【正文】 e boy who was not willing to leave，the old man said．“I know you did not leave me because you doubted”[9]and he felt it was quite norma1，though he would be lonely without the boy．When the boy asked if he could offer the old man a beer on the terrace and then took the stuff home，the old man said，“why not， between fishermen All these details show that Santiago was reasonable， sensible， kind with open mind． The old man，s grace lies in his gender feeling．Some details in how the old man woke the boy：he took hold of one foot gently and held it until the boy woke up．W hen the boy was still sleepy，the old man put his arm across his shoulders and said “I am sorry”．Just like someonesaid，heartlessness doesn t make the hero， pity for children makes more the confident attitude towards life，the old man took things philosophically． In fact he hoped the boy could e back to him and he needed the boy，but when the boy wanted to be back，the old man refused because it was the boy’s parents who made him leave and he could not make the boy awkward and unlucky with him． Grace under the third layer of pressure When fighting with the marlin， he was driven through the two opposite forces between certainty and uncertainty．Sometimes Santiago felt lonely and helpless，but he conquered all of them ultimately，which was best presented in his long monologue and recall about arln．wrestling contest．such as “1 wish I had theboy to help me and to see this”，“I wish the boy were here”and “1 wish I had the boy[10] His menti0n 0f the boy several times proved that he wanted to over． whelm loneliness and enhanced courage and force to fight． Santiago recalled the arm—wrestling episode to give him more confidence．The recall would allow him to forget a connection with the marlin that went beyond the literal link of the line：his bodily aches attested to the fact that he is well matched．that the fish is a worthy opponent．As a young man，Santiago enjoyed singleminded petitive contests. As an old man he continued to enjoy single minded petitve contests as well as ayoungman． The old man conveys us that we human beings should keep graceful even under fierce pressure,should face the failures bravely，and keep the spirit of unyielding integrity．These are the qualities with which we should be equipped，just as the motto of the old man“Man is not made for defeat．A man can be destroyed but not defeated．”[11] The symbolism of Santiago in ＂ grace under pressure＂,as well as the hurt brought by the war to Hemingway changes his aspiration ,to save the world’s democracy,when he was is the world War Ⅰthat casts Hemingway’s world outlook,which also affects his mood about Ernest Hemingway , the world is full of violence and false: Every one is doomed to death that is so one wants to live long in such a society ,he must set an existing rule for himself,and that is:In life, if you want to win ,you should not concede to be defeated ,and you should continue to live by bearing the difficulties。Just give up disturbing sentiment ,don not feel pity for yourself。To seek for happiness in open door sports,and regard the “toughguy” as life spine. Hemingway moulds the typical toughguy images successfully,though the protagonist paddle a boat.“The sail was patched with flour sacks and ,furled,it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.”[12] Defeat maybe predestined,but on the other aspect ,Santiago expresses his calm when he faces fail .Here Ernest Hemingway not only simply tells the story ,but also brings into his own practice emotion and thought from real life.Chapter Five Symbolism In Santiago Technique—symbolsimAs a master in literature, Hemingway uses very simple words and sentences to write some magnum opus, which is his iceberg technique that he uses in his work. He believed as a good writer, he didn’t need to reveal the action or characters clearly, obscurity can give us the aesthetic sense. So the words and sentences in his work are symbolic and suggestive. That is to say, one needs keep a close eye to read his works and read between the lines deliberately. The arbitrariness of Hemingway about the symbolical factors fully manifest that he is unwilling to accept the laurel of “symbolist”. In this novel, Hemingway has used many symbols. All these symbols have very important and special meanings. By understanding them, we can better understand the writer39。s attitude of we study the Old Man and the Sea, we have to research its symbolical factors. Santiago the best expression to “the toughguy character”The Old Man and the Sea is a short simple novel that has been hailed as a classic. The story the Old Man and the Sea is about an old fisherman named Santiago who overes the great forces of nature. Not catching a single fish for eightyfour days, the old fisherman still keeps on trying without being despaired. He goes far out into the sea and catches a huge marlin after three day’s patient struggle. On his way home sharks e and attack, Santiago tries his best to fight but fails to prevent the marlin from being eaten. In the end he returns with nothing but the skeleton of the marlin. Many people believe that the novel is about the life of Hemingway himself. Because some parts of the story do relate to what Hemingway has experienced in his life.The old man Santiago is the last tragic hero that Hemingway portrays. Being poor and unlucky, his fate is sad, but he is not a man being easily defeated. Hemingway’s unyielding character is attached to the old man like a demon, which is the symbol of Hemingway’s unyielding character, which is regarded as an embodiment of Hemingway’s iceberg principle. The old man is a geezer who goes fishing lonely. The torment that the life gives makes his neck condensed with deep wrinkles, which make him look thin and haggard, every part of his body looks old, but his eyes are blue like the sea, never depressed. At the beginning of the article, the old man jus