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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1:安徒生《海的女儿》读后感

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这几天我一直在看一个故事,故事的名字叫海的女儿,它讲述了小公主和王子之间所发生的故事。小公主为了和王子在一起,用美丽的

声音做报酬,换来双腿。海巫婆告诉她:王子和别的女孩儿结婚的那一天

早晨,你就会变成泡沫。她的姐姐们知道后,给了她一把刀子,让她把刀子扎进王子的心脏,这样小公主又能变回美人鱼了。

小公主不忍心伤害王子,自己却变成泡沫了。小公主的心灵是多么纯真善良啊!小公主为了所爱的人牺牲了自己的幸福,是多么不容易啊!又是多么的伟大呀!

可我们平时在班里为了一点点小事而斤斤计较,甚至动起武来。当在小公主面前把自己的心灵抖露出来是多么羞愧啊!

小公主,你虽然离我们那么遥远,但我觉得你离我那么的近,近的贴着我的心,因为你纯洁的心灵已让我与你结下了不解之缘。

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篇2:小学生格林童话经典读后感

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在这个暑假里,我读了一本特别富有想象力的书,名叫《格林童话》,这本书的作者威廉和雅克布。

在这本书中,让我找到了另一个多彩而真实的世界,幼小的心灵,让我认识和感受到了什么是真善美,什么是假恶丑。

在《格林童话》的故事中,让我想起幼儿园时看得带拼音的童话书里认识的老朋友:美丽纯洁的白雪公主,聪明单纯的小红帽,漂亮善良的灰姑娘。还有我在这本书中认识的新朋友;勇敢的傻大胆,坚持不懈的爱人罗兰,聪明厉害的汉斯。我非常喜欢我的朋友,关注他们每个人的命运,常常为他们悲伤的结局感到惋惜,为皆大欢喜的结局感到快乐。我对故事中纯真善良的人物充满了爱,而对那些阴险狠毒的人物充满了恨。

总之我牵挂着《格林童话》中的每一个人物,和他们一起欢乐,一起忧伤,一起跌倒,一起爬起。丰富多彩的故事情节常常使我深深的陶醉在神奇的世界中。在这童话世界里那些坚持不懈,努力拼搏的人,是我们一生学习的目标。

这本书让我们以一颗充满爱的心去追逐自己的梦想,以一颗重充满童真的心,看待自己身边的一切。我多么希望童话是真实的,因为童话每次都会有奇迹出现,这种奇迹是现实生活中不可能发生的。《格林童话》真是一本值得同学们读的好书呀!

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篇3:读王尔德童话有感_读后感作文1800字

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书籍是人类进步的阶梯,伟大的作家高尔基曾经说过这一句话书,带我们遨游知识的海洋,书好比一把钥匙为我们开展进步的大门……

在这个暑假中,我读了王尔德童话让我记忆犹新。

这本书的作者是王尔德,王尔德,他是英国作家,诗人喜剧家,1854年10月16日生于爱尔兰,都柏林附近是著名的医生,母亲是爱尔兰民族主义女诗人,所以她从小受到了浓郁的文学气息的陶醉,他毕业于牛津大学早期作品有诗歌和童话故事,1888年5月他第1部童话集快乐王子及其他,包括快乐王子,夜莺的玫瑰,自私的巨人,忠诚的朋友和神奇的火箭出版了,这本书一出版的时候轰动了,一是1891年12月,他的另一部童话集闻是16~5首,有4部童话少年国王孝公主的生日,渔夫和他的灵魂和心海使得他得了极高的名胜,这两本童话集遗载入了英国儿童文学史册。

瓦尔德又幽默睿智的笔法,天马行空的想象为我们留下了这么多唯美的图故事,他在童话的作品中没有门课画了乐善好施的快乐王子,用鲜血培育红玫瑰的小夜莺,把花园留给孩子们的巨人为朋友,在所不辞的小汉斯,这些主人公都是为了爱追求,美不付出一切,而这些充满童真乐趣的童话里,同样蕴含着深刻的人生哲理,每一篇童话都值得我们深思的地方。

网友的童话给我们奏响的是一支美的颂曲,是一首爱的赞歌,他善于准确贴近的拟人比喻纵横奔驰的联想想象和妙恋诗歌般的语言,创设出神话般的情节,智美人物,瓦尔德的每一篇童话几乎都是音质,一个爱而变成至美的形象,如快乐王子夜莺小汉营心海,等儿童画的主意一般都是集中在个体的人物形象上,因此我们把握童话主义可以从分析人物形象入手,比如快乐王子是我们结识了善良无私付出不求回报的王子和燕子之美的语言。王尔德的每一篇童话都可谓笔法华丽,比喻生动,他运用细腻的笔触,优美的语言,为我们描绘了种种美好形象,祈福情节,美丽景物,这些精彩的语言不仅使我们有身临其境的感觉,而且有利于我们形成个性化审美体验和独特感受,比如夜莺与玫瑰中队几种玫瑰色彩的描述似乎让我们目睹了玫瑰中队几种玫瑰色彩的描述似乎让我们目睹了玫瑰多,多彩的样貌之美的构思,曲折诱人,颇富戏剧性的情节源于王尔德,独特的世人觉得大胆的构思,作为唯美主义的代表作家王尔德的童话作品,处处都显示出唯美主义色彩,他打破了传统,膨化的创作模式赋予了新童话新的主题,新的内涵,新的思想以及表现的形式,给我们带来了全新的阅读体验,比如零农夫和他的灵魂故事的情节就一波三折,跌宕有至!

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很多同学读童话的时候经常有外语课时,放下书就不去思考从中学到了什么,或认识了什么,这无异于买毒还珠,其实童话作品往往是为了说明一个道理,传达一个思念,表达一种情感给人启迪,下面让我们来一起尝试以下几个角度阅读阿尔德童话,相信我们获得了不仅是精美的夹子,而且还是获得了珍贵的珠子,童话作品的要说明的道理,传达的思念,表达的情感,其实上就是童话的主意,是作者的目写作目的,观点,看法,思想感情,是作者想要告诉读者的表扬,是他赞扬什么歌颂什么批评什么否定什么,我们可以从故事情节中分析认识童话的主意如,夜莺与玫瑰记述了夜莺为帮助一个年轻的学生得到玫瑰献给教授的女儿,为此付出了生命的代价,可是教授的女儿并不领情,而年轻的学生也因此伤心,随意丢弃了夜莺,用生命换来的玫瑰,我们为夜莺的勇敢献身而感动,同时也为教授女儿和年轻学生都不懂得珍惜与愤恨,这就是童话所要告诉我们的道理,我们可以按照这个方法去试一试整体感知童话的内容,领悟作者的意图,相信我们一定会读懂王尔德童话的主意。我们可以从标题的含义中领悟同化的主意,如自私的巨人作为同样的标题,突出自私两字,那么王尔德,对巨人这种自私持什么态度呢?读完了整篇文章,我们就会从标题在暗示中得到很多启发,我们还可以从语言的情感特色中提炼出童话的主义文章不就是无情物,你看辛亥革命中王尔德所用的语言的情感的设立,包包充满了褒义,写的是那么美好那么动人,连周围的景色都会青海的转变更加美丽了,盲人的要赞扬什么歌颂什么我们就很清楚了,当然我们不能把简王尔德这篇篇童话,要当做一个孤立无援的文学作品来看,我们应该联系我们的生活学习实际达到学以致用的目的!

同学们,相信你看我的文章之后,你一定会有所收获!这就是我对你们的阅读指导,我期待着你们读懂这本书的精髓,领悟人生的道理,感悟生活的美好,了解生活的真谛,读懂生活的智慧,品味人生的精彩!

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篇4:读安徒生童话后感800字

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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。

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篇5:《洋葱头历险记》童话故事读后感

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寒假我读了一本《洋葱头历险记》,这本书讲的是老洋葱头无意中踩到了柠檬王一脚而被关进监狱。洋葱头来看老洋葱头时,爸爸告诉他,监狱里关押的都是无辜的人,而非为非作歹的坏人却被养在皇宫里。洋葱头决心救出监狱里的人,却不幸被投入黑牢。在鼹鼠的帮助下,洋葱头和狱友们历经磨难后终于获救,推翻了柠檬王的统治,获得自由。

我知道了正义是不会被邪恶打到的,有付出才有收获,我要学习洋葱头不怕困难,永不退缩的精神。

在这个故事里,人物有的有趣,有的幽默,有的滑稽,有的庄重,有的严肃。我这就去给你介绍几个!——永远吃不饱肚子的大肥墩儿橘子男爵;细瘦细瘦的密斯脱胡萝卜;尽职尽责的蜘蛛邮递员;聪明可爱的小樱桃;多嘴多舌的南瓜大嫂;每天都要梳胡子的小葱大叔;大脑袋的番茄骑士;骨瘦如柴的复盆子大哥;善于助人的田鼠;当然,还有正直的洋葱头……

读完了这个故事,我明白了我要像洋葱头一样做一个勇敢而正直的人,互帮互助,团结友爱,为了自己的目标去努力!

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篇6:林海音童话故事读后感

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寒假里我读了一本书:《林海音童话故事》,里面很多故事给我留下了深刻印象,其中我最喜欢的是《金桥》。

《金桥》这故事讲了一座桥的来历。村里有个小孩叫阿金,还没上学,他家前面有一座破旧的小木桥。有一天张叔叔拉着车过桥时压坏了一块木板。阿金正好看到这个情况,担心村里那八个哥哥放学过桥时踩空掉下河去,于是就一直在桥头等着,好提醒他们注意安全。结果七个哥哥都陆续回来了,但最后一个始终没见到,阿金就一直等到天黑,又冷又饿,到了很晚的时候阿金想到第八个哥哥还没回来一定是到镇上姑母家了,这才回家,随后还病倒了。这个事情感动了当地的一个有钱人,那人后来花钱建了一座坚固的石桥,就以阿金的名字命名为“金桥”。

这个故事让人很感动,一个没上学的孩子,为了别人的安全能忍受饥饿寒冷,这种舍己为人、坚持不懈的精神,确实值得我们学习。

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篇7:野天鹅童话故事读后感

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我每次看【野天鹅】这篇故事的时候总想起里面的公主。她的哥哥们被后母变成了野天鹅。把她也赶出了王宫,有位老奶奶告诉公主让她用荨麻给她的哥哥织披风,但是在披风完成之前公主一个字也不能说。公主按照老奶奶的指点找到荨麻,她忍着痛,日夜不停地织着披风。

一天,公主被一个年轻的国王看到了便将公主接回了王宫。当荨麻用完的时候,公主冒着生命危险去禁地采摘荨麻。结果大主教认为公主是个女妖。面对国王的询问,公主一句话也不说。

当公主被押赴刑场的路上她依然在织着披风。当火就要点燃时,她的哥哥们都飞了回来,公主终于织完了最后一件,这时她才开口诉说她的清白。

我生活在这么多人爱我的家庭里还挑三捡四太不对了。我要向公主学习她的坚强、热爱家人、以后不再欺负弟弟妹妹。

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篇8:百年孤独英语读后感

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"One hundred years of solitude" is known as "Latin American history of literature in the vision of the society". It is the representative work of gabriel Garcia marquez, is the representative work of Latin American magic realism literature. After reading, the book morbid alone, for a variety of abnormal personality, floating in my around, for a long time not to go.

The characters in the book, Mr ASHLEY boone, emperor, this is a diligent, pragmatic, creative people. But because hes fascination with science and knowledge, wrongly, alchemy, god copperplate picture... He was completely insane, so he is a lonely.

His wife Ursula is a woman of flashing mother all good quality. In my opinion, she is the family foundation. The whole book is her busy figure, this womans body with another kind of loneliness.

I think the book is the most sad figures boone was the second son of Mr LeiLiangNuo. He launched numerous armed uprising, but all failed. Fortunately, life is very big, escaped the ambush, assassination, and shot, stubbornly survived. But alive may be biggest torture to him. He became fascinated by doing small goldfish, kept on doing repeatedly, as for alchemy obsession.

The characters in the book is filled with loneliness. Perhaps this is the author wants to express to us, the family of autism has brought the whole family. Similarly, the feelings without communication, a lack of trust and understanding of family also symbolizes the society at that time. Perhaps the author is to express myself in the book of Latin American national unity together, to get rid of loneliness.

《百年孤独》被誉为“再现拉丁美洲历史社会图景的鸿篇之著”。它是加西亚·马尔克斯的代表作,也是拉丁美洲魔幻现实主义文学作品的代表作。读完,书中病态的孤独,形形色色的畸形人格,漂浮在我的四周,久而不去。

书中的人物霍·阿·布恩帝亚本是一个勤恳务实、富有创造力的人。但由于他错误地对科学和求知痴迷,炼金术,上帝铜版照片……他完全发了疯,所以他是个孤独者。

他的妻子乌苏拉是个闪烁着母亲一切美好品质的妇女。在我看来,她其实就是这个家族的地基。整部书都是她忙碌的身影,这个女人的身上拥有着另一种孤独感。

我想全书最悲哀的人物莫过于布恩帝亚的次子奥雷良诺了。他发动了无数次的武装起义,却都无果。所幸命很大,躲过了埋伏、暗杀以及枪决,顽强地活了下来。但活下来也许才是对他最大的折磨。他痴迷于做小金鱼,反复不停地做,就如同对于炼金术的痴迷。

书中的人物无不充斥着孤独感。这也许正是作者想要对我们表达的,这个家族的孤独性给整个家族带来了毁灭。同样,这个没有感情沟通,缺乏信任和了解的家族也象征了当时的社会。或许作者正以此书来表达自己对拉美民族共同团结,摆脱孤独的强烈愿望。

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篇9:《雾都孤儿》英语读后感

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These days, I finished reading a book, called "oliver twist"

"Oliver twist" is one of the biggest British novelist, Charles Dickenss 1838 novel, is also one of his representative works.

This book reflects the early 19th century British society at the bottom of the life, the hero oliver, let me very sympathetic to the sad. He was 11 years old, but in life, every day do not have enough to eat and wear not warm, and a few times go den, but he didnt and they together crime, would rather tortured colluding with them, and with a strong will to resist the bad bullying and temptation, later merry lady saved oliver, and took him in. After a period of time, and oliver lived a happy life.

After read this book, my heart cant be calm once in a long time, the heroines age and I like big, but, compared with his, our life is how of happiness, but we still dont meet, meet a little difficult, give up, lack of willpower. I want to learn oliver, strong quality, overcome all difficulties and obstacles, to cherish everything now, study hard, become a useful person to society.

这几天,我读完了一本书,名字叫《雾都孤儿

《雾都孤儿》是英国最大的小说家——狄更斯在1838年创作的一部长篇小说,也是他的代表作之一。

这本书反映了19世纪初英国社会最底层的生活,主人公奥利弗尔悲惨遭遇让我非常同情。他才11岁,却过着非人的生活,每天吃不饱,穿不暖,并且几次误入贼窝,但他没有和他们一起犯罪,宁肯受尽折磨也不和他们同流合污,并且用坚强的意志抵制坏人的威逼和诱惑,后来梅里夫人救了奥利弗尔并且好心收留了他。经过一段时间,奥利弗过上了幸福的生活。

看完这本书后,我的心情久久不能平静,文中主人公的年龄和我一样大,可是,和他相比,我们的生活是多么的幸福,但是我们却还是不满足,遇到一点小小的困难,就放弃,缺少意志力。我要学习奥利弗尔的坚强品质,克服一切艰难险阻,珍惜现在的一切,刻苦学习,成为一个对社会有用的人。

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篇10:《快乐王子》英语读后感

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statue of the legislation in the city center onto a piece of pure gold. His eyes are two bright sapphires, there is a big ruby in his hand holds the hilt on sparkling. Can to help poor people, the Flying Swallow with the help of the pure gold and precious stones film gave people in need of help. Finally, the Flying Swallow has been frozen to death. The Happy Prince is also due to dilapidated and were removed. Later, someone asked The Happy Prince: Do you help others, they destroyed themselves, worth it? The Happy Prince without regret to say: As long as I have made to give others happiness, I have been happier. Is certainly worthwhile.

Yes ah, this is how a simple if it! Others happy, is his happiness. Our happiness based on other people"s happiness above. Britain"s Prince Fan Zhongyan ancients of China"s first and worry about all over the world, after everyone else to enjoy, the famous saying. Which is not that we are advocating the moral life it?

On the initiative of such thinking, in our lives appear as numerous as the Happy Prince, it is respected.

However, I can not do. I am afraid of hardship, fear of pay. In a school clean-up, I only taught me the work, it was unwilling to help the students complete the common task of tired and dirty. Normally, also pick and choose in the labor, the lack of the spirit to endure hardship. In learning too afraid repeatedly practicing the task view. Do not want to study in depth.

Today truly understand: I the usual so-called happiness and the Happy Prince"s happiness is essentially the difference.

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篇11:《呼啸山庄》英语读后感

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Published in 1847, Wuthering Heights was not well received by the reading public, many of whom condemned it as sordid, vulgar, and unnatural--and author Emily Bronte went to her grave in 1848 believing that her only novel was a failure. It was not until 1850, when Wuthering Heights received a second printing with an introduction by Emilys sister Charlotte, that it attracted a wide readership. And from that point the reputation of the book has never looked back. Today it is widely recognized as one of the GREat novels of English literature.

Even so, Wuthering Heights continues to divide readers. It is not a pretty love story; rather, it is swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark madness. It is cruel, violent, dark and brooding, and many people find it extremely unpleasant. And yet--it possesses a grandeur of language and design, a sense of tremendous pity and GREat loss that sets it apart from virtually every other novel written.

The novel is told in the form of an extended FLASHback. After a visit to his strange landlord, a newcomer to the area desires to know the history of the family--which he receives from Nelly Deans, a servant who introduces us to the Earnshaw family who once resided in the house known as Wuthering Heights. It was once a cheerful place, but Old Earnshaw adopted a "Gipsy" child who he named Heathcliff. And Catherine, daughter of the house, found in him the perfect companion: wild, rude, and as proud and cruel as she. But although Catherine loves him, even recognizes him as her soulmate, she cannot lower herself to marry so far below her social station. She instead marries another, and in so doing sets in motion an obsession that will destroy them all.

Wuthering Heights is a bit difficult to "get into;" the opening chapters are so dark in their portrait of the end result of this obsessive love that they are somewhat off-putting. But they feed into the flow of the work in a remarkable way, setting the stage for one of the most remarkable structures in all of literature, a story that circles upon itself in a series of repetitions as it plays out across two generations. Catherine and Heathcliff are equally remarkable, both vicious and cruel, and yet never able to shed their impossible love no matter how brutally one may wound the other.

As the novel coils further into alcoholism, seduction, and one of the most elaborately imagined plans of revenge it gathers into a ghostly tone: Heathcliff, driven to madness by a woman who is not there but who seems reflected in every part of his world--dragging her corpse from the grave, hearing her calling to him from the moors, escalating his brutality not for the sake of brutality but so that her memory will never fade, so that she may never leave his mind until death itself. Yes, this is madness, insanity, and there is no peace this side of the grave or even beyond.

It is a stunning novel, frightening, inexorable, unsettling, filled with unbridled passion that makes one cringe. Even if you do not like it, you should read it at least once--and those who do like it will return to it again and again.

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篇12:老人与海英语读后感

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the Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingways most enduring works and may very well become one of the true classics of this generation. It played a GREat part in his winning the Pulizer Prize in 1953 and the 1954 Novel Prize for Literature and confirmed his power and presence in the literary world. Hemingway is also one of my favorite writers. Besides The Old Man And the Sea, I have read some of his other works, such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and The Snow of Kilimanijaro. But The Old Man and the Sea is the one that left the deepest impression on me.

I first read this book when I was in my fifteens. And now I remember it just as well as if I had read it yesterday.

Pride and Prejudice is a chefdoeuvre.

My first impression of this story was from screen.

Its long long ago, maybe before I can read english books. I dont remember which movie edition I had seen. But I was impressed by the music, the scenery and the costume. I was very favor of a section of music in its balls. Its pretty brisk, liked a wonderful song of a bird. Regarding to the characters, I liked Elizabeth, the heroine,though I didnt think shes beautiful. But shes smart. However, I didnt pay much attention to the plot. I thought its so long that it made me impatient and bored. By now, I havent read the whole story in English or its Chinese version, either. I owe it to my prejudice.

In fact, I didnt understand the story at that time. I didnt know why it called Pride and Prejudice. Of course someone was pride, but I didnt find where s the prejudice. I thought its normal, the way people treated each other in that. I considered prejudice would be very disgusting. But to the movie everthing was OK in my minds, except its length. Now, I think I have understood more about it. Im a prejudiced person so I cant find wheres wrong. I merely like to do the things I like. Everytime I meet somebody or something,my thinking about he or it all depends on my foregone experience and my mood of the time.

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篇13:小妇人英语读后感

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This book is how the four daughters of Mrs. March home from young girl grow into a womans life, describes the characters of rich inner world.

The book four sisters let me feel the different character and hobby, lis most of them are "Joe", her natural disposition is lively, not only to take care, and toughness of the relentless pursuit of life, which reflects her sentimental inner thoughts and the surface of the active performance of the contrast.

Among them, my favorite character is beth, because she very love for life, approachable, season in the critically ill still insist on writing, showed her unremitting efforts to the pursuit of a better life.

这本书写的是马奇太太家中的四位女儿是如何从少女成长为妇女的生活片断,描写了人物丰富的内心世界。

这本书让我感受到了四姐妹不同的性格与爱好,其中着墨最多的是“乔”,她生性活泼,不但对大家细心照顾,而且有着对生活不懈追求的韧性,从而体现出她那多愁善感的内心思想与活泼好动的表面表现的极大反差。

其中,我最喜欢的人物是贝思,因为她对生活十分热爱、平易近人,在病危之季仍坚持写作,表现了她不懈努力地追求美好生活。

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篇14:铜猪--安徒生童话

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在佛罗伦萨城①里,离大公爵广场不远,有一条小小的横街,我想它是叫做波尔塔·罗萨。在这条街上的一个蔬菜市场前面,有一只艺术性非常强的铜猪。这个动物因为年代久远,已经变成了墨绿色。一股新鲜清亮的水从它嘴里喷出来。它的鼻子发着光,好像有人把它擦亮了似的。事实上也是如此:成千上万的小孩子和穷人,常常用手抓住这动物的鼻子,把嘴凑上去喝水。当你看到一个半裸着的天真孩子紧紧地抱着这只好看的动物,把鲜红的嘴唇凑到它的鼻子上的时候,这真是一幅美丽的图画。

无论什么人,一到佛罗伦萨来就很容易找到这块地方。他只须问一声他所碰到的头一个乞丐,就可以找到这只古铜猪。

这是一个冬天的夜晚,夜深了。山上都盖满了雪;可是月亮还在照着,而且意大利的月光,跟阴惨惨的北欧冬天的日光比起来,也不见得有什么逊色。不,比那还要好,因为空气在发着光,使人感到轻快;而在北欧呢,那种寒冷、灰色、像铅一样的阴沉气氛,把我们压到地上——压到又寒又湿的、将来总有一天会埋葬我们的棺材的地上。

在公爵的花园里,在一片松树林下面——这儿有一千株玫瑰在冬天开着花——有一个衣衫褴楼的孩子,他坐了一整天。他是意大利的一个缩影:那么美丽,满脸微笑,但是极端穷苦。他是又饥又渴,谁也不给他一个毫子。天黑了的时候,这花园的门要关了,看守人就把他赶出来。他站在亚尔诺河②的桥上,沉思了好久。他望着星星——它们在他和这座美丽的大理石桥之间的水上闪耀着。

他向那个铜猪走去。他半跪在地上,用双手抱着它的脖子,同时把小嘴凑到它亮光光的鼻子上去,喝了一大口新鲜水。附近有几片生菜叶子和一两个栗子:这就是他的晚餐。这时街上什么人也没有,只有他一个人。他骑在铜猪的背上,腰向前弯,他长满了望发的头掘到这动物的头上。在不知不觉之间,他就睡去了。

这是半夜。铜猪动了一下。于是他就听到它很清楚地说:“你这小家伙,骑稳啦,我可要开始跑了!”它就真的背着他跑起来了。这真是一次很滑稽的旅行。他们先跑到大公爵广场上去。背着那位大公爵塑像的大铜马高声地嘶鸣了一阵。老市政府门框上的彩色市徽射出光来,像透亮的图案;米开朗基罗的“大卫”③在挥动掷石器④。这些东西中有一种奇异的生命在搏动着!表现珀尔修斯⑤和萨比尼人的⑥被蹂躏的一系列的古铜像,不仅仅都有生命,而且还发出一阵死亡的叫声,在这个孤寂的、美丽的广场上震响。

铜猪在乌菲齐宫⑦旁的拱道下面停下来了——从前的贵族常常到这儿过狂欢节。

“骑稳啦!”这动物说,“骑稳啦,因为我们现在要上楼了。”这小家伙一半儿高兴,一半儿吃惊,说不出一句话来。

他们走进一条很长的画廊。这地方他很熟悉,因为他曾经来过。墙上挂满了画;这儿还有许多全身像和半身像。它们被最明亮的灯光照着,好像是在白天一样。不过,当通到旁边房间的门打开的时候,那景象真是再美丽也没有了。这孩子记得这儿的华丽景象,不过在今天夜里,一切更显得非凡地壮丽。

这儿立着一个可爱的裸体妇人,她是那么美,只有大自然和最伟大的艺术家才能把她创造出来。她的美丽的肢体在轻柔地移动;她的脚下有海豚在跳跃;她的双眼射出永恒不朽的光芒。世人把她叫作美第奇的“维纳斯”⑧。她的两旁立着许多大理石像——它们都被注人了生命的精灵。这些都是美丽的裸体男子;有一个正在磨剑,因此他被叫做磨创人。另一系列的雕像是一群搏斗的武士;斗士们都在磨剑,他们都要争取这位美的女神。

这孩子在这种壮观面前感到惊奇。墙上射出种种的光彩,一切都有生命,都能动作。维纳斯——现世的维纳斯像——丰满而又热情,正如提香⑨见到她时一样,显出双重的形象。这真是一种奇观。这是两个美丽女人的画像:她们娇美的、棵着的肢体伸在柔软的垫子上;她们的胸脯在起伏地动着,头也在动着,弄得浓密的馨发垂到圆润的肩上,同时那一双双乌黑的眼睛表示出她们炽热的内心。不过没有任何一张画敢走出画框。美的女神、斗士和磨创人留在自己的原位上,因为圣母、耶稣和圣约翰所射出的荣光,把他们罩住了。这些神圣的画像已经不再是画像了,他们就是神本身。

从这一个回到那一个殿,是说不尽的光彩!是说不尽的美丽!这小家伙把这些东西全都看了,因为铜猪是一步一步地走过这些美和这些光。下一幅画总是冲淡头一幅画的印象。只有一幅图画在他的灵魂里面深深地生下了根,这是因为它里面有很多幸福的孩子——而这小家伙有一次在大白天里曾经对这些孩子点过头。

有许多人在这幅画面前漠不关心地走过,而这幅画却是一个诗的宝库。它表现救世主走向地狱。不过他周围的人并不是受难者,而是邪教徒。这幅画是佛罗伦萨人安季奥罗·布龙切诺⑩绘的。它里面最美的东西是孩子面上的表情——他们认为自己能走进天国的那种信心;有两个小家伙已经拥抱在一起,还有一个在对那个站在他下面的伸着手,似乎在说:“我要到天国去了!”年纪大的人都站在那儿犹疑,有的在希望,有的在主耶稣面前卑微地低着头。

这孩子把这幅画看得比任何画都久,铜猪静静地站在画的前面。这时有一个低微的叹息声发出来了:它是从这幅画里发出来的呢,还是从这动物发出来的?小家伙对那些微笑着的孩子们高举起手来……于是铜猪就背着他跑出去了,一直跑出那个敞开着的大门。

“我感谢你和祝福你,你——可爱的动物!”小家伙说,同时把铜猪拍了几下。它就砰!砰!跳下了台阶。

“我也感谢你和祝福你!”铜猪说。“我帮助了你,你也帮助了我呀,因为只有当一个天真的孩子骑在我背上的时候,我才能有力量跑动!是的。你看吧,我还能走到圣母画像面前那盏灯的光亮下面去呢。什么地方我都可以把你带去;只有教堂我不能进去!不过,只要你在我身上,我站在外面就可朝着敞开的大门看见里面的东西了。请你不要从我的背上溜下来吧;因为如果你这样做,我就会停下来死掉,像你白天在波尔塔·罗萨看到我的那个样子。”

“我不离开你,我亲爱的朋友!”小家伙说。于是他们就以飞快的速度跑过佛罗伦萨的街道,一直跑到圣克鲁采教堂前面的广场上。

教堂的门自动地向两边开了,祭坛上的灯光射到教堂外面来,一直射到这孤独的广场上。

教堂左边的一个墓碑上发出一道奇异的强光,无数移动着的星星在它周围形成一道光圈。墓上有一个纹章发出光辉,一架以绿色为背景的红色梯子射出火一般的光焰,这就是伽利略⑾的坟墓。这是一个朴素的墓碑,不过这绿地上的红色梯子是一种极有意义的纹章:它好像就代表艺术,因为艺术的道路总是经过一个灼热的梯子通到天上去的。一切心灵的先知⑿都升到天上,像先知伊里亚⒀一样。

在教堂的右边,刻满了花纹的石棺上的每一个半身像,似乎都具有生命。这儿立着米开朗基罗;那儿立着戴有桂冠的但了、阿尔菲爱里⒁和马基雅弗利⒂,因为在这儿,伟人们——意大利的光荣——都是并排地躺在一起。这是一座华丽的教堂,比佛罗伦萨的大理石主教堂更美丽,但是没有那样宽大。

那些大理石刻的衣服似乎在飘动,那些巨大的石像似乎把头抬得更高,在黑夜的歌声和音乐中,朝着那明亮的、射出光彩的祭坛凝望——这儿有一群穿着白衣的孩子在挥动着金制的香炉。强烈的香烟从教堂流到外面空旷的广场上。

这孩子向这闪耀着的光辉伸出手来。在这同时,铜猪又开始奔跑:他得把它紧紧地抱着。风在他的耳边呼啸;他听到教堂关门的时候,门上的枢轴发出嘎吱的响声。在这同时,他的知觉似乎离开了他,他打了一个寒颤,就醒了。

这是早晨。他仍然坐在铜猪的背上,但他差不多已经要滚下来了。这只猪仍然像过去一样,立在波尔塔·罗萨的那块老地方。

这孩子一想起那个他称为“母亲”的女人,心中就充满了恐惧和战栗。她昨天叫他出去讨几个钱回来,到现在他却一个铜子也没有弄到手,并且还感到又饥又渴。他又把铜猪的脖子拥抱了一次,吻了吻它的鼻子,对它点点头,然后就走开了。他走进一条最狭小的街道——狭小得只够让一只驮着东西的驴子走过去。一扇用铁皮包着的大门半掩身。他走。进去,爬上了砖铺的梯子——梯子两边的墙非常脏,只有一根光滑的绳子算是梯子的扶手。他一直爬到晒着许多破衣的阳台上。从这儿又有一道梯子通到下边的院子。这里有一口水井,同时有许多铁丝从这口井牵到各层的楼上。许多水桶并排地悬着;轴转格格地响起来,于是水桶就在空中东摇西摆,水洒得满院子都是。另外还有一道要倒的砖梯通到楼上。有两个俄国水手正在兴匆匆地走下楼来,几乎把这个可怜的孩子撞倒了:他们在这儿狂欢了一夜,正要回到船上去。一个年纪不小的胖女人,长着一头粗硬的黑发,送他们下楼。

“你带了什么东西回来?”她问这孩子。

“请不要生气吧!”他哀求着。“我什么东西也没有讨到——什么东西也没有!”他紧抱着“母亲”的衣服,好像想要吻它似的。

他们走进一个小房间里去。我不想来描写它。我只想说一件事情:房间里有一个带把手的土体子,里面烧着炭火。它的名字叫做“玛丽多”⒃。她把这钵子抱在怀里,暖着自己的手指。随后她就用手肘把这孩子一推。

“你总会带回几个钱吧?”她问。

孩子哭起来。她用脚踢了他几下,他哭得更厉害起来。

“请你放安静一点,不然我就会把你这个尖叫的脑袋敲破!”她举起手中抱着的火钵打过去。孩子发出一声尖叫,倒在地上。这时一位邻居走进来了,她也抱着一个“玛丽多”。

“菲丽姬达,你又在对这孩子干什么?”

“这孩子是我的!”菲丽姬达回答说。“只要我高兴,就可以把他打死,也可以把你打死,贾妮娜!”

于是她挥舞着火钵。另一位也举起了火钵,采取自卫行动。这两个火钵互相殴打,弄得碎片、火星和火灰在屋里四处飞扬。可是孩子就在这时候溜出门,穿过天井,跑出去了。这可怜的孩子一直在跑,连气也喘不过来。他在圣·克鲁采教堂面前停下来。头天晚上这教堂的门还是为他开着的。他走进去。一切都在放射着光辉。他在右边的第一个坟旁跪下来。这是米开朗基罗的坟。他马上放声大哭。有的人来,有的人去。他们念着弥撒,可是谁也没有理会这孩子。只有一个年老的市民停住望了他一眼,随后也像其余的人一样,离去了。

饥渴折磨着这孩子;他已经没有气力,病了。他爬到墙和大理石墓碑之间的一个角落里,睡着了。这时已经将近黄昏,有一个人拉了他一下,把他惊醒了。他跳起来,原来刚才那位老市民正站在他面前。

“你病了吗?你的家在什么地方?你在这儿待了一整天吗?”这是这位老人所问的许多问题中的几个问题。

他回答了。这位老人把他带到附近一条偏僻的街上的一个小屋子里去。他们来到一个制造手套的店里。当他们走进去的时候,有一个妇人在忙着缝纫。有一只小小的白哈巴狗——它身上的毛剃得精光,人们看得见它鲜红的皮肤——在桌上跳来跳去,又在这孩子面前翻起跟头来。

“天真的动物马上就相互认识了。”女人说。

她抚摸着孩子和小狗。这对善良的夫妇给这孩子一些食物和饮料,同时说他可以在这儿过一夜,第二天裘赛比爸爸可以到他母亲面前去讲情。他在一个简陋的小床上睡觉,不过对于他这个常常在硬石板上睡觉的人来说,这床简直是太舒服了。他睡得很好,梦见那些美丽的绘画和那只铜猪。

裘赛比爸爸第二天早上出去了。这个可怜的孩子对于这件事并不高兴,因为他知道他出去的目的是要把他送回到他母亲那儿去。于是他哭起来,吻着那只快乐的小狗。那妇人点点头,表示同意他们俩的行为。

裘赛比爸爸带回了什么消息呢?他跟他的太太讲了很久的话,而她一直在点着头,抚摸着孩子的脸。“他是一个很可爱的孩子!”她说。“他也能像你一样,成为一个很能干的手套匠人!你看,他有多么细致的手指!圣母注定他要成为一位手套制造家。”

孩子留在这家里,妇人教他缝手套;他吃得很好,睡得也很好,而且很快乐,他还开始跟“最美的人儿”——就是这只小狗的名字——开玩笑呢;可是妇人伸出手指来吓他,骂他,还和他生气。这触动了孩子的心事。他在他的小房间里默默地坐着。房间面对一条晒着许多皮的街道;窗子上有很多的铁栏杆。他睡不着,因为他在想念那只铜猪。这时他忽然听到外面有一阵“扑嗒!扑嗒!”的声音。这一定是那只猪了。他跳到窗子那儿去,可是什么也看不见——它已经走过去了。

“快帮助先生提他的颜料匣子吧。”太太第二天早上对孩子说。这时他们的一位年轻邻居——一位画家——正提着颜料匣子走过。

孩子拿起颜料匣子,跟着这位画家走了;他们走到美术陈列馆,登上台阶——那晚他曾经骑着铜猪到这台阶上来过,所以他记得很清楚。他认得出那些半身像和绘画,那座美丽的大理石雕的维纳斯,和那用彩色活灵活现地绘出的维纳斯。他又看到了圣母、救世主和圣约翰。

他们在布龙切诺绘的那幅像面前站着,一声不响。在这幅画里,耶稣走到下界,许多孩子在他的周围微笑,幸福地等待走进天国。这个穷苦的孩子也在微笑,因为他觉得好像天国就在眼前。

“你现在回去吧!”画家站了一会儿,把画架架好以后说。

“我能看看你画画吗?”孩子问。“我可以看看你在这张白帆布上把那幅画画下来吗?”

“我现在还不能马上就画,”画家回答说。他取出一支黑粉笔。他的手在很快地挥动,眼睛在打量那张伟大的绘画。虽然他只画出几根很细的线条,救世主的形象却现出来了,像在那张彩色画里一样。

“你为什么不走呢?”画家问。

这孩子默默不语地走回家去。他坐在桌子旁边学习缝手套。

但是他整天在想那个美术陈列馆。因此有时他的针刺着了他的手指,使他显得很笨拙。不过他再也不去逗着“最美的人儿”玩了。当黄昏到来、门还是开着的时候,他就偷偷地溜出去。这是一个很寒冷、但是星光满天的晚上,既美丽,又明亮。他走过几条静寂的街道,不久就走到铜猪面前来了。他对它弯下腰来,在它光滑的鼻子上吻了一下,于是他就骑上它的背。

“你这个幸福的动物!”他说;“我是多么想念着你啊!我们今天晚上要去逛逛才好。”

铜猪立着一动也不动。新鲜的泉水从它的嘴里喷出来。这小家伙像一个骑师似地坐着。这时他觉得有人在拉他的衣服。他朝旁边一看,原来是“最美的人儿”来了——那个毛剃得光光的“最美的人儿”。这小狗也是跟他一道偷偷地溜出屋子的,而他却没有发现。“最美的人儿”叫了几声,好像是在说:“你看我也来了,为什么你坐在这儿呢?”这条小狗在这块地方比一条凶猛的蟒蛇还要使这孩子害怕。像那位老太太说的一样,“最美的人儿”居然跑到街上来了,而且还没有穿上衣服哩!结果会怎样呢?小狗除非披上了一块羔羊皮,它在冬天是从来不出门的。这块羔羊皮是专为它裁制的。它是用一根红缎带系在小狗的脖子上的,此外还有一个蝴蝶结和小铃挡;另外还有二根带子系在它的肚子上。当小狗在冬天穿着这样的衣服和女主人一块散步的时候,它很像一只羔羊。现在“最美的人儿”却在外面而没有穿上衣服!这会产生一个什么结果呢?他做了许许多多的推想。不过他又吻了这铜猪一次,把“最美的人儿”抱进怀里;这小东西冻得发抖,因此这孩子尽快地向前跑。

“你抱着一件什么东西跑得这样快?”他在路上遇着的两个宪兵问他,同时“最美的人儿”也叫起来。“你从什么地方偷来这只漂亮的小狗的?”他们问,并且把小狗从他手中夺过来。

“啊,请把小狗还给我吧!”孩子哀求着。

“假如你没有偷它,你可以回去告诉家里的人,叫他们到警察局来领取。”接着他们把地址告诉他,就带着“最美的人儿”走了。

这真是糟糕透顶的事儿!孩子不知道应该跳到亚尔诺河里去呢,还是回家去坦白一番好。他想,他们一定会把他打死的。

“不过我倒很愿意被打死。如果我死了,我可以去找耶稣和圣母!”于是他回到家里去,准备被打死。

门已经关上了,他的手又够不到门环。街上什么人也没有,只有一块松石头。他就拿起这块石头敲着门。

“是谁?”里面有人问。

“是我,”他说。“‘最美的人儿’逃走了。请开门,打死我吧!”

大家为这“最美的人儿”感到非常狼狈,特别是太太。她马上朝那经常挂着小狗的衣服的墙上看。那块羔羊皮还在那儿。

“‘最美的人儿’在警察局里!”她大声叫起来,“你这个坏蛋!你怎样把它弄出去的,它会冻死的!可怜娇嫩的小东西,现在落到粗暴的丘八手中去了!

爸爸马上就出去了——太太恸哭起来,孩子在流着眼泪。住在这幢房子里的人全都跑来了,那位画家也来了:他把孩子抱在他双腿中间,问了他许多问题。他从这孩子的一些不连贯的话语中听到关于铜猪和美术陈列馆的整个故事——这故事当然是不太容易理解的。画家安慰了孩子一番,同时也劝了劝这位太太。不过,等到爸爸把在丘八们手中待过一阵子的“最美的人儿”带回家以后,她才算安静下来。随后大家就非常高兴。画家把这可怜的孩子抚摸了一会儿,同时送给他几张图画。

啊,这些真是可爱的作品——这么些滑稽的脑袋!……特别是那只栩栩如生的铜猪。啊。什么东西也没有比这好看!只是寥寥几笔就使它立在纸上,甚至它后面的房子也被画出来了。

“啊,如果一个人能够描写和绘画,那么他就可以把整个的世界摆在他面前了!”

第二天,当他身边没有人的时候,这小家伙拿出一支铅笔,在图画的背面临摹了那幅铜猪,而他居然做得很成功!——当然有些不太整齐,有点歪歪倒倒,一条腿粗,一条腿细,虽然如此,它的形象仍然很清楚。他自己对这成绩感到高兴。他看得很清楚,这支铅笔还不能随心所欲地灵活使用。不过,到第三天,原来的铜猪旁边又出现了另一只,而这一只比头一只要好一百倍,至于第三只,它是非常好,一眼就可以看得出来。

可是手套的生意并不兴旺;他的跑腿工作尽可以不慌不忙地去做。铜猪已经告诉了他:任何图画都可以在纸上画下来,而佛罗伦萨本身就是一个画册,只要人愿意去翻翻它就成。三一广场⒄上有一个细长的圆柱,上面是正义的女神的雕像。她的眼睛被布蒙着,手中拿着一个天平。马上她就被移到纸上来了,而移动她的人就正是手套制造匠的这个小学徒。他的画越积越多,不过全都是些静物。有一天,“最美的人儿”跳到他面前来了。

“站着不要动!”他说,“我要使你变得美丽,同时叫你留在我的画册里面。”

不过“最美的人儿”却不愿意站着不动,所以他就把它绑起来。它的头和尾巴都被绑住了,因此它就乱跳乱叫,结果他不得不把绳子拉得更紧。这时太太就来了。

“你这恶毒的孩子!——可怜的动物!”她这时能够说出来的就只是这句话。

她把这孩子推开,踢了他一脚,叫他滚出去——他,这个最忘恩负义的废料和最恶毒的孩子。于是她一把眼泪一把鼻涕地吻了这只被缢得半死的小小的“最美的人儿”。

正在这时候,那位画家走上楼来了。故事的转折点就从这时候开始。

1834年,佛罗伦萨的美术学院举行了一个展览会。有两张并排放着的画吸引住了许多观众。较小的那幅画表现一个快乐的小孩坐着作画——他的模特儿是一个毛剃得很光的小白哈巴狗;不过这东西不愿意静静地站着,因此它的脖子和尾巴便被一根线绑起来了。这幅画里有真理,也有生活,因而大家都对它感兴趣。画这幅画的人据说是一个年轻的佛罗伦萨的居民。他小时是一个流浪在街头的孤儿,由一个老手套匠养大,他是自修学好绘画的。一位驰名的画家发现了这个天才,而他发现的时候恰恰是这个孩子要被赶出去的时候,因为他把太太的一只心爱的小哈巴狗绑起来,想要它做个模特儿。

手套制造匠的徒弟成了一个伟大的画家:这幅画本身证明了这一点,而在它旁边一幅较大的画更证明了这一点。这里面只是绘着一个人像——一个衣衫褴楼的美貌的孩子,他睡在街上,靠着波尔塔·罗萨街上的那只铜猪⒅。所有的观众都知道这个地方。孩子的双臂搭在这只猪的头上,而他自己则在呼呼地酣睡。圣母画像面前的灯对这孩子苍白细嫩的面孔射出一道强有力的光——这是一张美丽的画!一架镀金的大画框镶着它,在画框的一角悬着一个桂花圈;可是在绿叶中间扎着一条黑带,黑带上面挂着一块黑纱。

因为这位青年艺术家在几天以前死去了!

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①这是意大利中部佛罗伦萨(Florrents)的首府。在意大利文里叫做翡冷翠(Firenze),一般称为“花的城市”(La citta dei flori),因为城市里和周围平原上生长着许多花。城市里还有许多古老的建筑和雕刻,是一个富有艺术价值的城市。

②亚尔诺河(Arno)是意大利中部的一条河,流过佛罗伦萨。

③米开朗基罗(Michelangelo Buonaoti,1475~1564)是意大利文艺复兴时期的一个伟大的雕塑家、建筑家和诗人。“大卫”是他所刻的基督徒大卫的一个巨大的大理石像。

④这是古代的一种武器:它是一种两端系有绳子的皮带。石块或子弹放在里面,经过一番旋转,便借离心力射出。

⑤这是指佛罗伦萨的艺术家切利尼(Benvenuto Cellini,1500~1571)雕塑的一个铜像。它表现希腊神话中的勇士珀尔修斯(Perseus)砍掉一个女妖美杜莎(Medusa)的头。

⑥萨比尼人(Sabine)是住在意大利中部的一个民族。他们在公元前290年被罗马人所征服。他们的女人受到征服者的大规模的蹂躏。

⑦这是佛罗伦萨一个有名的绘画陈列馆,意大利文是Palazzo degliuffizi,里面陈列着意大利各个时期的名画。

⑧这是爱情的女神维纳斯(Venus)的名雕像之一。美第奇是佛罗伦萨的统治者,相传他热心保护文学、艺术和诗人。

⑨提香(Titian,1477~1576)是意大利威尼斯学派的一个名画家。

⑩安季奥罗·布龙切诺(Angiolo Broncino,1502~1572)是佛罗伦萨的一个画家。

⑾伽利略(Galleo,1564—1642)是意大利的天文学家和物理学家,发现过许多物理学上的定律。他同时是佛罗伦萨大学的教授。

⑿指艺术家。据基督教《圣经》上的意义,先知是指代上帝说教的人。

⒀古代希伯莱民族的一个先知。

⒁阿尔菲爱里(Vittorio Alfieri,1749~1803)是意大利的剧作家和诗人。

⒂马基雅弗利(Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli,1469~1527)是佛罗伦萨的政治家和政治理论家,并且是不择手段,只求达到目的的泼辣的外交家。

⒃这个字的意大利原文是Marito,即“丈夫”或“爱人”的意思。

⒄原文是:Piazza della Trinita。

⒅铜猪是后来铸造的。原物很古,是用大理石刻成的猪,立在乌菲齐宫美术陈列馆前面的广场上。

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篇15:英语课程标准的基本理念读后感

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新的英语课程标准引发了一系列变化,首先加强了指导性和可操作性;其次体现语言学习的规律和渐进性;再次体现了弹性和选择;第四有的地方降低了难度;第五有的地方提高了要求。对教学模式和教师本人提出了新的挑战,同时也提供了新的发展空间。

一、教师是活动的指导者,学生是活动的主体

《英语课程标准》的基本理念中提到“让学生在教师指导下,通过感知、体验、实践、参与和合作探究等活动方式,实现任务的目标,感受成功。学生在学习过程中进行情感态度和学习策略的调整,以形成积极的学习态度,促进语言实际运用能力的提高。”

这就要求我们英语老师要掌握一定的课堂和课外教学艺术,开展集趣味、知识、娱乐、教育于一体的英语活动,能为学生提供尽可能多的语言实践机会。教师要用直观形象的形体语言,丰富多彩的表情,幽默风趣的语言表达,使学生在轻松、愉快、和谐的氛围中复习旧知,学习新知,提高学习信心。

教学中教师要根据教学目标,学生的需要和客观条件,创造性地探索有效的教学方法,要学会活用教法突破难点。我们可以鼓励学生大胆地模仿,带表情说句子。如“I am hungry.”(可以作饥饿状);“I am thirty.”(可以作口渴状)。在教单词或句子时,我们老师可以带领学生做动作,甚至做夸张的动作或用夸张的朗读语调,孩子们特别喜欢。“big”两手张开画个大圈,“small”用两手指做个特别小的小圈,“strong”出示手臂,并鼓起肌肉,“thin”做一个瘦的动作。学完单词后,老师做出动作,学生就会说出这个单词。

二、多用评价语,真诚激励。

《英语课程标准》的基本理念中对评价案例进行了重新整合和调整,补充了大量的可操作性比较强的评价方式和方法,提到“英语教学中提倡过程性评价方式,把对学生的评价贯穿到平常的学习过程之中。注重培养和激发学生学习的积极性和自信心。”

因为每个学生,都渴望得到老师的重视和肯定,渴望得到激励和赞许。让每个学生都能享受到鼓励、温暖的阳光,这样无论哪种知识水平、能力、层次的学生都能获得心理上的满足,从而使学生有一种积极向上的源动力。所以教师的评价语应丰富多彩,真诚激励。下面的句子应该多说:Good! Great! Wonderful! You are clever! Don’t worry!

三、面向全体学生、尊重学生的自主选择

《英语课程标准》的教学建议中提到“尊重每个学生,建立融洽、民主的师生交流渠道。”平时学生如果主动帮我拿教具,我会向他致谢“Thank you”,若不小心撞到了学生,我会很抱歉地道声“Sorry”……虽然是点点滴滴的小事情小细节,但我希望从中带给学生“师生平等”的观念。

老师因为尊重学生而更关注他们的个性发展,学生因为受到老师的尊重会更乐意亲近老师,也就更加尊敬老师,这种心灵上的沟通和交流,一旦形成健康的双向互动,正面效应就会成倍增长,师生关系也会更加和谐地向前发展。

总之,新课程下的课堂教学,应是通过师生互动、学生之间的互动,共同发展的课堂。它既注重了知识的生成过程,又注重了学生的情感体验和能力的培养。因此,我们在教学中对教材的处理、教学过程的设计以及评价的方式都要以学生的发展为中心,以提高学生的全面发展为宗旨,这才是课改的最终目标。

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篇16:丑小鸭英语读后感

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The author pays homage to Hans Christian Andersens compassionate tale with this faithful adaptation. Kids can relate to the ducklings dilemma; part of the growing-up process is 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 ageless story speaks across generations with its reaffirming message. In this age of instant gratification, Andersens 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.

Pinkneys descriptive passages resonate with the splendor of natures beauty. The glowing watercolors, filled with intricate details, make each blade of grass visible, 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 womans 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 Pinkneys poignant text and rich artwork convey the timeless appeal of this tale of hardship and redemption. Anyone who has suffered the sting of ostracism can sympathize with the ugly ducklings plight and will relish the uplifting conclusion.

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篇17:小巴掌童话读后感与读书笔记一年级

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在漫长又愉快的暑假里,让我有了更多的时间看自己喜欢的课外书。我最近看了《小巴掌童话》里的一个故事,叫“爱翻跟头的月亮”。

故事里讲的是一个叫聪聪的小男孩夜里看到了一个调皮的月亮。月亮在空中一会儿翻一个跟头,一会儿又伸出两只手撑在白云上来了个竖蜻蜓,精彩极了。聪聪从来都没有看过这样的月亮,平时人们看到的月亮都是安安静静的。月亮姐姐怕被太阳公公骂,不敢再做表演。但聪聪很喜欢,并和月亮姐姐约好了明天继续来看她表演。不一会儿,聪聪累了就睡着了。在梦中,聪聪又看到了月亮姐姐在翻跟头,竖蜻蜓。

这个故事让我有点羡慕聪聪,因为我也想看到会翻跟头的,会竖蜻蜓的月亮姐姐。后来妈妈告诉我,等我睡着了,就能看到了。我想今晚早点睡,那样就能很快的看到可爱的月亮姐姐了。

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篇18:英语小王子读后感

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The little prince is a fairy tales for abult. The book was written to a grown-up.His name is Leon Werth. Thelanguage in this book is facetious.

The little Prince lived in Asteroid B-612, The little Prince’s was delightful, helanghde and he wangtde a sheep. He had flower, The flower was very beautiful, He loved she very much, sheperfumed his planet and lit up hislife. But the flower was very proud and she liked telling lies,So the little prince, clespite all the good will of his love, had soon come to mistrust her. He had taken seriously certain in consequential remarks and had grown very unhappy. So he decide to leave his planet. He went to the vicinity of Asteroids 325.326.327:328.329 and 330, He meet many strangers. The first one was a king. He thought all men are subjeets.The second planet was inhabited by a very wain man to voin man, other people are admirerrs. The next planet was iahabited by a drunkard. The fourth planet belonged to a businessman, He was very busy, The fifth planet was very strange. It was the smallest of all. There was just enough room for a street lamp and a lamplighter. The planet revolves once a minute. The lamplighter must light his lamp and turn it out once every minute. The sixth planet was ten times bigger than the last. It was in habited by an old gentleman who wrote enormous books. The seventh planet was the earth. The earth is not just another planet. It contains one hundered and eleven kings seven thousand geographers nine hundered thousand businessmen saven and ahalf million drun kards three-hundered eleven million vain-men.

It makes me understand. The grow-ups aways need explanations. The gorw-ups like talk about bridge and golt and politics and neckties. Grow-ups like numbers,too. When you tellthem about a new friend,they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: What does his voice sound like?’ What games does he like best?’ “Does he collect butterflies?” They ask :“How old is he?” “How many blothers does he have?” “How much money does his father make?”

Read the book, I understand some principle. One sees clearly only with the heart, Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. It’s the time you spent on someone that makes somebody so important.

People have stars, but they aren’t the same. For travelers, the stars are guides. For other people they’re nothing but tiny lights. And for still others, for scholars they’re problems. For businessman, they were gold. But all those stars are silent stars. We, though, we all have stars like nobady else.

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篇19:幸福的家庭--安徒生童话

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这个国家里最大的绿叶子,无疑要算是牛蒡的叶子了。你拿一片放在你的肚皮上,那么它就像一条围裙。如果你把它放在头上,那么在雨天里它就可以当做一把伞用,因为它是出奇的宽大。牛蒡从来不单独地生长;不,凡是长着一棵牛蒡的地方,你一定可以找到好几棵。这是它最可爱的一点,而这一点对蜗牛说来只不过是食料。

在古时候,许多大人物把这些白色的大蜗牛做成“碎肉”;当他们吃着的时候,就说:“哼,味道真好!”因为他们认为蜗牛的味道很美。这些蜗牛都靠牛蒡叶子活着;因此人们才种植牛蒡。

现在有一个古代的公馆,住在里面的人已经不再吃蜗牛了。所以蜗牛都死光了,不过牛蒡还活着,这植物在小径上和花畦上长得非常茂盛,人们怎么也没有办法制止它们。这地方简直成了一个牛蒡森林。要不是这儿那儿有几株苹果树和梅子树,谁也不会想到这是一个花园。处处都是牛蒡;在它们中间住着最后的两个蜗牛遗老。

它们不知道自己究竟有多大年纪。不过它们记得很清楚:它们的数目曾经是很多很多,而且都属于一个从外国迁来的家族,整个森林就是为它们和它们的家族而发展起来的。它们从来没有离开过家,不过却听说过:这个世界上还有一个什么叫做“公馆”的东西,它们在那里面被烹调着,然后变成黑色,最后被盛在一个银盘子里。不过结果怎样,它们一点也不知道。此外,它们也想象不出来,烹调完了以后盛在银盘子里,究竟是一种什么味道。那一定很美,特别排场!它们请教过小金虫、癞蛤蟆和蚯蚓,但是一点道理也问不出来,因为它们谁也没有被烹调过或盛在银盘子里面过。

那对古老的白蜗牛要算世界上最有身份的人物了。它们自己知道森林就是为了它们而存在的,公馆也是为了使它们能被烹调和放在银盘子里而存在的。

它们过着安静和幸福的生活。因为它们自己没有孩子,所以就收养了一个普通的小蜗牛。它们把它作为自己的孩子抚育。不过这小东西长不大,因为它不过是一个普通的蜗牛而已。但是这对老蜗牛——尤其是妈妈——觉得她能看出它在长大。假如爸爸看不出的话,她要求他摸摸它的外壳。因此他就摸一下;他发现妈妈说的话有道理。

有一天雨下得很大。

“请听牛蒡叶子上的响声——咚咚咚!咚咚咚!”蜗牛爸爸说。

“这就是我所说的雨点,”蜗牛妈妈说。“它沿着梗子滴下来了!你可以看到,这儿马上就会变得潮湿了!我很高兴,我们有我们自己的房子;小家伙也有他自己的①。我们的优点比任何别的生物都多。大家一眼就可以看出,我们是世界上最高贵的人!我们一生下来就有房子住,而且这一堆牛蒡林完全是为我们而种植的——我倒很想知道它究竟有多大,在它的外边还有些什么别的东西!”

“它的外边什么别的东西也没有!”蜗牛爸爸说。“世界上再也没有比我们这儿更好的地方了。我什么别的想头也没有。”

“对,”妈妈说,“我倒很想到公馆里去被烹调一下,然后放到银盘子里去。我们的祖先们都是这样;你要知道,这是一种光荣呢!”

“公馆也许已经塌了,”蜗牛爸爸说,“或者牛蒡已经在它上面长成了树林,弄得人们连走都走不出来。你不要急——你老是那么急,连那个小家伙也开始学起你来。你看他这三天来不老是往梗子上爬么?当我抬头看看他的时候,我的头都昏了。”

“请你无论如何不要骂他,”蜗牛妈妈说。“他爬得很有把握。他使我们得到许多快乐。我们这对老夫妇没有什么别的东西值得活下去了。不过,你想到过没有:我们在什么地方可以为他找个太太呢?在这林子的远处,可能住着我们的族人,你想到过没有?”

“我相信那儿住着些黑蜗牛,”老头儿说,“没有房子的黑蜗牛!不过他们都是一帮卑下的东西,而且还喜欢摆架子。不过我们可以托蚂蚁办办这件事情,他们跑来跑去,好像很忙似的。他们一定能为我们的小少爷找个太太。”

“我认识一位最美丽的姑娘!”蚂蚁说,“不过我恐怕她不成,因为她是一个王后!”

“这没有什么关系,”两位老蜗牛说。“她有一座房子吗?”

“她有一座宫殿!”蚂蚁说。“一座最美丽的蚂蚁宫殿,里面有七百条走廊。”

“谢谢你!”蜗牛妈妈说:“我们的孩子可不会钻蚂蚁窟的。假如你找不到更好的对象的话,我们可以托白蚊蚋来办这件差事。他们天晴下雨都在外面飞。牛蒡林的里里外外,他们都知道。”

“我们为他找到了一个太太,”蚊蚋说。“离这儿一百步路远的地方,有一个有房子的小蜗牛住在醋栗丛上。她是很寂寞的,她已经够结婚年龄。她住的地方离此地只不过一百步远!”

“是的,让她来找他吧,”这对老夫妇说。“他拥有整个的牛蒡林,而她只不过有一个小醋栗丛!”

这样,它们就去请那位小蜗牛姑娘来。她足足过了八天才到来,但这是一种很珍贵的现象,因为这说明她是一个很正经的女子。

于是它们就举行了婚礼。六个萤火虫尽量发出光来照着。

除此以外,一切是非常安静的,因为这对老蜗牛夫妇不喜欢大喝大闹。不过蜗牛妈妈发表了一起动人的演说。蜗牛爸爸一句话也讲不出来,因为他受到了极大的感动。于是它们把整座牛蒡林送给这对年轻夫妇,作为遗产;并且说了一大套它们常常说的话,那就是——这地方是世界上最好的一块地方,如果它们要正直地,善良地生活和繁殖下去的话,它们和它们的孩子们将来就应该到那个公馆里去,以便被煮得漆黑、放到银盘子上面。

当这番演说讲完了以后,这对老夫妇就钻进它们的屋子里去,再也不出来。它们睡着了。

年轻的蜗牛夫妇现在占有了这整座的森林,随后生了一大堆孩子。不过它们从来没有被烹调过,也没有到银盘子里去过。因此它们就下了一个结论,认为那个公馆已经塌了,全世界的人类都已经死去了。谁也没有反对它们这种看法,因此它们的看法一定是对的。雨打在牛蒡叶上,为它们发现咚咚的音乐来。太阳为它们发出亮光,使这牛蒡林增添了不少光彩。这样,它们过得非常幸福——这整个家庭是幸福的,说不出地幸福!

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①在丹麦文里,蜗牛的外壳叫做“房子”(huus)。

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篇20:老人与海英语读后感

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When I was a middle school student, I’ve finished this book in Chinese.But when I read it in English,I really gain something new both in the way of expression and the spirit it shows to us.May be different ages to read the same book we will learn different things from it.At least, for my part, that is true.

Firstly,I would like to review some information about this book.Such as the background,major characters and the topic of it.

The Old Man and the Sea is a story by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

The Old Man and the Sea served to reinvigorate Hemingways literary reputation and prompted a reexamination of his entire body of work. The novella was initially received with much popularity; it restored many readers confidence in Hemingways capability as an author. Its publisher, Scribners, on an early dust jacket, called the novella a "new classic," and many critics favorably compared it with such works as William Faulkners "The Bear" and Herman Melvilles Moby-Dick.

This book gives me a deep impression especially the description about the man’s braveness and persistence.

In this book, in order to suggest the profundity of the old man’s sacrifice and the glory that derives from it, Hemingway purposefully likens Santiago to Christ, who, according to Christian theology, gave his life for the greater glory of humankind. Crucifixion imagery is the most noticeable way in which Hemingway creates the symbolic parallel between Santiago and Christ. When Santiago’s palms are first cut by his fishing line, the reader cannot help but think of Christ suffering his stigmata. Later, when the sharks arrive, Hemingway portrays the old man as a crucified martyr, saying that he makes a noise similar to that of a man having nails driven through his hands. Furthermore, the image of the old man struggling up the hill with his mast across his shoulders recalls Christ’s march toward Calvary. Even the position in which Santiago collapses on his bed—face down with his arms out straight and the palms of his hands up—brings to mind the image of Christ suffering on the cross. Hemingway employs these images in the final pages of the novella in order to link Santiago to Christ, who exemplified transcendence by turning loss into gain, defeat into triumph, and even death into renewed life.

The major characters in this book are also vivid and lively.

Santiago?,the old man of the novella’s title, Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who has had an extended run of bad luck. Despite his expertise, he has been unable to catch a fish for eighty-four days. He is humble, yet exhibits a justified pride in his abilities. His knowledge of the sea and its creatures, and of his craft, is unparalleled and helps him preserve a sense of hope regardless of circumstance.

The marlin?,Santiago hooks the marlin, which we learn at the end of the novella measures eighteen feet, on the first afternoon of his fishing expedition. Manolin?,a boy presumably in his adolescence, Manolin is Santiago’s apprentice and devoted attendant. The old man first took him out on a boat when he was merely five years old. Due to Santiago’s recent bad luck, Manolin’s parents have forced the boy to go out on a different fishing boat. Manolin, however, still cares deeply for the old man, to whom he continues to look as a mentor.

Joe DiMaggio, although DiMaggio never appears in the novel, he plays a significant role nonetheless. Santiago worships him as a model of strength and commitment, and his thoughts turn toward DiMaggio whenever he needs to reassure himself of his own strength. Perico ?,Perico, the reader assumes, owns the bodega in Santiago’s village. He never appears in the novel, but he serves an important role in the fisherman’s life by providing him with newspapers that report the baseball scores. This act establishes him as a kind man who helps the aging Santiago.

Martin,like Perico, Martin, a café owner in Santiago’s village, does not appear in the story. The reader learns of him through Manolin, who often goes to Martin for Santiago’s supper. As the old man says, Martin is a man of frequent kindness who deserves to be repaid.

From the very first paragraph, Santiago is characterized as someone struggling against defeat. He has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish—he will soon pass his own record of eighty-seven days. Almost as a reminder of Santiago’s struggle, the sail of his skiff resembles “the flag of permanent defeat.” But the old man refuses defeat at every turn: he resolves to sail out beyond the other fishermen to where the biggest fish promise to be. He lands the marlin, tying his record of eighty-seven days after a brutal three-day fight, and he continues to ward off sharks from stealing his prey, even though he knows the battle is useless.

Because Santiago is pitted against the creatures of the sea, some readers choose to view the tale as a chronicle of man’s battle against the natural world, but the novella is, more accurately, the story of man’s place within nature. Both Santiago and the marlin display qualities of pride, honor, and bravery, and both are subject to the same eternal law: they must kill or be killed. As Santiago reflects when he watches the weary warbler fly toward shore, where it will inevitably meet the hawk, the world is filled with predators, and no living thing can escape the inevitable struggle that will lead to its death. Santiago lives according to his own observation: “man is not made for defeat . . . [a] man can be destroyed but not defeated.” In Hemingway’s portrait of the world, death is inevitable, but the best men (and animals) will nonetheless refuse to give in to its power. Accordingly, man and fish will struggle to the death, just as hungry sharks will lay waste to an old man’s trophy catch.

The novel suggests that it is possible to transcend this natural law. In fact, the very inevitability of destruction creates the terms that allow a worthy man or beast to transcend it. It is precisely through the effort to battle the inevitable that a man can prove himself. Indeed, a man can prove this determination over and over through the worthiness of the opponents he chooses to face. Santiago finds the marlin worthy of a fight, just as he once found “the great negro of Cienfuegos” worthy. HSantiago, though destroyed at the end of the novella, is never defeated. Instead, he emerges as a hero. Santiago’s struggle does not enable him to change man’s place in the world. Rather, it enables him to meet his most dignified destiny.

While it is certainly true that Santiago’s eighty-four-day run of bad luck is an affront to his pride as a masterful fisherman, and that his attempt to bear out his skills by sailing far into the gulf waters leads to disaster, Hemingway does not condemn his protagonist for being full of pride. On the contrary, Santiago stands as proof that pride motivates men to greatness. Because the old man acknowledges that he killed the mighty marlin largely out of pride, and because his capture of the marlin leads in turn to his heroic transcendence of defeat, pride becomes the source of Santiago’s greatest strength. Without a ferocious sense of pride, that battle would never have been fought, or more likely, it would have been abandoned before the end.

Santiago’s pride also motivates his desire to transcend the destructive forces of nature. Throughout the novel, no matter how baleful his circumstances become, the old man exhibits an unflagging determination to catch the marlin and bring it to shore. When the first shark arrives, Santiago’s resolve is mentioned twice in the space of just a few paragraphs. Even if the old man had returned with the marlin intact, his moment of glory, like the marlin’s meat, would have been short-lived. The glory and honor Santiago accrues comes not from his battle itself but from his pride and determination to fight.

Santiago dreams his pleasant dream of the lions at play on the beaches of Africa three times. The first time is the night before he departs on his three-day fishing expedition, the second occurs when he sleeps on the boat for a few hours in the middle of his struggle with the marlin, and the third takes place at the very end of the book. In fact, the sober promise of the triumph and regeneration with which the novella closes is supported by the final image of the lions. Because Santiago associates the lions with his youth, the dream suggests the circular nature of life. Additionally, because Santiago imagines the lions, fierce predators, playing, his dream suggests a harmony between the opposing forces—life and death, love and hate, destruction and regeneration—of nature.

This book gives me courage of conquering all kinds of difficulties .And I have the belief that the most beautiful thing is the process that we make our best to achieve our dream,and never say give up .

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