爱与忠诚的象征——浅析小男孩曼诺林在《老人与海》中的作用

The Symbol of Love and Fidelity——Analysis on Manolin's Role in "The Old Man and the Sea"

《老人与海》是美国著名小说家海明威晚年的一部经典作品,于1954年获诺贝尔文学奖。海明威用简练含蓄的语言,通过巧妙的细节描写,生动地刻画出了一位久经沧桑的老渔夫桑提亚哥这一形象。小男孩曼诺林虽然只在小说的开头和结尾出现,但老人在孤身奋战的几天里却无数次想起他,他对小说整体情节的影响至关重要。本文拟通过小男孩的言行分析他在小说中的作用。

＂The Old Man and the Sea＂ is a classic work of the famous American novelist Ernest Hemingway in his later years, which was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 .By describing details, Hemingway vividly portrays an experienced fisherman--Santiago with succinct and efficient words and sentences. Although Manolin is presented only in the beginning and at the end of the novella, his presence is important because the old man thinks of him several times when he is fighting hard with the big marlin. In this article it aims at analyzing the boy＇ s role in the novella through his words and deeds.