The old man and the sea

I would like to recommend a book to you. The book is "The old man and the sea". It is a novella by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. The author Hemingway is a American novelist . This book is his masterpiece. It is a very famous book.

The Old Man and the Sea recounts an epic battle between an old fisherman and a giant marlin. The fisherman has gone 84 days without catching any fish at all. He is so unlucky. He does not lose confidence, continue to go fishing. Thus on the eighty-fifth day, he caught the "1500 pounds more than a big Marlin", but In the course of fishing, he encountered large sharks, fought desperately with the sharks, Finally,the Marlins has been by large sharks eat up, he only brought back a fish skeleton.

The story told us, "A man can be destroyed but not be defeated." The external body can withstand torture, but the faith of the inherent is indelible. I love this book, because whenever I encounter difficulties, I will think of this story, it makes me have the courage to face difficulties.