Abstract: Traditionally,The Old Man and the Sea,which won the Nobel Prize in Literature for Hemingway,has been regarded as a masterpiece which reflects anthropocentrism and individual self-worth by stressing the ways of human beings conquering the wild nature.But the most thought-provoking point in the works tends to be ignored - human beings as tough-guy image conquer the nature,the result of which is tragic and even destructive.Today,when reading this novel from the perspectives of ecocriticism,we can find out that Hemingway has a deep reflection on anthropocentrism,to which he holds all the time,an awe of nature and an expectation on harmony between man and nature.

Key words: The Old Man and the Sea, anthropocentrism, ecocriticism