欢迎来到010在线作文网!

老人与海的悲剧色彩对完美主义的质疑英语论文(4)

老人与海 时间:2021-08-31 手机版

1. Comprehension of the World’s Imperfection

  People living in modern times bear more pressure than their forebears, on the grounds of the fast pace of the society. Especially those with higher credentials than others, they always express their ideas that some day they could become perfect and get admiration from others. But they always blindly chase high targets without considering their own potentials. It is not an easy thing to be perfect. Comprehension of the world’s Imperfection is one way to solve this problem.

  Some true stories tell us that we should realize the imperfection in the world. There was a manager of a famous franchise auto-manufactory company who was a typically perfectionist. He is a successful manager in many people’s eyes, but he dissatisfied with his success once he thought his company is far behind his high aims, although in fact his franchise company operated very well even surpass many high-level auto-manufactory companies. The manager could not bear pressure, at last, he chose death like any other perfectionists did.

  Data which was responded by the researchers who worked in the problems on college students’ committed suicide is another example. At present, the rate of committed suicide on campus is higher than several years ago, which has caused attention around the society. Some psychologists and sociologists start to research this problem. The result of their research is college students’ pressure which is the main killer that leads to students’ high rate of committed suicide, especially the undergraduates who face with more pressures from the society, family, boy-friends or girl-friends, than several years ago. When students with perfect dreams suddenly find their dreams disappear in one second, they would fall into the circle of depression more easily. Many of them choose death to resolve the unhappiness. Some sociologists suggest that psychology should be one of the most important lessons in college in order to educate more eligible students. Only graduate students learned how to face the music, how to find the balance of their mentality, they could adjust themselves to the complex society.

  If the auto-manufactory manager opened his heart and mind, compared himself to other inferior company, he would feel happy because of his achievements. If the college students understand they are still too young, their future must be brighter than they thought, they may get more and more success in future. Sometimes, choosing to live in a happy or unhappy way is only a choice which is made in one second by ourselves.

2. Learning to Abnegate

  The other way to deal with perfectionism is to learn to give up. In the far-away African thicket, there is one way to capture lively monkey, but the tool is only boxes with small holes. Workers put some fruit in the box, cover it and only leave a small hole from which fruit could not be gotten. Monkeys have observed the works action and know delicious food in those boxes. When they stretch their hands into the holes to get food, they find their hands could not be pulled out. In fact, their hands are smaller than the holes, but the fruit is bigger than the small holes. All monkey been cheated and captured by workers, they don’t know to give up. If the monkeys learn to give up the fruit, they still can live freely in the thicket, but they forget life is more important than one time’s food. This is the monkey’s tragedy.

  In Chinese ancient fables, one fable name “Kua Fu Zhui Ri” tells us a story that a man called Kua Fu, he believes and insists on catching the sun, of course, he doesn’t catches the sun in the end of the story, and he dies from thirst and fatigue. His tragedy is also existed in he doesn’t learn to give up. If he stopped to drink water, he would not die of thirst.

  Sometimes, imperfection is another kind of beauty. Life likes Venus with broken arms, it’s worthy of pursuiting. Lives or all things in the world, however, come to the world and appear in front of us with something imperfect like beautiful Venus with broken arms. When we appreciate Venus’ beauty, we have to accept her imperfection. In another words, while we make our mind to choose the things that we want, we must learn to accept its imperfection.

  In Chinese educational history, there are two wise men that have had a great influence upon our nation, especially the youth. They are Confucius and Mencius. Confucius holds the idea of “humanity”, Mencius holds the idea of “moderate way to deal with everything”, both of them are the marrows of Chinese education. Confucius and Mencius teach us that we should do everything with a humane heart in a moderate way. Don’t over pursue something, and don’t under do something. Only do things in a moderate way, do we made our life happily.

Conclusion

  Through the analysis of the tragic color of the work The Old Man and the Sea, it can be found that the old man’s tragedy comes from his perfectionism which is the character also held by its author, Hemingway. At the same time, this thesis explains the reason why a person should avoid perfectionism, especially for young people. They always think they are the essence of their time. Because of their youth and being proud, they are more easily indulged in their outsized dream and made them encircled in a strange circle. Young people are facing with such a complex and competitive society that they have to abnegate their self-egoism. In the thesis, the author thinks that young people should not plan for themselves with high standard that surpasses their capabilities. Sometimes learning to abnegate is a good way to relax. But the most important thing is to realize oneself clearly, and accept their defects. Life is imperfect. One could get nothing after he/she tries his/her best. It’s important to keep balance of their inner heart and not involve in the depressive circle.

  The tragic color of The Old Man and the Sea and its author Hemingway’s tragedy teaches us: life is imperfection. Over-pursuit perfection in life is bound to hurt someone himself.


本文来源http://www.010zaixian.com/wenxue/laorenyuhai/893790.htm
以上内容来自互联网,请自行判断内容的正确性。若本站收录的信息无意侵犯了贵司版权,请给我们来信(zaixianzuowenhezi@gmail.com),我们会及时处理和回复,谢谢.