老人与海英语名著读后感合计(38)

Their are still some people with such feelings in the world today, yet many have had their opinions swayed by others and begin to think badly of the elderly.
Their is also a lack of respect for Santiago and the elderly in the novel, which can be found in the actions of the young fisherman. Some laugh at him when he passed by, and some thought of him to be too old to be a fisherman. They believed he was not in good enough shape to catch a fish, yet it was only his bad luck that deterred him from doing such a thing.
He was much better and more exact than most of the other fisherman in the village, yet they could not see past his age to view his accomplishments.
I think the false beliefs about the weakness of the elderly can be turned around only if society looks much harder at their abilities and their goals. We must begin to see that although they may not have great physical strength, they still have a mind that is capable of many things. Their are many jobs that they can hold in the workplace and many things they can do to help society of which we, the younger generation, are not aware.