2.1.5Group of lion performance in elderly individuals mode with sharks struggle to San Diego unarmed poise, is Ernest Hemingways tough image of the highly generalization and sublimation, marks the late Hemingway in thoughts development and progress, entrusts his ideals and to the human hope. The en

27、d of The novel a man dreaming that it was The lions, this is a rich meaning of echo, reflected Hemingways philosophy of life and moral ideal, i.e. not head to fate, never yielding fighter spirit and The positive optimistic attitude towards life. Although he dragged back just a fish skeleton, but he

28、mentally but always is a winner.3.2.2.linguistic features 3.2.2.1Useing simple language Whether narrative facts, elaborate scenery, dialogue, or reveal characters psychological activity, Ernest Hemingway writes the old man and the sea of the language is concise, and expressed by the thought and very

29、 profound, thought-provoking, Not only reveals the stylistic structure relation, but also showed of modern art and the appeal to the Less , are also more (Less is more)3.2.2.2implicit It is given to the facts dont comment, explanation, let the reader from concise flat talk of narration in to taste,

30、conjecture. And early in the morning to see the old man how waked little boy,He took hold of one foo t gently an d held it until the boy woke.The silent language implication of unlimited warmth, however it completely intact in the old man butch image, on the contrary, it more fully shows the old man under pressure grace - soft together, to bring out