Hemingway’s death, Hemingway’s spirit. Hamlet said to himself: To be or not to be, that is the question. In fact, life and death are not the problem. How to live and how to die is the problem. What Hemingway did was to blow off half of his head with a shotgun - the power of life and death was in his own hands! Hemingway regarded death as home. Of course, this not only shows that Hemingway is a real tough guy, but also reflects his way of survival. He is a contemporary Sisyphus. Hemingway's shot not only blew off half of his own head, but also stunned the entire United States and even the world. People immediately realized that something vital had suddenly disappeared from this world. Once Hemingway died, their own lives were eclipsed. People are miserable. It is as if Hemingway "has ruined our lives, and now I am a dead man too" (Ordonez) "The Old Man and the Sea" As Hemingway himself said, "It is the best work I can write in my life." "Hemingway truly wrote a hymn of heroism here. It writes about the dignity of human soul. This is a novel describing the struggle between man and nature. The old man fought at sea for two days and two nights, and then only won an empty fish skeleton. The moral of the work is symbolic. Although the old man is defeated, he is still glorious. As the old man himself said, "Life is not for being defeated. People can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated." Hemingway is a spiritual monument to the American nation. President Kennedy's condolence message said, "Few Americans have had a greater impact on the feelings and attitudes of the American people than Ernest Hemingway." He loves hunting and fishing. He participated in two world championships, was hit by 237 pieces of shrapnel, and had 57 stitches on his head. He was involved in two plane crashes in Africa. "A severe concussion caused his vision and health to deteriorate." These experiences all gave birth to his tough guy character, so themes that symbolize power appear repeatedly in his novels, such as boxing, bullfighting, hunting, fishing, and war. Of course, mixed with sex, violence, loneliness, and death. As a literary representative of the "lost generation". It seems to have been deified. He is dragging away the shackles of class and the times. It is a representative of human ideals. It is the embodiment of justice. He is a fighter against war. He is a brave man. And Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea is not just a tough guy, the spiritual value he embodies is a modern echo of the tragic spirit of ancient Greece. In The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway finally found the souls of his beloved tough guys. This soul is the eternal value of human beings that has not changed since ancient times: the tragic and sublime struggle against fate (see "Oedipus the King"). The pun on his epitaph is: "Forgive me for not being able to stand up." This is Hemingway, "A man is not born to be defeated. You can destroy him, but you can't defeat him." Hemingway said