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Unit 4 Exploring Literature
Reading
The old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
unique writing style
tough men（硬漢）
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.（一個人可以被毀滅但是不能被擊敗）
Santiago, an experienced fisherman, who attempts to catch a huge fish, after coming in empty-handed for eighty-four days.
Background information
Read the excerpt(節選) and think about the question.
What is the excerpt about
It describes the battles between the old man and the fish. The old man struggled to catch the fish while the fish struggled to escape.
Battles: round 1 (回合)
The fish was coming in on his circle now calm and beautiful looking and only his great tail moving. The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer. For just a moment the fish turned a little on his side. Then he straightened himself and began another circle.
“I moved him,” the old man said. “I moved him then.”
The old man VS The fish(para.1-2)
He felt faint again now but he held on the great fish all the strain that he could. I moved him, he thought. Maybe this time I can get him over. Pull, hands, he thought. Hold up, legs. Last for me, head. Last for me. You never went. This time I’ll pull him over.
But when he put all of his efforts on, starting it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his strength, the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away.
The old man VS The fish (para.3-4)
Battles: round 2
“Fish,” the old man said. “Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too ”
That way nothing is accomplished, he thought. His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now. I must get him alongside this time, he thought. I am not good for many more turns. Yes, you are, he told himself. You’re good for ever.
On the next turn, he nearly had him. But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away.
The old man VS The fish(para.5-7)
Battles: round 3
The old man VS The fish (para.8-13)
You are killing me, fish, the old man thought...
Now you are getting confused in the head...
“Clear up, head,”he said...
Twice more it was the same on the turns.
I do not know, the old man thought...
He tried it once more and he felt himself going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail weaving in the air.
Battles: round 4
I’ll try it again, the old man promised, although his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes.
He tried it again and it was the same. So he thought, and he felt himself going before he started; I will try it once again.
The old man VS The fish(para.14-15)
Battles: round 5
Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother.
Is the fish only a huge fish
You are killing me, fish,...But you have a right（權利） to.
A great opponent
(對手)
A respectable
friend
Santiago's own fate(命運)
1.How would you describe the old man’s character（性格） Support your view with details from the excerpt.
positive
confident
determined(有決心的)
strong-willed(意志堅定的）
I moved him.I moved him then.
Fish, you are going to have to die anyway.
Yes you are,he told himself. You are good for ever.
I’ll try it again.
I will try it once again.
2. How do you understand the sentence
“A man can be destroyed but not defeated”
A man can be destroyed physically but cannot be destroyed spiritually（精神上的）. It shows an attitude toward our life, fighting for ourselves. . When facing difficulties, we should be positive,brave and determined.
1. Retell the story of The Old Man and the Sea in your own words.
2. Write a short essay to express your opinions of the sentence “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
Homework
Thank you for your listening!

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