《老人与海》是海明威晚年之作,桑地亚哥是海明威小说主人公中的总结性英雄,《老人与海》中体现的海明威的艺术手法和文学理论是最全面的,小说所体现的主体体验理论、文学接受理论以及小说创作的冰山理论、人物形象的硬汉精神都对以后的小说创作产生了积极影响。《老人与海》中的桑地亚哥说:“一个人可以被毁灭,但不能被打败。”桑地亚哥正是晚年的海明威,大海就是人生,在痛苦人生中体验、思考人生的终极价 “The Old Man and the Sea” is Hemingway’s later works, and San Diego is the concluding hero of the protagonists in Hemingway’s novels. Hemingway’s artistic techniques and literary theory embodied in “The Old Man and the Sea” are the most comprehensive and the main body reflected in the novel Experience theory, theory of literary acceptance, as well as the novel theory of iceberg, the heroic spirit of the characters have a positive impact on future novel creation. San Diego in The Old Man and the Sea said: “One can be destroyed but not defeated.” Santiago is Hemingway in his late years, and the sea is life, experiencing and meditating in the painful life The ultimate price