The work revolves around an old Cuban fisherman who struggles with a huge marlin in the Gulf Stream far from the coast. Although Hemingway's The Old Man is tragic.

But he has the characteristics of Nietzsche's superman, accepting failure and facing death bravely. These "tough guys" embody Hemingway's philosophy of life and moral ideal, that is, the fighting spirit and positive and optimistic attitude towards life that human beings will never bow to fate and never give up.

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Creative background:

The novel The Old Man and the Sea is based on a true story. After World War I, Hemingway moved to Cuba and met an old fisherman, gregorio fuentes. 1930, Hemingway's ship sank in the storm, and fuentes rescued Hemingway. From then on, Hemingway and fuentes forged a deep friendship and often went fishing together.

1936, fuentes caught a big fish in the open sea, but because it was too big, it dragged on the sea for a long time, and as a result, it was attacked by a shark on the way home, leaving only a skeleton when it came back.

1936 In April, Hemingway published an essay entitled "Above the Clear Water: A Letter from the Gulf" in the squire magazine, in which there was a passage about an old man who went fishing alone in a boat and caught a huge marlin, but most of the fish was eaten by sharks. At that time, this incident deeply touched Hemingway. He realized that it was a good novel material, but he never had a chance to write it!

1950 Shortly after Christmas, Hemingway had a strong desire to create. In the villa "Viewing Society" on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, I began to write "The Old Man and the Sea" (formerly known as "The Existing Sea"). The first draft was completed on February 23rd, 195 1 year, and it only took eight weeks before and after. Hemingway sent the manuscript to a friend who visited Cuba in April, and it was well received.