The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
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老人与海
DOI：
10.2307/495716
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发表时间：
2020
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通讯作者：
Ernest Hemingway
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作者：
Ernest Hemingway
在《老人与海》中，在与鲨鱼战斗的关键时刻，圣地亚哥伸手去拿船尾下的桨柄，“锯掉了大约两英尺半长”，“从他能举起的最高地方”，他击中了一条大帆船的“大脑底部”（OMATS 105）。鲨鱼从鱼身上滑下来，但其他鲨鱼出现了，圣地亚哥不禁想知道，如果他“用两只手拿着球棒”，他会造成多大的伤害（106）。他对棒球棒的渴望是至关重要的。圣地亚哥不想用神圣的工具（我想到的是非洲裔古巴神Chango的象征性木斧）来戏剧化一种土著风格，而是希望复制一位美国英雄的行为，他的棒球事迹在当地小报上是冒险的素材——乔·迪马吉奥。圣地亚哥在船上的行为让我想起了迪马吉奥的个人经历。迪马乔是旧金山渔民的儿子，小时候他偷偷从家里溜出来，“在附近的沙地上用折断的桨当球棒”练习击球技术（Talese 246）。圣地亚哥在击球方面没有迪马吉奥的天赋，但他的行为是一个棒球学者和忠实的球迷。第二次世界大战期间，迪马乔“是美国最受关注的人”，在当时的一首流行歌曲中，莱斯·布朗（Les Brown）的乐队提醒球迷，这位棒球明星对战争有多么重要。正如歌声所唱：“乔……乔……狄马乔……我们希望你站在我们这一边”（Talese 251）。
at a critical moment in his battle with the sharks in The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago reaches under the stern for an oar handle “sawed off to about two and a half feet in length” and “from as high up as he could raise the club” he hits a galano across “the base of the brain” (OMATS 105). The shark slides down the fish, but other sharks appear and Santiago is left to wonder how much damage he could have inflicted if he had “used a bat with two hands” (106). His desire for a baseball bat is of crucial importance. Instead of wanting to dramatize an indigenous style with sacred tools (the symbolic, wooden axe of the Afro-Cuban god Chango comes to mind) Santiago wishes to replicate the actions of an American hero whose baseball exploits were the stuff of adventure in the local tabloids—Joe DiMaggio. Santiago’s actions in the boat bring DiMaggio’s personal history to mind. A fisherman’s son from San Francisco, DiMaggio as a boy sneaked away from home to practice his batting technique with “a broken oar as a bat on the sandlots nearby” (Talese 246 ). Santiago lacks DiMaggio’s genius with the bat but his actions are those of a baseball scholar and a dutiful fan. During World War ii, DiMaggio “was the most talked-about man in America” and in one of the popular hits of the day, Les Brown’s band reminded the fans how important the baseball star was to the war effort. As the song cried out: “Joe . . . Joe . . . DiMaggio . . . we want you on our side” (Talese 251).