What spirit did the old man and the old man show when they were attacked by sharks while fishing in the sea?

"A ship crosses the end of the world and sails for the unknown sea. On the bow, there is a flag, which is still gorgeous despite the wind and rain. On the national flag, Yunlong is dancing and shining-beyond the limit! " Author Hemingway commented on his work The Old Man and the Sea. The Old Man and the Sea created a classic tough guy image. An old fisherman named Santiago in Cuba went fishing alone. After 48 days of nothing, he caught a huge marlin. This is a big fish that the old man has never seen or heard of. It is two feet longer than his boat. The fish was so strong that he dragged the boat for two whole days and nights. During these two days and nights, the old man experienced a difficult test that he had never experienced before, and finally tied the big fishbone to the bow. However, at this time, he met a shark, and the old man fought with the shark. As a result, the marlin was eaten up by sharks, and the old man finally dragged home with only a bare fish skeleton. Why didn't Hemingway let the old man win in the end? In the words of the old man in the novel, "people are not born to be defeated" and "people can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated." This is the philosophy that The Old Man and the Sea want to reveal. There is no denying that everyone has defects. When a person admits this defect and tries to overcome it instead of giving in to it, it doesn't matter whether he finally catches a complete marlin or an empty skeleton, because the value of a person's life has been fully reflected in the process of hunting marlin. He once pursued and struggled for his ideal. Isn't he a winner? The old fisherman is a winner who dares to challenge his shortcomings and his courage and confidence. From the perspective of secular victory, the old fisherman is not the final winner, because although he defeated the marlin at first, the marlin was eventually eaten by the shark, and he just returned to the shore with the skeleton of the marlin, which means that the shark is the winner. However, in the eyes of idealists, the old fisherman is the winner, because he never gave in to the sea, marlin and shark. As the music master Beethoven said, "I can be destroyed, but I can't be conquered". Human nature is tenacious, and human beings have their own limits, but it is precisely because people like the old fisherman have repeatedly challenged and surpassed that this limit has been expanded again and again, and greater challenges have been placed in front of human beings again and again. In this sense, a hero like the old fisherman Santiago deserves our eternal respect no matter whether he succeeds or fails in challenging the limits. Because, what he brings us is the noblest confidence of mankind! Life is an endless pursuit. Its road is long, difficult and full of bumps, but as long as he bravely meets the challenge with a confident heart, he will always be a real winner! Every book has its own "soul". When you read a book, you will unconsciously fall into the world envisaged by that book.