《老人与海》英文读后感【合集20篇】

今天，我们学习了一篇课文：《老人与海》。文中的桑提亚哥的“硬汉”形象使我敬佩。

桑提亚哥不管遇到多大的困难，他都不会放弃，他这种不达目的誓不罢休的精神，让我们钦佩不已。面对桑提亚哥的这种性格，我真的是太渺小了，因为我难题想不出来了，就会烦躁，生气、放弃，而不像桑提亚哥那样不放弃，坚持下去。

有一次，我在家里闲得没事做，就想起了缝沙包，我连忙去拿针和线，开始缝了起来。缝着缝着，我的手指突然一痛，我一看，是手指被扎破了，我不耐烦了生气的把针和线扔到一边儿，大声说：“我不做了。”我坐到写字台前，把语文书拿了起来，翻到《老人与海》时，我读了读，我明白了一个道理：人生道路漫长、艰难，充满坎坷，但只要以一颗自信的心去勇敢地迎接挑战，就一定能胜利。我想了想，就把针和线拿了起来，继续缝起来，不一会儿就缝好了，虽然缝的不怎么好，但是也成功了。

这篇课文让我深受启发：不管遇到什么困难、挫折，都不要轻易放弃，要以一颗自信的心面对挑战，就一定能成功！

初秋的阳光洒在白纸黑字上，被文字渲染得无比生动。那带着咸腥味的海风、汹涌澎湃的浪潮、澄澈的海水里五彩斑斓的鱼虾和藻类……一点一点，像羊皮卷轴一般在脑海里铺展开来，生动得可感可触，如临其境。

海明威的文字平静、深沉、默然，如同一位岁月沧桑的老人一样充满着睿智哲思。语气平淡却又饱含热情地娓娓道来，向我们叙述着一个简单却又深邃的故事。

细致如油画笔的笔触深浅错落地描绘出主人公的形象——瘦削却又硬朗，苍老而又阳光。健康的皮肤上带着皱纹。“那双眼睛乐观而又永不言败，色彩跟大海一样。”画龙须点睛，正是这双眼睛，就像心灵的窗户一样，一下就反映出了这位老人的个性与灵魂。

老人自信、勇敢、乐观、执着，在海上，他与矫健的大鱼、凶猛的鲨鱼勇敢地搏斗，尽管最后得到的不过是一副鱼骨，他的心灵却显得极有生动的色彩与尊严的光辉。

“每一天都是个崭新的日子。”他的内心始终充满着阳光和希望，这种心灵的热忱让他的双眸、甚至是整个人都年轻而有朝气。“走运固然不错，不过我宁可保持精确。那样机会来临时，你已经做好了准备。”所谓尽人事以待天命。这句话另一方面也可以当作是命运是我们自己所选择而走下去的。这并不违背。我想命运可以安排我们，但我们是更能左右命运的，我们有能力去抗争。这里不同的只是这两种看法后者是主动，前者则有些被动。虽是殊途同归，心态却有些许微妙的差别，从原则上来讲并无对错，而我却更倾向于主动的抗争，也许毕竟我们是年轻，应该有激昂的心，有主动的意识与冲动的权力——冲动指的是勇气与拼搏的精神。

我喜欢他那句话：“人不是为失败而生的。一个人可以被毁灭，却不能被打败。”是个打渔的老者，他一生在风浪里奔波，他的心却还像个孩子——那些风浪把他的灵魂打磨得更加坚强不屈，熠熠生辉，足以去以十倍百倍的热情再与风浪对峙，他便越活越年轻了。这也告诉我们，人生而是为光明希望而奋斗的，若是以消极的心态活下去就已经没有意义，就算在灭顶的灾难面前也不能退缩，哪怕毁灭也是一种光荣。用这一句句掷地有声的誓言宣告他的永不言败——风浪可以摧残他的身体，但至少他的心灵不可战胜。他这种坚强让人肃然起敬，他本身也是如此笃信着的。

正是因为他这种笃信，他才把大鱼当成真正的对手，在鱼死前为它做祈祷，从心底称它“了不起”，他决心要战胜它，这是不可更改的、伟大荣耀的决定。这条鱼镇静、强壮、信心十足、无所畏惧。他们之间不单纯是渔人和猎物的关系，而是一种光荣的交手，战场是海，为了光辉的尊严与生存的道路而战。因此，尊重这条鱼，就像我尊敬他一样。

他的心真诚而热忱，光明而不屈。他赞美大鱼，而不屑于水母和鲨鱼。鲨鱼是凶暴罪恶的东西，跟着血腥的味道暗中偷袭，不惧怕它们，最后用勇气和智慧战胜了它们。而水母，那是虚假的动物，又阴毒，看不起它们，他喜欢看海龟吃掉它们，彻底消灭它们。而他同情并喜爱着海龟——他自己也像海龟那样，即使是被宰杀剁成了几块，几小时后心脏仍跳动——他不屈的心脏和手脚都顽强地为生之价值而奋斗不息。

A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens’s masterpieces; the story is an exposure of the contradiction before France Revolution-the appealing of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” by France lower class.

The main clue of the novel is based on the terrible experience of Dr. Manette, the plot is very complex, attracting, and exciting. Lying at the heart of which we can see the themes from different people.

Sydney Carton

When I read the chapter pertaining to interrogation on Charles Darney, intuition tells that the lawyer assistant who feels at ease with his eyes fixed on the ceiling must be a very special man, which turned out to be right when I finished the whole book. He seems indifferent about everything, even his love. He is brilliant but he thinks otherwise, or rather, he thinks he is inferior to others. Even his master thinks that if he worried about this or that, he would make a great success. Feeling of humbleness is the fatal point leading the loss of his beloved one. If Lucie Manette lives with him, he thinks, she would sustain much hardship. At the end of the story, he sacrifices his life for his love willingly.

Many people say that love is selfish and egocentric, but the temperament of Sydney Carton tells us that love can be sublime and pure. Through this, Dickens tells us loving someone doesn’t mean you should live together with him or her. You can help your beloved one silently, even sacrifice for love. This is universal fraternity, I think, which is the sublimation of normal love. And also, Dickens may indicate that true love really exists, regardless of the situation is full of commotion or not.

Charles Darney

He’s born at a family of royal lineage-the son of Marquis. Regret and abomination fill in his mind for the cruelty and the crime his family have done to the poor. He determines to quit the right of inheritance of his family and moves to England to acting as a French teacher. When he comes back to France, his notorious and sadistic uncle who holds the succession of the family doesn’t welcome him. His uncle is doomed to death because of his cruelty. When he returns to England, he proposes marriage to Lucie Manette. He knows his proposal may not be accepted by Dr.Manette, for he is the son of the enemy of Dr.Manette. After the France Revolution breaks out, he returns to France again to save a servant. But unfortunately, he’s cast into prison.

Lucie Manette

She goes to France with Jarvis Lorry to take her father back, she shows great sympathy to Sydney Carton, and she prayed his husband would get an early deliverance from captivity.

She is a kind-hearted lady made of love and sympathy; she is also the incarnation of elegance.

Dr.Manette

As a victim of the gloom society, he lives a miserable and contradictory life. After releasing from prison, the only thing he does is making shoes, which become worse when he comes across a harsh situation. He loves his daughter just as she does to him, even when he knows that Charles Darney is the son of his enemy, he allow the proposal. And when he notices his daughter was totally down to know the fact that her husband was put into prison, he promise to her that he will rescue him out. He spares no effects to do that, in vain, though.

From this person, Dickens may tells that love between the lower-class family members are as pure as crystal.

Jarvis Lorry

An elderly manager at Tellsons Bank and a dear friend of Dr. Manette. He is very loyal to Dr. Manette. He accompanies them all the time without considering his own life.

Couple Defarge

They’re the leader of the revolution. Ernest Defarge, to some extent, is a good man. He was the servant of Dr.Manette, he provides accommodation for him. But his wife, Madame Defarge, is really a wicked woman. She knits all the time, she wants to kill all the people who lead a richer or happier life just out of envying and revenge. The result turns out to be dramatic: she’s killed by herself as a consequence that the gun goes off by accident.

Resurrection maybe is the main theme in the novel. Dickens here implied that he doesn’t agree the upper class treat the poor badly, meanwhile, he doesn’t agree the lower-class to overthrow the upper class. He hopes that they can live in harmony with each other. Underneath the lines, Dickens wants his readers to be careful that the same sort of revolution that so damaged France wont happen in Britain, which is shown to be nearly as unjust as France. But his warning is addressed not to the British lower classes, but to the aristocracy. He repeatedly uses the metaphor of sowing and reaping; if the aristocracy continues to plant the seeds of a revolution through behaving unjustly, they can be certain of harvesting that revolution in time. The lower classes do not have any agency in this metaphor: they simply react to the behavior of the aristocracy. In this sense it can be said that while Dickens sympathizes with the poor, he identifies with the rich: they are the books audience, its "us" rather than its "them". Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.

我买过两个版本的《老人与海》，也读过两个版本的《老人与海》。无论是什么样的语言，海明威的这部小说带给了我无数的震撼与感动。

“一艘船越过世界的尽头，驶向未知的大海，船头上悬挂着一面虽然饱经风雨剥蚀却依旧艳丽无比的旗帜，旗帜上，舞动着云龙一般的四个字闪闪发光——超越极限!”作者海明威是这样评价他的作品《老人与海》的。

文章写的是古巴老渔夫圣地亚哥在连续八十四天没捕到鱼的情况下，终于独自钓上了一条大马林鱼，但这鱼实在太大，把他的小船在海上拖了三天才筋疲力尽，被他杀死了绑在小船的一边，在归程中一再遭到鲨鱼的袭击，最后回港时只剩鱼头鱼尾和一条脊骨。

“人不是为失败而生的”，“一个人可以被毁灭，却不能被打败”，这是圣地亚哥的信念，也是《老人与海》中作者要表明的思想。通过圣地亚哥的形象，作者热情地赞颂了人类面对艰难困苦时所显示的坚不可摧的精神力量。

老人圣地亚哥是海明威所冲少的完美的人的象征：坚强、宽厚、仁慈、充满爱心，即使在人生的角斗场上失败了，面对不可逆转的命运，他仍然是精神上的强者，是“硬汉”。他们在面对外界巨大的压力和厄运打击时，仍然坚强不屈，勇往直前，甚至视死如归，他们尽管失败了，却保持了人的尊严和勇气，有着胜利者的风度。

老人是乐观的，老人是有信心的，老人是耐性的，老人是多情的，老人是勇敢的，老人更是英雄!作者考虑到作为一位老人的苦境：要与年龄、平穷、孤独和死亡斗争来女里维持他的身份和尊严，要重新确立他在生活圈中的名声，要与那些他爱的人和能够传承传统文化的人保持良好的关系。最终，圣地亚哥英雄式的斗争不仅挽救了他自己，也鼓舞了他周围的人，并使他们得到了精神上的升华。

海明威并没有给予老人成功，却赋予老人在压力下优雅而坚韧的形象。

骨骼是精神的支柱，海明威看似没有让老人桑提亚哥成功，却以光秃秃的骨骼奏出了老人生命的硬度。

一个简单的故事，一个平凡的老人，一条普通的大马林鱼，在茫茫大海上发生了看似平凡而又不平凡的经历。

海明威留下了一句耐人寻味的话语：我试图塑造一位真正的老人、一个真正的孩子、一片真正的海、一条真正的鱼和真正的鲨鱼。如果我能将他们塑造得十分出色和真实，他们将以为许多东西。

“在路另一头的棚屋里，老人又睡着了。他还是脸朝下睡着，而那个孩子就坐在他旁白，看着他。老人正梦见狮子。”“Up the road, in his shack,the old man was sleeping again.He was still sleeping on his face and-the boy was sitting by him watching him.The old man was dreaming about the lions.”

无论是哪种语言，那个老人教会我坚强，教会我仁慈，教会我成长，教会我爱。

今年寒假，我读了美国著名作家海明威的小说《老人与海》。我十分佩服小说中老渔夫的意志，他让我懂得了一个人定要有坚持不懈的精神才有可能成功。

“一艘船越过世界的尽头，驶向未知的大海，船头上悬挂着一面虽然饱经风雨侵蚀却依旧艳丽无比的旗帜，旗帜上舞动的云龙一般的四个字闪闪发光——超越极限。”作者海明威是这样评价他的作品《老人与海》的。

小说塑造了一个经典硬汉形象，古巴的一个名叫桑地亚哥的年近六旬的老渔夫，这是一次单身出海打鱼时，在一无所获的84天之后，钓到了第一条大鱼，老渔夫同鱼周旋了两天后才发现这是一条超过自己渔船数倍的大马林鱼，虽然明知很难取胜，但绝不放弃，与拖着小船游了整整两天两夜，老人经历了前所未有的艰难考验，终于把大马林鱼刺死在船头，而大马林鱼伤口上的鱼腥味却引来了好多群鲨鱼抢食，老人又与鲨鱼进行了殊死搏斗，在遇到鲨鱼的第五次袭击后，大马林鱼还是被鲨鱼吃光了，让他驾驶小船回到港口时，只剩下了一副大白骨架。

刚开始我不明白为什么如此坚强的人却会面临失败的结局，当我再阅读时，我恍然大悟，用小说中的话来说：一个人并不是生来就要被打败的，人可以被毁灭，但绝不能被打败，这表明了海明威的人生观和价值观。人生在世，每个人都会有缺点，每个人都可能面临失败，让一个认真尝试着去做好一件事情去战胜对手，重要的并不在于结果，也不在于成功和失败。只要他曾经奋斗过，努力过，那么它就是一个强者，就是一个胜利者 。

从表面看，老渔夫他是可悲的，并且不是最后的胜利者，因为尽管他捕获了大马林鱼，但是最终大马林鱼还是让鲨鱼吃了，只是带着大马林鱼的白骨架子回到了岸上，也就是说鲨鱼才是胜利者，可是老渔夫并不可怜，并不可悲。在海明威的世界里，只有这拥有真正向艰难困境挑战的人，才配拥有胜利的荣誉称号，而老渔夫正拥有了这些。

同时我也很喜欢那里面的那个孩子，在老人困难时给予帮助，在受伤时给予医药，在伤心时给予安慰……他是一个真正善良的人。

掩卷沉思，《老人与海》给的启示真的太多了!

寒假里，我读了《老人与海》这本书，书中老人勇敢顽强的拼搏精神让我难以忘怀。

这本书讲述了一个叫桑提亚哥的老人已经很久都没有捕到鱼了，所有人都嘲讽他不会再捕到鱼，连助手都弃他而去。但老人并没有气馁，独自一人远航，靠自己的力量钩到了一条巨大无比的马林鱼，此时老人没有忘乎所以，他知道马林鱼的血腥味会引来争食者。果不其然，结伴成群的鲨鱼凶猛地跳出来，疯狂地啃食着马林鱼。这刻老人没有望而生畏，拼尽全力与鲨鱼搏战，可鲨鱼越来越多，老人也负了伤，没过多久，鲨鱼只留给老人硕大的空骨架。虽然巨大的财富没了，但这空骨架为老人赢得大家的尊重，助手也回来了。

老人顽强不屈，敢于挑战的.的精神十分值得人们去学习，在遇到困难和挫折时，要相信自己，敢于拼搏，否则将永远停滞于困境之中，人称为“宇宙之王”的科学巨人霍金，也是在别人看来，活着都不可思议的情况下，通过顽强的信念，获得了连正常人都很难取得的巨大成就。人生就像是一场捕鱼，无论你是否会取得多大的荣誉，多少的成就，只要你坚信自我，敢于挑战，能奋斗、努力、勤勉，那么终将会有所收获的。现在很多人都畏惧困难与挫折，遇到挫折，只会求助于他人或置之不理，缺少毅力。如果我们都像书中的老人一样，那么困难将永远无法阻拦我们前进的步伐。

生命只有一次，你的努力决定着你的成败，在这短暂而又漫长的时光里，一定要让自己的生命怒放，有了你的付出与奉献，就一定能走上成功之路，尝到成功之果。

永不言败，这就是《老人与海》告诉我们的。

今年暑假，我读了美国著名作家海明威的小说《老人与海》。我十分佩服小说中老渔夫的意志，他让我懂得了一个人一定要有坚持不懈的精神，才能获得成功。

小说描写的是一个年近六旬的老渔夫，在一次单身出海打鱼时，钓到了一条大鱼，却拉不上来。老渔夫同鱼周旋了几天后，才发现这是一条超过自己渔船数倍的大马林鱼，虽然明知很难取胜，但仍不放弃。后来又因大马林鱼伤口上的鱼腥味引来了几群鲨鱼抢食，但老人仍不愿就这样放弃，最终突出重围，将大鱼带回了渔港，让其他渔夫佩服不已。

当我读到“老渔夫想：这里离海岸实在是太近了，也许在更远的地方会有更大的鱼……”时，我十分佩服这位老渔夫，因为他这时已经打到了一些鱼，但他没有安于现状，而是向着更大的目标前进。再看看我们，平时遇到一点小困难，我们都叫苦连天。我们是祖国的未来，应该像这位老人一样胸怀大志，去追求更好、更大的目标。

当我读到“大马林鱼开始快速地围着小渔船游动，将缆绳缠绕到了桅杆上，老人右手高举着钢叉，在它跃出水面的一瞬间，竭尽全力地向它的心脏掷去，一声哀鸣结束了大鱼的生命，它静静地浮在水面上……”时，我的心也像一块大石头落了地。我非常钦佩老人那种毫不畏惧、坚持不懈的精神，虽然知道对手实力很强，但他没有丝毫退缩，而是迎难而上。正因为有了这种精神，老渔夫才获得了这场生死较量的胜利。我们在生活中也要学习老渔夫的精神，做事情不怕困难，才能取得成功。

在读到大鱼的血腥味被一群鲨鱼嗅到了，争相游来抢食，老人的左手正好在抽筋，他只能使用右手，用木棒、捕到的剑鱼的嘴等一切可以用来攻击的武器自卫，并最终赶走了这群鲨鱼。但大鱼的肉已经被吃了一大半，而老人还风趣地批评自己的左手“该工作的时候却在休息”的时候，我也被老人乐观的精神所折服。在生活中，有些损失是不可避免的，我们应该以乐观的态度来对待，不能斤斤计较。

最后，小说以一个少年看到老渔夫在度量足有十八英尺长的大马林鱼，再次描写了这条鱼的巨大，说明老渔夫所克服的困难之大，非比寻常。

小说歌颂了老渔夫不畏艰险努力奋斗的精神，我们也应该像他那样，不能满足于现状，应该积极向上，做任何事都要坚持不懈，遇到困难要迎难而上，决不能半途而废。只有这样，我们才能获得更大的成功和胜利。

近日重读海明威的经典名作《老人与海》，掩卷之后不禁感叹经典的力量永恒，书中那位老渔夫——圣地亚哥，一位常常梦见非洲狮子的老人，在遭遇连续八十四天没打到一条鱼的厄运打击，纵然他坚强不屈，克服了常人难以承受的巨大苦难，历经千辛万苦，却依然没有把那条“比他的船还长两英尺”的大鱼完整地带回家。如果仅仅从结果上看，他似乎是个失败者，但是从整个过程来看，老人却无疑是一个精神上的强者，一个不折不扣的“硬汉”，他的那句“人可以被消灭，但不能被打败!”的誓言宣告了与命运抗争到底的伟大人性的光辉!

如果说结果决定一切，那么无疑老人没有实现他的梦想;如果人生仅仅只是以成败论英雄，那么;老人也算不上好汉豪杰;可是纵观全篇作品，我们感受到这样一个道理：结果固然重要，但是过程更加精彩!

是的，人的一生会经历许许多多，有欢笑，有泪水，有成功，有失利，如果我们能够像老人一样拥有强大的自信和不屈服的信念，那么生活中的磨折无疑就会成为未来成功的磨刀石。老人在经历了大海的挑战、命运的嘲弄、大鱼的搏斗这些令人筋疲力竭折磨后，本想否极泰来，却随即又陷入了鲨鱼的再次挑战，这时候大多数人应该都会无奈地选择放弃，那么他们就会以失败者为标志告终;可是我们的勇敢的老渔夫选择了不向命运屈服，勇于面对挑战的大无畏精神，再次鼓足勇气以桨为兵，战斗到最后一刻，虽然大鱼只是剩下了巨大的骨头，老人却永远成为大家心目中的胜利者，他也成为了自己命运的胜利者，他战胜了自己!

孩子你现在努力学习不断付出辛勤的汗水，无疑我们都希望你能够考上心仪的好学校，可是，这个结果难道是你学习的目标吗?显然不是。你更加需要珍惜的是：在实现你的理想目标的过程中所得到的成功经验和失败教训，好好享受学习的快乐，感悟人类知识文化的美好，如果能够做到这一点，付出了自己的努力，那么即使最初的目标没能完全达成，也无需悔恨难过，其实你已经收获了很多的意外之喜，就像一句广告词说的：“人生就像一段旅程，旅程的终点并不是目标，更值得注意的是沿途的风景和我们看风景时候的心情!”

“永不言败”这也许就是《老人与海》给予我们的的人生感悟;“享受过程”慢慢体会生活带给我们的痛苦与快乐吧!

I knew Mark Twain when i was a middle school student. In my memory, there is an article in my English textbook that written by him. At that time, I pay no attention to Mark Twain. However, i knew more about him after I learned the History and Anthology of American Literature, he appeals to me dearly and deeply. As a result, I read a part of his novels in part time. Here I will introduce Million Pounds to you. Before that, I will give some information about Mark Twain to you. And last, it comes my though.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer, better known by the pen name Mark Twain. He was born in Florida, Missouri and brought up in Hannibal, Missouri. After his fathers death in 1847, he was apprenticed to a printer and wrote for his brothers newspaper. He later worked as a licensed Mississippi river-boat pilot. The Civil War put an end to the steamboat traffic and Clemens moved to Virginia City, where he edited the Territorial Enterprise. On February 3, 1863, Mark Twain was born when Clemens signed a humorous travel account with that pseudonym. He often uses exaggerated ways to show his irony.

Mark Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his life, Clemens became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty. For I love the One Million Pounds Note best, I would introduce it to you.

Is there real free-lunch in the world? Maybe there is! And such kind of “free lunch” strikes the poor and honest young man Henry Adams who has surprisingly got a one-million bank note from the brothers (Roderick & Oliver)。 As a matter of fact, the brothers had made a bet, if a poor, honest and clever people who come knocking on the door received the one million pounds, what will be happening to his life? The elder brother think that he would starve to death because he could not prove that the money belongs to him, will be arousing others’ suspicion, and even the banks do not let him deposit the money. On the contrary, the younger brother believes that he would live in a very good life. So the brothers lend the one million pounds to Henry Adams, and spent 30 days abroad.

From then on, Henry Adams becomes a bright focus of the money-priority society. Later, the lucky young man experiences two sharply different treatments in the tailor shop. In the ball, people from every social class try every chance to show their friendship and flattery to the new millionaire. Adams never has the chance to spend a penny because no one can change the million and he is soon living in a luxurious hotel suite, wearing expensive suits. No one asks him to pay bill, these are forwarded for later payment. He even gets the chance to go to the Party that held by Duke. Fortunately, Henry meets Jane Griffiths and fall in love with this beautiful woman. He also comes across his good friend. The man gives him some advice to earn money. 30 days has passed, Henry Adams asks his girlfriend company him to meet the brothers. Out of his expectation, his girlfriend is the daughter of one of the brothers. And finally he got a very good job from the brother. And he lived a very happy life.

Mark Twains short story of "one million pounds note" is a very good work. The article satires the thoughts of "money is everything," "money is omnipotent," and expose the ugly face of capitalist society. As we all know, the root of the story was the bet of the brothers. What is the bet actually? Where does the attraction of the bank note lie in?

As far as i am concerned, the One Million Pounds Note takes an interesting, satirical look at the hypocrisy stemming from class distinction in England. England is a country where class and wealth are given extreme significance, especially among the rich. The novel shows the hypocrisy that existed among these people, how the rich are quick to change face when they find out that youre a man of wealth and how within the next moment they revert back to their condescending selves when all wealth is lost. The story was based on the main theme by emphasizing on the hypocrisy of the upper class society but at the same time it also creates a balance that prevents the novel from being a mockery of the British society. The love story appears at the right time and there is plenty of comedy to keep one entertained. The ending is a little predictable but the director does an overall good job by rounding it up and presenting his points.

In my heart, Herry was so luckily, not everyone can get the chance to use the million. I am so envious of the "lucky" of the heroine, but at the same time I would like to think that the reason why people carry favor with him is just that they attract too much important to money, isn’t it? Money worship is shameful and should not be reaping more! Money is not omnipotent, and in the world, there are many things that more important than money .

“一艘船越过世界的尽头，驶向未知的大海，船头上悬挂着一面虽然饱经风雨剥蚀却依旧艳丽无比的旗帜，旗帜上，舞动着云龙一般的四个字闪闪发光——超越极限！”作者海明威是这样评价他的作品《老人与海》的。

《老人与海》塑造了一个经典的硬汉形象。古巴的一个名叫桑地亚哥的老渔夫，独自一个人出海打鱼，在一无所获的48天之后钓到了一条无比巨大的马林鱼。这是老人从来没见过也没听说过的比他的船还长两英尺的一条大鱼。鱼大劲也大，拖着小船漂流了整整两天两夜，老人在这两天两夜中经历了从未经受的艰难考验，终于把大鱼刺死，拴在船头。然而这时却遇上了鲨鱼，老人与鲨鱼进行了殊死搏斗，结果大马林鱼还是被鲨鱼吃光了，老人最后拖回家的只剩下一副光秃秃的鱼骨架。

海明威为什么没有让老人最终胜利呢？用小说中老人的话来说：“一个人并不是生来就要被打败的”，“人尽可以被毁灭，但却不能被打败。”这就是《老人与海》想揭示的哲理。不可否认，只要是人就都会有缺陷。当一个人承认了这个缺陷并努力去战胜它而不是去屈从它的时候，无论最后是捕到一条完整的马林鱼还是一副空骨架，这都已经无所谓了，因为一个人的生命价值已在那追捕马林鱼的过程中充分地体现了。曾经为自己的理想努力追求过、奋斗过，难道他不是一个胜利者吗？老渔夫就是敢于挑战自身缺陷及自己勇气和信心的胜利者。从世俗胜利观的角度看，老渔夫不是最后的胜利者，因为尽管开始他战胜了大马林鱼，但是最终大马林鱼还是让鲨鱼吃了，他只是带着大马林鱼的白骨架子回到了岸上，也就是说，鲨鱼才是胜利者。可是，在理想主义者眼里，老渔夫就是胜利者，因为他始终没有向大海没有向大马林鱼更没有向鲨鱼妥协和投降。就如音乐大师贝多芬所说“我可以被摧毁，但我不能被征服”。

人性是强悍的，人类本身有自己的限度，但正是因为有了老渔夫这样的人一次又一次地向限度挑战，超越它们，这个限度才一次次扩大，一次次把更大的挑战摆在了人类面前。在这个意义上，老渔夫桑地亚哥这样的英雄，不管他们挑战限度是成功还是失败，都是值得我们永远敬重的。因为，他带给我们的是人类最为高贵的自信！

人生本来就是一种无止境的追求。它的道路漫长、艰难，而且充满坎坷，但只要自己勇敢顽强地以一颗自信的心去迎接挑战，他将永远是一个真正的胜利者！

最近，我和妈妈一起阅读了一本世界名著，书名叫《老人与海》。这本书讲了这么一个故事，古巴老渔夫圣地亚哥连续八十四天没捕到鱼，被别的渔夫看做失败者，可是他坚持不懈，终于钓到了一条大马林鱼，大马林鱼将他的小船在海上拖了三天才筋疲力尽，被他杀死了绑在小船的一边，再归程中多次遭到鲨鱼的袭击，他用尽了一切手段来反击。回港时只剩鱼头鱼尾和一条脊骨。尽管鱼肉都被咬去了，但什么也无法摧残他的英勇意志。

读这本书时，我有时为老人的遭遇感到同情，有时为小男孩的善良感到欣慰，最终，我深深的被老人不屈不挠的勇气和意志而感动。从心里觉得他是一个了不起的老爷爷。

这本书告诉我们：失败并不可怕，可怕的是失去信心，失去坚持下去的意志。如果你遭遇了失败的巨大痛苦，但它并不能战胜你，而是被你踩在脚下，那么，你始终拥有生活的希望，成功必定属于你。

One of the greatest love stories of all time, Pride & Prejudice, comes to the screen in a glorious new adaptation starring Keira Knightley. When Elizabeth Bennett (Knightley) meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen), she believes he is the last man on earth she could ever marry. But as their lives become intertwined in an unexpected adventure, she finds herself captivated by the very person she swore to loathe for all eternity. Based on the beloved masterpiece by Jane Austen, it is the classic tale of love and misunderstanding that sparkles with romance, wit and emotional force. Critics are calling it "Exhilarating. A joy from start to finish"

奶奶特别喜欢这本书，她常常给我读一段，讲解一段。渐渐地我也喜欢上这本书了。我用了很长时间仔细地读完了海明威的《老人与海》。

一位古巴老人圣地亚哥生活贫困,靠打鱼为生。这一次这位风烛残年的老人划着船出海打鱼，不顾风吹浪打在海上辛苦了84天，一条鱼都没钓到。船上已经没有食品，没有可饮用的水，老人都快饿死了，但是他仍然坚持寻找鱼。他终于在第85天钓到了一条身长18米的大鱼。老人忍着伤痛、饥渴，与海浪、海风和大鱼艰苦搏斗两天两夜，杀死了大鱼。船小鱼大。他只能把大鱼拴在船边带回家，这样又招来了许多鲨鱼，它们张着贪婪的大嘴争先恐后地把大鱼的肉吃个精光，大鱼只剩下一副鱼骨。辛苦了八十多天的老人筋疲力尽，结果却一无所获。他只好回到自己的窝棚里，从梦中寻回他往日美好的岁月。

我喜欢《老人与海》，喜欢这位老人圣地亚哥，因为他的故事告诉了我：遇到困难时要勇敢面对，不后退，坚持到底克服困难，有志者事竟成。这位老人也说过“一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。”圣地亚哥就是一位打不败的老人，是一个不一般的老头儿。

《红字》讲述了发生在北美殖民时期的恋爱悲剧。看完这部小说后就来看看语文迷为大家整理的英语读后感吧，希望你喜欢。

The Scarlet Letter offers an extraordinary insight into the norms and behavior of the 17th century if American Puritan society. The basic conflicts and problems of its main characters, however, are familiar to readers in the present. The female protagonist, has borne a child out of wedlock and has been jailed for over three months and sentenced to wear a symbol of her adultery, a scarlet “A” on her dress at all times. It concerns about the moral, emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general. It’s not simply a love story or a story of sin. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society, showing how they brand sinners for life. 英语文摘mmkey

The story happened in Boston about 200 years ago. It narrates love affairs between three persons. The punished woman. Hester Prynne and his husband. Who called himself Roger Chillingworth . He is an old misshapen man and a doctor. Hester does not love him at all. Another man is a young minister, Dimmesdale, who has a high position among ministers and is highly respected among his people in town. Hester and Dimmesdale love each other. But their love is forbidden in that time . It is sinful. Due to this,Hester is punished by society with a letter A on her chest, which considered an evil, a shame.

In this novel, the mainline seems to be around the letter A. Hester is brave enough to face the cruel reality. She is always with a mind of courage. She has been alone with her child for so long , with litter communication. Shame! Hopelessness! Loneliness! Hester has to wear the letter A day after day, seven years as for punishment and ill fame.

When a woman has lived through a difficult experience, her character changes a great deal. If she be all tenderness, she will die. If she survive, the tenderness will leave her .Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community. The letter on her chest represents her work on earth , always helping others, without expecting any thanks. Never afterwards, does that scarlet letter leave her chest. The townspeople no longer view the letter as a punishment , but rather as representing her great strength and bravery and thy say it means “Able”.

But Arthur Dimmesdale, his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight. He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven. He is too weak to admit his sins. He suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress. What’s worse, he is an advisor to the townspeople about their sins.

After Mr. Dimmesdale’s death , no one changes more in appearance than Roger Chilling worth. All his strength and energy has been used to harm his patient . This unhappy man has made his aim in life to add to the suffering of the young minister. When the evil old man no longer has such a purpose, the devil takes him back to the hell . It is a curious subject of observation, however, whether hatred or love are not of the same place. Each takes a great deal of emotion from one person. The two feelings seem basically the same, expect that one is smiled upon by God, while the other is worshipped by the devil.

The two lovers has ever decided to flee to Europe, where they can live with their dauthter Pearl as a family .They feel a sense of release there. However, their plan fails…… When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale. The two share a single tombstone, with a deep colored letter A shining brightly.

《红字》是美国小说家霍桑最杰出的代表作,也是整个美国浪漫主义小说中最有声望的权威作品之一.小说的故事发生在十七世纪中期加尔文者派统治下的波士顿,作者从当时的社会现状入手,通过一个感人的爱情故事悲剧来揭露当局对人们精神,心灵和道德的摧残.

海丝特*白兰是一个在婚姻上遭到不幸的女人,年轻美貌,却嫁给了身体畸形多病的术士罗杰*齐灵沃斯,夫妻间根本谈不上爱情,后来,罗杰又在海上失踪,杳无音讯,白兰孤独的过着日子.这时一个英俊有气魄的青年牧师,亚瑟*丁梅斯代尔闯入了她的生活,他们真诚的相爱了,度过了一段隐私但热烈的爱情生活.不久,白兰由于怀孕的隐情暴露,以通*罪被抓,在狱中生下了女儿小珠儿.

按照当时的教规,白兰只有交代*夫的姓名才能获得赦免,否则将受惩罚.然而执行审讯任务的却正是他的情人.白兰宁愿独自忍受任何惩罚,为了把她和丁梅斯代尔之间的爱情深深地埋在心中,她坚强的挺住了.

海丝特*白兰受到了惩罚,她必须终身穿着一件绣着红色A字的外衣.字母A代表"通*(Adultery)"一词.白兰带着小珠儿离群独居,在郊外偏僻的茅舍中过者孤寂的生活.而用心险恶的前夫罗杰发现了丁梅斯代尔的反常表现,利用牧师痛苦和矛盾的心情,不断地折磨他,终于丁梅斯代尔在他即将升为主教的前夕,当众宣布了自己的秘密,丁梅斯代尔向周围的人们展露了这首爱情的颂歌.当他把自己的胸衣扯开时,一个猩红的A字烙在他的胸前.他在自己的爱人身边离开了人世.

海丝特*白兰,他坚强,有毅力,对爱情忠贞不渝.虽然被统治者认为有罪,但她是清白的,纯洁的.她的精神不断上升,成为真,善,美的化身.她的举动是对封建政权与教权压迫下的爱情,人权和自由的充分肯定.

丁梅斯代尔最初与白兰产生了炽热的的爱情,虽然他一度退却了,为自己能够隐蔽的安慰,但内心的痛苦并没有因他的安全而平息,相反,越来越强烈.他与白兰的约会,他在枷刑台上的自我忏悔,他们的逃跑计划,以及最后的公开演说,都成为了丁梅斯代尔向着爱情的祭坛一步步走近的脚印.最后他扯开上衣,人们见到了烙在他胸口的红色A字.这个A字实际上是烙在他的心上的,这是爱情的升华.

作者用蔷薇花象征美与善,用监狱象征死亡,用一道光,一只鸟……象征丁梅斯代尔与白兰之间的爱情的结晶——小珠儿,使作品充满着一股迷人的魄力.

在作品的最后,在白兰和丁梅斯代尔合用的墓碑上刻着这样一句话:"一片墓地上,刻着血红的A字."这句话不可谓不意味深长.

这篇课文通过描写老人生前喂海鸥、与海鸥亲切地说话等事例，描绘了一位每天步行二十余里，从城郊赶到翠湖来给海鸥送餐的普通老人。这位老人看似普通，但却做出不寻常的行为。

课后，我查了一下资料，得知这位老人是社会的草根阶层，每月的退休工资只有300多块，仅够维持他生活，但“海鸥老人”——吴庆恒爷爷却慷慨地拿出一半，给海鸥买食，而自己唯一的奢侈品是两毛一盒的金沙江牌香烟。

多么平凡而伟大的老人啊！他的这颗爱护动物的心不正是我们很多人所没有的吗？当我读到“海鸥们像炸了营似的朝遗像扑过来时，我顿时泪如雨点，我被海鸥对老人的那种令人震撼的感情所打动了。而在老人去世后，他一定还牵挂着他的鸥群！这位老人做了平常人所做不到的事情，这不正与那些只为眼前利益，随意猎杀动物的人们形成了鲜明的对比吗？我曾经在网上看过这样一件真人真事；在广西的思恩镇某个果园，有一个护林员，他有一条狗，他对狗十分爱护，有一天，护林员正在除草，就在此时，一条毒蛇向他扑过来，就在这千钧一发之际，他的小狗猛地扑过来，与毒蛇进行搏斗，最后，它们同归于尽了。看完这个故事后，我的心灵受到了严重的震撼，我明白了一个道理：动物也是有情感的，也是会知恩图报的，只要你对它好，他也一定会对你好。“任何降临在动物身上的命运终究也会降临在人类身上。”我们不能再伤害了所有动物之后才感到后悔。

让我们行动起来，善待、爱护动物，与动物和谐相处，让他们的心和我们一起飞翔！

《老人与海》这本书的封面是深蓝色的，上面画着一片宽无边际的大海，海面上漂着一艘孤零零的小船，小船里坐着一个戴着帽子的老人，只有一轮皎洁的明月挂在深蓝的天空中，与老人作伴。那究竟会发生什么事呢，就让我们来看一看吧!

《老人与海》这本书讲的是，有一位老人驾驶者自己的小船，在出海打鱼的路上，他遇到了一条非常大的鱼。老人就跟着这条鱼，已经过了一天一夜了，大鱼还是没有停下来，但是老人已经下定了决心想：我一定要把这条鱼钓上来，让不服气的那些人看看，一定要让他们心服口服才行。就这样，最后大鱼终于被老人钓上来了。老人就开始返航，在回去的路上，他遇到了很多的的鲨鱼，把那条大鱼吃的只剩下一点了。还好，没等吃完，老人就从海上回来了，岸上的渔夫，看到老人打到了如此大的一条鱼，都为老人喝彩，老人心里高兴极了。

我读了这本书后，明白了一个道理：我们要学习老人身上坚持不懈的精神，有了这种精神，才能干好一切事情!

I read a very interesting book, the name of the book is called "Tom Sawyer, I like the book in the little hero and some story happened on him.

Tom is a naughty, naive and lively children, but in the eyes of an adult who is also a real bad boy, he naughty, like mischief, play truant, the nature is the norm, not only in this way, he make trouble method also each time, let a person elusive, small-scale operations. Although he is a very bad very bad child, but also to make people laugh: penalty was painting the walls, and could come up with a good way to make a friend for him to complete, and make friends with him to take a variety of foods and toys for a chance to paint the walls. In this way, Tom not only comfortable, leisure and suddenly gained a lot of gifts.

Let me more impressive is the story of Tom and huck and Joe three people formed a team when the pirates fled to a desert island. In this adventure, he met with difficulties, but he didnt lose heart, dont give up, again and again to challenge difficulties bravely, until down with difficulty.

After reading this book, I feel that we meet with difficulties dont get discouraged, and strive to insist on. Tom lives full of sunshine also tells us: as long as there is joy, have a dream, a dream can come true!

我读了一本非常有趣的书，书的名字叫《汤姆索亚历险记》，我很喜欢这本书中的小主人公以及在他身上发生的一些故事。

汤姆是一个顽皮、天真并且十分活泼的孩子，但在大人的眼里他同时也是一个不折不扣的坏孩子，他调皮、喜欢恶作剧、逃学这些自然是家常便饭，不仅这样，他捣蛋的方法还一次比一次厉害，让人琢磨不透，防不胜防。他虽然是一个很坏很坏的孩子，但也会做出让人捧腹大笑的事情：被罚粉刷墙壁，竟能想出好办法让小伙伴替他完成，并让小伙伴们拿各种各样的食物和玩具来跟他换一次刷墙的机会。这样一来，汤姆不光悠闲自在，而且一下子就收获了很多礼物。

让我印象比较深刻的是故事中汤姆与哈克再加上乔三人组成了一个团队逃到了荒岛上当海盗。在这次冒险中，他遇到了种种困难，但他并不灰心，也不放弃，一次又一次勇敢地向困难挑战，直到打倒困难为止。

读了这本书以后，我觉得遇到困难我们不要轻易气馁，而要努力奋斗，坚持下去。汤姆充满阳光的生活里也告诉我们：只要有欢乐，有梦想，美梦便可以成真!

导语：《三国演义》是中国四大名著之一。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语读后感，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Recently I have read a famous Chinese classical novel-The romance of the Three Kingdoms and I felt benefit a lot. Let me tell you about my feelings.

The romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four great Chinese master pieces. It was written by Luo Guanzhong, who was born in 1330. It describes nearly 200 characters and tells the story from the late Eastern Han dynasty to the unified of Jin dynasty.

The minute I started to read this book, I was deeply impressed by the sentence at the beginning of the novel: "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide." It is so philosophical. It reflected the main history of the Three Kingdoms, from the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans to the replacement of the division of the country into Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu and Wu) by the Jin Dynasty. In these periods, it showed a lot of heroic deeds, and what the heroes did had made a brilliant history. In this novel, the hero I admire mostly is Guan Yu, the general of Shu.

"A man of enormous height, nine spans tall, with a two-foot-long beard flowing from his rich, ruddy cheeks. He had glistening lips, eyes sweeping sharply back like those of the crimson-faced phoenix, and brows like nestling silkworms. His stature was imposing, his bearing awesome." This is Guan Yus appearance. He was called as hero not only because of his handsome looking, but because of his precious characters.

He is the embodiment of loyalty, wisdom and bravery. Once, when Guan Yu was having a battle with Cao Cao (the Master of Wei), he lost connection with Liu Bei(the Master of Shu), and finally he had to surrender because Liu Beis family was with him. Cao Cao appreciated Guan Yus talents, he provided a fabulous palace and lots of money to Guan Yu. Despite Guan Yu was taken good care of in the Cao Cao’s camp, but his heart was still with the Liu Bei’s camp. He had never given up looking for his master. As soon as he got the news of Liu Bei, Guan Yu had forced five passes and slew six captains, finally he found his master. His behavior showed not only his loyalty to his master but also his bravery.

Admittedly, Guan Yus death is also a lamentable. Because of his complacency, he looked down on the army of Wu, lost Jingzhou (an important City), finally, he flopped, and was killed by his personal enemy.

With his personal likes and dislikes, regardless of the consequences, it led to the disruption of the alliance between Wu and Shu, the whole situation was changed greatly.

Guan Yu’s lesson tells us: No matter how talented you are, you’d better remain modest and be humble.

This is a great novel that depicts the countless legendary stories. We can learn not only the characters of the heroes, but also the political and military strategies. It is a best way to experience the profound Chinese ancient culture. Tiancheng(Daniel)Dai

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最近我读了一本著名的中国古典小说>，我觉得受益匪浅。让我告诉你我的感受。

三国演义是中国四大名著之一。这是罗贯中写的，他出生于1330。它描述了近200个字，讲述了从东汉晚期到金朝统一的故事。

从我开始读这本书的那一刻起，我就对小说开头的一句话印象深刻：“帝国，长期分裂，必须团结;长期团结，必须分裂。”。它反映了三个王国的主要历史，从黄巾起义到国家部门更换成三个王国(魏、舒、吴)由晋。在这些时期，它表现了许多英雄事迹，英雄们做了辉煌的历史。在这部小说中，我最敬佩的英雄是舒将军关羽。

一个身材高大，身高九米，长着一二英尺长胡须的男人从他那红润红润的脸颊上流出。他有着闪亮的嘴唇，眼睛像深红色的凤凰一样深深地向后扫着，眉毛像刚开花的蚕。他的身材很高，他的举止令人敬畏.“这是关羽的样子。他之所以被称为英雄不仅是因为他英俊的外表，而是因为他珍贵的品格。

他是忠诚、智慧和勇敢的化身。有一次，当关羽和曹操(魏的主人)发生战斗时，他失去了与刘备(舒的主人)的联系，最后他不得不投降，因为刘备的家人和他在一起。曹操欣赏关羽的才华，他为关羽提供了一座华丽的宫殿和很多钱。尽管关羽在曹操的营地里得到了很好的照顾，但他的心仍然在刘备的营地里。他从未放弃寻找他的主人。关羽一听到刘备的消息，就强行传了五关，打死了六个上尉，最后他找到了他的主人。他的行为不仅表现出他对主人的忠诚，而且表现了他的勇敢。

诚然，关羽的死也是悲惨的。因为他的自满，他看不起吴的军队，失去了荆州(一个重要的城市)，最后，他失败了，并被他的仇人杀死。

他不顾个人好恶，不顾后果，导致吴与舒的同盟破裂，整个局面发生了重大变化。

关羽的教训告诉我们：无论你多么有天赋，你最好保持谦虚和谦虚。

这是一部描写无数传奇故事的伟大小说。我们不仅可以学习英雄人物，而且可以学习政治和军事战略。是体验博大精深的中国古代文化的最佳途径。田成(丹尼尔)

The author pays homage to Hans Christian Andersen‘s compassionate tale with this faithful adaptation. Kids can relate to the duckling‘s dilemma; part of the growing-up proceis pulling away from those around you and developing a strong sense of self. Children have also witnessed or experienced the teasing that is part and parcel of childhood.

This agelestory speaks acrogenerations with its reaffirming message. In this age of instant gratification, Andersen‘s tale reminds readers that some things are worth waiting for and that a pleasure deferred (whether by choice or necessity) is often the sweetest one of all.

Pinkney‘s descriptive passages resonate with the splendor of nature‘s beauty. The glowing watercolors, filled with intricate details, make each blade of gravisible, and the delicately drawn, nearly transparent mosquitoes are as ethereal as they are in life. The subtle details incorporated into the scenes--a frog catching a passing fly at the pond and a tiny mouse perched by a crate in the old woman‘s cottage--make children take another look.

One day he heard a sound of whirring wings, and up in the air he saw a flock of birds flying high. They were as bright as the snow that had fallen during the night, and their long necks were stretched southward. Oh, if only he could go with them! But what sort of companion could he be to those beautiful beings?

‘I am too ugly even for a dog to eat,‘ the duckling thought. Jerry Pinkney‘s poignant text and rich artwork convey the timeleappeal of this tale of hardship and redemption. Anyone who has suffered the sting of ostracism can sympathize with the ugly duckling‘s plight and will relish the uplifting conclusion.

One hundred and sixty years ago,when Charlotte Bronte created Jane Eyre,she could have never thought that it would become eternal.As a matter of fact, in the world of today,there are tens of thousands of Jane Eyre,each living in a readers heart,breathing with him the same air and sharing with him the same happiness and sorrow.Her rich mental world has become an inexhaustible resource of spirtual power.From Jane Eyre,people who are timid and shy get confidence and self-respect;people who feel imprisoned get independence and freedom;people who are lonesome get love and care.However, what I get from Jane Eyre is the courage of inner qestioning and self-exploring.

Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed, her cruel, wealthy aunt. A servant named Bessie provides Jane with some of the few kindnesses she receives, telling her stories and singing songs to her. One day, as punishment for fighting with her bullying cousin John Reed, Jane’s aunt imprisons Jane in the red-room, the room in which Jane’s Uncle Reed died. While locked in, Jane, believing that she sees her uncle’s ghost, screams and faints. She wakes to find herself in the care of Bessie and the kindly apothecary Mr. Lloyd, who suggests to Mrs. Reed that Jane be sent away to school. To Jane’s delight, Mrs. Reed concurs.

Once at the Lowood School, Jane finds that her life is far from idyllic. The school’s headmaster is Mr. Brocklehurst, a cruel, hypocritical, and abusive man. Brocklehurst preaches a doctrine of poverty and privation to his students while using the school’s funds to provide a wealthy and opulent lifestyle for his own family. At Lowood, Jane befriends a young girl named Helen Burns, whose strong, martyrlike attitude toward the school’s miseries is both helpful and displeasing to Jane. A massive typhus epidemic sweeps Lowood, and Helen dies of consumption. The epidemic also results in the departure of Mr. Brocklehurst by attracting attention to the insalubrious conditions at Lowood. After a group of more sympathetic gentlemen takes Brocklehurst’s place, Jane’s life improves dramatically. She spends eight more years at Lowood, six as a student and two as a teacher.

After teaching for two years, Jane yearns for new experiences. She accepts a governess position at a manor called Thornfield, where she teaches a lively French girl named Adèle. The distinguished housekeeper Mrs. Fairfax presides over the estate. Jane’s employer at Thornfield is a dark, impassioned man named Rochester, with whom Jane finds herself falling secretly in love. She saves Rochester from a fire one night, which he claims was started by a drunken servant named Grace Poole. But because Grace Poole continues to work at Thornfield, Jane concludes that she has not been told the entire story. Jane sinks into despondency when Rochester brings home a beautiful but vicious woman named Blanche Ingram. Jane expects Rochester to propose to Blanche. But Rochester instead proposes to Jane, who accepts almost disbelievingly.

The wedding day arrives, and as Jane and Mr. Rochester prepare to exchange their vows, the voice of Mr. Mason cries out that Rochester already has a wife. Mason introduces himself as the brother of that wife—a woman named Bertha. Mr. Mason testifies that Bertha, whom Rochester married when he was a young man in Jamaica, is still alive. Rochester does not deny Mason’s claims, but he explains that Bertha has gone mad. He takes the wedding party back to Thornfield, where they witness the insane Bertha Mason scurrying around on all fours and growling like an animal. Rochester keeps Bertha hidden on the third story of Thornfield and pays Grace Poole to keep his wife under control. Bertha was the real cause of the mysterious fire earlier in the story. Knowing that it is impossible for her to be with Rochester, Jane flees Thornfield.

Penniless and hungry, Jane is forced to sleep outdoors and beg for food. At last, three siblings who live in a manor alternatively called Marsh End and Moor House take her in. Their names are Mary, Diana, and St. John (pronounced “Sinjin”) Rivers, and Jane quickly becomes friends with them. St. John is a clergyman, and he finds Jane a job teaching at a charity school in Morton. He surprises her one day by declaring that her uncle, John Eyre, has died and left her a large fortune: 20,000 pounds. When Jane asks how he received this news, he shocks her further by declaring that her uncle was also his uncle: Jane and the Riverses are cousins. Jane immediately decides to share her inheritance equally with her three newfound relatives.

St. John decides to travel to India as a missionary, and he urges Jane to accompany him—as his wife. Jane agrees to go to India but refuses to marry her cousin because she does not love him. St. John pressures her to reconsider, and she nearly gives in. However, she realizes that she cannot abandon forever the man she truly loves when one night she hears Rochester’s voice calling her name over the moors. Jane immediately hurries back to Thornfield and finds that it has been burned to the ground by Bertha Mason, who lost her life in the fire. Rochester saved the servants but lost his eyesight and one of his hands. Jane travels on to Rochester’s new residence, Ferndean, where he lives with two servants named John and Mary.

At Ferndean, Rochester and Jane rebuild their relationship and soon marry. At the end of her story, Jane writes that she has been married for ten blissful years and that she and Rochester enjoy perfect equality in their life together. She says that after two years of blindness, Rochester regained sight in one eye and was able to behold their first son at his birth.

Actually,not only do I inspired by Jane Eyres character,but also I am moved by the love of Rochester.I believe that every one of us may have thought about our Mr.Right after reading this book.He doesnt need to be so handsome .However,he must be good to us and take our things as the most important things.Yes, we are all expecting...

The Scarlet Letter offers an extraordinary insight into the norms and behavior of the 17th century if American Puritan society.The basic conflicts and problems of its main characters,however,are familiar to readers in the present.The female protagonist,has borne a child out of wedlock and has been jailed for over three months and sentenced to wear a symbol of her adultery,a scarlet “A” on her dress at all times.It concerns about the moral,emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general.It’s not simply a love story or a story of sin.The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society,showing how they brand sinners for life.

The story happened in Boston about 200 years ago.It narrates love affairs between three persons.The punished woman.Hester Prynne and his husband.Who called himself Roger Chillingworth .He is an old misshapen man and a doctor.Hester does not love him at all.Another man is a young minister,Dimmesdale,who has a high position among ministers and is highly respected among his people in town.Hester and Dimmesdale love each other.But their love is forbidden in that time .It is sinful.Due to this,Hester is punished by society with a letter A on her chest,which considered an evil,a shame.

In this novel,the mainline seems to be around the letter A.Hester is brave enough to face the cruel reality.She is always with a mind of courage.She has been alone with her child for so long ,with litter communication.Shame!Hopelessness!Loneliness!Hester has to wear the letter A day after day,seven years as for punishment and ill fame.

When a woman has lived through a difficult experience,her character changes a great deal.If she be all tenderness,she will die.If she survive,the tenderness will leave her .Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community.The letter on her chest represents her work on earth ,always helping others,without expecting any thanks.Never afterwards,does that scarlet letter leave her chest.The townspeople no longer view the letter as a punishment ,but rather as representing her great strength and bravery and thy say it means “Able”.

But Arthur Dimmesdale,his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight.He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven.He is too weak to admit his sins.He suffers from mysterious heart trouble,seemingly caused by psychological distress.What’s worse,he is an advisor to the townspeople about their sins.

After Mr.Dimmesdale’s death ,no one changes more in appearance than Roger Chilling worth.All his strength and energy has been used to harm his patient .This unhappy man has made his aim in life to add to the suffering of the young minister.When the evil old man no longer has such a purpose,the devil takes him back to the hell .It is a curious subject of observation,however,whether hatred or love are not of the same place.Each takes a great deal of emotion from one person.The two feelings seem basically the same,expect that one is smiled upon by God,while the other is worshipped by the devil.