Hemingway often thought of courage as a person's ability to be calm and controlled in the face of death. His theme is presented in his novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls?" the story "The Old Man and the Sea" and in our textbook "A Day's Wait".By misunderstanding a different thermometer the boy thought he was running a high fever and would soon die. But he took his death bravely and waited quietly for it.The boy showed us he had courage.

　　海明威总是以为勇气就是面对死亡沉着镇静，他的这一主题思想体现在他的小说《丧钟为谁而鸣?》、《老人与海》以及课本里《一天的等待》中。孩子由于对温度计的误解，以为自己已轻发高烧并即将死去，而勇敢、镇静地等待死亡的来临。此时，这孩子表现出勇气。