The Old Man and the Sea (English Version) (English Version)

Author: Hemingway
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Publish Date: 1997-07-01
Features: The Old Man and the Sea is a masterpiece of Hemingway's later years. Hemingway himself called it his "best work of his life." The book won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize and led to him receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. From the perspective of learning English alone, The Old Man and the Sea is also an excellent language textbook. Hemingway's English is simple, easy to understand, concise, and clear, yet accurate and vivid. Especially, there are many dialogues in the story, and even the stream of consciousness that expresses inner thoughts uses plain and appropriate everyday language. All of this is excellent material for learning English. The story of The Old Man and the Sea is quite simple. The old fisherman Santiago goes to sea to fish and goes 84 days without catching anything. However, he does not lose confidence and continues to go out to sea. After two days and two nights of hard struggle, he finally catches a rare big fish. On the way back, he encounters a school of sharks. Although he fights desperately, he is outnumbered and, by the time he reaches the shore, the big fish is left only as a skeleton.