| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 2 The background information | 第14-22页 |
| ·The social and cultural background | 第14-18页 |
| ·The American society of that time | 第14-16页 |
| ·The literary trends and ideology of that time | 第16-18页 |
| ·Hemingway's biographical introduction | 第18-22页 |
| ·Hemingway's life experience | 第18-19页 |
| ·Hemingway's literary career | 第19-22页 |
| 3 Comments on The Old Man and the Sea | 第22-52页 |
| ·A brief summary of the story | 第22-24页 |
| ·Hemingway's philosophy of life reflected by the novel | 第24-50页 |
| ·Reflected by the old man | 第24-31页 |
| ·Reflected by the settings of the novel | 第31-35页 |
| ·Reflected by the events of the novel | 第35-41页 |
| ·Reflected by the symbols in the novel | 第41-50页 |
| ·Santiago as symbol | 第42-44页 |
| ·The sea as symbol | 第44-45页 |
| ·Marlin as symbol | 第45-46页 |
| ·Shark as symbol | 第46-47页 |
| ·Manolin as symbol | 第47-48页 |
| ·'Lions' as symbol | 第48-50页 |
| ·The social significance of the novel | 第50-52页 |
| 4 Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-56页 |
