《平凡的世界》读后感英语热门20篇

Recently, I read a book, "father and son", which tells the story of urchin, father, and an innocent son.

The book is a work of Russian critical realism. Among them, what impressed me most is the final chapters: father and son later became famous, they just started, very happy, but later, they discovered that others do what they look like and what is not good, so they feel that they are not the one and only the father and son, because this feeling empty son, the father said: "Daddy, I want to go to heaven." Father to son, son of holding hands, non-stop walking, they finally went to heaven, my father became the moon, the son became a star in the end, the author said that if the kids love the father and the son, not every night looking at the sky!

Family, two simple words, but contains the blood and water deep feeling. However, we still have some people around, do not know how to cherish, parents hard to pull you up, and you do not know how to repay, perhaps parents do not seek repayment, but you have a heart of gratitude do not have it? A warm word, a big hug, a deep kiss...... Sometimes the family to erase the happy memories, raised us so many years, whether rich or poor, parents will cherish you, cherish this God given happiness.

Family affection, friendship...... The two indispensable "love", the two contains happiness "love", in this book reflected, also by the author with affectionate ink painting out, let us open the hands, the precious things in our arms!

Recently read "the great gatsby, a story of hegemony set up dawn. The north American continent, is hundred years ago, the economic development of the train sped forward; Friction machines roar, but also too much to hide a moment of the heart. The book, that history is a little mark.

Investigate its likelihood is a persons tragedy, is the tragedy of the society as a whole, may not be important. Wine party smallpox, extravagant luxury residence, colorful gorgeous clothes, just for the sake of his heart love Daisy. Think first, young and beautiful, sketched a period of time; Flies away and alternative fate lane person, in the heart of love is someone elses confidante. The deep love, the injury the farthest, cut; Not reality, immersed in the beautiful dream, but blurred the forward field of vision. Weakness of gunfire, all the dreams and beautiful, vulnerable to burst, scattered in the wind, without trace.

Gatsby, his great, because he was the degree of potential energy, but because of his pursuit of the good feelings. He hasnt done anything wrong, but also had to the empty rooms. A dream, how to do, easy, but also how to away, difficult to achieve. In an age of people pursuit of material, to be backed by real emotions. Buckish, stained with money, odour, lost a condition is a pure heart. Leave a piece of pure land, at that time, doomed to oblivion the audacity of commitments.

Finally wrote: "we continue to strive to move forward, stream, after being constantly push, until the return to the days of the old one."

Heart can not help a Chu. Accustomed to another potential, accustomed to the intrigue, people, really happy? Blundering world, difficult times, disguise the Buddhism, purports to recall the mood like that is like water. This, is the only thing we can do?

"Day after day, excitement consumed by gradually." Reality, kill too much like real unreal image. Those beautiful like a castle in the air, and hollow crowd away already. In between dreams and reality, we go from here?

Gatsby is the choice of the former. Even if the cruel reality, fate, his image is still great; Pure love is hard to stop, right and wrong about his, also make them in a glorious situation across the sphere of a bygone era. Quietly away, few people look at the light. Through one hundred, is the ray of light, to the left a dark era deserves stay have story.

Even if you, in the reality, still mark a dream back without regrets. That is worth pity era, these moving words, bring us infinite daydream.

最近在读《了不起的盖茨比》，一个霸权建立破晓时分的故事。那是百余年前的北美大陆，经济发展的火车疾驶向前;机器的摩擦轰鸣，却也过多地掩饰了一时的人心。这本书，便是那段历史点滴的印记。

究其然是一个人的悲剧，还是整个社会的悲剧，也许并不重要。酒天花地的派对，奢靡豪华的住处，五彩绚丽的衣衫，只是为了他心中挚爱的黛茜。回想初见之时，年轻美丽，一段草样的年华;荏苒而逝，奈何命运弄人，心中的挚爱已然他人的红颜知己。爱得愈深，伤得愈切;不干现实，沉浸于夙愿的美好，却模糊了前行的视野。无力的枪声，所有的梦想与美好，不堪一击地破灭，散于风中，了无踪迹。

盖茨比，他了不起，因为他因时度势的魄力，更因为他追寻美好的情愫。他没有做错什么，却也只得这人去楼空。一个梦想，如何极尽，唾手可得，却也如何之远，难以达到。在人人追求物质的时代，真实的情感那般一触即溃。浮华众生，沾染了铜臭气味，失却了是一颗至真纯净的内心。不留一片净土，那个时代，注定要湮没无畏的追梦者。

文中最后一句写道：“我们继续奋力前行，逆水行舟，被不断地后推，直至回到往昔的那段岁月。”

心中不禁一搐。习惯了争权夺势，习惯了勾心斗角，人们，究竟幸福吗?浮躁的世界，寸步难行的时代，掩饰了流俗，口口声声追忆似水般的年华。这，难道就是我们唯一可以做的吗?

“日复一日，兴奋之情被渐渐吞噬。”现实，抹杀了太多如真似幻的意象。那些似空中楼阁一般的美好，与空洞的人群已然渐行渐远。在梦想与现实之间，我们该何去何从?

盖茨比的选择是前者。纵然现实残酷，命运无常，他的形象依然伟大;单纯的难以阻挡的爱，左右了他的是是非非，也使之以一种壮美的势态划过一个过往时代的苍穹。悄然而逝，少有人注视其光芒。穿越了百年，正是这缕光，给那个昏暗的时代留下了一个值得留忆的故事。

即使逆水行舟，在现实的洪流中，依然印记一个追梦无悔的背影。那个值得悲悯的时代，这些动人的文字，带给我们无限的遐想。

I”d never given much thought to how I would die. But dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go. " When reading such moving words, I am completely absorbed in this splendid novel --- Twilight. The person who had said such moving words was a 17-year-old girl --- Bella, who was a high school student. After reading the whole novel, what impresses me most is not the mysterious vampires family, but the kindhearted and brave girl --- Bella. Bella was a 17-year-old girl who has experienced her parents” divorce. In order not to be an obstacle to her mother”s happiness with her stepfather, Bella firmly chose to move into a new city --- Forks to live with her father. Even though she knew that what was waiting for her was the new and strange circumstance, Bella still decided to face all of them fearlessly, which makes me know that Bella is a really thoughtful and considerate girl.

As a matter of fact, Bella was just an ordinary human girl who would grow old as time went by and die one day, but Edward was an immortal vampire who had an exceptional and unique strength of reading people”s minds. Actually, some people may wonder why Edward would fall in love with such a delicate human girl, while others may hold a doubtful attitude towards their love story. However, to my mind, I strongly believe that Bella and Edward can lead a happy life. About one thing I am absolutely positive, they can lead a happy life and they needs to confront with various of hardships and setbacks. But why am I so positive about their love story? Let me have an analysis!

Bella is a kindhearted and independent girl who never goes with tide. She always sticks to her own way of doing everything. On her first day to school, Edward came across with Bella, and at that moment Edward could not move his eyes on Bella at his first sight on her. I clearly know that it was Bella”s unique and special character that drew Edward”s attention. In Edward”s mind, Bella was a natural girl with a kind heart. After several days” struggle, Edward could not prevent himself from caring about her and loving her though he knew perfectly well that it would be a fateful and deadly thing for a vampire to fall in love with a human girl. From this, it can be seemed that what a charismatic and glamorous girl Bella was.

When Edward said to Bella, "I don”t have the strength to stay away from you forever." I know, Edward had already been loving Bella deeply.

When Bella answered "I”ll be with you forever, Edward." I can realize their love has already been surpassed human in human”s innermost feelings.

When Edward said, "You don”t know how long I”ve waited for you, Bella" I know, Bella is the most suitable one for him, only with Bella can Edward gains the real happiness.

When Edward swore, "You”re my life now, Bella." I think all the lovers will be overwhelmed by such impressive words at that moment, as well as I. I know, from then on, Edward would move heaven and earth to protect Bella. There is no doubt that Bella is happy when being with Edward.

To be honest, Twilight is the best romance novel that I”ve ever read. There is no much flourish in it, but there are lots of touching and thrilling plots between Edward and Bella. I still remember every time Bella was in danger, Edward could helped her out in time, which made Bella feel so grateful and become interested in him gradually.

There was a time when Bella was on her way home from a bookstore alone, suddenly a gang of ruffians molested her, Bella felt helpless and hopeless. Fortunately, Edward appeared as a hero and rescued the beauty, Bella. At that moment, I couldn”t help praising, that Edward was such a thoughtful gentleman who cares about the person he loves at any time. No wonder Bella would love him.

Then when Edward told Bella he had a super strength that he could read every person”s mind except Bella”s one. You can not imagine that, Bella”s first reaction to it was --- "Is there something wrong with me?" Hearing that, Edward smiled and said, "I tell you I can read minds, and you think there is something wrong with you." At that time, Edward knew Bella was a kind girl indeed, who would not be worried and scared when hearing such unusual truth, but just try to find the mistakes of herself.

Once Edward took Bella to his home to meet his family members, instead of being afraid, Bella asked Edward what if his families didn”t like her. Edward was so surprise to hear that and said to Bella, "you are worried not because you”ll be in a house full of vampires, but because you think they won”t approve of you? " Then, I know, Bella has never treated Edward as a different kind. May I ask, how can Edward refuse such a kind and lovely girl. When Edward took Bella to fly through the forest in his amazing speed, I think no more girls can refuse such a romantic man.

Bella pursued the true love belong to her bravely, while Edward was giving all his love to the one he loved. I know this is love.

All in all, romantic love always has a happy ending. When Bella went through life and death, when Edward experienced the cruel ordeal, seeing they were dancing romantically at last, I can say their love will be going on.

Despite I’ve not in my childhood yet, I still prefer reading fairy-tale stories. The tales, which accompany with me in my old days, often make me think of some precious experience and sensation which only belong to children. This summer I’ve review this kind of tale, which was published in 1940. It’s the world-famous fairy-tale by the French author, Antoine de St-Exupery, The Little Prince.

As many other fairy-tales, the outline of The Little Prince is not very complex. “I”, the narrator of the story, is a pilot whose plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. In this occasion, the pilot makes the acquaintance of the little prince, a little boy from another planet, the Asteroid B612. The little prince has escaped from his tiny planet, because he has some quarrel with a rose, which grows on his planet. In that case he left his own planet and took an exploration at some neighbor asteroids.

On his all-alone journey, the little prince meets different kinds of people, which includes a king, a conceited man, a tippler, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer. From these people he gets a conclusion that the grown-ups are very odd. Following the instruction of the geographer, he descends in the Sahara, on the earth.

Traveling on the earth, the little prince, who sees a garden of five-thousand roses, is overcome with astonishment and sadness, as he considers his rose is unique in the universe before. At that time a fox appears. The fox, who tell the little prince about the meaning of the word “tame”, becomes his new friend. At the time to say farewell, the fox makes him know that his rose is unique because she is his rose and tamed by him. From that the little prince begins to treasure friendship and be responsible to his rose.

At the anniversary day of his descent of the earth, rejecting the pilot’s advice, he goes back to his own planet by bite of a snake. “It’s too far. I can not carry this body with me. It’s too heavy.” he said. He tells his friend, the pilot, he must be responsible for his rose, so he has to go back. At the end the author doesn’t tell us the ending directly. Maybe it’s more significant for us to imagine, and for more, think over.

One of the important characters is the rose. Growing on the planet, she is very beautiful, but her coquetry and vanity suffer the little prince a lot. In spite of they love each other, he soon becomes unhappy. On the time of his departure, he just knows she certainly loves him. The character of the little prince actually represents the children, and their native thoughts and deeds. On the contrary, the inhabitants on the other planets, such as the king, the businessman and the conceited man, they also reflect the defects in the grown-up’s world. The real theme of this fairy-tale with a little sadness, I guess, is the consequence of pure love and friendship in our lives, but not others “matters of consequence” of the grown-ups.

Main Characters: The little prince, the pilot, the rose, the fox, the snake, etc.

Despite I’ve not in my childhood yet, I still prefer reading fairy-tale stories. The tales, which accompany with me in my old days, often make me think of some precious experience and sensation which only belong to children. This summer I’ve review this kind of tale, which was published in 1940. It’s the world-famous fairy-tale by the French author, Antoine de St-Exupery, The Little Prince.

As many other fairy-tales, the outline of The Little Prince is not very complex. ―I‖, the narrator of the story, is a pilot whose plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. In this occasion, the pilot makes the acquaintance of the little prince, a little boy from another planet, the Asteroid B612. The little prince has escaped from his tiny planet, because he has some quarrel with a rose, which grows on his planet. In that case he left his own planet and took an exploration at some neighbor asteroids.

On his all-alone journey, the little prince meets different kinds of people, which includes a king, a conceited man, a tippler, a businessman, a lamplighter and a geographer. From these people he gets a conclusion that the grown-ups are very odd. Following the instruction of the geographer, he descends in the Sahara, on the earth.

Traveling on the earth, the little prince, who sees a garden of five-thousand roses, is overcome with astonishment and sadness, as he considers his rose is unique in the universe before. At that time a fox appears. The fox, who tell the little prince about the meaning of the word ―tame‖, becomes his new friend. At the time to say farewell, the fox makes him know that his rose is unique because she is his rose and tamed by him. From that the little prince begins to treasure friendship and be responsible to his rose.

At the anniversary day of his descent of the earth, rejecting the pilot’s advice, he goes back to his own planet by bite of a snake. ―It’s too far. I can not carry this body with me. It’s too heavy.‖ he said. He tells his friend, the pilot, he must be responsible for his rose, so he has to go back. At the end the author doesn’t tell us the ending directly. Maybe it’s more significant for us to imagine, and for more, think over.

[小王子初中英语读后感

Gullivers travels is written by the British writer Jonathan swift, he was a famous British satirist, including the travels of gullivers travels is a prominent satire, with relatively perfect art form to express the authors ideas, the author USES satire and the absurdity of fantasy fiction and bizarre plot, deeply reflects the British social reality at that time.

Gullivers travels, tells the gulliver in four different countries encountered anecdote. Lilliput is actually a microcosm of the British at that time. The authors borrow the Lilliput high-heeled party and low with the party struggle to mock the argument between two different political parties; Eat an egg set big end and small end of the debate is refers to the battle of Britain and France; Rope skipping elected officer of irony in the politics of corruption. Brobdingnag seen is elaborated the political ideal of the author. Brobdingnag honest folkway, and the stone of the political system. Scientists in flying island, engaged in scientific research, divorced from reality. They not only from the people, but also hostile to people, with a cruel treatment of the people. This is the author about British colonial rule. And in the houyhnhnms

Is divided into two kinds of animals, is a highly disciplined, noble moral integrity of the horse and vulgarity ugly and hu, it expresses the author of the bourgeoisie.

After reading this article. I think even now although we cant do anything with a bang, but you can do what we can do it. Even picked up a piece of trash, lower the head to stop the other people do damage to the environment. This is all we can do. We should like the houyhnhnms horse has a noble sentiment.

《格列佛游记》是英国作家乔纳森·斯威夫特写的，他是英国著名讽刺作家，其中《格列佛游记》是一部杰出的游记体讽刺小说，以较为完美的艺术形式表达了作者的思想观念，作者用丰富的讽刺手法和虚构幻想的荒诞和离奇的情节，深刻地反映了当时的英国社会现实。

格列佛游记，讲述的是格列佛在四个不同的国度所遇到的奇闻趣事。小人国实际上是当时英国的缩影。作者借小人国里的高跟党和低跟党之争来嘲笑英国两个不同政党间的论证;吃鸡蛋的大端派和小端派的争论是指英法之争;跳绳选官之事讽刺了政坛的腐败。大人国的所见是阐述了作者的政治理想。大人国的淳朴民风，和所石施行的政治体系。飞岛国的科学家们，从事着脱离实际的科学研究。他们不但脱离人民，而且还敌视人们，用残暴的手段对待人民。这是作者对于英国的殖民统治的不满之情。而慧骃国中

分为两种动物，一种是具有高度自律性，高尚节操的马和粗鄙丑陋的耶胡，这表达了作者对资产阶级的憎恶。

读了这一篇文章后。我觉得即使现在的我们虽然不能做出什么轰轰烈烈的事情来，但是可以做我们能做到的事。就算是低下头拣起一片垃圾，制止他人做破坏环境的事。这都是我们可以做到的。我们应该像慧骃国的马一样拥有着高尚的情操。

平凡,是生活的本色。我们每一个人，对于这个浩缈的世界来说，都十分渺小、脆弱、微不足道。这个世界也是平凡的，悲与欢、生与死、穷与富、世事的变更，于历史的长河来说，无非是些平凡事。对于平凡，我素来都是这样认为的，直到读了一本书——《平凡的世界》，这才恍然大悟。

“平凡的世界”是路遥文集中份量最重的一部长篇，全景式地描写了中国现代城乡生活，通过复杂的矛盾纠葛，以孙少平等人位代表刻画了社会各阶层普通人们的形象，人生的自尊、自强与自信，人生的奋斗与拼搏，挫折与追求，痛苦与欢乐，纷繁地交织，读来令人荡气回肠。

我很喜欢路遥的出发点——平凡的世界。他的世界是平凡的，这只是黄土高原上几千几万座村落中的一座。从小处着眼，作者刻画出一个个普通人物平凡的人生旅程，衬托日新月异的时代变迁，反映人们的思想，给人以亲近，给人以启迪。但路遥却在平凡中看到了他的主人公的不平凡。比如说孙少平，我认为孙少平这个人物是全篇文字的主线，通过他的成长和成熟的经历，展现给大家面前的是那个时代整整一代人对生活的憧憬与无奈。他受过了高中教育，他经过自学达到可与大学生进行思想探讨的程度。作者赋予了这个人物各种优良的品质，包括并不好高骛远。贫穷曾让许多有理想的人们意志消亡，可在逆境中人们的自卑与懦弱我们没有理由去嘲笑它，相反我们要用另外一种眼光去学会欣赏。那种战胜自我，重塑信心的渴望中所表现出自卑里的坚强让我敬畏，因为那也是一种精神。战胜困难，摆脱束缚，让人们对美好生活的向往，如何的体会生活中间的亲情、友情、爱情，学会生活，懂得珍惜，对于我们这一代人，也是一种警醒。在路遥的世界中出现的都是平凡的人物，正是在这些平凡的人物里他描写着人性中的善与美，丑与恶。在他的世界里，人的最大的优点就是认识到自己是平凡的。这点从孙少平身上得到最突出的体现。他认识到了平凡，也选择了平凡。

当我费力的打开第一页的时候，就被一个雨雪描写的场面给吸引住了：“…系蒙蒙的雨丝夹着一星半点雪花，正纷纷玲玲的飘洒着…”我喜欢景物描写，给人美的享受，这可能是这本书给我的第一感受，春天到夏天，夏天到秋天，秋天到冬天，冬天又到春天，过度的非常自然，跨越了近10年的季节变化，相同的季节不同的手法描写，让我大览宏图。

最让我赏识的是，从这些平凡人的故事中，作者给我们引发了一个深刻的道理，那就是我们怎么去生活，和我们对生活的态度和思考，书中多次提到对人生的赣台，这可能是这本书的深邃所在，也是这本书的精华。

如果能深刻理解苦难，苦难就会给人带来崇高感。……如果生活需要你忍受痛苦，你一定要咬紧牙关坚持下去。有位了不起的人说过：痛苦难道会是白受的吗?它应该使我们伟大!什么是平凡?那种迷失在平凡的生活之中，眼中熟悉了平淡，思想上甘于平庸，生活上安于现状的人，才是真正的平凡。

这是一个喧嚣浮躁、道德危机的时代，每一个还拥有梦想并在追梦的人们都该再重温《平凡的世界》，它会让你懂得：尽管命运是那样的不公，尽管社会有那么多的不公，可只要你能够不屈不挠、艰苦奋斗、勇往直前终能获得最后的成功。每一个正在虚度生命的人们都该读《平凡的世界》，它会让你懂得珍惜。

其中穿插两个字交错复杂的爱情故事。孙少平是幸福的，因为有田晓霞的出现。即使他们最终不能到一起，他们都是幸福的。这也是孙少平平凡生活中的不平凡一点，他遇到了田晓霞。然而，现实生活中能有多少人能找到自己的真爱呢?对于很多人来说，孙少平的爱情是让人羡慕的。少安是平凡世界里面写的最成功的人物，我是这么认为的。真的是把人物形象刻画到了极致。我甚至感觉少安就是身边的某一位人。他小时候因为无钱读书而退学，他与润叶的爱情是那么的让人惋惜。是的，没有浪漫。少安，他所作的一切都是为了这个家。对于家他没有一点点的自私。为了家里能够维持下去，他放弃了润叶。尽管书中说他对润叶是一种兄妹之情，但是我们不会忘记他接到润叶给他告白信时他的那种喜悦，甚至抓狂。润叶这么好的人，少安没有理由不喜欢。只是我们的少安责任心太强，他在潜意识李认为自己给不了爱人幸福，因此他不敢去谈爱情。他只有婚姻，没有爱情。他的老婆必须是能够与他一起撑起这个家的。再说到少安的事业，可以这么说，少安是一个很精明很勤劳并且思想很先进的人。在改革开放的浪潮中能够发家致富并不超出我们的意料，他的经历却是几经坎坷，几度起伏。多么的现实啊，付出才会收获。有得当然有失，事业上如日中天时他的妻子却病入膏肓。这又是平凡的世界一大绝笔。

《平凡的世界》对我的影响也许我现在还无法预测，有一点时肯定的，它给予我一种来自灵魂的震撼。它改变了青春时期的我。我的思想，我的行为，我的态度。真的事无法言语，只记得那段时间自己好像很麻木，就像回到了那个时代，内心充满着各种幻想。我开始变得多愁善感了，我感觉世界事多么的美好。

生活没有如果，他们的命运告诉了我们。我们每个人的命运都受制于这个时代。我们不能完完全全的决定着自己的命运，我们要做的是怎样让我们更幸福。有远大的理想很好，想平凡的生活也好，这只是我们追求幸福的一种途径。

再次翻开姚xx老师的这本《小学英语情趣课堂教学》时，说心里话真的是很痛苦，像是下了很大的决心。过了两个月的无拘束、无压力的生活之后，发现静下心来做一件事很难，尤其是读书。因为是王老师给我们下了死任务，只好硬着头皮去读。事实证明：有压力才会有动力。这句话说的一点儿也不假。我重点研读了本书的第六章。本章节向我们展示了一些优秀的情趣英语课堂教学设计与课例，精心的教学设计，精彩的教学预设，无不体现了编写教师的独具匠心。设计中体现了人文主义，从教学目标到教学过程，都很巧妙地将传统的“要我学”转换成了“我要学”。

第一部分以北京师范大学新版小学英语教材四年级下册第十单元 Mc’s stre 6个课时的教学内容为例，展开基于情趣教学思想想的教学设计。阅读的过程中，可以看出编写教师非常细心，把课堂上的每个细节都处理的很到位，包括课堂的一些预设，生成。这一单元是一个阅读课，一提到英语阅读，我的脑海中就是bring, difficult。纵观这六课时的教学设计，教师借助插图、对话，并通过肢体语言、声音、多媒体资源、设置有效情境，挖掘文本固有的情趣，给予学生适时的语言支持和铺垫，帮助学生理解语言，理解故事。一步步地帮助学生把握技巧，培养他们的阅读能力。成功地把阅读变成悦读，使它真正地变成一种乐趣。在今后的阅读课上，我会尽力效仿，使它变得不枯燥。

第二部分是姚老师本人执教的展示课例。就像姚老师所说“情趣教学着眼于对学生学习兴趣的诱导”。在教学设计上，教师立足于激发学生的学习情趣，并通过多媒体资源，为学生呈现多个自然又生动的教学情境。另外，姚老师的板书设计给了我耳目一新的视觉体验，能够立足于文本内容的同时，重难点突出，也符合中年级学生的认知特点。

读罢此书，心中感慨万千，作为教师，很佩服姚老师的那份执着，以及对教学认真的工作态度。相比之下,我是差太多了。在教学设计上，我也要有所创新：

1.导入部分需要为所学内容做铺垫，不能华而不实。

2.适当地体现小组合作的魅力，锻炼学生的语言运用能力。根据学生的能力，在适当时机把主动权交给学生，充分关注学生的主体意识，激发学生主动参与的热情。

3.注重教学设计的整体性，连贯性。

[小学英语情趣课堂读后感作文

导语：西游记是我国古典小说的四大名著,在世界文化史上也享有胜名,书中塑造了唐僧、孙悟空和众多人物形象,内容生动有趣,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语读后感，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!​

During the summer holiday, I spent much time in reading. I finished one of the four masterpieces ofChina, Journey to the West. It’s really an interesting book, telling many adventurous stories. I had watched the TV series before, but I found that the book is much interesting. Except for the adventurous experiences, we still can learn something from this book. We should be brave and confident to ourselves, no matter how many difficulties we meet. Our fellows and teamwork is important to us. When we are in trouble, they are the person we can rely on. And the trust between people is of great importance. It can combine people to a group and work together.

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暑假期间，我花了很多时间在阅读上。我读完了中国四大名著之一—《西游记》。这是一本有意思的书，讲述了很多的冒险故事。在这之前我已经看过电视剧，但是我发现书本更有意思。除了历险之外，我们还可以从中学到一些东西。不管遇到多少困难，我们都应该勇敢自信。我们的同伴和团队对我们很重要。当我们身陷困境的时候，他们是我们可以依靠的人。人与人之间的信任也很重要，它可以讲人们组成一个团队一起努力。

The Little Princess is written by Frances hodgson Burnett, who was born in Manchester in England in 1849. In order to support her family she had began to write since she was 18. Then she was famous for the best selling book Little Lord Fauntleroy. She wrote about 50 novels and stories.

The representative ones are the secret garden, little princess, little Prince and so on. She was good at writing fiction and children"s stories. Her books often show sentimental, romantic color, plus full of childlike plots and the nature of light and warmth, which makes her works not only popular among the children but also the adults.

The Little Princess is just like the modern Cinderella. Sara Crewe, the protagonist of the novel was a little girl but acted as an adult and she loved telling stories to others. When she was 11, her dad sent her to a girls’ boarding school because of his father’s business. At first, Sara lived like a real princess and she was loved by everyone. She could get whatever she want because her father was rich. But on her birthday party, she got a bad news about her father was dead. From that moment, Sara’s life was totally changed. She didn"t understand why the teachers and students treat her so bad. She had to work 16 hours a day. She began to taste the hardships of life with no money. Sara and her partner Becky lived together and they helped each other, support each other. There’s an old saying, when one door shuts, another opens. So, after a long time, she met her father’s partner who was searching for her for years because her father found a gold ore and earned lots of money. Then she lived with this kind man and Becky became her exclusive maid.

When I finished reading the book, I feel inspire. What impressed me most are Sara’s kindness and the spirit of brave. When facing difficult, she is still very optimistic and is kind to everyone. She always has a b will and never gives up. I think whenever I face difficult I will think of Sara, then I will feel inspire and overcome it bravely.

Every Girl Can Be A Princess

A Little Princess is a touching novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett—a famous novelist and dramatist. It obviously contains lots of fancied plots, but the parts it talks about creating miracles, can really reach the bottom of my heart. The book can bring me into a world that is more than reality while reading it. The extraordinary story makes me ponder a lot and gives me a deep impression that every girl can be a princess.

In my opinion, it is impossible for every rich girl to act like a well-behaved princess, but Sara, the heroine of the novel, did it! She was an imaginative little girl who had such intelligent small face and such perfect manners. Sara was a very nice girl who had a gentle, appreciative ways of saying, such as “If you please” “Thank you” which was very charming. So, not only her teachers and classmates liked her, but also her servants liked her. There was a time when Sara became a poor and pitiful servant insulted by the snobbish headmaster of the school. In spite of this, she had never complained to anyone about the horrible suffering she had endured. Sara was confident, brave, optimistic and kind-hearted just like before and she had never given up her enthusiasm of life. No matter when, Sara acted like a princess, and on account of this, she had accomplished a great deal of miracles over and over again.

After reading this outstanding book, I was shocked by Sara, a little girl who suffered such unimaginable pain and tortures, but still had an opposite attitude towards life. What impresses me most is that Sara put on her act of being a princess when she wore thin bottom shoes, wading in the street of London. From my point of view, her spirit of being so strong-minded when she was in hard times is worth admiring.

Truly, every girl is a princess coming into common life. The “princess” I mean is not a princess living in the palace and being regarded as the apple of everyone’s eye. As the matter of fact, the “princess” is at heart. I am in the belief that every ordinary girl in the world can be a princess. The way for a girl to be a princess is quite simple. Just suppose! You can suppose yourself to be a princess, and go about your business confidently without caring how the others would treat you. If you want to have more resemblance to a princess, be more kind and try your best to help the people in need. The most important thing you are supposed to do is that to feel like a real princess at any occasion, particularly when you are involved with enormous melancholy. Do not feel the conditions you faced are extremely wretched and attempt to get rid of the feeling of hopelessness and uneasiness. The less you look like a princess, the more you need to feel like a princess at heart.

Every girl can be a princess if she can do all I mentioned, no matter she is rich, beautiful or not. To speak truthfully, I cannot do as well as Sara. However, I will exert myself on being a princess mentally.

Do not feel depressed any more, to be a well-thought-of princess like Sara. You can do it, because Every Girl Can Be A princess.

我被书名所吸引，也大概猜想了内容。只是我只猜中了故事的开头，却没猜中结尾……

翻开里面的内容就被深深地吸引了，不得不承认这是一本能够带动我内心跌宕起伏的好书。一般能被我自己认可为“好书”的书大致可分为两种：第一种是能让我在喧嚣繁杂的世界中寻求到内心的安宁的，比如《相约星期二》;第二种就是像《平凡的世界》这种的主人公具有丰富精神世界的，能带给我感动与激励的。这不像成功学之类的书籍，作者总是想办法鼓吹读者去努力去奋斗一样，这是能真真实实地感受到别人的努力、奋斗、坚持的书。

作者以新中国文化大革命之后农村的发展变化为时间轴，以少安与润叶、少平与晓霞的爱情故事为发展主线，讲述了主人公经历的人生历练，同时也从另一方面突出了新农村的变化。书中详细刻画了主人公的内心世界，很能够带给读者真实的感受。这里面每一个人的成长变化都是不容忽视的，看到他们总能让人情不自禁地想起自己身边也有这样的人。

平凡的人物，在这平凡的世界，走着平凡的道路，过着平凡的生活；平凡的人物，在这平凡的人世，有着平凡的梦想，有着平凡的追求；可是奇妙的是，平凡的人物，在这艰苦的岁月，却有着不平凡的精神，有着不寻常的毅力；平凡的人物，在这艰难的时代，却有着过人的执著，有着异人的魄力。

孙少平的目标虽小，孙少安的梦想虽简，但是他们的精神可嘉，他们的志气可扬。他们都一样，一样的坚强，一样的勇敢，一样的善良，一样的朴实，一样的真挚，一样的真情。他们把脚踏实地，吃苦耐劳的精神品质演绎法炉火纯青；他们将艰苦奋斗，不忘初心的传统美德表现得淋漓尽致。兄弟两个用不怕艰难险阻，一直勇往直前的毅力在战斗着，抗争着，奋进着，前进着；兄弟两个一直在努力的追求着自己想要的生活，始终在遵循着自己内心的渴望，一直在坚守着自己的本性，始终在追寻着自己最初的梦想。

《平凡的世界》获得了茅盾文学奖，这不是运气，不是意外，不是侥幸，不是虚名，相反，他是一种最公平，最真实，最有价值，最有说服力，最有肯定力的奖项。在专家心中，在能人心中，在作者心中，在读者心中，这本书是一本经典，是一本佳作。这本书的情节设置也好，人物写照也罢，都是劳动人民的真实写照，都是现实生活的直观反映，都是历史事件的重新演绎，都是人类进程的宝贵财富。更重要的是，它具有人性的高度，人性的视角，人性的解剖，人性的反思，从这一点来看，这本书的价值根本无法用金钱来衡量。

《平凡的世界》这本书一直在传达着一种精神，一种把苦难转化为前行动力的坚韧精神；一种平凡人物克服种种艰难困苦的奋斗精神；一种即使在绝境生存却依旧保持美好心灵的可贵精神；一种自强不息，顶天立地，永不言弃的顽强精神；一种坚持不懈，敢于同命运作战的抗争精神；一种追求自我，完善自我，升华自我的道德精神。

正如书中所说，“生活不能等待别人来安排，要自已去争取和奋斗；而不论其结果是喜是悲，但可以慰藉的是，你总不枉在这世界上活了一场。”生活就是这样充满了不如意与不顺心，我们只有自己振作起来，自己勇敢起来，才会拥有强大的精神力量去接受暴风雨的袭击，而不论结局是好是坏，我们都可以心安理得的对自己说，我不曾后悔过，不曾遗憾过，不曾退缩过，不曾懈怠过。

《平凡的世界》是路遥的代表作，书中的主人公给我带来了深深的感触，在激烈的社会矛盾和冲突中，在困境中成长起来的孙少平用自己的勤劳和强大的意志力开创了自己的人生，让平凡的人拥有不平凡的人生，这也是本书的主题。故事的主人公是一个普通人，正好代表了广大劳动人民的形象，为什么我们就不可以让自己的人生变得辉煌起来呢?

平凡的世界以中国20世纪70年代中期至80年代中期为背景，在这个艰难的时代，国家面临着改革和巨变，人们刚刚经受了动荡，重新开启了高考，在这个时期上学的人们内心是复杂和矛盾的，但一部分勤奋好学而有有活力的年轻人用自己坚持不懈的奋斗谱写了不平凡的人生。

孙少平1975年来到县城高中读书，没见过世面和贫困的他爱上了出身地主家庭的郝红梅，却并没有得到女神的亲睐。孙少平没有颓废，高中毕业后做了一名教师，并在田晓霞的帮助下开始接触外面的世界，视野变得开阔起来。而少平的哥哥少安与润叶恋爱却遭到反对，随后与勤劳善良的秀莲结了婚，少安是一个头脑灵活的人，推行土地承包责任制却成了公社的“冒尖户”。可见，在那个时代，人们的爱情往往因为物质条件的限制和工作原因而结不成果实，少平如此，少安也是如此，这是可悲的。

孙少平后来在煤矿工作，并成为优秀的工人，但在救徒弟的时候受伤面容全毁，给他带来了极大的打击。虽然有女孩向他表白，但他觉得自己十分卑微和没有前途而拒绝了对方。在这种状况下，我们感到非常触动，人生如此坎坷，拿什么面对未来呢?

少平没有灰心，他从医院里出来恢复了信心，开始迎接人生新的挑战。

少平和少安代表了我们广大普通民众的形象，在生活中，我们需要坚强的意志力和勇气挑战未来，而普通人的人生也是可以不平凡的!

小说的内容包含了当时社会生活的方方面面，在里面人物虽然平凡，但不论性格面貌都栩栩如生。全文也穿插了错综复杂的爱情故事：少安淳朴的农村爱情故事;少平的浪漫爱情故事;田润叶的曲折爱情故事;金波的草原爱情故事;田润生的超凡脱俗的爱情故事。真是包罗万象，各有特色，每一个故事都是那么牵动人心，感人肺腑。

《平凡的世界》深刻地反映了农民的生活和喜怒哀乐，能够使我们对农民有更深刻的理解和认识，感受到辛劳而可爱的农民的平凡和伟大。

的确，路遥的世界是平凡的，书名《平凡的世界》，也是从小处着眼。双水村只是黄土高原上千千万万座村落中的一座，它很平凡;孙少平只是中国千千万万个青年中的一个，他也很平凡。但路遥却在平凡中看到了不平凡。在路遥看来，人的优点就是认识到自己是平凡的。这点从孙少平身上得到最突出的体现，当他得到调出煤矿来到城市的宝贵机会时，他仍然选择了煤矿，这是因为他拥有一颗宝贵的平凡心以及他对工作的热情和眷恋。

读完《平凡的世界》，我受益匪浅。路遥告诉我们在追梦的过程中应坚守自己的理想和追求。在这个利欲熏心的时代，许多人随波逐流，趋炎附势，阿于奉承，最终位高权重，或许你会愤愤地感叹命运是那样的不公，让你无法大展才干。可是你不必去过分处心积虑，用尽生命去扮演一个根本不是自己的漂亮的人，真实的自己才是最漂亮的，你应该用尽生命去做一件人人叫好的漂亮事，这样才能无愧人生。

读了《平凡的世界》后，我豁然开朗。其实我们不必为自己不公的命运而怨天忧人，也不必为自己悲惨的遭遇而痛哭流涕。我们都是平凡人，但我们不能因为平凡而不去生活，我们要在平凡的生活中勇敢挑战，奋发向上，积极进取，在平凡中创造出不平凡，相信收获的就是最漂亮的自己!

A Little princess is a touching novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett—a famous novelist and dramatist. It obviously contains lots of fancied plots, but the parts it talks about creating miracles, can really reach the bottom of my heart. The book can bring me into a world that is more than reality while reading it. The extraordinary story makes me ponder a lot and gives me a deep impression that every girl can be a princess.

In my opinion, it is impossible for every rich girl to act like a well-behaved princess, but Sara, the heroine of the novel, did it! She was an imaginative little girl who had such intelligent small face and such perfect manners. Sara was a very nice girl who had a gentle, appreciative ways of saying, such as “If you please” “Thank you” which was very charming. So, not only her teachers and classmates liked her, but also her servants liked her. There was a time when Sara became a poor and pitiful servant insulted by the snobbish headmaster of the school. In spite of this, she had never complained to anyone about the horrible suffering she had endured. Sara was confident, brave, optimistic and kind-hearted just like before and she had never given up her enthusiasm of life. No matter when, Sara acted like a princess, and on account of this, she had accomplished a GREat deal of miracles over and over again.

After reading this outstanding book, I was shocked by Sara, a little girl who suffered such unimaginable pain and tortures, but still had an opposite attitude towards life. What impresses me most is that Sara put on her act of being a princess when she wore thin bottom shoes, wading in the street of London. From my point of view, her spirit of being so strong-minded when she was in hard times is worth admiring.

Truly, every girl is a princess coming into common life. the “princess” I mean is not a princess living in the palace and being regarded as the apple of everyone’s eye. As the matter of fact, the “princess” is at heart. I am in the belief that every ordinary girl in the world can be a princess. The way for a girl to be a princess is quite simple. Just suppose! You can suppose yourself to be a princess, and go about your business confidently without caring how the others would treat you. If you want to have more resemblance to a princess, be more kind and try your best to help the people in need. The most important thing you are supposed to do is that to feel like a real princess at any occasion, particularly when you are involved with enormous melancholy. Do not feel the conditions you faced are extremely wretched and attempt to get rid of the feeling of hopelessness and uneasiness. The less you look like a princess, the more you need to feel like a princess at heart.

Every girl can be a princess if she can do all I mentioned, no matter she is rich, beautiful or not. To speak truthfully, I cannot do as well as Sara. However, I will exert myself on being a princess mentally.

Do not feel depressed any more, to be a well-thought-of princess like Sara. You can do it, because Every Girl Can Be A princess.

《平凡，却又不平凡》

我轻轻地合上书，仍沉浸在书中的故事里。读完路遥的《平凡的世界》，我看到了生活中不同的人们面对命运变迁所做出的抉择，面对生活的重压仍咬牙坚持。书中一个个平凡的人物却做出了一件件不平凡的事，汇成了那个年代最跌宕起伏的故事。

《平凡的世界》全书以中国70年代中期到80年代中期为背景，以孙少安、孙少平两兄弟为核心，描绘了社会上形形色色的人和事，展示了底层人民在苦难中寻找出路、自立自强的不屈和毅力。

书中主角孙少安和孙少平正是当时努力奋斗的两类年轻人。孙少安选择扎根农村，但又不甘于贫穷，自己办起了砖厂。这期间历经磨难，也几次面临倒闭，但最终少安凭借家人的支持和自己不服输的精神成为村中的尖子户。孙少平既是一个贫穷的农村青年，又是一个受过教育的知识分子，这使他即使走出农村，成为城市底层工人中的一员，却仍有着对知识的渴望以及对自己和他人同时具有的尊重。

通过书中人物的经历，我深深感受到平凡的人身上不平凡的精神。他们或许没有“先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐”的伟大抱负，但他们每个人都在尽自己的力量让生活变得更好。他们勤恳、善良，不服输到甚至有些固执，但他们自立自强，不愿向命运低头的那份执着不正是我们值得学习的吗?

在那个年代，正是有了这些平平凡凡的人的坚持与努力，才有了如今越来越美好的生活。而我们作为新一代的青年人，也应该有这种不服输、努力执着的精神。

不平凡的人很少，大多数人都将成为在自己平凡的岗位上默默付出的普通人。但是，哪怕是普通人，也都会有自己不平凡的价值，值得人们尊敬的精神。希望我以后，即使平凡，也不甘于平凡。

"Jane eyre" this a masterpiece of world literature treasure house, was I found recently. I carefully read. "Jane love" Britain is the author of charlotte. Bronte, she was born in a mountain town of Thornton, Yorkshire, England, is the village priest Patrick. Brontes third child. Charlotte in August 1847, written in the novel "Jane love". Jane eyre main story to tell the story of the little girl Jane grew up from the girl. Jane eyre from childhood, no parents, adopted by kissing my uncle. Jane eyre died uncle, aunt, all the bullying. Later, Jane eyre was sent to an orphanage, living in there for eight years. And then, Jane went to a governess, finally married to Mr. Rochester.

I like the fifth chapter: to longwood (lowood orphanage). At the time, JianGang to the orphanage, she experienced a very hard day. The orphanage children a week can eat no more than two bread and cheese and coffee, and they eat the burned out of porridget reply, up to very late every day in the morning to wait until the water washing a face, the teacher is very strict, do something wrong will be standing in the hall, but things have one teacher, miss Tan Bo son has broken some rules, let the students live a better life.

Jane eyres misfortune makes me feel: it was a wonderful life now, we should cherish the life now. Setbacks are not strong.

《简·爱》这一部世界文学宝库中的不朽之作，最近被我发现了。我仔细地阅读着。《简。爱》的作者是英国的夏洛蒂。勃朗特，她出生在英国约克郡一山区小镇桑顿，是乡村牧师帕特里克。勃朗特的第三个孩子。夏洛蒂在1847年8月写成了长篇小说《简。爱》。《简爱》故事主要讲了小姑娘简爱从少女长大成人的故事。简爱自幼没了父母，被亲舅舅收养着。舅舅去世后，舅妈整天欺负简爱。后来，简爱被送到了孤儿院，在那里生活了8年。然后，简又去当家庭教师，最后与罗切斯特先生结婚。

我很喜欢第五章：来到洛伍德(洛伍德孤儿院)。当时，简刚到孤儿院，她经历了十分辛苦的一天。那个孤儿院的孩子们一周最多能吃两次面包加干酪和咖啡，而且他们吃到烧坏了的粥都不敢吭声，每天早上起来要很晚才能等到洗脸的水，那里的老师非常严厉，做错一点事都要站在大厅里受罚，但事，有一位老师谭波儿小姐却破了一些规定，让学生们过上了好一点的日子。

简爱的不幸让我觉得：现在的生活太美好了，我们要珍惜现在的生活。遇到挫折也不能不坚强。

《力与运动》英语读后感

I have got a lot of interesting scientific knowledge from the books of National Geographic Reading Expeditions, some of which are about life, physics. I really can’t help losing myself in the colorful pictures and clear words in the books. After reading the books, I have been considering a question: What if we lived without science? Great changes have taken place in the world with the help of science. In the past, life was nasty, brutish and short. It is hard to imagine how our forefathers could do without so many conveniences that modern science brings about. Back then, only a small group of people enjoyed the very few comforts. But the majority of people didn’t even have sufficient food, let along their privilege to be educated. Anyway, it is science that changes the world and makes people’s life better and better, although it also leads to some bad aspects at the same time.

From the discovery of the gravity to the first step on the moon, we human beings have experienced a long process of developing science. And now, this process is still continuing much faster. New organisms are already being engineered, and new genetically modified crops promise benefits from higher yields and less use of harmful chemicals and so on. A lot of examples are showing this point. In the future, changes are likely to be even much greater as science reaches out to shape life itself. Maybe one day, the possibility that life existed on Mars billions of years ago will be potentially one of the greatest discoveries of our time. It is the force of the competition, we human beings’ inquiring mind and initiative that bring about the non-stopped development of science. Therefore, it is difficult and impossible to prevent science from changing the world and our life as well.

At present, we are in two minds about science. On the one hand, we are enjoying the sweet life as a result of the evelopment of science, and expect it to continue. And we are showing our interests into some scientific expeditions, such as the astronomy, the alien civilization, etc. On the other hand, we are distrustful of it, due to the lack of understanding of science. Some people thus far are still very superstitious, and they would even believe in superstitions rather than believe in science.

Stephen Hawking, one of the most remarkable scientists in the world, once said, “In a democratic society, the public needs to have a basic understanding of the science, so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts.” This has reminded me of Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid from America, the person who got the Nobel Prize for chemistry in the year of XX. In his lecture at Peking University this year, he put forward that science is people. He also expounded the importance of the basic science for the public. Evidently, every one of us does need science, or we can’t live without it.

Now that everyone needs science, why not take advantage of some means to give the public the right basic scientific knowledge? So when they face the problems such as acid rain, the greenhouse effect, nuclear weapons, environment destruction and some other problems, they can also make informed decisions on these subjects, just as what Hawking said. One aspect relies on what is taught in schools. But science is often taught in an uninteresting way and most students just learn it by rote to pass examinations. However, the final goal of learning science is not to pass examinations or to get a higher score; instead, we should try to make full use of it to change our world and life. While learning, we should try to ask more questions and we should have the courage of suspecting the knowledge in the books, as some of the scientific conclusions are likely to be corrected in the future. Who knows. So not only must we change our attitude towards science, but also the way of teaching and learning science.

This book describes the lifelike characters. Have a kind pure old nannies peggotty, a quiet clever Alice, seemingly serious yet has a bodhisattva heart s wave, there are vicious brutality, treacherous moder stone, sister and brother and sinister and spectrum...

Before David Copperfield was born, his father died. Mother in the assembly at the age of seven remarried. Davids stepfather is a fierce greedy guy, sister is a wrong person. They abused David, and David suffering and death, the mother of Davids stepfather force greatly when child labor, David lucky enough to escape, go to a good aunt. Aunt wave sent him to a good school, accept education. He exert themselves in the predicament, hard work, with the nature of his kind, helpful, not only in career success, also obtained the success in life.

After reading the book touched me the most is the hero David his face life after suffering no escape. Because he knew that escape is a tasteless struggles.

His strong inspired me no matter how many difficulties should be the front of the strong, think method to solve. I used to have this experience: "obstacle", encountered in the learning circumstances as soon as he was the first idea is to consult teachers and classmates, and furthermore, is to give up. Never thought your hands and your mind to solve the problem, never thought that success is the real success.

The book touched me deeply, I like David strong and optimistic in the future. Hope the spirit of David Copperfield in readers hearts forever.

这本书里描写了栩栩如生的人物形象。有善良纯朴的老保姆辟果提，有恬静聪明的艾妮斯，有貌似严肃却又有着菩萨心肠的姨波，有凶狠残暴、奸诈的摩德斯通姐弟俩，还有阴险狡诈的希谱……

在大卫·科波菲尔出生之前，他的父亲就不幸去世了。母亲在大会七岁的时候改嫁。大卫的继父是一个凶狠贪婪的家伙，姐姐是一个不尽情理的人。他们虐待大卫，还把大卫的母亲折磨至死，大卫的继父逼着大为当童工，大卫有幸逃了出来，去投奔了好心的姨婆。姨波把他送进了一所好学校，接受教育。他在困境中奋发向上，刻苦努力，凭借着他的善良、乐于助人的本性，不仅在事业上获得的成功，同时也获得了生活上的成功。

读完这本书令我感动最深的是主人公大卫他面对人生的苦难后不逃避。因为他知道逃避就是一种无味的挣扎。

他的坚强启发了我不管遇到多少困难都应该坚强的前面对，想方法去解决。我曾经有过这样的经历：在学习中遇到“拦路虎”，便马上唉声叹气，第一个想法便是请教老师和同学，再者就是放弃。从没有想过好自己的双手和自己的头脑去解决问题，没想过那样的成功才是真正的成功。

这本书深深地打动了我，使我今后像大卫一样坚强、乐观。希望大卫·科波菲尔的精神永远留在读者心中。

The novel is rich in poetry, symbolism and metaphor. It does not fit easily into a definite pattern, being neither a novel of "manners" in the tradition of Austen, or a straightforward Gothic Romance in the style of Mrs Radcliffe. What Charlotte Bronte did was to create a work which cleverly blends elements of the two styles, and which remains uniquely independent of them at the same time, since it addresses issues which were at the time rather controversial.

The novel is written in the first person, and thus magnifies the central character - the reader enters the world of Jane Eyre and is transported through her experiences at first hand. This at once makes the work subjective, especially since we know that Charlottes Brontes own life and experiences were so closely interwoven with the heroines. As well as this we learn only at the end of the novel that the events are being related to us ten years after the reconciliation with Rochester - thus the narrative is RETROSPECTIVE (looking back). CB is clever in blending the narrative so that at times Jane seems to be speaking as an adult with adult hindsight , while at others she she is "in the middle" of them, as a child or young woman. The indecision which is a central issue in the book, is heightened by this device. We never know, as readers, whether to be entirely trustful of Janes actions and thoughts, because we are never sure wheher she is speaking impulsively or maturely.

This intensifies the readers dilemma as to what is "right" and "wrong" in the dramatic relationships which are part of JEs life. Can we believe what the heroine says, or is she deceiving herself? The novel is primarily a love story and a "romance" where wishes come true but only after trials and suffering. The supernatural has its place, as do dreams, portents and prophesies. The heroine begins poor and lonely and ends up rich and loved; the orphan finds a good family to replace the wicked one; all the basic ingredients of classic romantic fairytale are present.

The romantic element is present in two forms in Jane Eyre; the "family" aspect is dealt with in the Gateshead, Lowood and Moor House episodes, which involve the exchanging of the wicked Reed family for the benevolent Rivers one; and the Love romance is dealt with in the Thornfield and Ferndean episodes. Both aspects are, of course linked and interwoven throughout the novel.

There is also a strong element of realism in the novel, which, married to the romantic aspect, enhances the novels strength.The sense of place is very strong; we are able to experience both exterior and interior settings with startling clarity throughout the story, in a series of vivid deive passages. The central characters are also realistic and their confrontations and sufferings change them in a believable way.

Even the unlikely is made plausible, with a unique blend of high drama and perceptive low comedy (the attack on Mason, for instance)

The more fantastic romantic aspects; the coincidences; the secrets; the supernatural occurrences, are balanced by the realism, and this is of course a major strength.

The Gothic influence cannot be ignored, although CB has refined the technique considerably from the "authentic" Gothic of the 1790s. In the original genre, the heroine would typically be abducted and threatened with seduction, or worse!. There would be a lover - a respectable, well-bred young man - who would endeavor to rescue the heroine and would succeed after many trial. the seducer would be a brigand "Know that I adore Corsairs!" and he would lock the girl up in a remote castle.

There was little freedom for middle class women during the period of the Gothic novel, and this was still the case in the time of CB. Marriage especially was often a bargain, whereby fortunes were secured by using the female as a pawn. A womans value largely depended therefore on her sexual purity and she was guarded and secured as a result. Men, on the contrary, were potent and free; lovers and mistresses were common. Ironically the women who provided their services were social outcasts as a result.

In Jane Eyre we see elements of the Gothic romance, in that Thornfield Hall and Rochester are described very much in the brigand/castle style BUT Jane Eyre is not abducted by R. On the contrary she chooses to go there of her own free will. AND she is clear in her determination to have Rochester as a husband. Neither is there a gentleman rescuer; St John Rivers may look like a Greek God, but he is neither kind nor benevolent; driving Jane back to Ferndean, not rescuing her from it.

The trials which the hero is supposed to undergo in a Gothic romance are in fact undergone by the heroine in Jane Eyre. The bandit Rochester is only skin-deep. Underneath the brooding exterior is a sensitive soul, which a WOMAN frees. In this way we see that CB created rather a daring departure from conventional fiction, although there are still many aspects of the novel which remain true to Victorian convention.!