Hemingwayinthecreationofaprominentfeatureistheshapeofafleshandblood,thedistinctivecharacteroftheimage.Mostofthesecharactersaresoldiers,journalists,bullfighters,hunters,fishermen,professionalboxers,etc.,Hemingwaywithasincerehearttolovethem,withasimpleinktopraisethem.Inthem,thereadercanseeagroupofdistinctive"toughguy"charactercharacterimage.Hemingway'sprotagonistisatypicalcharacterwhohascreatedallhisfeaturesaccordingtohisownexperienceandcreatedbyartisticprocessing.Hemingwayisanintuitionist,hebelievesthattheimageoftheartoflifeandsoulliesinitshighdegreeofrealism."Thewriter'sjobistotellthetruth",andthereforestressedthatwritingwithasenseofstraightforwardness,hisnovelthemesaremostlytakenfrompersonalexperienceandpersonalexperience.Asateenager,Hemingwaywasverycompetitive.Hewas"loyaltoallthingsfirst,andifhedidnotgetfirstinasport,hewouldgiveupthatsport."
Thisspiritismanifestedinhisshortstory"beatundefeatedpeople",theoldpowerfailureofthebullfighterManuelinordertosafeguardthehonorofthepast,regardlessofthebrutalexploitationofthebossandthecompanionsofgoodwilldiscouraged,decidedtoplaybullfighting.Intheshortlifeof"FrancisMacomber'sShortHappyLife,"theauthorsimplyaskedWilsontoborrowthelanguageofShakespeare,sayingbluntly:"Idonotcareatall,peoplecanonlydieonce...anywaythisyear,"Hefinallyenduredthetestofmoralityandcourageunderviolence,hisdeathconfirmedthedignityofhispersonality,wheretheauthorstronglypraisedthe"toughguy"fearofdeath,indomitableattitudetowardslife."Gamblersnunsandradio"inthegamblerssufferedarobbery,notonlybitethebulletandnothum,humorandhumortolaughfreely,showingthedeathofthe"relaxed"and"elegant.""Fiftythousanddollars"intheboxertoholdbackthepaindownthefoulopponent,destroyedadoublehoax.
Thisfleshandbloodfullnessofthecharactersarethelivesoftheunfortunateandlosers,buttheyarethespiritofthestrongandwinners,whichispopularinEuropeandAmericaso-called"toughguy"character.IIHemingway'screativecareer,theyoungHemingway's"toughguy"imageisinvinciblewarrior,reflectstheyoungHemingway'svigorandindomitableenterprisingheart,andhislateryearsofHemingway's"Toughguy"image,itisthevicissitudesoflife,repeatedsetbacksbutnotwillingtofailthespiritofthewinner.Inhislateryearsofthenovel"theoldmanandthesea"isparticularlyprominent.SantiagoinTheOldManandtheSeaisHemingway'slasttragicheroandthefinalconclusionofhistoughpersonality.