老且益坚的硬汉——《一块牛排》中的汤姆·金和《老人与海》中的桑提亚哥之形象小析

Two Unyieding Men——Character Analysis of Tom King in A Piece of Steak and Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea

本文从海明威和杰克·伦敦的性格和心理机制着手分析了两人对硬汉形象和坚强性格之塑造的热衷,并从境遇、心态、表现等方面对老且益坚的硬汉作了比照,进而指出了铮铮铁骨下脆弱的一面。

Emest Hemingway and Jack London both portrayed a series of unyielding men who compel our admiration.They not only successfully portrayed two strong men in their novels The Old Man and the Sea and A Piece of Steak, but also revealed their care for age.This thesis tries to find out the reason why Ernest Hemingway and Jack London both prefer to portray unyielding men and stong character by analyzing their characters and psychological mechanisms, compare these two strong characters in details in several aspects, such as circumstances, mood and expression, and then point out their weakness.