1. Hemingway and his "tough guy image"

The American writer Hemingway is a tough guy with a very enterprising spirit. He has tried eating earthworms and lizards, appeared in a Mexican bullring, wandered through the virgin forests of Africa, and fought on the battlefields of two world wars.

During the First World War, when he was 19 years old, he saw an Italian soldier injured, so he braved Austrian artillery fire to rescue him. As a result, he was also injured in the leg, but he still carried the wounded man tenaciously. go ahead. Suddenly, the bombardment stopped, the searchlights came on, and Hemingway finally returned to his position. It turned out that his heroic behavior moved the Austrian generals and ordered him to be let go.

As a writer, Hemingway once ambitiously stated that he would surpass Shakespeare, "kill" Turgenev, and beat Maupassant and Stendhal to the ground for talking nonsense. Once you are determined, you have to work hard. In 1949, his friend Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Hemingway was not convinced and hurriedly wrote a novel to surpass others, but failed. The stubborn Hemingway got up and worked again, and finally wrote the novel "The Old Man and the Sea", which won him the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

He wrote a famous saying in the novel "The Old Man and the Sea": "Man cannot be defeated. You can destroy him, but you cannot defeat him!"

Analysis: Yes, people cannot be defeated, as long as we have goals and beliefs in our hearts. Even if the process is difficult, there will be rewards in the end.

Topics: "The twists and turns of success" and "Never say never"

2. Yue Fei "Serves the Country with Loyalty"

Yue Fei was recruited to join the army and was promoted continuously due to his numerous military exploits. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty personally wrote the four words "Jing Zhong Yue Fei" in his own hand, made it into a flag and gave it to him. He also called him to his dormitory and said to him: "All the major events of ZTE are entrusted to you." When the Jin people attacked Gongzhou and Bozhou, Liu Qi reported to the court for help. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty ordered Yue Fei to quickly reinforce him and gave Yue Fei his own handwriting. The letter said: "I will not deal with the facilities as a matter of commission." Yue Fei then dispatched his troops and generals to fight in different directions. He led the light cavalry to station in Yancheng, and his troops were full of vigor.

However, later Gaozong and Qin Hui decided to negotiate peace with Jin and pay tribute to Jin. Just when Yue Fei was actively preparing to cross the Yellow River to regain the lost territory, Gaozong and Qin Hui issued 12 gold-lettered edicts in succession, ordering Yue Fei to retreat. Later Yue Fei was poisoned and died in Lin'an Fengbo Pavilion on "unfounded" charges. He was only 39 years old at the time.

Analysis: "When the country is in trouble, every man is responsible." Yue Fei's story of loyalty and bravery has inspired generations of Chinese people for thousands of years. Whenever foreign aggression occurs, people always follow Yue Fei's example and resist resolutely.

Topics: "Loyalty in National Disaster", "Country and Individual", "Loyalty to the Emperor and Patriotism"