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The Old Man and the Sea tells a story about an old Cuban fisherman and his battle on the sea. It is wellknown as one of Hemingway's masterpiece. The theme is deep, and it is a song of heroism. The words "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" has gently landed in everyone's heart. Through it we can see Hemingway's famous iceberg technique, which is a simple but highly suggestive style. It was vividly embodied in this work, thus he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his " mastery of the art of modern narration".