安徒生童话的英语读后感（经典20篇）

《卖火柴的小女孩》、《皇帝的新装》、《丑小鸭》……这些都是我从《安徒生童话》中读到的故事。这些故事非常引人入胜，我憎恨故事里狠毒的王子、同情卖火柴的小女孩、嘲笑那个没穿衣服的皇帝……其中，对我印象最深的是《丑小鸭》这篇童话故事。故事中的丑小鸭处处受到欺负，在它的成长过程中大家都觉得它长得丑陋，不但不和它玩，而且还打它、骂它。

丑小鸭受尽折磨，差点儿死了，在寒冷的冬天里，它冻晕了，当春天来临的时候，丑小鸭竟然变成了一只美丽优雅的白天鹅。这个故事使我懂得了一个道理：一个人长得丑，不代表他的心灵不美，一个人长得美，不代表他的心灵美。记得有一次我和妈妈上街买水果，路上遇到一位漂亮的阿姨，她一边走一边吃香蕉，吃完后把香蕉皮随手一扔，正巧有一位老爷爷走在她的旁边，一脚踩在香蕉皮上，差点滑个跟头。

我对妈妈说：“这个阿姨虽然外表美，但是心灵不美。”妈妈说：“对呀!她这种行为，我们可不能学习哟!”我想，在学校里，如果有同学长得丑，我们不能嘲笑他。一个人的外表并不能说明什么，关键要看他的心灵美不美。真希望每个人都能成为心灵美的人!

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

Jane eyre is a long time ago I see the book.Recently watched it again, to say the book makes me feel most is Jane sensitivity when the poor, the tenacity of her when she was young.

When I saw her in her aunt treat her vicious words as well as her aunt three childrens behavior, see Jane bullied by a few of them, my eyes was a acid, heart some pain.After ask again: "if I were Jane I can insist on? I can grow up you dont like Jane to cynical?"I dont believe me.Because I have such a good environment since childhood.Since the childhood is in mom and dad grandpas grandmother grew up under the baby.From had no bitter and tired.Later, with the help of a good maid, she went to that school.In the condition of hard school, Jane assiduous study, she also learn very quickly.No complaining, just feel a little relief, is because in the pain of her aunts house is the life of the day made her feel good instead.

I saw Jane twice in the day of school, always put down the book quietly thinking: Jane she really very fierce!After the unfair life, in such a difficult environment, she can still maintain the state of mind.Like before all misfortune is the test of god for her, after the exam, she to grow, her mind more beautiful, not become distorted.Perhaps this is Janes strong reflect ~ if her fragile then she will become unproductive, pessimistic people.

After to her silently away.She resolutely left Edward rochester.But Jane is at the time of Edward the distress went back to his side, take care of her, to accompany him.Here, Janes love for Edward let I was moved.

《简爱》这本书是我很久以前看的了。最近又看了一遍，要说这本书里面让我感触最深的莫过于简·爱小时候的可怜遭遇，她少年时的坚韧。

我在看见她舅母对待她时恶毒的言语以及她舅母三个儿女的行为，看到简被他们几人欺负，我的眼睛不由得一酸，心也有些疼痛。之后又再次扪心自问：“如果我是简我能坚持么?我能像简那样长大后你不去愤世嫉俗么?”我相信我不会。因为从小我的环境太好了。从小便是在爸爸妈妈爷爷奶奶的宝贝下长大。从没有受过苦，受过累。之后，在一位善意的女仆的帮助下，她去了那所学校。在那所条件艰苦的学校里，简刻苦的学习，她也学得很快。没有抱怨过，只有感觉有些许的宽慰，不知是不是因为在她舅母家的痛苦日子让她感觉现在的生活反而很好。

我两次看到简在学校的日子，总是会放下书静静地想着：简她真的好厉害!在经历了那么不公平的生活后，在那么艰苦的环境下，她仍能保持着心态。就好像之前一切的不幸都是上天对她的考验，考过之后，她从中成长，她的心灵越发的美丽，而不是变的扭曲。这也许就是简的坚强体现吧~若她脆弱那么她就会变成不思进取，厌世的人。

再到之后她的默默离去。她毅然离开了爱德华·罗杰斯特。但是简却在爱德华最窘迫的时候回到他的身边，照顾她，陪伴他。这里，简对爱德华的爱让我感动。

"The adventures of Tom Sawyer" is the masterpiece of the famous American novelist Mark Twain, the novel the hero Tom Sawyer innocent and lively, dare to adventure, the pursuit of freedom, unbearable bound individual character, the boring life, fantasy do a hero career.

Tom childhood parents died, adopted by aunt polly. Smart naughty Tom cant stand aunt polly and school teacher, often play truant. Late one night, he and his good friend huckleberry Finn to the cemetery to try courage, but accidentally witnessed a murder happened. At another time, Tom and huck together with Joe Harper, fled to a desert island as a "pirates", make thought they had died in the home, the results but they appear in his "funeral". From their show integrity and bravery in the difficult, in the usual life smart and lively, naive and earnest words and deeds, left a deep impression on me.

After reading this novel, I think the person should be honest, honest, difficult to calm, calm analysis, and try to solve the problem, after we failed in the exam, we should also take more diligent, dont discouragement, strive for better results, if able to overcome difficulties, on the road to success, it is a matter of epic. Tom is in a world full of sunshine, tell us as long as there is joy, have a dream, a dream can come true. One day, our nature can play freely, to create a piece of heaven and earth belongs to our own dream.

So special precious childhood, but people always look forward, I believe that the next few days will be more fulfilling, more vibrant.

《汤姆·索亚历险记》是美国著名小说家马克·吐温的代表作，小说主人公汤姆·索亚天真活泼，敢于探险、追求自由，不堪忍受束缚个性、枯燥乏味的生活，幻想干一番英雄事业。

汤姆幼年双亲去世，由波莉姨妈收养。聪明顽皮的汤姆受不了波莉姨妈和学校老师的管束，常常逃学。一天深夜，他与好朋友哈克贝利·费恩到墓地试试胆量，可是无意中目睹了一起凶杀案的发生。还有一次，汤姆、哈克带着乔·哈波一起逃到一座荒岛上做起了“海盗”，弄得家里以为他们去世了，结果他们却出现在了自己的“葬礼”上。从他们在困难中表现出正直和勇敢，在平时生活中聪明活泼，幼稚而又认真的言行，给我留下了深刻的印象。

读了这本小说后，我觉得做人应该要正直，诚实，遇到困难要镇定自若，冷静分析，并尝试勇于解决问题，在我们考试失败后，我们也要多加勤奋，不要灰心气馁，争取更好的成绩，如果能够克服到困难，走向成功，这可是一件可歌可泣的事情。汤姆在充满阳光的世界里，告诉我们只要有欢乐，有梦想，美梦便可成真。终有一天，我们的天性可以自由自在地发挥，创造出一片属于我们自己的梦幻天地。

所以童年时期特别宝贵，不过人总要向前望，我相信，接下来的日子一定会更充实，更充满活力。

我读过让我印象最深刻的名著是《安徒生童话》。《安徒生童话》的作者是安徒生，里面有许多激励着我成长的童话故事，例如：一枚银毫、野天鹅、皇帝的新装、海的女儿……其中，我最喜欢野天鹅和丑小鸭这两篇故事。

野天鹅讲述了一位国王他有十一个儿子和一个女儿艾丽莎。一天，国王娶了一个邪恶的女人做王后，王后对他们很坏，把十一个哥哥变成了野天鹅，把艾丽莎赶出了家门。然而，在一个偶然的机会里，艾丽莎遇见了哥哥们，哥哥们在太阳落山时，会变成人形。此外，艾丽莎还知道了一个惊天的秘密——只要自己用荨麻编织出十一件长袖的披甲，给哥哥们穿，他们就能变回原形，不过，在那段时间她不能说话，否则哥哥们就会死去。最后，就在艾丽莎即将被烧死的那危难关头，艾丽莎终于编织完了十一件披甲，披在了哥哥的身上，也终于有机会为自己作了解释。我喜欢这篇童话的原因很简单，艾丽莎的坚持让我深深的佩服和欣赏，她没有为了自己，就放弃了哥哥们复原的机会，而是用自己的坚持去帮助哥哥们重新回到美好的生活。在生活中，我们也不能只想到自己，也要想到别人，多为别人做一些力所能及的时候，及帮助了别人，也快乐的自己，多好呀。

丑小鸭这个故事相信大家都知道吧!丑小鸭因为自身的丑，而受尽折磨，但最后变成了一只美丽的天鹅。这篇故事让我知道，是金子，总会发光，不要因为自己的缺点而自卑，我们每个人都有自己的闪光点，相信你的身上也一样拥有，对吗?

《安徒生童话》里的每一个故事，都蕴含着一个浅浅道理，不要小看它们哦，它们，就像埋藏在心底的宝藏，终有一天，会让你收获无穷，等待你去发现呢!《安徒生童话》，永远的“传世名著”!

很久以前，我读过《海的女儿》，今天，我重新再读《海的女儿》，感触很深。

以前，我看《安徒生童话》时，我发现，这里面的童话几乎都有完美的结局，唯有《海的女儿》不同，故事的结局令我印象深刻。《海的女儿》给别人安插了一个幸福的结局，可是，那位美丽的人鱼公主呢？有人说，人鱼公主渴望的是王子幸福，王子找到了那个能给他幸福的邻国公主，人鱼公主也会很开心。也有人说，人鱼公主不忍下手，其实，在人鱼公主的内心，还是想为了自己，回到海底皇宫，享尽那一切的荣华富贵。无人知晓小人鱼究竟心里想的是什么。

小时候读《海的女儿》，我以为，那是一个悲伤的童话。现在，再读《海的女儿》，我坚信，那是一个幸福的童话。小人鱼为王子牺牲了甜美的歌喉，但她可以用微笑传达对王子的爱；小人鱼为王子离开了王宫，但她的生活每一天都是幸福的，因为，她活在王子的世界里；小人鱼为王子变成泡沫，虽然，她没有漂亮的长发、甜美的歌喉，她甚至连继续活下去的权力都没有，但她却是最美的泡沫，因为她可以守候王子，看到王子的幸福。这，应该就是小人鱼的幸福吧！

但是，我想，如果小人鱼在太阳升起的前一刻，狠心地把那把锋利的刀插进王子的心，让王子的鲜血流到小人鱼的腿上，让那两条腿合并，重新变为鱼的尾巴，从此，回到海底，把关于王子的一切都忘掉，重新开始新的生活。那么，结局是否会更改呢？或是，小人鱼在太阳升起的前一刻，把那把锋利的刀插进王子的心，再拿那把刀自杀，结局是否又会更改呢？无人知晓。

我们还是，抱着敬仰的姿态再去看看那个善良的小人鱼吧！

今年暑假，我读了《安徒生童话》。书中的丑小鸭、灰姑娘、卖火柴的小女孩、海的女儿、都深深地牵动我的心。

当我读到丑小鸭变成白天鹅的时候，我为它感到幸福。它的勇敢，它的坚强，它的不怕困难的精神更是激励着我。在今后的学习中，我一定要刻苦努力，使自己变得优秀，成为一个的德、智、体、美、劳全面发展好学生。卖火柴的小女孩，冻死在街头，我为卖火柴的小女孩悲惨的遭遇感到同情，不禁流下同情的泪水。相比之下，我们的生活多么幸福，每天放学回家，爸爸妈妈总是做好饭菜等着我们。我们现在过着衣来伸手，饭来张口的生活。难道我们不应该好好珍惜现在的幸福生活吗?

在安徒生童话中，我最喜欢读《海的女儿》。小人鱼救了王子，并深深地爱上王子，她千心万苦找到了老巫婆，用失去美妙声音为代价换了一瓶药水，这瓶药水能使他的人鱼尾巴变成腿，这样她就可以来到不属于她的陆地。可王子结婚的时候，新娘却是别人。她快要死了，小人鱼的姐姐们告诉她：“只要用刀刺中王子的心，就可以拥有鱼尾回到海底。”小人鱼却把刀抛入浪花。她化成了泡沫，泡沫聚集在一起，小人鱼变成一个透明的小精灵。读着读着我不由自主地为这个小人鱼流下了感动的眼泪，小人鱼宁愿牺牲自己，也不忍心刺死王子，小美人鱼宁愿牺牲自己的幸福，也不愿牺牲他人的幸福，她无怨无悔，她的心是多么纯洁，又是多么善良啊!想到在我们在班里，经常有同学为一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事而大打出手，这是多么不应该啊!如果我们能多替别人想想，多给别人一点爱，还有什么事不能解决呢?自私是现在独生子女身上具有特点，在家里，经常把爸爸妈妈对我们的爱当做理所当然。《海的女儿》它深深地触动了我的心灵。小美人鱼是爱的象征，她教会我要爱自己，更要爱别人，

我爱《安徒生童话》，走进童话世界里，在童话世界里遨游，我收获了快乐，启发、思考。

暑假里我读了一些课外书，什么《水浒传》、《三国演义》、《鲁滨逊漂流记》和《安徒生童话》等，其中我最喜欢看的是《安徒生童话》。

一天，我幸运地借到了一本《安徒生童话》，它就像一块磁铁似的把我深深地吸引住了，使我忘掉了自己，忘掉了周围的一切。看着、看着，我仿佛闯进了一个神奇的童话世界。那儿有小如拇指的小矮人、有会唱歌的夜莺、还有那善良、温柔、充满爱心的豌豆公主……

看着、看着，我又仿佛走进了一个大雪纷飞的夜晚。那是一个圣诞节的夜晚，是一个伸手不见五指的夜晚，街道上死一般的寂静。隐约的我看见了一个瘦弱、矮小的身影蹒跚地向我走来。那是一个披散着一头美丽金发的小女孩。她衣衫褴褛，睁着一双大大的眼睛，脸和嘴被冻得发紫了，冻僵的小手里还紧紧地攥着一束火柴，嘴里不断地喊着：“卖火柴，谁要火柴……”回答她的只有无情的风雪。她赤着脚在冰冷的雪地里走着，好不容易找到一个墙角蜷缩着，进行她的幻想。她点燃了手中的火柴，微弱的火光照亮了她那稚嫩的脸颊。一根、二根、三根以至全部，她想留住食物、留住和蔼慈祥的奶奶……

看到这里我心里在想，为什么这个世界如此冷酷无情呢!我们生活在社会主义国家里是多么幸福啊!我们衷心感谢伟大的党和优越的社会主义制度。

Les miserables is a was praised as "Shakespeare of Frances famous" great writer Victor Hugos birth. It features from the failure of napoleon at Waterloo until peoples uprising against July dynasty this phase of history and reality, draw a picture of a huge social and political life.

It depicts the hero jean valjean bumpy, miserable life, more highlights the injustice of the society at that time, it is like a colorful picture, the whole nearly half a century history in the process of broad social life picture, show the one: provincial remote town, binhai new industry town, terrible court, dark prison, wretched slums in Paris, dark monastery, the graveyard of terror, the suburbs was mean inn, miserable ring of Waterloo, wars of the barricade, shelter evil people and practices of the sewer... This big long scrolls of every scene, all lifelike, its very true very meticulous detail also writes, the format of the image is so bright, color is so magnificent dense, momentum is so majestic, not in the history of literature model of realism and romanticism combination?

In this one les miserables, let me, I also appreciate the different great: like jean valjeans great personality; Javert treat the greatness of conscience and responsibility; Bishop of rice has great tolerance; Eponine treat love great...

《悲惨世界》是在一位被人们誉为“法兰西的莎士比亚”的著名的大作家雨果手中诞生的。它刻画了从拿破仑在滑铁卢的失败直到反对七月王朝的人民起义这一阶段的历史现实，绘制了一幅规模庞大的社会和政治生活的图画。

它描绘了主人公冉阿让坎坷、悲惨的一生，更突出了当时社会的不公正，它就好像是一幅五彩缤纷的画，把整整将近半个世纪历史过程中广阔的社会生活画面，都一一展现了出来：外省偏僻的小城，滨海的新兴工业城镇，可怕的法庭，黑暗的监狱，巴黎悲惨的贫民窟，阴暗的修道院，恐怖的坟场，郊区寒怆的客店，惨厉绝伦的滑铁卢战场，战火纷飞的街垒，藏污纳垢的下水道……这一漫长浩大的画轴中每一个场景，无不栩栩如生，其细部也写的很真切很细致，而画幅的形象又是如此鲜明突出，色彩是那么浓重瑰丽，气势是那么磅礴浩大，不是堪称文学史上现实主义与浪漫主义结合的典范吗?

在这一本《悲惨世界》，让我深有感触，也让我领略到不同的伟大：就像冉阿让人格的伟大;沙威对待良心与职责的伟大;米里哀主教宽容的伟大;爱潘妮对待爱情的伟大……

my favorite book my favorite book is wrote by antoine de saint-exupery. i still remember the first time i read the book, i was like in a fantastic world. the little prince is a boy who has an angelical heart, his life is also very simple-a small planet which is full of flowers and monkey bread tree seedlings. the little prince is always depressed, and when he was sad, he would sit on a chair and see the sunset. he even see forty-three times sunset in a day to make himself feel better. his life turned to a new appearance when a beautiful rose came out. she is a flower with proud, when her lie was exposed by the little prince, she felt embarrassed. the small misunderstanding between them made the little prince determined to leave the planet he lived on. 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.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery contains a fairy tale which concludes plentiful things.The first thing we can learn from the book is the innocence of childhood and love.Although disappointed by what his roses said,the little prince still loved them.In the weiter’s opinion ,the roses stand for the pure love.

As the prince growed up,he made a decision to explore other planets and leave his hometown,a planet which just one person lived in.When travelling in the other planets,he discovered that his rose is not the only one of its kind.There are abandunt kinds of roses in the garden,but he still held the opinoion that his rose is special "because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen" .

When he came to the earth ,another significant character ,the fox , teached the little prince to take his own responsibility bravely . What’s more ,the fox is also the little prince’s best friend and help with his understanding of the meaning of friendship.

All the story is told by a piolet ,who is another hero in the tale and met the little prince in the Sahara .At the end of the story ,the little prince died on the Earth with the piolet.

The writer made the story from the child’s view.Actually,what the prince said is what the writer wanted to said.The theme of the story is to criticize the human beings’ drawbacks.As a alien, the little prince could see the human beings’ disadvantages clearly. In my opinion ,The Little Prince is more than a funny book written for the children.It is a kind of profound reflection of humans.Everyone finishing reading the book can form his thought in his mind. Therefore,I’m sure it is worthwhile to spend some time reading the book calmly.

1805年4月2日，在丹麦小镇欧登塞一间窄小破旧的屋子里，一位鞋匠家里喜添男丁，这时，安徒生的悲惨命运才刚刚开始。他九岁那年，父亲为了能得到一笔钱补贴家用，毅然代替一位富家子弟服兵役，到部队去当了两年兵，落下一身病才惨淡回到故乡，不久就撒手人寰。那年，安徒生才11岁。从此，安徒生开始了童工生涯，进过织布厂、烟厂，当过油漆匠的小听差，直到后来才被送进一所慈善学校读书。再后来，母亲改嫁了，他在一个不被继父关爱的环境中艰难地生活着。

就是这样坚苦的条件造就了闻名世界的童话大师。《安徒生童话》中的故事跟安徒生的一生一样充斥着酸、甜、苦、辣、咸。

酸，是《母亲的故事》中母亲为了从死神手中救回自己的儿子而竭尽全力，但是最终孩子没有生还，读着让人心酸，是《墓地里的孩子》中母亲失去孩子的悲痛和无奈，但想到其他活着的亲人还需要自己照顾，于是化悲痛为力量，决心坚强的生活下去，才让人感到了一丝安慰。

甜，是《海的女儿》中小人鱼公主真挚的爱情，小人鱼为了王子付出了一切，但王子却误认为是邻国公主救了他的命，决定与她结婚，小人鱼跳入了大海，化成了海上的泡沫，成全了这对新人。小人与那至死不渝的爱情，让我为之动容。

苦，是《卖火柴的小女孩》中小女孩饥寒交迫地走在大街上卖火柴，划亮了一根又一根火柴：寒冷时想有暖和的大火炉，饥饿时想有喷香的烤鸭，现实中没有快乐却看到美丽的圣诞树，生活中没有亲情想投入奶奶的怀抱。以致于第二天早上冻死在街角时“嘴巴上还带着微笑”……

安徒生，一个不朽的名字，他用四十年的艰辛生活与辛勤劳动，缔造了一个“童话王国”，开创了童话创作的新时代，成为世界上独一无二的“童话”!

《摆渡人》是刚读完的一本英国小说。

内容讲述，一个父母离异性格内向的小女孩，独自一人坐火车去见自己的父亲，火车在通过一个隧道时失事，小女孩醒来时发现自己是这场事故的唯一幸存者。她走出隧道口，和远山坡上一直望着她的小男孩一起跨越这个荒原。

事实上，小女孩是这场事故唯一的遇难者，和小男孩相遇的是她的灵魂。

小男孩就是灵魂的摆渡者，将刚刚去世的人的灵魂从荒原摆渡到另一个世界，否则逝者的灵魂将被荒原上的魔鬼吃掉从而进入地狱加入魔鬼的群体。

故事情节颇惊心动魄，在跨越荒原的日子里，小男孩一直保护小女孩两人相依为命，产生了爱情。当小女孩跨越荒原成功摆渡到另一个世界时，因留恋小男孩而找到了回到荒原的办法再次与其相见。

当然，结局也没有让读者失望，二人一起从荒原逆行回到了人间，达到了圆满。

这个故事听起来似乎和平常我们看过的穿越剧，灵异电影相似。但当你仔细品读时，字里行间透露出我们对自己人生态度的思考。

对于死亡 ：

若人死了真有灵魂的摆渡者，那么死亡或许没那么可怕，只是离开了一个现实宇宙能看见的世界到达另一个颠沛流离的世界罢了，在那里有逝去的亲人，活着的人早晚有一天也会到来，死亡只是一个空间的跨越罢了。

曾经我读过一篇文章，是一个年岁很大的老者写的，他说若万事抱着一颗好奇的心去对待，或许就能消除恐惧。有人问老者害怕死亡吗?他说曾经很怕，因为他难以想象一个人走在死亡边缘那一刻什么感受。后来他不怕了，他很好奇那一刻的到来，他会是实践者，他要知道答案。

在我的读书生涯里，也有同学的父亲或母亲离世了，伤痛的他们我们无从安慰。一个人在接受亲人的离开时会有种崩溃的感觉。若他们能将亲人的离开看做是空间的跨越，或许心灵的伤痛会有所减轻。

以前在书上看到过这样一句话，我们每个人都来自墙上的一幅画中，只是从静态的平面跨越到动态的立体空间，如果有的人离开了，TA只是回到了那副画里而已。 当我看到这句话的时候，突然觉得特别轻松，因为那一刻开始我觉得世界没有可怕的事情，一切都是我们的心态所为，如果连死亡都不怕了，世界还有更可怕的事情吗?

看过一个访谈节目，专家说这世界有太多永远解不开的秘密。比如，人死了到底有没有灵魂，到底有没有另一个世界的存在，这没有人能亲自实践过再回头告诉世人答案。所以，大可像那位老者一样保持好奇心，亦或相信还有另一个世界的存在。

对于执念：

每个人都是自己心灵的摆渡人，善恶都由自己摆渡，你选择做什么性质的人，行动和意念的支配都由你。消极的情绪，萎靡的状态，自私，凶恶，冲动，没自信等等负面的标签你可以往身上贴，最后形成一个糟糕的人这也是你自己造成的。我们有权摆渡自己的心灵，完美自信，积极向上，友善，宽容，高情商做到这些并不难，关键看你对生活的态度，你执念于什么，你将得到什么。

摆渡人的方向很广，你想要将自己的心灵摆渡到哪个河岸，你要做一个什么样的人，由你决定。

从前有一位权力很大的皇后。她的花园里种植着每季最美丽的、从世界各国移来的花。但是她特别喜爱玫瑰花，因此她有各种各色的玫瑰花：从那长着能发出苹果香味的绿叶的野玫瑰，一直到最可爱的、普罗旺斯①的玫瑰，样样都有。它们爬上宫殿的墙壁，攀着圆柱和窗架，伸进走廊，一直长到所有大殿的天花板上去。这些玫瑰有不同的香味，形状和色彩。

但是这些大殿里充满了忧虑和悲哀。皇后睡在病床上起不来，御医宣称她的生命没有希望。

“只有一件东西可以救她，”御医之中一位最聪明的人说。“送给她一朵世界上最美丽的玫瑰花——一朵表示最高尚、最纯洁的爱情的玫瑰花。这朵花要在她的眼睛没有闭上以前就送到她面前来。那么她就不会死掉。”

各地的年轻人和老年人送来许多玫瑰花——所有的花园里开着的最美丽的玫瑰花。然而这却不是那种能治病的玫瑰花。那应该是在爱情的花园里摘下来的一朵花;但是哪朵玫瑰真正表示出最高尚、最纯洁的爱情呢?

诗人们歌唱着世界上最美丽的玫瑰花;每个诗人都有自己的一朵。消息传遍全国，传到每一颗充满了爱情的心里，传给每一种年龄和从事每种职业的人。

“至今还没有人能说出这朵花，”那个聪明人说，“谁也指不出盛开着这朵花的那块地方。这不是罗密欧和朱丽叶棺材上的玫瑰花，也不是瓦尔堡②坟上的玫瑰花，虽然这些玫瑰在诗歌和传说中永远是芬芳的。这也不是从文克里得③的血迹斑斑的长矛上开出的那些玫瑰花——从一个为祖国而死去的英雄的心里所流出的血中开出的玫瑰花，虽然什么样的死也没有这种死可爱，什么样的花也没有他所流出的血那样红。这也不是人们在静寂的房间里，花了无数不眠之夜和宝贵的生命所培养出的那朵奇异之花——科学的奇花。”

“我知道这朵花开在什么地方，”一个幸福的母亲说。她带着她的娇嫩的孩子走到这位皇后的床边来，“我知道在什么地方可以找到世界上最美丽的玫瑰花!那朵表示最高尚和最纯洁的爱情的玫瑰，是从我甜蜜的孩子的鲜艳的脸上开出来的。这时他睡足了觉，睁开他的眼睛，对我发出充满了爱情的微笑!”

“这朵玫瑰是够美的，不过还有一朵比这更美，”聪明人说。

“是的，比这更要美得多，”另一个女人说。“我曾经看到过一朵，再没有任何一朵开得比这更高尚、更神圣的花，不过它像庚申玫瑰的花瓣，白得没有血色。我看到它在皇后的脸上开出来。她取下了她的皇冠，她在悲哀的长夜里抱着她的病孩子哭泣，吻他，祈求上帝保佑他——像一个母亲在苦痛的时刻那样祈求。”

“悲哀中的白玫瑰是神圣的，具有神奇的力量;但是它不是我们所寻找的那朵玫瑰花。”

“不是的，我只是在上帝的祭坛上看到世界上最美的那朵玫瑰花，”虔诚的老主教说。“我看到它像一个安琪儿的面孔似的射出光彩。年轻的姑娘走到圣餐的桌子面前，重复她们在受洗时听作出的诺言，于是玫瑰花开了——她们的鲜嫩的脸上开出淡白色的玫瑰花。一个年轻的女子站在那儿。她的灵魂充满了纯洁的爱，她抬头望着上帝——这是一个最纯洁和最高尚的爱的表情。”

“愿上帝祝福她!”聪明人说。“不过你们谁也没有对我说出世界上最美丽的玫瑰花。”

这时有一个孩子——皇后的小儿子——走进房间里来了。他的眼睛里和他的脸上全是泪珠。他捧着一本打开的厚书。这书是用天鹅绒装订的，上面还有银质的大扣子。

“妈妈!”小家伙说，“啊，请听我念吧!”

于是这孩子在床边坐下来，念着书中关于他的事情——他，为了拯救人类，包括那些还没有出生的人，在十字架上牺牲了自己的生命。

“没有什么爱能够比这更伟大!”

皇后的脸上露出一片玫瑰色的光彩，她的眼睛变得又大又明亮，因为她在这书页上看到世界上最美丽的玫瑰花——从十字架上的基督的血里开出的一朵玫瑰花。

“我看到它了!”她说，“看到了这朵玫瑰花——这朵地上最美丽的玫瑰花——的人，永远不会死亡!”

①普罗旺斯(Provence)是法国东南部的一个地区。这儿的天气温和，各种各色的花草很多。

②瓦尔堡(Valborg)是八世纪在德国传道的一个修女，在传说中被神化成为“圣者”，她在传说中是保护人民反对魔术侵害的神仙。

③文克里得(ArnoldVonWinkelried)是瑞士的一个爱国志士。1386年瑞士在山巴赫(sempach)战胜英国时，据说他起了决定性的作用。他把好几个敌人的长矛抱在一起，使它们刺进自己的胸口里而失去作用。这样他就造成一个缺口，使瑞士军队可以在他身上踩过去，攻击敌人的阵地。(1852)

这篇故事于1852年发表在《丹麦大众历书》上。在旧时的丹麦，“历书”就像中国过去用的“皇历”一样，每家都有一本，作为日常生活参考之用;所不同的是，丹麦的“历书”中总载有一篇故事，如《卖火柴的小女孩》和《她是一个废物》，就是首发在“大众历书”上的。他利用这种群众性强的出版物发表这类作品，其用意是很明显的。在安徒生的想象中，耶稣是一个献出自己生命从苦难中拯救人民的人——因为在当时他在现实生活中还找不到这样的人，所以他说在恶人把他钉在十字架的那一堆血泊中所开出的玫瑰，才是世界上最美的花。“他，为了拯救人类，包括那些还没有出生的人，在十字架上牺牲了自己的生命。”实际上他是通过这个象征性的故事来歌颂勇于为人民解除苦难而作出牺牲的人。这里的耶稣不宜与宗教迷信混为一谈。

从我“哇哇”出生那天，我就好像和书结下了不解之缘，渐渐的，我长大了，开始呀呀学语，爸爸，妈妈，爷爷，奶奶，外公，外婆。渐渐的，我又长大了，也和a，b，c，d.e，f，j.成了要好的朋友。到现在，我可以读各种各样的书了，《格林童话》，《水浒传》，《作文大全》，《西游记》。等等，但我最喜爱的还是那《安徒生童话》。

今天，我刚回到家，额上的那豆大的汗珠顺着脸颊一颗接一颗滑落下来，可是当我看到书橱里摆放着全集《安徒生童话》，暑气全消，就仿佛一个贪财的人，看到了一堆金子，我直冲上去，拿起就啃。

我先快速的翻阅了一下，看到一些著名的故事，比如说：《一个豆荚里的五粒豆》，《海的女儿》，《士兵和打火匣》，《卖火柴的小女孩》等等，我看着看着就入迷了，似乎进入了一个童话世界，各种人物出现在了我眼前。

在圣诞节的前夕，一个卖火柴的八九岁的小女孩，穿着一双又破又烂的大皮鞋，身着打了不知道有多少大补丁，小补丁的旧衣服，头发凌乱，有一双令人怜爱的大眼睛，手里揣着一大把火柴，不时吆喝着：“卖火柴，火柴谁要买……谁买火柴?”但是没有人买她的火柴。

一个老妇人走过来，小女孩连忙对她说：“老妈妈，您要不要买些火柴?”老妇人摆了摆手说：“噢，我家还很多呢!小女孩只好垂头丧气走回了墙角，小女孩冷极了，这一整天谁也没买她的一根火柴，谁也没有给过她一个铜板。她不敢回家，如果回家了，她的那个酒鬼爸爸知道她没赚到一个铜板，一定又会揍她一顿的，小女孩想着想，伤心地哭了起来。但是她又转念一想，哭是解决不了问题的，风越来越大，雪婆婆把白白的的雪花片撒落在人间，小女孩冻得瑟瑟发抖。

她来到街上走着，盼望会有个好心人会把她的火柴全部买光，街上十分寂静，所有的窗户都射出了柔和的光，飘着饭菜的香味。”这香味让我觉得更饿了!“小女孩自言自语地说。她从早上到现在，一点儿东西都没吃，上帝真是狠心，就在这时，一辆疾驰而过的马车从小女孩身边穿过，因此小女孩丢失了死去的妈妈为她做的大皮鞋，没有了皮鞋，小女孩的脚不一会儿就冻得发紫了，没办法，小女孩就在怀里掏出一根火柴划燃了，亮光中，她仿佛看到了一个烧得红红的火炉，她赶紧凑过去想暖和一下，可是火炉一下子就没了，眼前仍然是一堵冰冷的墙，她又划燃了一根火柴，许多美味的东西散发着香味朝她走来，小女孩正准备去抓，火柴燃尽了，美味的烤鹅和那些好吃的东西又都不见了，陪伴她左右的只有寒冷和饥饿。”

我真想见到外婆啊!“小女孩便又擦亮了一根火柴，四周都照亮了，她看到了她那和蔼慈祥的外婆在半空中望着她，不一会儿也像烤鹅和火炉一样消失了，她不想让外婆这么快消失，于是把剩下的火柴全划燃了。”外婆来接自己了!“小女孩高兴的说。小女孩在外婆的怀抱里升入了天国。第二天清晨，人们发现了这个可怜的小女孩，她手里握着一把烧尽了的火柴，安详地走了。

听完这篇故事后，我深深地感动了，像这个小女孩这种年龄，应该在学校里快乐学习，快乐生活。可是小女孩却沦落到了这种生活中，小女孩的生活条件与我们比起来真是天壤之别，我们在这么好的生活下，一定要好好学习，天天向上，将来成为祖国的栋梁。

今天，我读了《永远讲不完的童话》这本书中的其中一个童话《魔法学校》。

故事讲述了作者得到愿望国的邀请来到了愿望国，并来到了魔法学校学习魔法，这其间发生了许多惊心动魄的故事，也结识了两位好朋友，但最终并没有学会魔法。

通过这个童话故事，我觉得只要拥有梦想，并且是自己真正的梦想，那么就没有“不可能”这一说法，最终都可以实现自己的梦想。别人的梦想不代表自己的梦想，梦想是个绝不能人云亦云的“东西”。拥有“奇形怪状”的梦想并不可怕，可怕的是没有梦想!

The Flea, the Grasshopper, and the Skipjack once wanted to see which of them could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and whoever else would come, to see the grand sight. And there the three famous jumpers were met together in the room。

有一次，跳蚤、蚱蜢和跳鹅(注：这是丹麦一种旧式的玩具，它是用一根鹅的胸骨做成的;加上一根木栓和一根线，再擦上一点蜡油，就可以使它跳跃。)想要知道它们之中谁跳得最高。它们把所有的人和任何愿意来的人都请来参观这个伟大的场面。它们这三位著名的跳高者就在一个房间里集合起来。

"Yes, Ill give my daughter to him who jumps highest," said the King, "for it would be mean to let these people jump for nothing."

"对啦，谁跳得最高，我就把我的女儿嫁给谁!"国王说，"因为，假如让这些朋友白白地跳一阵子，那就未免太不像话了!"

The Flea stepped out first. He had very pretty manners, and bowed in all directions, for he had young ladies blood in his veins, and was accustomed to consort only with human beings; and that was of great consequence。

跳蚤第一个出场。它的态度非常可爱：它向四周的人敬礼，因为它身体中流着年轻小姐的血液，习惯于跟人类混在一起，而这一点是非常重要的。

Then came the Grasshopper: he was certainly much heavier, but he had a good figure, and wore the green uniform that was born with him. This person, moreover, maintained that he belonged to a very old family in the land of Egypt, and that he was highly esteemed

there. He had just come from the field, he said, and had been put into a card house three stories high, and all made of picture cards with the figures turned inwards. There were doors and windows in the house, cut in the body of the Queen of Hearts。

接着蚱蜢就出场了，它的确很粗笨，但它的身体很好看。它穿着它那套天生的绿制服。此外，它的整个外表说明它是出身于埃及的一个古老的家庭，因此它在这儿非常受到人们的尊敬。人们把它从田野里弄过来，放在一个用纸牌做的三层楼的房子里——这些纸牌有画的一面都朝里。这房子有门也有窗，而且它们是从"美人"身中剪出来的。

"I sing so," he said, "that sixteen native crickets who have chirped

from their youth up, and have never yet had a card house of their own, would become thinner than they are with envy if they were to hear me."

"我唱得非常好，"它说，"甚至16个本地产的蟋蟀从小时候开始唱起，到现在还没有获得一间纸屋哩。它们听到我的情形就嫉妒得要命，把身体弄得比以前还要瘦了。"

Both of them, the Flea and the Grasshopper, took care to announce who they were, and that they considered themselves entitled to marry a Princess。

跳蚤和蚱蜢这两位毫不含糊地说明了它们是怎样的人物。它们认为它们有资格和一位公主结婚。

The Skipjack said nothing, but it was said of him that he thought all the more; and directly the Yard Dog had smelt at him he was ready to assert that the Skipjack was of good family, and formed from the breastbone of an undoubted goose. The old councillor, who had received three medals for holding his tongue, declared that the Skipjack possessed the gift of prophecy; one could tell by his bones whether there would be a severe winter or a mild one; and thats more than one can always tell from the breastbone of the man who writes the almanac。

跳鹅一句话也不说。不过据说它自己更觉得了不起。宫里的狗儿把它嗅了一下，很有把握地说，跳鹅是来自一个上等的家庭。那位因为从来不讲话而获得了三个勋章的老顾问官说，他知道跳鹅有预见的天才：人们只须看看它的背脊骨就能预知冬天是温和还是寒冷。这一点人们是没有办法从写历书的人的背脊骨上看出来的。

"I shall not say anything more," said the old King. "I only go on quietly, and always think the best."

"好，我什么也不再讲了!"老国王说，"我只须在旁看看，我自己心中有数!"

Now they were to take their jump. The Flea sprang so high that no one could see him; and then they asserted that he had not jumped at all. That was very mean. The Grasshopper only sprang half as high, but he sprang straight into the Kings face, and the King declared that was horribly rude. The Skipjack stood a long time considering; at last people thought that he could not jump at all。

现在它们要跳了。跳蚤跳得非常高，谁也看不见它，因此大家就说它完全没有跳。这种说法太不讲道理。蚱蜢跳得没有跳蚤一半高。不过它是向国王的脸上跳过来，因此国王就说，这简直是可恶之至。跳鹅站着沉思了好一会儿;最后大家就认为它完全不能跳。

"I only hope hes not become unwell," said the Yard Dog, and then he smelt at him again."

我希望它没有生病!"宫里的狗儿说，然后它又在跳鹅身上嗅了一下。

"Tap!" he sprang with a little crooked jump just into the lap of the Princess, who sat on a low golden stool. Then the King said, "The highest leap was taken by him who jumped up to my daughter; for therein lies the point; but it requires head to achieve that, and the Skipjack has shown that he has a head."

"嘘!"它笨拙地一跳，就跳到公主的膝上去了。她坐在一个矮矮的金凳子上。国王说："谁跳到我的女儿身上去，谁就要算是跳得最高的了，因为这就是跳高的目的。不过能想到这一点，倒是需要有点头脑呢——跳鹅已经显示出它有头脑。它的腿长到额上去了!"

And so he had the Princess。

所以它就得到了公主。

"I jumped highest, after all," said the Flea. "But its all the same. Let her have the goose-bone with its lump of wax and bit of stick. I jumped to the highest; but in this world a body is required if one wishes to be seen."

"不过我跳得最高!"跳蚤说。"但是这一点用处也没有!不过尽管她得到一架带木栓和蜡油的鹅骨，我仍然要算跳得最高。但是在这个世界里，一个人如果想要使人看见的话，必须有身材才成。"

And the Flea went into foreign military service, where it is said he was killed。

跳蚤于是便投效一个外国兵团。据说它在当兵时牺牲了。

The Grasshopper seated himself out in the ditch, and thought and considered how things happened in the world. And he too said, "Body is required! Body is required!" And then he sang his own melancholy song, and from that we have gathered this story, which they say is not true, though its in print。

那只蚱蜢坐在田沟里，把这世界上的事情仔细思索了一番，不禁也说："身材是需要的!身材是需要的!"于是它便唱起了它自己的哀歌。我们从它的歌中得到了这个故事——这个故事可能不是真的，虽然它已经被印出来了。

我读过很多的书，有：《公主童话》、《王子童话》、《一千零一夜》……但我还是最爱读那本《安徒生童话选》。

记得在除夕那天，我非常高兴地买到了一本《安徒生童话选》，这本书就像一块磁铁似的，深深地把我吸引住了，使我忘掉了自己，忘掉了周围的一切，我认真地看了一篇又一篇。看着，看着，我仿佛进入了一个神奇的世界。那里有小如拇指的人，有会唱歌的夜莺，还有快乐、高兴的王子。我很快地被《灰姑娘》一文所迷住了。从前，有一个富人的妻子得了重病去世了，失去了妈妈的小姑娘，每天都到母亲的坟墓前哭泣。第二年，女孩的爸爸又娶了一个妻子。新妻子带来了两个女儿，她们外表很美丽，但是心眼非常坏。还把她赶到厨房，让她干那些又重又累的活儿。每天晚上，只能躺在灶边的灰堆中。所以家里人都叫她“灰姑娘”。这一年，国王为了给自己的儿子选择未婚妻，继母的两个女儿也受到了邀请，她们高兴得像疯了似的，灰姑娘也想去但继母不同意让她去，说她没有礼服啦，不会跳舞啦，去了只会给她们丢脸等等。于是，她们撇下灰姑娘自己去参加舞会了，灰姑娘伤心极了。第二天早上，王子拿着鞋找遍了金城有姑娘的人家，他说：“我要娶正好能穿上这只金舞鞋的姑娘做我的妻子”。继母的两个女儿争先恐后地抢着试穿金鞋，她们怎么也穿不进去。王子问灰姑娘的父亲还有没有别的女儿。父亲回答说：还有我前妻生的一个叫“灰姑娘”，王子一定要她来试一试。灰姑娘坐在小凳上，把脚伸进金鞋，金鞋就像是专门为她订做的一样，正合适。王子兴奋地说：“这才是我真正的新娘”，继母和她的两个女儿大吃一惊，气得脸都白了。从此，灰姑娘和王子过上了幸福的生活。

这个故事告诉我们：相对于外表的漂亮，内心的善良才是更加本质的美丽。灰姑没就是一个虔诚、美丽的女孩，连天上的小鸟都愿意帮助她，所以她能获得幸福。

After I read the book that is called “The old man and the sea” I was deeply moved by the old man and his spirit.

The book written by Hemingway tells us a story that an old man whose name is Santiago went out to do some fishing on the sea on his own but down on his luck he hadn’t caught any fish for 84 days. Next day he caught a huge marlin which is bigger than his boat and took a formidable battle with it. He beat it at the end. When he was on the way home the smells of blood of the marlin draw a lot of sharks’ attention and they fought for it. In order to protect the marlin and him the old man tried his best to fight with them. After a cruel fight he won it and came back home tiredly. Although he only got a skeleton of the giant marlin at last he is also a great hero in many people’s heart.

In the article the old man is a great man. Although he failed for many time in his life he never gave up. He is a steel-willing man who insisted his dream and work hard. You can destroy him but you can’t beat him. Whatever he faced to he would never yield to the difficult which shows a strong spirit.

In our lives I think we should learn something from the old man which will make us have a more valuable life. Whenever and wherever we meet trouble we should never give up and try our best to overcome it. We should always keep on our dream and make it come true. Every one has his backbone which can’t be bended by anyone which is very important for everyone in his whole life. If we meet difficulty in our life we should face it bravely and work out some way to solve the problem whatever would happen at last. We can be destroyed but we can’t be beat by anything or anyone. If you failed for many times in your life you wouldn’t surrender because if you try to do it you may succeed in your life but if you do not do it you would not be succeed forever. Everyone has his advantages and disadvantages in his life but we should face to our disadvantages and we must be confident which would also make us be confident of our life. We should have faith in what we do in our life we will have a more beautiful life in the future and our dream will come true. We should pay more attention to what we do during our life rather than what we will get at the end because I think it is more important than any thing you get finally. If you enjoy you life not something you get you will have a meaningful life and a noble spirit. It will hurt you when you pay more attention to what you get in the future. It will also make you do something wrong which is bad for other people our society and our country.

I’m impressed by the sentence which is “We can be destroyed but we can’t be beat.” I think everyone should do it no matter what happen in our life. This book makes me know something I didn’t know in the past. The book and the old man have a great influence in my life. I love this book.

This made up of 36 seal letter book, not only across the new and old, left and right, pop culture and humanistic care, more across the generation of the mother and child values, gathered into this a wonderful essays. Actually all around us, including me, how many people and their parents communication, lack of proper form and opportunity, that between the two generations formed an unbridgeable chasm.

We will find themselves more grow up more lonely, gradually do not want to share more things with their parents, but nearby of friend, perhaps more than parents know yourself. We constantly updated contact things, gradually the world away from their parents, the occasional phone is dull routine in general. We all felt this change, but no one is willing to or pay attention should change some. , I think our parents raise us to grow up and dont want to see is such an outcome.

After watching the "dear Andre" this book, I found that, as children, we do not understand how their parents. They are eager to understand our world, so idea urgently, so that let us feel bored. So we will unconsciously farther from them. But, I think, the parents do everything is derived from the inner fountain of love. Is love, let them pipe we too strict; Is love, let them in front of the children grew up increasingly, independent. So, no matter how is the external performance, internal essence is love.

这部由36封家书构成的书，不仅横跨了新与旧，左派与右派，流行文化与人文关怀，更横跨了母与子的世代价值观，集结成这一本精彩的散文集。其实在我们身边，包括我在内，有多少人和自己的父母交流甚少，缺乏适当的形式和机会，以至于两代之间形成了一条无法逾越的鸿沟。

我们会发现，自己越长大越孤单，渐渐的不愿意和父母分享更多的东西，反而身边的朋友或许比父母更加的了解自己。我们不断的接触更新的事物，渐渐的从父母的世界中远去，偶尔的电话也是例行公事一般的枯燥无味。我们都感觉到了这种变化，但是却没有人愿意或者留心是不是应该改变一些。我想，我们的父母养我们长大成人，绝对不想看到的是这样的一种结局。

看了《亲爱的安德烈》这不书之后，我发现，作为子女，我们是多么的不了解自己的父母。他们渴望了解我们的世界，于是心思急切，于是这样的感觉让我们厌烦。于是我们就会不自觉的离他们更远。但是，我想，父母所作的一切都是源自于内心深处爱的喷泉。是爱，让他们管我们管的太严;也是爱，让他们在日益长大的、独立的子女面前手足无措。所以，无论外在的表现如何，内在的实质都是爱。

One of the most interesting questions about gullivers travels is whether the houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of swifts satire. in other words, in book iv,is swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for us to take them seriously as the proper way to act? If we look closely at the way that the houyhnhnms act,we can see that in fact swift does not take them seriously:he uses them to show the dangers of pride.

First we have to see that swift does not even take gullver seriously. for instance,his name sounds much like gullible,which suggests that he will believe anything. also, when he first sees the yahoos and they throw excrement on him,he responds by doing the same in return until they run away.He says, “I must needs discover some more rational being,” even though as a human he is already the most rational being there is. This is why swift refers to erasmus darwins discovery of the origin of the species and the voyage of the beagle to show how gulliver knows that people are at the top of the food chain.But if lemule gulliver is satirized,so are the houyhnhnms,whose voices sound like the call of castrati.

They walk on two legs instead of four, and seem to be much like people.As gulliver says, “it was with the utmost astonishment that I witnessed these creatures playing the flute and dancing a vienese waltz.To my mind,they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court,even more dextrous than the lord edmund burke.”As this quote demonstrates,gulliver is terribly impressed,but his admiration for the houyhnhnms is short lived because they are so prideful.For instance,the leader of the houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of charles dickens,and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the kings and queens of england up to george ii.Swift subtly shows that this houyhnhnms pride is misplaced when,in the middle of the intellectual competition,he forgets the name of queen elizabeths husband.

Swifts satire of the houyhnhnms comes out in other ways as well.One of the most memorable scenes is when the dapple grey mare attempts to woo the horse that guenivre has brought with him to the island. first she acts flirtatiously,parading around the bewildered horse.But when this does not have the desired effect,she gets another idea: “as I watched in amazement from my perch in the top of a tree,the sorrel nag dashed off and returned with a yahoo on her back who was yet more monstrous than mr.Pope being fitted by a clothier.She dropped this creature before my nag as if offering up a sacrifice.My horse sniffed the creature and turned away.”

It might seem that we should take this scene seriously as a failed attempt at courtship,and that consequently we should see the grey mare as an unrequited lover.But it makes more sense if we see that swift is being satiric here:It is the female houyhnhnm who makes the move,which would not have happened in eighteenth century england. the houyhnhm is being prideful,and it is that pride that makes him unable to impress gullivers horse. gulliver imagines the horse saying,sblood,the notion of creating the bare backed beast with an animal who had held mr.Pope on her back makes me queezy.

A final indication that the houyhnmns are not meant to be taken seriously occurs when the leader of the houynhms visits lilliput,where he visits the french royal society.He goes into a room in which a scientist is trying to turn wine into water (itself a prideful act that refers to the marriage at gallilee).

The scientist has been working hard at the experiment for many years without success,when the houyhnmn arrives and immediately knows that to do: “the creature no sooner stepped through the doorway than he struck upon a plan. slurping up all the wine in sight, he quickly made water in a bucket that sat near the door.”

He has accomplished the scientists goal,but the scientist is not happy,for his livelihood has now been destroyed.Swifts clear implication is that even though the houyhnhmns are smart,they do not know how to use that knowledge for the benefit of society,only for their own prideful agrandizement.

Throughout gullivers travels,the houyhnhms are shown to be an ideal gone wrong.Though their intent might have been good,they dont know how to do what they want to do because they are filled with pride.They mislead gulliver and they even mislead themselves.The satire on them is particularly well explained by the new born houyhnhm who,having just been born, exclaims,“with this sort of entrance,what must I expect from the rest of my life!”