The Old Man and the Sea describes an old fisherman fishing at sea. After 84 days, he hasn't caught a fish yet. Everyone said he was unlucky. On the 85th day, he decided to go to deep sea fishing, where fishermen had never been before, to prove his ability and courage.
At sea, the old man found a marlin and overcame many difficulties. After a hard struggle, he finally stabbed the harpoon into the heart of the marlin on the third morning.
On the way back, the old man was attacked by sharks five times. He fought back bravely with harpoon, paddle and knife. When he sailed the boat back to the port, the marlin had only a big white skeleton left.
The skills of appreciating details in The Old Man and the Sea attract readers to the real situation, where there are sea, old people, boats, flying fish, seabirds, marlins, sharks and so on. These vivid, accurate and vivid descriptions are presented to readers, as if they were a record of a fishing experience at sea, which is authentic and gripping. Through the struggle between the old fisherman and marlin, the shark and the sea, and a lot of inner confessions, the author expresses his deep thinking on the relationship between man and nature: the laws of nature are irresistible to human beings, and we advocate the indomitable struggle between man and nature and the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.