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围城读后感

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我一直很想读《围城》,因为钱钟书,也因为它在文学界的地位。但是由于种种原因,直到2014年12月27号,我才开始涉读这本向往已久的宝书。拿着这本书,心里异常高兴我终于能和大师对话了。这本满载盛誉的书能带给我怎样的体验呢。带着满腔的喜悦,我开始了读《围城》之旅。

整本书里,钱钟书先生没有华丽的辞藻;没有惊心动魄的故事;没有荡气回肠的爱情。那么,是什么使《围城》具有如此大的魅力,让一批又一批的学者们为之倾倒呢?我想这部小说的真正魅力似乎主要不在阅读过程,而在读完整本之后才产生。读完全书,再将主人公方鸿渐所有的经历简化一下,那就是,他不断地渴求冲出“围城”,然而冲出之后又总是落入另一座“围城”,就这样,出城,等于又行城,再出城,又再进城……永无止境。

回国的邮船与世隔绝,百无聊赖,自然如同“围城”,对方鸿渐来说,到了上海就应该是走出邮船这个“围城”,可是战时的上海实际上是另一座“围城”,方鸿渐到上海之后失业,爱情又碰壁,这境况更如同“围城”,因此他才不惜历尽艰辛到内地,希望走出“围城”,内地“三间大学”并不如他所设想的那样好,那里的勾心斗角的环境又使他重陷“围城”,于是他又渴求回到海,以摆脱“三间大学”这座“围城”,重回上海后生活愈是困顿,方鸿渐又打算再次冲出上海这座“围城”去重庆,……

小说结束了,读者并不知道方鸿渐后来的情形,但依其生活的逻辑可以推见,他又进入另一座“围城”,而且他可能永远也摆脱不了“城”之困。

这是为什么?为什么一个留学生归国带来的不是满腹的知识;不是新思想;不是能报效祖国的本领?而是使自己陷入一个又一个围城,不能自拔。显而易见是因为他软弱无能,因为他处处为他人左右。回国后工作是三闾大学施舍的;自己的爱情是在孙小姐千方百计的设计下,方鸿渐下圈套的;自己的婚姻是所谓好友赵辛楣一句话促成的。在每一个人生重要选择里方鸿渐都没有找到自己。所以他注定会不幸福、会被视为可有可无。

钱钟书先生笔下的方鸿渐是悲哀的。我们应该从中吸取教训。每个人的命运都应该由自己主宰;每个人都应该为自己想要的生活去拼一把。在面临选择时我们应该保持一个清醒的头脑,知道自己想要什么,然后去努力,遇到挫折,想办法解决,再努力,就这样!不要像方鸿渐一样在选择的漩涡中迷失了自己,成为社会的附庸。

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篇1:《围城》读后感心得

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好的书越读越有味道,初读时平平淡淡,细细品味时忽觉意味深长,无论是里面的人物刻画还是生活哲理,都是用词简单连在一起确是佳偶天成的感觉。

书名起的更是妙不可言,困在围城里的人把自己的痛苦化作刀言锋语去刺痛身边的人,无处发泄的痛苦找到了一个可以回击的地方,方鸿渐和孙柔嘉便是如此,自从踏入“围城”他们之前的一切遍都不复存在了,开始的小吵彼此看到对方的眼泪是还有心疼,日子过得久了那点情分也被消耗殆净了,语言上的攻击已经不能满足了开始动起手来,渐渐的把在“围城”里迷失了自己也忘记了对方,本该是最亲密的人确还不如外人来的更加和谐。

围城外的人羡慕里面甜蜜幸福,围城里的人向往外面的自由无拘,可是无论是里面还是外面日子都没有想象的那么美好,其实让自己的不快乐并不是因为在围城里或是在围城外,都是自己没有经营好,对自己的要求比对别人要求多,那无论是在围城里或是外都会过的好,也就不存在羡慕了,一切都是自然而然水到渠成了。

书中最喜欢的人物是赵辛楣了,他为人洒脱,想的明白通透也拿得起放得下,比较有理性,虽然喜欢了苏文纨二十多年但是最后她选择了和别人结果时他也是真心祝她能幸福,看到她的丈夫时他也很失望,失望自己爱了多年的女人竟是如此虚荣如此没有眼光。除了这些他和方鸿渐这个假象情敌的友谊也值得一说,当他意识到他们两个都没有娶到苏文纨时本是想互相同情,结果倒是自己做了恶人看错了,得知之前方鸿渐对苏文纨根本就避之不及,自己还那样对待人家,心中也生了愧疚之情,反倒和他成了好兄弟。在去三闾大学的途中更是对他喜欢,之前一直觉得他莽撞结果在途中他反倒是那个最稳中最照顾大家的人,而且也很有想法,处事也很有经验,相信他那样的人会过的很幸福。

除了赵还想说说唐晓芙,他是坐着笔下偏爱的人物,年轻漂亮干净果断,这样一个比较完美的形象作者没舍得让她嫁给方鸿渐。她对方鸿渐是有感情的可是像那样一个懦弱又自傲的人是配不上她的,总有一些感情是不得圆满才叫人念念不忘的。

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篇2:英语读后感

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The novel tells us that the best people to increase the dignity of life is love. Novels by the end of the row that this is such a life. Although I think this kind of outcome is too perfect, so perfect a little superficial, but I still respect this author The ideal of a better kind of life. Is to increase the dignity of love. In modern society, few people will like Jane Eyre, for the love for the character and abandon all, and without looking back.s Whole-hearted pursuit of pay, and pure like a glaof ice water ……

Let me tell what I feel after reading the great work Jane Erye.I was really move by Jane Erye after closing the book.What a kind and good woman!Mrs Eyre had a heart of gold.She really loved everyone around her,and gave others help sincerely(真诚地)。She respected herself and did her best to do everything.I really love her.She are both a great teacher and a good friend of mine.Sometimes when I am confuse,I will think of her.I will imagine what will she do if she is I.Why not read Jane Erye my friends!

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篇3:钱钟书的围城读后感

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很早就听说过这么一句话:婚姻是一座围城,围在城里的人想逃出来,城外的人想冲进来,《围城》读后感800字。最近终于有机会读了钱钟书的著作《围城》,让我对这本书有了更加深刻的认识。

《围城》描写了形形色色的人物,正是形形色色的人物,真实再现了半殖民地半封建社会的中国知识分子灵魂的空虚和精神上的病态。但在这众多的配角中,主角的个性是最鲜明突出的。此书中的主人公方鸿渐可是给我留下了及其深刻映象,似乎他的每一次出场都会给我一种新的认识。

方鸿渐是一个典型的知识分子,但是他为人不求上进,游戏人生,最要不得的就是此人极度虚伪。买了假文凭,却从来不向别人炫耀;明明不愿和苏小姐白头偕老,却又扭扭捏捏,屡次给苏小姐希望。似乎每一次的谎言,他都会因为自己良心的谴责而为自己量身订作一个冠冕堂皇的理由来说服自己,而且他总是能够那么成功的将自己骗过来。尽管他是出国国的"先进知识分子",但他对外国侵略者对中国带来的破害也是直言不讳的。在阴差阳错的演讲之中,他强烈批判了外国侵略者向中国引入的鸦片和梅毒,说这是最不合理的,这样一来,显的他还有那么点让人赞同的地方.。

开始有越来越多的人逃避婚姻,尤其在这个流行闪婚的年代。我不知道这是社会的进步还是退后,我只是觉得这是一种不负责任的表现。因为害怕而不去面对,难道能这样躲藏一辈子吗?婚姻是两个人的事情,或者说不仅仅是两个人的事情,它将两个本来无任何联系的家庭紧紧地绑在一起,所以我觉得有时候婚姻并不是有爱情就可以的。更多的时候它是两个家族的交融。

其实这个社会上并没有那么多完美的人,多数的人都像方鸿渐-样,有那么一点的良心,有那么-点的虚荣.他们处处做小人,又不得处处提防小人。他们也知道世道的艰险,可是并没有好好地去接纳它。他们尝试去改变,就好像方鸿渐想知道韩学愈文凭的真伪,以此找回自己的公道一样。熟不知道,人家早就设定了陷阱等他踩进去。

这部书最大的成功之处就在于它写出了人性的本来面目,他没有刻意的将人物进行美化,而是从一个事实的角度刻画人物,这就容易引起读者的感慨从而产生共鸣。

我相信不管怎样还是会有很多的人相信爱情,我也希望有情人可以终成眷属。

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篇4:《小王子》优秀英语读后感

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Scorching July, I saw a lot of books, one of the most impressive is the little prince, the book.

Story of the little prince lived in a room and as large as the B612 planet, where there is a rose with thorns and three volcanoes. Every day the little prince to three volcano cleaning and watering the flowers, at the same time, the three volcano provided convenience for the little prince hot breakfast, flowers are also often chat and the little prince with relish. In this way, of their life on the planet more happy.

After reading this story, I understand you want to take good care of trees and flowers, so that nature will become more beautiful. One thousand dont clean the three volcanoes, the little prince always piled up garbage there, the last planet becomes malodorous, the little prince will live not bottom go to.

Remember when I was in kindergarten GSM, Arbor Day came, the teacher and parents with the class to the suburbs to plant trees. But, some people in order to build a house, the trees are cut out. We planted a tree, not only make nature more beautiful, still let us absorb more fresh air.

For earth, please cherish side every inch!

骄阳似火的七月,我看了很多书,其中印象最深的就是《小王子》这本书了。

故事中的小王子住在一个和屋子一样大的B612星球里,在那里,有一朵长着刺的玫瑰和三座火山。小王子每天都给三座火山打扫卫生、给花儿浇水,同时,三座火山为小王子热早餐提供了方便,花儿也经常和小王子津津有味的聊天。就这样,他们在星球上生活的更加快乐了。

读完这个故事,我明白了大家要爱护花草树木,这样大自然就会变得更加美好。万一小王子不打扫三座火山,总是在那儿堆放垃圾,最后星球上就变得乌烟瘴气,小王子也就生存不下去了。

记得以前我上幼儿园中班时,植树节到了,老师带着全班同学和家长到郊外植树。可是,有人为了造房子,把树木都砍光了。我们植了树,不仅让大自然更美好,还让我们吸收到了更多新鲜空气。

为了地球,请珍惜身边的一草一木吧!

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篇5:高中生围城读后感600字

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第一次读《围城》,觉得懵懵懂懂的,潜意识中觉得此书不简单,有深一层的含义,但一遍读完,却在云里雾里游荡,全然不知在讲些什么。精读后,稍有感触,仔细回味,才豁然开朗。钱钟书展现了生活本身:捧书时,你进入了一个实实在在的生活;放学后,你亦生活在一个活生生的社会中。嬉笑怒骂,使你分不清是书中还是现实中的情景。

小说的魅力就在于有一种既睿智超拔又亲切入世的人性洞察,在于对生活个性的智慧传达。小说中的嘲弄与幽默,写人的心态与外貌,语言简洁明快,在调侃的自然延伸上,使智慧与学识一任展开。

“围城”中人在各种背景,纠葛,情势之下的可怜,痛苦,感伤,窘迫,可笑,自私,怯懦,卑劣,狂妄,尴尬,当然也还有快乐——尴尬余缝中的快乐,快乐时的尴尬,这一切的一切仿佛都在向我揭示某种哲理:围城中的人想突出来,城外的人想冲进去,婚姻也罢,职业也罢,人生大抵如此。

书中有这么一段:斜川把四五张纸,分发同席,傲然靠在椅背上,但他觉得这些人都不懂诗,决不能领略他句法的妙处,就是赞美也不会亲切中肯。这时候,他却在等待他们的恭维———大家照例称好,斜川客气地淡漠,仿佛领袖受民众欢迎时的表情。简简单单几句,但人们看到了一个活生生的董斜川,他虚伪的内心。他觉得他们不懂诗,却傲然而又漠然地等待大家的称赞,多矛盾的心理。

生活中有多少人有这样的心理,又有多少像董斜川这样的人呢?回答是:数不胜数。每个人都有虚荣的心理,每个人都有好与不好的一面。人无完人,物无全物,我想在矛盾心理作祟时,就是围城里外的人流通时。

一向读不懂小说的最后一句话:这个时光的计时机无意中包涵对人生的讽刺和感伤,深于一切语言,一切啼笑。此刻明白了,小说的结尾,祖传的老钟从容自在地打起五个钟头之前的六点钟,然而对于主人翁方鸿渐来说:已经过去的一切都无法挽回了。或许整部小说,除了嘲讽调侃外。作家钱钟书也有着某种无限的感伤!

《围城》已读,生活仍在继续,围城如社会,故事如生活,但我期望:我的社会不是围城,我的生活也不是故事。

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篇6:狼图腾英语读后感带翻译

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In the vast sea of books, I finally found a good book my liking, or even jiang rong, it is "the Wolf totem.

Jack Ive ever read. Londons "love life" of the tenacious struggle of the sick Wolf, I read the sidonians wang lo bo the Wolf brave brave Wolf king, "Wolf totem" is the first I see the writing of this description, the research of coyotes. This work vividly portrays the coyotes movements, the prairie Wolf is a peculiar species, wisdom and brave solidarity, it is the vertical and horizontal grassland powerful Mongolian soldiers teacher. Coyotes taught them all kinds of tactics, lifestyle and pasture breeding. If there is no the prairie Wolf, Im afraid the whole Mongolian will disappear from the world.

Today, after and breadth of Mongolian wolves, freedom through nomadic grassland has a little bit, a little gradually disappear from people in your mind. If it is not the book, once memorable coyotes, will gradually fade in our life, like dust.

"Wolf totem" is a very worthy of a look book, not only wrote a fear of wolves, wrote the beautiful scenery of the Mongolian steppe. Where beauty is like a fairyland, a flock of sheep are eating grass in the lush grass, from time to time, to drink water in the lake. Trees, flowers in full bloom. Say good landscape, trees, flowers, still have to say Mr Or write well!

Book has a very classic places: plot is vivid, kind nature. The author but not where rhetoric pile, but according to your real thoughts, natural go write, very touching. The hero - Beijing educated youth, Chen has experienced many things: he cut the Wolf pups, owned a small Wolf, Wolf had fought, and Wolf also touching, and with his dear little wolves and dogs share of suffering, pain experienced youth nomad "spirit".

Now, read this, you will have one big question mark! Dont ask me, as long as open the book, the question mark will one satisfactory solution!

在茫茫书海中,我终于找到了一本合我心意的好书,它就是姜戎之作——《图腾》。

我读过杰克。伦敦《热爱生命》中顽强挣扎的病狼,我读过西顿《狼王洛玻》中威猛勇敢的狼王,可《狼图腾》却是我看的第一本描写、研究草原狼的奇书。这部作品生动刻画了草原狼的一举一动,草原狼是个奇特的物种,聪明智慧而又勇敢团结,它是纵横草原强大的蒙古兵的老师。草原狼教会了他们各种战术、生活方式和牧场的繁殖。如果没有草原狼,恐怕整个蒙古民族就会从世界上消失。

如今,蒙古铁骑和蒙古狼群纵横驰骋、自由穿行的游牧草原已经一点点、一点点逐渐的从人们脑海中消失淡化。如果不是此书,曾经令人记忆深刻的草原狼,也会渐渐在我们生活中淡化,像灰尘一样消失。

《狼图腾》是一本非常值得一看的书,不但写了令人害怕的狼群,还写了蒙古大草原的美丽景色。那里美如仙境,羊群在茂盛的草丛中吃草,不时,去湖里喝水。绿树成荫,鲜花盛开。要说景好、树美、花香,还得说是姜戎先生写得好!

本书还有一个非常经典的地方:就是情节生动,亲切自然。作者并没有用华丽的词藻堆砌,而是按自己的真实想法,自然的去写,非常感人。文中的主人公——北京知青陈阵,经历了许多事:他掏过狼崽,养过小狼,与狼战斗过,也与狼缠绵过,并与他亲爱的小狼和猎狗共担苦难,经历了青年时代痛苦的“精神游牧”。

好了,读到这里,你们也会有一个个大大的问号了吧!不用问我,只要打开这本书,问号就会一个个圆满的解决!

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篇7:《猫头鹰逃亡》英语读后感

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This book is about the story--Bell Pavilion four (1) class of students, they adopted a variety of small animals in a zoo. Is a Taoist adoption "transfixed" OWL full of thoughts. Once camp, he discovered an OWL alive, came up with a daring idea-flying owls. He conspired with friends "rescue plan." They have overcome numerous difficulties, finally put the owls released into nature. These students pay particular care to animals, but I decided to let the animals return to nature. I want to learn their caring, protecting the environment, excellent qualities for nature lovers.

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篇8:格列佛游记英语读后感

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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。

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篇9:《嘉莉妹妹》英语读后感

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Vivid Heroine

——On Sister Carrie

Carrie was such an ordinary rural girl at the beginning of the story. Sitting on the seat of a bus, she couldn’t help feeling exciting at the sight of the metropolis’ spectacle. She was impressed deeply by large crowd on the avenue, the spacious square or tall buildings.

Far more different from other heroines, Carrie was not a plain pure angel like Snow-white, nor was she brave enough to be a heroine of revolutionist or even a reformer, nor was she so clever as to be a successful career woman who start from scratch.

What attracted her most, after her entering this huge metropolis was the incredible fineries, fashion shoes, smart handbags displaying in the shop windows, the jewellerys shining brightly behind the glass. She dreamed that one day, she could wear all of these, jogging gracefully into the most luxurious hotel with focused sights of admiration.

And this was not merely a dream. Because she had large eyes which can earn others’ sympathy, even love. She had wonderful figure which can win others’ hearts. However, anything she got, anywhere she reached, had not come from her ambition. Things happened, and then she accepted. That’s what she had just done — just to accept willingly from the bottom of her heart. She was not at all an evil woman who would give anything for the fortune or fame. However, she would give uo something for a better life when her instinct defeated her intellect.

That was Carrie, a girl had her own desire, a human being just like many others in the realistic world.

There’s one sentence written in chapter VIII:” When this jangle of free-will instinct shall have been adjusted, when perfect understanding has given the former the power to replace the latter entirely, man will no longer vary.” However, how many people can go that further.

And I want to quote another sentence to wind up my essay:

“In Carrie — as in how many of our wordings do they not? — instinct and reason, desire and understanding, were at war for the mastery.”

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篇10:黑骏马的英语读后感

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Usually, we have contact with many world-famous novels, telling the essence of life. The stories of characters’ life move us give us a lot of enlightenment. However, Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty is a different one, as its main character is a black, handsome horse called Black Beauty. Sewell has spent 6 years on this book, while she was seriously sick. Unfortunately, she died soon after her only book in her whole life was published. As Sewell was crippled and unable to walk since a young age, she by nature had sympathy on the poor animals. Therefore, Black Beauty it is not a fairy tale, but a book which seriously talks the issue of the abuse of animals. And this story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir by Black Beauty himself. In this way, it becomes easier for readers to understand the whole story better and more clearly. When I begin to read this book, I am absorbed in this book immediately, as if I were the horse, experiencing his life with difficulties and set-backs.

Black Beauty, who has changed his name for several times during different periods of lifetime, is a handsome horse with a life full of both happiness and suffering. He has been well trained, so he always tried to behave well. However, then he was sold from one owner to another, he began to realize how tragic his fate is. His life story has moved all the readers deeply. The author started this story by Black Beauty describing his memory about his happy childhood, when he was accompanied by his mother and taught to be a good horse. At the age of 2, Black Beauty witnessed an accident of hunting for a hare, which caused the rider falling from the horse, dead. Later that wounded horse was killed. And at the age of 4, Black Beauty was old enough to begin the use of saddle, bridle, carriage harness and shoes. Then he was sent to Birtwick Park and named of Black Beauty by Mrs. Gordon. Birtwick Park became his first pleasant home for three years, where he grew strong and met many friends with different characteristics and experiences. One of his friends was Ginger, who was ill-tempered because of a hard life with previous owners. And as a result, Ginger often got wild and bit others. Sir Oliver got a shortened tail because his previous owner thought it was fashionable. Also, there was a groom, little Joe Green. At first, he was too young to know how to properly how to take care of the hot and tired Black Beauty after an emergency, making Black Beauty seriously sick. Grieved, Joe began to do his best to learn hors care. However, soon, the Gorgons had to move because of Mrs. Gordon’s health, so they sold Black Beauty and Ginger to Earlshall Park.

In Earlshall Park, the use of bearing rein made Ginger and Black Beauty painful, so finally ill-tempered Ginger rebelled. Then she was used as a hunter, but Black Beauty was much praised because once he saved Lady Anne. However, his unfortunate life has not changed since then. Our poor Black Beauty got his knees ruined because Mr. Rubber Smith, who was drunk, took Black Beauty on a dangerous ride and at last killed himself after falling down. As a result, Black Beauty was sold as a job horse. Although, he was arranged by a smart customer to be sold to a gentleman afterwards, he still had a hard life, because the groom stole the oats in his food. Tired of the trouble of keeping a horse, the gentleman sold Black Beauty again,

This time, Black Beauty was lucky to have a kind-hearted new owner; a cab driver in London called Jerry. What’s more, Jerry’s families were all kind-hearted, which made Black Beauty happy to bear the hard work of pulling a cab every day. By chance, he met Ginger. She was mistreated as a cab horse; in such a great pain that she was longing for death. And soon, it came true. At the same time, Jerry became weaker and weaker, and finally he was ill in bed after waiting for two customers on a bitter cold night. After his recovery, Jerry was told not to work as s cab driver any more, so Black Beauty was sold again.

Black Beauty’s new owner, a corn dealer, was kind to him, but the dealer’s foreman, Jakes, often overworked the horse and used the bearing rein. Once advertised by a kind lady, Jakes was easier on Black Beauty. However, the dark stables nearly made Black Beauty blind. After sold to work as a cab horse again, Beauty was too old and too weak. Once he was exhausted because of the heavy load. Saved from being put down by a doctor, Beauty found a new owner, a farmer. With full effort, he rejuvenated Beauty and sold him to Miss Ellen and Miss Blomefield. To Beauty’s surprise, he met Joe Green there. Form then on, Black Beauty began a happy life at his last home.

After reading this book, one may admire Black Beauty’s strong will, persistence, and loyalty, or feel sympathetic on him and feel happy for him to get a happy ending. However, it needs our deeper thinking, a much deeper thinking. In fact, Sewell doesn’t only focus on showing Black Beauty’s great characteristics. By telling Black Beauty’s whole life story, she aimed at revealing the hard life of animals at that time and altering us the crime of those who abuse animals.

From Beauty’s suffering during his whole life time, we can see the tragic life of animals at that time. Some people ran after the so-called fashion blindly. In order to satisfy their own vanity,they ignored animals’ great pain. For example, Sir Oliver’s shortened tail. What the so-called fashion gave animals is great pain rather than a beautiful appearance. Some people knew nothing about how to keep animals, and were always making them work all day long. They abused the animals to make as much money as possible until they died. Therefore, on the day when the animals died, their holiday was on the way. For example, the poor Ginger that died for overwork. Though some people kept animals well, their main purpose was to have fun and to show off. They were more abominable. For example, in order to hunt for a hare, the rider killed himself at last and caused the wounded horse’s death. As Beauty said, it wasn’t worthwhile, wasn’t it? Those people who abuse d animals showed no sympathy or love on the poor animals at all. When they needed animals, they kept animals; when they didn’t need animals, they killed animals ruthlessly. To them, all animals were toys, from which they could make fun, or tools, from which they could make money. And the fate of animals at that time, like horses, was being sold from one owner to another, experiencing different kinds of suffering in the whole life. From the standpoint of animals, it must be terrible to be sold again and again.

Let’s see what the result is. Sir Oliver got great annoyance and discomfort because of its shortened tail. Ginger was ill-tempered and bit others often. What’s more, numerous animals died because of over work. What a tragedy!

In fact, the abuse of animals not only happened in the past, but also today, maybe right at this moment, a civilized age. Years ago, I got to know that a few girls cut down a cat’s feet, and then threw it on the street, leaving it bleeding to death. And the year before, it was reported that a student from QingHua University, gave black bears sulfate to drink, which gave black bears a great pain. As to the facts that some old or sick animals are abandoned, it has been very common. Although some organizations aiming at protecting animals have been set up, the abuse of animals can not be prevented. Maybe nowadays the abuse of animals was caused by life pressure, but life pressure can not be an excuse to abuse animals. Those people who live under life pressure should find other ways to solve the problem, but not avoid it by hurting animals.

However, if one can treat animals kindly, the result will be different. Kind people who love animals, such as Mrs. Gordon, Joe, Jerry, get animals’ love and respect in return. As they were friendly to horses, horses are friendly to them and would like to do as much work as they can for them, even sacrifice themselves when their owners were in danger.

I am sure, animals and human can become good friends. No animals will do harm to human, if human have not frightened them first. If you would like to try to have a close and friendly touch with animals, whether tigers or dogs, you will find that they are lovely. Its true that we are much cleverer than animals, but our intelligence should not act as the tool to dominant animals. In fact, we human and animals have the same feeling, because we are all created by one nature, and share one nature together. Therefore, human have no right to abuse them, or kill them. On the contrary, we should protect them, which is our real sacred and glorious obligation.

Do not put the “bearing rein” on the animals. It is cruel.

Do not always focus on our own happiness. It is selfish.

Try to open our eyes to animals that are suffering a hard life.

Try to understand The Black Beauty, and the author.

Try to give a hand in ending the abuse of animals.

At last, I want to conclude by a sentence from this book,“there is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it dose not teach them to be good and kind to other animals as well as humans, it is all a shame”

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篇11:红与黑英语读后感

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In even the fate of bellaire. Cable gladne affects me. Throughout his extremely short but is full of twists of young life flowing turmoil with too many contradictions and complex. To this people can make a lot of judgment -- a small SiYouZhe blind pursue personal interests tragedy. An ambitious destruction; A feudal fighter sacrifice etc. All have views but are sensible. I think said even a individualism in would be nice but ambitious than a the pursuit of happiness and unfortunate went wrong people more precisely. Natural this wrong not simply take a memorized the means of social morality but from his mind deeper contradictions essence.

Even in all his life in the pursuit of happiness. Though he but humble origins to education and by good with outstanding wisdom so his future in the so-called these parisians of society. What is happiness and how to achieve happiness is puzzling humanity for thousands of years also puzzling our in even. In their mind happiness and no exact standard just in his deceit in his vigilance his another "battle plan" in its implementation. He is the first out of the abuse and happiness custom for Mrs. Leonard lauder’s front perform "some responsibility" and happiness as proud mathilde in front of your happiness for yield fictions and happy again the hell. He desire happiness eager to rocketing he vowed that he would rather die a thousand times will make a meteoric rise. Therefore he made a and a "war plan" use all sorts of false means he superman wisdom play incisively and vividly. But after all he is a good young plant so in often of happiness he will ask yourself deeply remorse. Therefore his plan always loopholes always questionable.

It is found that even in this kind of happiness in the standard in society and others standard for the standard the pursuit of others and the society admits. In essence he didn’t get much joy and happiness on the contrary make him in a tense state just feel "happy to the extreme" running in excitement an "ambitious ecstasy" realization just a moment’s passion the rest is thinking about then should make a plan. These so-called happiness is only in summons even to sacrifice the representation essence. When he thought Mrs. Leonard lauder’s letter ruined his happiness he thought of revenge was eventually put into prison. Instead make him in prison released from social bondage freedom. He unloaded all camouflage and masks a bygone find the true self also found the essence of happiness. He gave up the escape and appeal can sincerely treat every friend frankly in death.

For in the love we also even with strong interest. Because in the successful happiness then destruction even with his love of close contact. His two lovers - Mrs. Leonard lauder’s and mathilda with short and struggle of life so might as well to see even respectively with the two lovers in the romance. Julien jeanvier and Mrs. Leonard lauder’s love for her even began to temptation. At first he just in the performance of the so-called "responsibility" this is a kind of noble Lord retaliation a vanity of satisfy. But Mrs. Leonard lauder’s the kind honest gentle deeply moved to even. A period of time he fell madly in love with Mrs. Leonard lauder’s. Unfortunately this loving and soon occupied by various ambition until finally and grubby outbreaks.

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篇12:关于平凡的世界英语读后感

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路遥围绕着主人公孙少安与孙少平兄弟两个在这个平凡世界中不断冲破困难的阻碍,最终获得生命中的成功,谱写了一曲充满活力、激情的生命之歌,以一幕幕催人泪下的苦难所向人们揭示了人生的自强与自信、奋斗与拼搏、挫折与追求、痛苦与欢乐。

Lu Yao around the master Gongsun less and Sun Shaoping two brothers in the ordinary world, constantly breaking the obstacles, finally get success in life, wrote a vibrant, passionate song of life, with a curtain of the copy from rolia suffering reveals the life of self-reliance and self-confidence, struggle and hard work, and the pursuit of setbacks, pain and pleasure.

少平与少安两兄弟同为黄土地的儿子,在“平凡的世界”中,他们以各自不同的方式探索着人生。以孙少安为例,在冲破贫困束缚、实现自身价值过程中,他曾遭遇到不断的挫折和打击。如在第一次扩大砖场时,因骗子烧砖师的缘故,他的砖全部烧砸了;为了扩大社员自留地,他曾被当作“走资本主义道路”的反面典型来批判;曾因为进行承包责任制的改革而遭到县委的严厉批评;经营破败,无力归还贷款和被村中劳力追堵。

Shao Ping and two brothers with little yellow land for son, in the "ordinary world", they explore life in different ways. In the case of Sun Shaoan, to break through the bondage of poverty, realize their own value in the process, he suffered to blow. As in the first expansion brick, brick by fraud divisions sake, his brick all burned badly; in order to expand the membership private plots, he was regarded as a "reverse the capitalist road" typical to criticism; once because of the reform of the contract responsibility system and the county was severely criticized; management dilapidated, unable to pay loans and is the village labor chases.

这个世界是不完美的,困难、挫折是拜访我们的常客,即使有时我们还没有做好迎接他们的准备。和主人公孙少安、孙少平相比,我显然是幸运的,没有艰涩的生存条件、没有咄咄逼近的重大挫折,我想我没有理由对这个世界抱怨什么。直面生活,我要做的只能是:乐观迎接、坚强面对,活出自己的精彩。

This world is not perfect, difficulties, setbacks is visiting our regulars, sometimes even if we havent prepare for their preparation. Compared with the master Gongsun Shaoan, Sun Shaoping, obviously I was lucky, there are no hard living conditions, no major setbacks harsh, I think I have no reason to complain about what the world. Always to look life in the face, I want to do is only to meet: optimistic, strong face, live out their own wonderful.

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篇13:《活着》英语读后感

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活着》讲述一个人一生的故事,这是一个历尽世间沧桑和磨难老人的人生感言,是一幕演绎人生苦难经历的戏剧。下面是语文迷为大家提供的活着的英语读后感范文,欢迎大家阅读参考。

To Live

When I read the book To Live, I know I have own a lot of happiness in this period. To Live allowed me to see the people’s suffering and hardship in old China. But the most important is the spirit that age gives to them.

To Live described Fugui’s life who lives in The Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward. Fugui borns in a host family, when he was young, he often went outside gambling. So that in the end he spent all the property under the trap which others had designed. At that time, he had got married with his wife Jiazhen. One day, when he went out to borrow money for looking doctors for his parents, he was caught to join the army. Almost all the soldiers had died, but he struggled to live and luckly got together with his family, when his mother had gone and his daughter Fengxia had been a dumb because of illness. His family were very happy because of his coming back. For he had not been assigned to the landlord constituents, they lived a poor and happy life. Of the past with each passing day, his little son was going to middle school, but his disaster began again. His son lost his life for saving his classmate whose father is the mayor of the town. Backlog of the pain and frustration, he and his wife as if had lost a lot and they nearly lost confidence of living. Fortunately, they have a sensible daughter, although she couldn’t talk, but she helped her parents go through the pains. Later Fengxia married to Erxi who is an honest man, but fate still made fun of this hard-working and simple girl, she died from giving birth. And then later, in the heavy blows, Fugui’s wife left him forever.

Life had lost all his family, leaving him, last remaining alive. I don’t know how I can experience his life in that age, his disease that he had to face, but I know Fugui had learnt to respect for life, be properly alive.

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篇14:典范英语读后感

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有一个在城堡。皇家清洁工给告诉女皇,一开始不能有乱七八糟的朋友。国王哈利认为我们可以尽量将城堡变得整洁。女皇诺拉不休息。公主简写了一份通知。她把这份通知贴在了城堡的门上。清洁工希望能得到一个更高的薪水才去拜访城堡。日子一天天过去,没人来问关于清洁的工作。这个城堡变得非常脏。一天早上,皇后诺拉看到了一个令人震惊的意见。国王哈利在做饭。史密斯队长在拖地。琼斯上尉洗女王诺拉的皇家衬衫,女皇认为你应该去与龙战斗。但他们不这么认为。女王诺拉非常伤心,便去了皇家旅行。三个戴着面具的人站在那里。整天这个蒙面女子在城堡里清洁、打扫、洗。公主简认为他们会偷东西。公主简走到她背后。她抓住了桌布拉过来用奶清洗了一下。二公主简关闭了那个按钮。三公主简匍匐在她身后。最后,其他两个清洁工原来队长史密斯和琼斯上尉琼斯。女皇诺拉结束她的皇室之旅,她高兴地发现了城堡又恢复了整齐和干净。

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篇15:福尔摩斯读后感英语版

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Thoughts given by Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son

Written in the first chapter of the book Pride and Prejudice is an extraordinary sentence of which even a person who has had only a brief look upon the book will not fail to receive a deep impression-It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. In terms of Sherlock Holmes, we’d better alter the sentence into “It is a fact universally accepted by readers throughout the world that an excellent book in possession of our famous detective Sherlock Holmes is undoubtedly a masterpiece of all times.” Perhaps this is one of the most obvious explanations for the unrivaled popularity of “Holmes series” in the field of detective stories. Overwhelmed by the recommendations provided by my friends, I decided to take a look on this Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son originally published by Oxford University Press.

As a whole, this book is about a case concerning the Duke’s missing son. Arthur, the Duke’s son, was found out in a certain morning to have disappeared, accompanied with which was also the disappearance of the German teacher. The school master Dr. Huxtable then turned to the famous detective of the time Sherlock Holmes for help. Realizing how tough and important the case is, Holmes immediately made up his mind to accept the case and followed Dr. Huxtable back to Mackleton by train. Having formed a rough idea about the wholle matter, Holmes probed into the case immediately and had a careful investigation of the entire area shortly after the arrival, during the process of which he discovered the body of the German teacher Heidegger. Finally, primarily due to his prominent ability as a detective, he managed to unravel the mystery and obtained the twelve thousand pounds promised by the Duke.

Having once started reading this fiction, I was completely immersed in the mysterious story presented by the book. As the saying goes, “Well begun, half done”. At the beginning of the story, just like many other detective stories, the author gives us a brief description of the condition by the words of a client. However, unlike other ones, this story first delineates the client’s strange behavior at length to indicate the severity of the incident in order to attract the readers to continue reading it. As is known to all, vivid depiction is essential to detective stories since it can help the readers understand each figure’s characteristics and visualize the scenes, thus making the story more authentic and attractive. Therefore, trying to present a “real world” to his readership, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the original “Holmes series”, has skillfully arranged the plots of the whole story from the perspective of Dr. Watson, a character not so specialized in discovering the truth hidden behind the enigmatic happenings as Holmes but so loyal to Sherlock Homes as a friend that he always accompanies Holmes wherever he goes. In this way, he elaborately depicted every scene and character in the book, Apart from the special start, the ending of the whole story, being dramatic but reasonable, is certainly an outstanding one. After all, except the author himself, who knows that the Duke’s seemingly ordinary secretary is in fact the Duke’s bastard? In addition, who knows that the Duke actually has already been acquainted with the whole thing before Holmes solves this complicated problem? Yet, surprising as it is, this ending seems so natural that it fits all the plots of the story perfectly well. While enjoying this wonderful story, I could do nothing but admire the wonderful design of this masterpiece as well as the author’s gorgeous writing skill. Closing my eyes, I can even “see” the story happening just like watching a film. Not until then did I understand why the Japanese cartoon film Detective Conan used this “Conan” as the name of its hero.

As far as I am concerned, nothing is more admirable and surprising in the hero Sherlock Homes than his profound knowledge which has certainly assisted him a lot when he was studying the case. Take the bicycle tyres for instance, Holmes actually is capable of recognizing 42 different varieties of bicycle tyres. What’s more, according to his other stories, Holmes has studied different kinds of newspapers, cigarettes, people’s footprints and other special things as well. Therefore, he seems to have the mastery of anything relevant to the cases he deals with. Except for his illimitable knowledge, Holmes also specializes in arranging the facts in order and then finding the fact leading him to a GREat discovery or even the truth itself. From his speaking “Every mystery has an answer”, we can readily shape the impression of a man with great intelligence and inflexible will. In this case, after getting rid of unrelated facts, Sherlock Homes eventually grasped the clue and discovered the amazing fact.

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篇16:钱钟书围城读后感

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围城》有两大看点,一个是幽默的语言讽刺,一个是深沉的生活阅历。 林语堂先生在他的《生活的艺术》一书中给各个民族,各个国家的人评了评分。

当评到幽默感的时候,他认为中国人具有很强的幽默感,虽然在中国文学历史里并没有幽默这个词,这还是林语堂先生从humor一词翻译过来的。但是他认为中国人天性幽默,只是中国正统文化与文学不允许幽默罢了。

在《围城》里,你就绝对能体会到那种中国人天生的幽默感,中国语言文字里的幽默毫不逊色于西方。一个特点就是,钱钟书先生用了很多的比喻,引用,暗示等等。比如说在说到方鸿渐在大学里要从副教授升到正教授的时候他写道,讲师,副教授,和教授的关系正如丫头,姨太太和正房太太的关系一样,从老爷身边的丫头添房成姨太太挺容易,但是姨太太要想成为正房太太可谓难上加难;同理,从讲师升到副教授轻而易举,可要想从副教授晋升为正教授,就不那么容易了。再比如,说到方鸿渐离家一年,回家的时候,“远别虽非等于暂死,至少变得陌生。回家只像半生的东西回锅,要煮一回才会熟。”看到这儿感觉分外的熟悉,离家万里,每次的归途,何尝不是煮一次回锅饭呢? 深沉的思想在幽默的语言的包围下更显得妙趣横生,令人回味无穷。那句被人用滥的“婚姻像座围城,外面的人想进去,里面的人想出来” 就是一个很好的例子。《围城》里不仅说了婚姻和爱情,更说的是人生。

在小说里,无论是道貌岸然的小丑,还是孤芳自赏的留洋小姐,亦或是喜欢争风吃醋的妯娌,哪个不是生活在自己的围城里呢?小说的视角乍看挺小,是以方鸿渐这个不通事务又无能懦弱的小人物的眼光看世界,但是却触及了政治,经济,教育,银行,新闻,等社会的方方面面。各种各样的讽刺手法也用得淋漓尽致,让人在笑过之后又能思索到很多。

小说的结尾最是令我欣赏。男主角方鸿渐和他老婆孙柔嘉大吵一架,孙去了姑父家,方独自一人在深夜躺在床上昏昏欲睡。那个一直走时不准的钟敲响了六下--六点钟,那是五个钟头以前。

“那时候鸿渐在回家的路上走,蓄心要待柔嘉好,劝他别再为昨天的事弄得夫妇不欢;那时候,柔嘉在家里等鸿渐回来吃晚饭,希望他会跟姑母和好,到她厂里做事。这个时间落伍的计时机无意中对人生包含的讽刺和怅惘,深于一切语言,一切啼笑。”

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篇17:围城读后感1000字

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围城》并不深奥,是的,它的情节并不复杂,人物也不多,篇幅在长篇小说中也不算太长。但是那数十个人物的性格却在寸土寸金的字里行间里淋漓尽致的表现了出来。例如写小人,小人物的表现无不是无耻,奸诈,虚伪,气量狭小。钱钟书笔下的小人,各自有各自的小人法。李梅亭的小人,就跟高年松的小人不一样。

初读《围城》的那一次最大的心里感受也是这篇小说跟我以前读过的小说相异。它并没有去塑造一个正面的形象或者是去赞美它。里面绝大大多数人物,尤其是首要人物钱老都不遗余力的去讥讽,嘲讽,奚落。以至于有部分人看完《围城》后会说写方鸿渐那样一个人有什么好处。或者它的好处就在于那些奚落,嘲讽,它就像一把冰冷的手术刀剖析了那个时代所谓的知识分子阶层。将他们的冷漠,自私,狭隘,封闭,软弱等等劣根性了解透彻展现时读者面前。《围城》它或许没有我们阅读传统小说是对书中伟大人物,崇高情感的崇拜和感动。但是我们对书中人物的性格,命运无相异情,叹息,鄙视,尤甚对当时国内那个时代的命运都布满了一种悲切和忧心,这里的情感也是复杂和真挚的。《围城》是一部批判的小说。钱老以他独有的幽默和讽刺手法来写《围城》并没有使批判失之厚重和严厉;反而能直指那个时代国内社会的病根,能够想象《围城》初版发行之时定让读者有心头棒喝的心里感受。

钱老学识渊博,笔力高深毋庸置疑。出色之处书中俯拾皆是。里面引经据典之贴切,简直妙到豪颠。古今中外之经典,全部信手拈来,却又挥洒自如。非凡难能可贵的是钱老写婆媳之中,妯娌之中的猜忌,彼此的鄙薄,貌合神离,搬弄是非等等这些女生作家所擅长的题材也描写得无不入木三分那些嬉笑怒骂场合,那些拌嘴弄舌的眉眼,那些惺惺作态的情致简直让人心里感受历历在目。这两年有作家长篇大论的专门出书写婆媳那些事,我草草看过甚觉的那些婆媳矛盾大有拼凑和制造之感,其写作功力和创作境地与钱老那确实是不可同日而语了。

可惜现时像那样的好作家太少。现时是个文化快餐,情感速食的年代,书中情节大起大落,情感大悲大喜,经不起咀嚼。我希望我四周的朋友或者同龄人能够看些书,能够看些像《围城》那样有部分深度和好处的好书。当你钟情于韩剧给你带来的眼泪或者港台剧制造的那些爆笑,提示大家花些时间精力在某些关于严厉题材,站在理性角度写出来的有深刻好处的书,那样你的眼泪或者欢笑会显得有价值得多。

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篇18:英语作文:哈姆雷特读后感

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Created in 1600 —— 1601 Hamlet had been admired for centuries. Is to at the moment, still feel his vocal. And all this is not the plot, also not only only is excellent literary technique, it is reflected by the problem. In general,

It describes a kind of extremely primitive, people.

The hero Hamlet first dealing with your original ideal world. At the start of the benefits in some Hamlet "childhood", he did you experience any huge setback, living environment is more simple, always learning western orthodoxy. But in the end, noble, to adore the father died, less than a month is virtuous mother remarried his uncle to usurp the throne. This made him wonder in the world. And after this doubt directly contributed to his hesitation. He realized that they are not perfect it, chastity but desire, moral victory over greed. He thinks you should go to revenge, but the moral person is his mother; His uncle killed his father and he is a person, is a persons thoughts. But even if revenge success, again how? He said: "to be or not to be, this is a question worth thinking about" life is a pain, but the fear of death and have less absolute. He met a problem, cant answer is unavoidable.

Hamlets situation is not the only, the life of big hands to hold each one is so tight.(.)

The old kings death, which are not related and queen. But as a woman she faces two kinds of selection, it is moral or desire. She chose the latter. However she scorned by the Hamlet and criticism, moral emptiness has brought her considerable pain, in fact, the queen is a kind person, she is not morally repugnant. She is to choose what kind of misfortune, not in the selection of your own destiny.

The new king, the uncle usurped the throne, he is the biggest villain in the play leading role. He wanted to the throne, and to the queen with desire. But the king was others. Is his brother, he dont deserve the throne. He, like all of the faces the loss of the ideal world in my heart. But he strenuously to win, but at the moment, he was a hero general spirit, he bravely to fight for originally do not belong to own. But it is also the tragedy. He paid the price, his hands stained with the blood of others, cannot repent. In later, he found Hamlet after knowing the truth, he began to save themselves may lose the happiness of life. He hovered between sin and rational, in the end he didnt jump out, died in his own sword.

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篇19:《羊脂球》英语读后感

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Guy de Maupassant(18501893), one of the greatest critical realist writers in the world, is considered as one of three kings of world short story。 Maupassant created six novels and 359 medium forms during his brief lifetime, engendering a momentous effect on the later literature. And it’s his maiden work, Suet Ball that won him world-wide prestige.

In1870, with the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, the real-based story Suet Ball happened. The heroine of the story is a humble harlot called Suet Ball. With a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army, the 11 travelers are on their way fleeing to Le Havre in a stagecoach. In virtue of the appalling weather, the stagecoach moves rather slowly and has just covered a few miles by midday. Initially, those occupants snub Suet Ball whereas their attitudes alters with the emergence of a basket filled with scrumptious food and she caters for those hungry travelers selflessly.

The carriage doesn’t stop until they blunders into a Prussian-held territory called T?tes. A Prussian officer detains the coach with no definite reasons. In the next two days, the occupants wait with barely concealed impatience and eventually Suet Ball tells that they will be detained perpetually unless she approves of sleeping with the officer. Out of her patriotism, Suet Ball gives him a point-blank refusal. As it should be, those travelers behave furiously to the officer"s arrogance while during the next two days, they exemplify logic and morality in diverse ways to convince Suet Ball of its validity. What a kind-hearted girl! Finally Suet Ball gives up and sacrifices her body for everyone’s freedom.

The next morning, they are permitted to leave. But those "representatives of Virtue" totally neglect Suet Ball, casting scathing sights on the poor young woman while even disdaining talking to her and rejecting sharing their food with her in the same way that she did at the beginning. From their perspectives, Suet Ball turns out to be no more utilizable and should be condemned for her ashamed conduct. As the stagecoach travels deeper into the night, she seethes with rage against those hypocrites, and ultimately weeps for her lost dignity.

In this story, Maupassant highlighted the intense comparison between Suet Ball and the so-called nobles. Rapacity, hypocrisy, sexuality and nobility intertwine in the spotlight,eulogizing the underclass’ patriotism and lampooning the sham of the aristocracy. Maupassant portrays the inhabitants of the stagecoach in varied disparaging ways. The most luminous character belongs to the two nuns. At first they are portrayed as tranquil and subservient to Lord and demonstrate their fiery patriotic desire to dedicate to their motherland rather than a sordid intention like the other passengers: the nuns profess to haste to a military hospital to heal the wounded French soldiers, hence presenting the argument towards instigating Suet Ball to abandon her resistance. How absurd it is! Nuns are supposed to take strait vows and treat others benevolently. They fill Suet Ball"s head with arguments, arguing that it is not morally wrong to sleep with the officer in order to let the travelers leave, and that the longer she waits, the more young French soldiers will die as the nuns are not there to look after them. Superficially, they claim that it is for the good of the country but indeed they’re just taking advantage of her. Suet Ball"s resistance to the officer"s sexual advances again indicate her patriotism. Cruel wars have stripped all the external stuffs. In contrast to all of these is Suet Ball, a prostitute, revealed to be the most fiercely patriotic, virtuous, and morally admirable character, which Maupassant contrasts with the hypocrisy and snobbery of the others.

It is arguably Maupassant’s most famous short story. The carriage constitutes a microcosm of French society as a whole. And the narrative techniques of this story are rather sophisticated and carefully conceived. On balance, a real noble person like Suet Ball can’t be judged by the appearance or the occupation, his/ her moral quality will glitter when confronting the real ordeal. Consequently, I deem that Suet Ball is worth reading lingeringly, savoring every word.

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