《老人与海》是现代美国小说作家海明威创作于1952年的一部中篇小说，讲述了古巴老渔夫桑地亚哥在连续八十四天没捕到鱼的情况下，终于独自钓上了一条大马林鱼，但这鱼实在太大，把他的小船在海上拖了三天才筋疲力尽，被他杀死了绑在小船的一边，在归程中一再遭到鲨鱼的袭击，最后回港时只剩下鱼头鱼尾和一条脊骨。
还有经典语录哦
1．每一天都是一个新的日子。走运当然是好的，不过我情愿做到分毫不差。这样，运气来的时候，你就有所准备了。(Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.) 2．不过话得说回来，没有一桩事是容易的。(But,then,nothing is easy.) 3．一个人并不是生来就要被打败的，人尽可以被毁灭，但却不能被打败(A man is not made for defeat,a man can be destroyed but not defeated.） 4．陆地上空的云块这时候像山冈般耸立着，海岸只剩下一长条绿色的线，背后是些灰青色的小山.海水此刻呈现蓝色，深的简直发紫了.(The clouds over the land now rose like mountains and the coast was only a long green line with the gray blue hills behind it. The water was a dark blue now,so dark that it was almost purple.) 5．现在不是去想缺少什么的时候，该想一想凭现有的东西你能做什么。(Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is