The Old Man and the Sea was written by an American writer named Ernest Hemingway. It has been translated into tens of languages, and the writer was so proud of his work.

The first time I read it is in a junior high school grade three. This is a simple story with only an ordinary old man and an ordinary marlin.

With catching no fish for eighty-four days, the old man Santiago set sail and caught an eighteen-feet marlin. While the sharks attacked him when he was on the way home. Ultimately, he got the fishbone.

This story reflects the people in ' full of violence and death of real life ' expression comes out of courage. Try to think of, an old and poor and alone, or even the old man to death, but to his death and these weakness, struggle to maintain his identity and dignity, to re-establish his circle in the name, and those who love and he can inheritance of the traditional culture of people keep good relationships. But finally the old man a hero's struggle not only saved yourself, also inspired those around him, and made them the spiritual to sublimate.

Lu Xun once said ' Great breadth of view should show such spirit with smiling face to meet the fate of tragic, with confidence in the courage to cope with his own misfortune '. When we go through the misfortune, compared with complaining the unfairness of the fate, struggling with the misfortune seems to be a better choice. Even if sometimes you failed in the arena of life, when you actively face the irreversible fate, you 're still the spirit of the strong.

Isn't the old man same?

He was never defeated by the obstacles and he tried his best to struggle with the misfortune during his life. He once said ' But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated '. While dealing with the obstacles, we should never be trapped over and cannot recover after a setback. What we should do is learn a lesson from the failure and treat it as a necessary road leading to the success.

Probably, this is my favorite book. This book gives me courage of conquering all kinds of difficulties.

However difficult the situation might be, whatever the misfortune we will meet, under no circumstance should we escape from them. Just face it bravely, as the old man on once did.