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inally shot himself to end this pain. In this novella, the author put his own image onto the old man-- Santiago. He described Santiago's tragedy, but emphasized that a man could be destroyed, but could not be defeated. He said Santiago was a success in spirit, which was also the way he used to deal with his own fate. Conclusion The combination of tragic facet and delightful facet was where the success of this novel lay which made the novel a masterpiece in Hemingway’s articles. This writing style was so special and atractive that it showed Hemingway’s lofty and productive thinking. This style made an indelible impresion on readers’ minds. The author created several tragic characters in this novel, for example, the old man--Santiago, the big marlin and so on, which had miserable fate. All of the plots and circumstances included tragic ambience and everyone would feel sad for the characters’ sufferings. As a matter of fact, this was not totally a tragic story although it included such a tragic atmosphere. At the same time, Hemingway’s description of the whole story showed another aspect-- the delightful facet of all the tragic characters. People could learn a lot of theories from them and be encouraged by their morale. As the proverb goes:“Every coin has two sides”. Hemingway arranged this novel according to the Theory of Marxism Philosophy. Firstly, the tragic facet and the delightful facet depended on each other. Each side’s existence was the premise of the other’s existence and development. Secondly, the tragic facet and the delightful facet were linked together. They existed in the story in the form of individuals but they had inner relationship with each other and were unified together by the whole plot in logic. Hemingway had several special experiences and he had also received great achievements on his literary work in his life. This was delightful facet in his life.Then, on the other hand, he suffered a lot because of his illness. He could not continue his writing career any more. There’s nothing he could do about such a condition so that he committed suicide at last. This was the author’s tragic fate which was the same as the fate of Santiago and the big marlin in the novel. The words said by Santiago and his action after he was defeated reflected Hemingway's view of life and the principle of his behavior. Success in spirit gave failures courage and dignity. This was the most reasonable cause for the style of the story and this naturally became the novella's soul of whole structure. Bibliography [1] Bessie Edmond. The Bible[M]. Beijing: Aviation Industrial Press, 2004. [2] Chang Yaoxin.　A Survey of American Literature[M]. Tianjin: Nan Kai University　Press, 1990. [3] Dong Hengzhuan.　A Survey of Hemingway[M].　Beijing: China Social Science Press, 1985. [4] Guy Sorman. Made in America[M]. Beijing: China Center Traslation Press, 2005,9. [5] He Muying and Du Ping. A Brief History and the Selected Readings of American Literature[M]. Chengdu: Sichuan University Press, 2001. [6] Hemingway, E. The Old Man and the Sea[M]. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1929. [7] Henry James. The Ethical Imagination in Literary Reading[J]. Foreign Literature Critic, 2007, (1). [8] Tao Jie. Literary Critic[M]. Beijing: World Press, 1996. [9] Wang Fengxin.　Western Literature Critic in 20th Century[M]. Sichuan: Sichuan University Press.2004. [10] 白烨．精神的凸显与艺术的拓展［Ｊ］．小说评论，2007,(2). [11] 郭晓铮．海下冰山有多大――对《老人与海》蕴意的挖掘［Ｊ］．唐山师范学院学报，2005，(1