《海底两万里》英语读后感汇总20篇

今天，我阅读了法国着名作家、科幻小说之父儒勒·凡尔纳的科幻巨作《海底两万里》，它使我明白了一个道理：顽强探索，就是成功之源。此外，这本书还使我了解了太平洋、印度洋、红海、地中海，大西洋以及南极和北冰洋，丰富了我的地理知识。

本书讲述了这样一个故事：阿龙纳斯教授听了许多船只被“海怪”龚击的事件，他打算和助手康塞尔一起去寻找“海怪”，他们登上了美国战舰，却无意地爬在了“海怪”身上。所谓的“海怪”其实是一个潜水艇，它叫“鹦鹉螺”号，船长尼摩和教授他们成了朋友，却不放过他们，不把他们送往陆地，并在特殊情况下囚禁他们。但教授和他的伙伴环游各大洋，经历了种.种磨难。从林肯号美国战舰消失到发现“鹦鹉螺号”;从初识船长到海底森林狩猎;从托雷海峡到搁浅事故遇上巴布亚土着人;从珊瑚墓地到海底隧道;从珍珠养殖场到维戈湾海底宝藏;从海底煤矿到南极探险;从勇斗鲨鱼到血战章鱼;从海洋风暴到海底复仇……最后，教授和同伴在逃离时遇上大漩涡，除了教授和他的同伴外，“鹦鹉号”与船上的成员都消失在海洋里，教授他们却重返大陆。

本部小说既是一部惊险的小说，又是一部关于海洋的百科全书，书中描写的情节引人入胜。此外小说将尼摩船长等人物塑造得栩栩如生，尼摩船长探索海洋，勤思好问的精神值得我们学习。

生活中，学习中我们遇到问题也要勤思好问，只有端正了这个态度，困难也就迎刃而解了。

炎热的暑假，我在家里看了许多书，其中我最爱的一本书是《海底两万里》。这本书非常有意思，我很快就把这本书看完了。

打开《海底两万里》，我怀着好奇心，和书中的主人公皮埃尔.阿隆纳克斯教授一起乘坐着“鹦鹉螺”号潜水艇开始了充满传奇色彩的海底只旅。我们一起快乐地周游了太平洋、印度洋、红海、地中海、大西洋以及南极和北冰洋，惊奇地遇见了许多罕见的植物，还有海底洞穴、暗道和遗址等等。在两万里的海底航程里，皮埃尔.阿隆纳克斯还教会了我大量的科学文化和地理地质知识，尤其是光的折射、珍珠的分类、采集、潜水艇的构造……

我感叹作者儒勒.凡尔纳的想象力，竟然在还未发明潜水艇甚至电灯的社会中预料到未来世界，把科学与故事结合，创造出一个神奇的海底世界。在引人入胜的故事中，作者还同时告诫人们：在看到科学技术造福人类的同时，也要重视防止被利用、危害人类自身危险的行为。儒勒.凡尔纳提出要爱护海豹、鲸等海洋生物，谴责滥杀滥捕的观念……面对这早在两百年的先知者的呼吁,我不禁掩卷思考:这本书只是让读者感受丰富多彩、令人惊叹的历险吗?不，它是在启发我们，让我们的心灵对自然科学有更大的收获。

伙伴们，让我们一起搭上这艘奇妙的潜艇，去看看海底森林、珊瑚王国和神秘的宝藏，并且勇敢地和大章鱼作战，设法从南极的冰壁间脱险吧!还有许多许多新鲜、刺激的遭遇等着我们去领略。来吧!让我们一起携手去探索!

导语：《茶花女》故事讲述了一个青年人与巴黎上流社会一位交际花曲折凄婉的爱情故事。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800s, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. When I first began to read the book, I did not care for Marguerite or her attitude or lifestyle, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was a front to cover the lonely woman that she really was. She felt used, abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her as a person and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.

However, happiness didn’t last for long. When M. Duval, Armands father, came to her, pleading for her to leave Armand to save both Armands reputation and that of his younger innocent sister, Marguerite saw a way to become pure of heart, if not in body. She felt that it was her duty, because she loved Armand so much, to do this even though it meant giving up her own happiness and hurting Armand temporarily. She reluctantly returned to her former life, knowing that some day Armand would forgive her. Sadly, she died in debt and basically alone, except for her one female friend, Julie Duprat, who helped her during her illness. She had her journal sent to Armand after her death, explaining why she had made the choices she had. I think Dumass last few lines about Marguerite being the exception, not the rule were quite true, and I also agreed with his view that while her lifestyle could not be condoned, we as a society assume that all of these type of women are cold and heartless, while this may not always be the case. A person can make the wrong choices in life when they are young, and try to redeem themselves, but sometimes past situations prevent them from changing their lives, even though they desperately wish to do so. This applies to both men and women in many different types of circumstances: involvement in crime; drug or alcohol abuse; gambling; prostitution; financial problems; poor marriage choices; etc. And this is the fact, which exists in the whole society.

As far as the other characters in the book, I think Marguerite was right in saying that no one truly cared about her, but only wanted something from her, the only exceptions being Armand and Julie Duprat. Of course, the Comte de G. and Comte de N. wanted her body and appearance. The Duke needed to “wake up and smell the coffee” and realize that she could never replace his dead daughter. If he truly cared, he could have helped her leave her lifestyle without “keeping” her himself. And lastly, Prudence was a blood-sucking leech who used Marguerite almost worse than the men. I also think she was jealous of the fact that Marguerite had so much more courage than herself and someone truly loved her.

Last morning, when tiding my bookshelf, I took this book out of the shelf, and a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. I held it against the morning light and blew on it. The soft breeze carried it away. Camille is just like the camellia, she could never escape from the destiny of withering. But it wasn’t her fault; it’s because of the evil of Capitalism and the hideousness of that society.

Suddenly, I remembered a saying: “Women are like the flowers”. Those pretty women are like those beautiful flowers; their delicate beauty makes people feel they are the miracle of life. However, even the God envies their beauty. It seems that beautiful women always have tragic endings. As we are normal persons, even we can see the hideousness of humanity that results in their fate of withering, we can at most ask quietly in our hearts: Where have those beautiful flowers gone? Where have they gone?

These days, I am reading foreign novels "the miseries of the world", it is a famous French writer Victor Hugo wrote a work. The book tells the story of good and evil, hypocritical and sad stories of the kind.

O male ran to caused by excessive poor and stole the bread in the shop, was closed the captivity of 19 years, 19 years in prison. This 19 years and let him turn over a new leaf, let the heart of the greater corrosion, he also became the evil. After prison, MiLiYi leader that moved his kind heart, let the misfortune to turn over a new leaf and heavy work. Later, he again use intelligence when the mountains, the mayor of the citys situation. But persons fate, he revealed to you. In his later years, he had other sons and daughters sacrifice happiness, the fate of the childrens marriage.

Reading this book, I realize the integrity of jean valjean, fang ding, the maternal love, cosette Seths misfortune and luckily, thenardier terminating, javerts hard and slow maroussi in spirit. Ive learned integrity, kindness, and cold and evil.

这几天，我在读外国名著《悲惨的世界》，它是法国著名作家雨果写的一部作品。书中讲述了正义与邪恶，虚伪与善良的悲惨故事。

公冉阿让曾因过度贫穷而偷了商店里的面包，被关了十九年的囚禁，十九年的牢狱生活。这十九年并让他改过自新，而让心灵受更大的腐蚀，他也变的得的凶恶。出狱后，米里艾教主那善良的心打动了他，让不幸改过自新，重活。后来，他又用的聪明才智当山上了市长，了城市的状况。可人的命运，他向大家透露了的。晚年，他又养女的命运而牺牲了的幸福，了儿女的婚姻。

读了这本书，我体会冉阿让的正直、芳丁那的母爱，珂塞特的不幸与万幸，德纳第的心狠手辣，沙威的冷酷和马洛斯保家卫国的精神。我明白了正直，善良，与冷酷，邪恶。

今天我看了一部电影名字叫《背着爸爸上学》，我深受感触，跟石娃相比我的生活条件和学习条件都比石娃好多了，他在那么艰苦的环境下学习的那么好，他每天回来做完作业还要照护他瘫痪的父亲，还要干农活。最后他的化学在全国获得了一个奖，我非常敬佩他。

石娃的成功告诉我们，他的成果是靠努力得来的，不是来自偶然。爱迪生说过天才是有百分之一的聪明，和百分之九十九的汗水合成的。我们要学会跌倒了又站起来，不能受点挫折就不敢往前面走，我们一定要受很多大风大浪，跌倒了又站起来这才是强者的作风，经过很多次的跌倒，才可以走向成功。

有一次我看了一篇文章名字忘了，有3个人去爬山，第一个人看见了山那么高肯定爬不上去所以他放弃了，第2个人爬到半山腰说：还有那么远肯定爬不上去，也放弃了，可是第3个人一直很坚定，他很努力的爬，终于爬到了山上。有一次3个人在一起聊天，聊那次爬山的时候，第1个人说我很聪明我在山下面看山那么高很定爬不上去的，第2个人说我也很聪明，我爬到半山腰就不爬了。第3个人说但是你们看不到山上的美景了。这个故事说明，努力的人才会有好的结果。

对于我们来说我们要报答父母的养育之恩好好学习，将来要报答父母，为国增光。

"Love education" this book let me know a lot of human reason, make my benefit bandit shallow.

I think amway is a filial child, is also a kind of children. He is innocent, lively, active, there are a lot of care in his life his good friend, always encourage him, comfort him, so he can grow up smoothly, also can obtain experience.

Give me the deepest memory is second grades student Betty, he in order to protect a giulio was struck by the carriage is not a grader, is too late to dodge, crushed the foot bone by carriages, after the walk on crutches only. Students to help others in our life, there is, but like his sacrifice themselves to protect others students, we would not have met. See this story, I thought about the newspaper report: a ninety - year - old woman fell to the sidewalk. 20 minutes, not a passer-by to raise her up. Until 120 the ambulance arrived, the old lady had died for about 20 minutes. Also is two people to help, but the results are completely different, a received rescue, lay down his life for his people died a long time to be discovered. The pedestrian to give save ROM. Betty is good as a mile.

It is because the amway division side there are so many good partners, he can understand the world is full of love. It makes me feel this book is very meaningful, let me realize what is unable to destroy the friendship between classmates, what is a meticulous care between teachers and students, what is parents endless love! I believe that if you have these qualities, know what is true, the good and the beautiful people, must be the most beautiful and good life in the world!

《爱的教育》这本书让我知道了许多做人的道理，令我收益匪浅。

我觉得安利科是个孝顺的孩子，也是个善良的孩子。他天真、活泼、好动，在他生活中有许多关怀他的好朋友，时常鼓励他，安慰他，所以他才可以顺利成长，也可以从中获取经验。

给我记忆最深的是二年级的学生罗贝蒂，他为了保护一个一年级的小学生朱利奥不被马车撞到，自己却来不及躲开，被马车把脚骨压碎了，经后只能靠拐杖行走了。在我们的生活中，帮助别人的同学是有的，但像他这样了为保护别人而牺牲自己的同学，我们就不一定有幸遇到了。看到这一个故事，令我想到了报纸上的一则报道：一位九十多岁的老太太倒在人行道上。20分钟里，竟没有一个路人上前搀扶。等到120急救车赶到时，老太太已经去世约20分钟了。同样是两个值得帮助的人，但是遇到的结果却完全不同，一个得到了别人舍命相救，一个去世了很久才被人发现。这些行人跟舍身救人的罗贝蒂简直是差之千里。

正是因为安利科身边有这么多善良的伙伴，他才可以明白这个世界处处充满爱。这让我觉得这本书很有意义，让我体会到什么是同学之间无法摧毁的友谊，什么是师生之间无微不至的关怀，什么是父母永无止境的爱!我相信如果有了这些品质，知道了什么是真、善、美的人，一定是世界上生活的最美好的人!

The sorrows of young werther is a German writer johann Wolfgang Goethe is one of the most famous masterpiece. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German modern outstanding poets, writers and thinkers. The sorrows of young werther this epistolary novel written in first person, not only conveys the feudal system in Europe from the ancient to the capitalist system of excessive transformation period, the middle-aged and young generation to pursue "personality liberation", "emotional freedom", "return to nature of social status", "establishing equal relationship" between peoples strong desire, also illustrates the authors own distinct position. In 1774 published a novel has aroused strong repercussions, the whole of Europe an victor hot, Goethes hand revealed deep sleep in contemporary deeply excited all the secrets of the mind.

We can see victors image: tsing yi huang trousers and thin sensitive and sentimental. He kept the childlike innocence confronts the nature of his heart is bright and clean, like a deep stagnant water. He attaches great importance to the natural sincere feelings cherish his "heart is better than all other" Albert rational calm very unhappy. His love at first sight, for she had also because she is so innocent in manners do keep a girl lovely nature. Green, in the heart of victor is completely natural and beautiful his love for her is reached the degree of "forgetting"!

She is just victor lover? She is the embodiment of victor all ideal almost representative of beauty. When victors ideal in reality nothing is near, he met and she became his heart clings to object and shelter. His love for her is hot, unselfish, has deviated from the true meaning of love, because it is a kind of irrational and abnormal love, is not the final result of the destruction of others is to destroy them. Rather than his love and his love is his one thousand to from the conquest of the opposite sex to prove the existence of self value. Because of this, in the face of rational barriers victor heart will have such a complicated entanglements and deep pain. He hovered between reality and green, and the fact that, after all, not a lover and victor becomes more crazy. But he lost his friend victor all hope in life, the passion of youth, the courage of life is destroyed by a thus only to an extreme way -- suicide to show resistance of reality. Schiller profoundly analyzes the victors tragedy, he said: "a person with a warm feelings to hug an ideal and escape from reality in order to pursue the infinite reality; he constantly seek him in his outside forever in his own destruction in the nature of things; he felt his own dream is the only reality of his own experience is permanent; he sees their presence as bound shall crush it in order to further the absolute reality."

In the writers love is the greatest hero for it can cling to life; In the writers love is the small only is a tool for personality liberation and realize self value. The protagonist in the novel the continuous and endless memories, fierce inner conflict, also bitter sweet in love feeling, only when he was unable to get a beloved is cruel and gloomy beauty. The so-called vigorous love and heart full of tears, is actually a thick young feelings and deep that must not turn dark young sorrow. Youth it is destined to always full of unease and restlessness, too many boiling blood to be cathartic for ideal can be without any hesitation.

The heroine in the sorrows of young werther self-consciousness is quite strong. Youth and beauty are what he ardently desire. Born for freedom, he died for freedom, he would rather die than to give up his ideal and pursuit. However the value goal of how to implement? Will not, of course, through the practice of reforming society, we have not such ideological awareness, the hero of them, the fate of the palm is only one are pieces of quiet. So they can only choose to make love till death do it the end of time and regret, then maybe can express in the heart of anguish? In this sense it is not only their personal tragedy, also is the tragedy of The Times.

参考翻译：

少年维特之烦恼是德国作者约翰·沃尔夫冈·歌德最著名的代表作之一。歌德是德国近代杰出的诗人、作家和思想家。少年维特之烦恼这部以第一人称写就的书信体小说，不仅传达了欧洲从古老的封建制度向资本主义制度过度的转型时期，中青年一代追求“个性解放”、“感情自由”、“恢复自然的社会状态”、“建立平等的人与人之间的关系”的强烈愿望，也阐明了作者自身鲜明的立场。1774年小说一发表便引起了强烈的反响，整个欧洲掀起了一阵维特热，歌德的手揭开了沉睡在当代的深深激动着的心灵里的一切秘密。

我们可以想见维特的形象：青衣黄裤清秀而瘦弱敏感而多情。他保持了童真的本性面对世界时他的心明净如一泓清水。他重视自然真诚的感情珍视他的“心胜于其它一切”对阿尔伯特似的理智冷静的人非常不满。他对绿蒂的一见钟情、一往情深也正是因为她如此天真无邪在举止行事中保持了一个少女可爱的自然本性。绿蒂在维特的心中完全就是自然与美的化身他对她的爱简直达到了“忘我”的程度!

绿蒂难道仅仅是维特的恋人?她几乎是维特全部理想的化身美的代表。当维特的理想在现实中无所依傍的时候，他遇见了绿蒂，绿蒂成为了他心灵的攀附对象和避难所。他对她的爱虽是炽热的、忘我的，却已偏离了爱的真义，因为这是一种非理性的、变态的爱，最后的结果不是毁灭他人就是毁灭自己。与其说他爱的是绿蒂，不如说他爱的是他自己千方百计地要从对异性的征服中证明自我存在的价值。正因为如此，在理性的藩篱面前维特的内心才会产生如此复杂的纠葛和深沉的痛苦。他在现实与绿蒂之间徘徊而终究得不到爱人的事实又使维特变得愈加疯狂。最终他还是失去了绿蒂维特全部的人生希望、青春的热情、生活的勇气都被一道摧毁从而只得以极端的方式——自杀来表露对现实的反抗。席勒深刻地分析了维特的悲剧他说：“一个人物以热烈的感情拥抱一个理想并且逃避现实以便追求非现实的无限;他不断地在他身外寻求他永远在他自己的天性中所破坏的东西;他觉得他自己的梦想才是唯一现实的东西他自己的经验无非是永久的束缚;他把自己的存在看作是束 缚应当把它粉碎以便深入绝对的现实。”

在作家的笔下爱情是伟大的主人公为它生可以死死可以生;在作家的笔下爱情又是渺小的只不过是承载个性解放和实现自我价值的工具。小说里主人公那绵绵无尽的情思、激烈的内心冲突、亦苦亦甜的恋爱感受，只有在他无法得到心上人时才具有残酷而无望的美的意味。所谓轰轰烈烈的爱情与充满血泪的心路，事实上是浓得化不开的年少情愫与深黯的少年悲戚。青春向来就注定充满不安和躁动，太多沸腾的热血亟待宣泄为理想献身可以无半点犹疑。

在少年维特之烦恼中主人公的自我意识相当强烈。青春和美都是他热切向往的东西。他为自由而生，为自由而死，他宁死也不愿放弃自己的理想和追求。然而这种价值目标如何实现呢?当然不可能通过改造社会的实践，我们的主人公还没有这样的思想觉悟，他们，在命运的掌心里只能是一枚渺续安静的棋子。因此他们只能选择爱爱它个地老天荒、至死不悔，这样或许能抒发心中的苦闷?在这个意义上说这不仅仅是他们个人的悲剧，也是整个时代的悲剧。

[少年维特之烦恼英语读后感及翻译

《海底两万里》是凡尔纳的科幻小说三部曲（第一部是《格兰特船长的儿女》，第三部是《神秘岛》）的第二部，主要讲述“诺第留斯号”潜艇的故事。

读完这本书，会让读者了解大量真实的关于海洋的知识：海底地理构造、海洋动植物……这些科学知识。语言十分生动有趣，想象丰富多彩，行文缜密、细腻，情节古怪离奇，而且故事生动幽默，融知识性、趣味性与创造性为一炉。既给人以美学享受又给人以丰富的科学知识。同时凡尔纳还塑造了栩栩如生的人物形象，而尼摩船长是凡尔纳着力塑造的一个人物形象：他博学、冷静、沉着而机智，外表似乎是“心如死灰”与世隔绝的隐士，实则为内心炽热，向往自由并时刻关注世界政治风云变化的科学战士。还有忠实、镇静的仆人康塞尔；性格固执、暴躁而又有有胆识的鱼叉手尼德。兰，都给我很深的印象。

故事开始，法国生物学家阿龙纳斯应邀参加对一只被认为是海上独角鲸的追捕。追捕过程中，阿龙纳斯及其仆人康塞尔以及鱼叉手尼德。兰三人不幸落水。三人泅水爬到怪物脊背上才发现它不是独角鲸，而是一艘构造精巧的潜艇。潜艇船长尼摩是个不明国籍、自称“跟整个人类断绝了关系”的神秘人物。尼摩船长邀请他们一起乘潜艇到海底旅行，他们从太平洋出发，途经珊瑚岛、印度洋、红海、地中海、大西洋、南极等，看到许多罕见的海底动植物和海底奇观，也经历了许多危险。但在尼摩船长带领下，在各位船员努力下，他们克服了这一切困难。最后，尼摩船长与潜艇在挪威海岸的大漩涡水城失踪，阿龙纳斯与两位同伴醒来时已躺在附近渔民的小木屋中，对船长及诺第留斯号的去向也 一无所知。

看了这篇文章，我感觉到其实作品还告诫人们在看到科学技术造福人类的同时，还应重视防止被坏人利用危害人类自身的行为，提出要热爱海洋生物，谴责滥捕观念和行为。

法国“现代科学幻想小说之父"儒勒.凡尔纳的“海洋三部曲”的第二部《海底两万里》想必大家都很熟悉。对我来说，这是一部不可多得的名著，也是一次充满自由与孤独的深海之旅。

这部小说写的是一次偶然的事件使“我”——彼埃尔.阿罗纳克斯、“我”的仆人孔塞耶及加拿大籍鱼叉手内德.兰踏上了“鹦鹉螺”号潜水艇，与“鹦鹉螺”号的船长尼摩开始了两万里的海底之游。船长带“我们”周游了世界海域——瓦尼科罗岛、托雷斯海峡、印度洋、红海、地中海、维哥湾、马尾藻海、合恩角、亚马逊河甚至南极。

在这次旅行中，“我”发现船长是为了某种复仇才选择与世隔绝的海底生活。“我”不断寻找着答案。但最终，尼摩船长对他所要报复国家的船只进行了一场大屠杀。“我们”找准机会逃出了“鹦鹉螺”号。

这部“深海之旅”让我看到了人类的潜水艇无法到达的深海美景。各式各样的海洋生物，它们各自不同的外形和生活方式深深的吸引了我，让我学会了各种生物学知识。

同时，我也非常敬佩尼摩船长，为他那过人的胆识和勇气;为他的果断和独当一面;他是为了穷苦人民而努力，渴望解救他们;他的正义感也使我敬佩，他断然制造“鹦鹉螺”号，向灭国者发出挑战，用行动告诉他们祖国还有他，祖国虽然已经灭亡，但他的“种子”还在这里，会让他们付出惨痛的代价!

这部小说让我感受到了深海的魅力，学到了各种关于鱼类的知识;我还要向尼摩船长学习，学习他那种果断、勇敢、正义、爱国。但我也看见了仇恨带来的毁灭性，它告诫我不可以被仇恨蒙蔽，从而做出让自己后悔的事情。

导语：《红与黑》是法国作家司汤达创作的长篇小说，也是其代表作。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!

作品讲述主人公于连是小业主的儿子，凭着聪明才智，在当地市长家当家庭教师时与市长夫人勾搭成奸，事情败露后逃离市长家，进了神学院。经神学院院长举荐，到巴黎给极端保王党中坚人物拉莫尔侯爵当私人秘书，很快得到侯爵的赏识和重用。与此同时，于连又与侯爵的女儿有了私情。最后在教会的策划下，市长夫人被逼写了一封告密信揭发他，使他的飞黄腾达毁于一旦。他在气愤之下，开枪击伤市长夫人，被判处死刑，上了断头台。

小说发表后，当时的社会流传“不读《红与黑》，就无法在政界混”的谚语，而该书则被许多国家列为禁书。《红与黑》在心理深度的挖掘上远远超出了同时代作家所能及的层次。它开创了后世“意识流小说”、“心理小说”的先河。后来者竞相仿效这种“司汤达文体”，使小说创作“向内转”，发展到重心理刻画、重情绪抒发的现代形态。人们因此称司汤达为"现代小说之父"。《红与黑》发表100多年来，被译成多种文字广为流传，并被多次改编为戏剧、电影。

The writer writing unfolds, first is entire French societys one typical window -----small city Varriales political pattern. The aristocrat is born German Switzerland that mayor is restores the dynasty in here highest representative, the maintenance restoration political power, prevents the bourgeoisie free party member is in power in politics regards as the inherent responsibilities. Poor collection post manager Valno the promise originally is the petty bourgeois, as a result of hires oneself the church secret organization saint can obtain the now the fat difference, thus oneself with restoration political power hitch in same place. Transcription hall Father Maslon is the spy which the church sends, all peoples words and deeds all under his surveillance, the time which mutually supports in this king place and the sacrificial altar, is person which wields great power with great arrogance. These three people constitute " Three heads Politic ", reflected the restoration influence the aspect which you the city arrogated all powers to oneself in Varriale.But their opposite, is a large number, has the huge economic potentiality aggressive bourgeoisie free party member. Stendhal describes to the people guarantees king party members be domineering and tyrannical, on the one hand again let the people draw such conclusion: Grasps has the economic potentiality the bourgeoisie, also will decide in politics is the final victor. 《 The Red and the Black 》 the book in circulation revolutionized in July, 1830 before, takes charge of soup reaches unexpectedly picture is understands clearly historical movement this one inevitably tends to.

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作者写作展开，首先是整个法国社会的一个典型的窗口-----小城市瓦里亚里的政治格局。贵族出生的德国瑞士市长是在这里恢复王朝的最高代表，维护复辟政权，防止资产阶级自由党员在政治上作为固有的责任。可怜的经理Valno收集后最初的承诺是小资产阶级，由于雇佣自己的教堂圣能够获得秘密组织现在的肥差，从而恢复自己与同一个地方的政治权力顺利。父亲Maslon是转录堂教会派间谍，所有人的言行都在他的监视，相互支持，在这个地方和国王的祭坛，是人炙手可热的。这三人构成“三头政治”，反映了恢复的影响方面，你的城市取一切权力对自己在瓦里亚里。但是他们的对面，是一个大数目，具有巨大的经济潜力咄咄逼人的资产阶级自由党成员。斯汤达向人们描述了保证国王党员的霸气，一方面又让人们得出这样的结论：掌握有经济实力的资产阶级，也会决定在政治上是最后的胜利者。《红与黑》书改变了七月1830之前，负责汤达竟像是洞悉历史运动的这一必然趋向。

寒假里，无聊得很，就读了几本书，自我感觉这几本书都不错，尤其是这本《海底两万里》，构思巧妙，情节惊险，这是法国著名小说家凡尔纳的三部曲中的第二部，主要讲述的是诺第留斯号潜艇的故事。

主要讲述，在1886年，有人以为在海上见到一条独角鲸，法国生物学家阿龙纳斯最后发现那是一艘名为诺第留斯号的潜艇，并且带着仆人康塞尔和一个捕鲸手，跟随尼摩船长乘坐这艘潜艇在海底作了两万里的环球探险旅行。

我很喜欢《海底两万里》，是因为它有众多的知音。我们现在的中学生都很前卫，对语文课本后的名著不但不喜欢，甚至还有些厌恶。作为许多中学生中一员的我自然也不例外，对那些所谓的名著没有丝毫的兴趣，只是偶尔在考试之前看一看罢了，目的也只是为了应付考试。可是《海底两万里》不一样，它虽然是语文新课标的推荐书目，但它却是一部本身非常棒的作品。生物学家阿龙纳斯的博学，仆人康塞尔的忠心不二、尼德?兰德的勇猛以及诺第留斯号的豪华、功能多用无不描绘的面面俱到、栩栩如生，令人不得不爱上这部作品。尼摩船长所讲的海底的丰富资源更是让我对这部作品印象深刻。我觉得，它的风格可以跟当代风靡全球的《冒险小虎队》书系相媲美。一本写于八十年代的外国作品在当代仍然有那么多的知音，这的确挺了不起的。

When I was a freshman in college I watched the film Gua Sha Treatment for the first time, now I am a junior student and I come back to review the movie from a multicultural aspect, I have many different feelings after watching the film again.

At the beginning of the film, XuDatong is given an award and later he delivers a speech. What makes me impressed most is in his speech he says “one day I will become one of you, a truly successful American, today this award proved that America is a true land of opportunity and I am the living proof of that.” At that moment Xu thinks he has realized his American Dream totally with his lovingly wife and adorable son. However, I think it is ironical that to make a speech like that and I assume it is made on purpose to hind a clue for the story’s development. How many non-American people have such a beautiful American dream? One of my classmate studies in American now and before he went aboard he told me his American dream is he can stand at the top of the New York. To be honest, I also dream that one day I can get the Green Card living there happily and successfully maybe working at the Wall Street. When Xu gets the award he thinks he entirely melted in the melting pot neglecting the multicultural obstruct, later the plot goes against the way he thinks. And later Quinlan asked Xu ‘why you be the scapegoat of your father?’ Xu answers ‘because he is Chinese.’ Then maybe Xu knows that there is always a wide gap between Chinese and American cultures.

The second scene is Xu hit his son Denis because Denis hit the son of xu’s boss, at the middle of the film xu tells his boss that he hit his own son is only to show his respect to his boss John Quinlan, that time Quinlan feels puzzled “what a Chinese logic”， yes, American can never understand such a logic full of Chinese characteristic, because they respect everyone including the children, they won’t beat a child to please the boss, and there is no such a conception of degree between employee and employer, they feel everyone is equal, which is quite different from china.

Connected to the second scene, the third difference I want to analyze is the care for the children. In America, people pay more attention to the right of children which can be seen from the law—leaving children alone at home is illegal, while in China it is so common that almost everyone may experience such loneliness. And Children Welfare Agency does work in America which shows the importance Americans attach to children’s right. What’s more, I remember a line ‘No one won the case, especially the child.’ In my opinion, it also manifests the universal concern from the American public to the children.

The fourth aspect is following the procedure, in the film, more than there times, the people focus on the rule, the law, the procedure. At the Christmas Eve Xu wants to return back to his home pretending as a Santa Claus, what a pity, the security recognizes him and persuades ‘you are always a good tenement, never causes troubles for me.’ And another scene is at the end of the film , the judge says ‘I have to follow the procedure.’ However, in China people always have to ask for a favor to do something, and later you have to pay back the favor ，for myself, I prefer the American style, strict to the procedure.

The fifth and the last point is the humors, Quinlan says ‘you can’t fall, your health security is the company paid.’ ‘Datong, welcome home, maybe next time, you can come from the front door.’ ‘dady, why you come from the window’ ‘ because we don’t have a chimney.’ I really adore this distinguished American humor, especially in dangerous situations, which is quite rare in China.

That’s my whole reaction to Gua Sha Treatment.

在我们生活着的这个美丽地球上，有大部分面积不是陆地，而是属于那无穷无尽的茫茫大海。

在我眼里大海本身就是一个无价之宝库。每当黑黑的夜幕降临，大海就会开始用它那独一无二的身躯，轻柔的弹奏着一首又一首的“美妙夜曲”，那是海浪击打礁石的声音，那是海底的鱼儿在狂欢着开party，那又像是亲爱的妈妈在安抚她那刚刚呱呱坠地吃完奶憨憨入睡的孩子。与海为邻那是一件多么美妙的事情!

于是，在我再一次来到海边的渔家客栈时，我打开了《海底两万里》：那里描述的是一个奇幻而又不可思议的海洋世界;从发现到体验到逃难，主人公阿龙纳先生在鹦鹉螺号轮船上经历的一次次终身难忘的水下航行……

客栈外海浪拍打着礁石，发出一声又一声清脆的“哗”声。我闭上眼睛，慢慢地回想刚刚所看的那一章中所描绘的海底世界。那是第二十四章：珊瑚王国。随着思绪的延伸，渐渐地自己无形中也成了故事中的一员……

海底黑黑的，伸手不见五指。我忽然想起来此时我应该走起来是很累的，因为我要穿上潜水服，带上氧气箱和一盏路灯。那氧气箱、潜水服会是怎么样呢?应该会比较好看吧。“算了，我现在不是呼吸自如嘛，那就不用带不用穿了吧”。我心里想。于是我跟在尼摩船长、阿龙纳先生和他的朋友奈德兰身后，打开手电筒照着路，一步一步向前走去。这里既没有漂亮的沙滩，长满水草的洼地;也没有海底平原和海底森林。那接下来我们会去哪儿呢?

珊瑚王国!

说起珊瑚，尼摩船长如数家珍：珊瑚是一种生活在海洋里的体态玲珑，色彩高雅的腔肠动物，又名珊瑚虫。它能分泌出红、白等色的石灰质骨骼，并群集相互粘在一起呈树枝状，即人们所说的珊瑚石。换句话说，珊瑚石实际上是珊瑚虫这种奇怪的植物型动物的后期形态，慢慢石化成树木的形状而已。珊瑚一般生长在海底下300英尺左右的深处，1000英尺是珊瑚能够生长的极限深度。珊瑚的形状有很多：管状珊瑚、头型珊瑚、星状珊瑚……最珍贵的当属红珊瑚、血红珊瑚、血红泡沫……

我一边饶有兴趣地回味着，一边继续往前走。边上是厚厚的“珊瑚灌木丛”，“灌木丛”上覆盖着点点星状的白边小花。灯光在这色彩鲜亮的“灌木丛”上造出千般迷人的效果。你说这些珊瑚会不会是像万花筒一般，有着千变万化的功能呢?

于是我继续看下去。书上有一段话说：我想我看见了这些绢纱般圆筒状的灌木枝在海水揉动下的颤抖。小巧敏捷的鱼儿像天空中的鸟儿一样嗖地一下就过去了。我想摘些珊瑚的鲜花和精致的触须，有些正好开了，有的还没有开苞。但是，我的手一接近这些活着的、敏感的花儿时，一种警告就会迅速传遍整个群体，白色的花立即缩进它们红色的壳里不见了，灌木丛就变成了一堆凸石……

合上书，我还在想象着那颤抖着的灌木枝，是微微摇摆的，还是不停抖动的?那灵敏的鱼儿真的就像天上的鸟儿那样吗?那些珊瑚的花儿和精致的触角张开时，是像桃花一般娇艳欲滴,还是像桂花一般花香怡人?它们是一个个防御系统很灵敏的生物，还是如含羞草一般的植物?想着想着，我抬起头，不觉间夜已深。

推开窗户，一阵海风迎面扑来，凉爽的海风中夹杂着浓郁的大海的味道，那是腥味的，不是很好闻，但却是最自然的。没有鸟儿，没有珊瑚，只有那天边闪烁的繁星。海浪拍打着岩石，“哗哗”，清脆有力，但却让人心情放松，于是乎，渐渐地，我进入了宁静的梦乡。

这个月，我看了一本非常精彩的科幻小说——《海底两万里》。我一拿到这本书，马上读了起来。津津有味，爱不释手。

通过这本书，让我认识了儒勒·凡尔纳。法国著名作家，是现代科幻小说的奠基人，又被誉为“科幻小说之父”。“只躺在床上在幻想中旅行。”这是凡尔纳的誓言。自幼热爱海洋，向往远航探险。11岁时，曾志愿上船当见习生，远航印度，结果被家人发现接回家并狠揍了一顿。正因这一童年经历，凡尔纳大半生时间都投入到幻想与写作当中。他虽然没有周游过世界，但在作品中，他用丰富的地理知识带领着我身临其境，走遍七洲四海，世界各地。

书的内容相当精彩:在大洋中有一只神秘的海洋生物，连连发生撞船事故，让政府警觉重视起来，下令造船搜捕这只神秘的“海洋生物”。于是，一艘先进的大船——“林肯号”诞生了。可是神秘“海洋生物”实在是太强大，“林肯号”不是它的对手，被击沉了。后来法国生物学家阿隆纳斯博士一行人，在逃生中到了“神秘海洋生物”上，发现其实是一艘无比先进的潜水艇。为了保守潜艇的秘密，他们别无选择，跟着潜水艇周游各大洋，参观了诺大的海洋王国。这艘潜艇名为“诺第留斯号”，它无所不能，简直堪称完美。

书中有博古通今的阿隆纳斯博士，生性沉稳、精通分类的康赛尔，野性十足的捕鲸手尼德兰……我最喜欢的是尼摩船长，一个不明国籍的神秘人物。他勇敢、机智、冷静、刚毅。他在荒岛上秘密建造潜艇，利用海洋来提供能源，与大陆保持联系，用海底沉船里的千百万金银来支援陆地上人们的正义斗争。他乐观自信、独立自由，有同情心，有正义感。他善待俘虏，帮助并收留了博士一行人。在旅途中，他们领略了海底奇幻美景，与凶猛的海洋生物搏斗，经历了重重险遇。他就是一个典型的智慧英雄，令我钦佩。

《海底两万里》这本书我看了一遍又一遍，百看不厌。它赐予我一颗勇敢的心，让我体会到坚定的探索精神，它是一本极好的精神教科书。

《海底两万里》这本书是一部经典的科幻小说，作者将扑朔迷离的故事情节，丰富详尽的知识完美的融为一体，引导人们认真学习。

这本书主要写的是人们发现了一头怪物，于是人们要去把它捉来，阿龙纳斯教授、尼德·兰和康塞尔也接受了捕捉行动的邀请，但在捕捉中不幸的掉入水中，然后发现他们就在海怪的背上。后来，他们知道了怪物是一个潜水艇，然后他们就在潜水艇上生活。在潜水艇上生活时，他们遇到了各种困难，但都被他们勇敢、机智的克服了，在一路上，他们想尽了办法逃跑，最后终于获得了自由。

让我记得最深的就是“南极冒险”，他们被浮冰重重包围的时候，还可以冷静思考逃出浮冰的包围，想办法把这一群人从死亡中救出来。

这里除了尼摩的冷静还有海底的奇特。“漫步海底平原”里的平原上有2000多种海藻呢!还有好多好多的珍品都在等着我们呢。还有各种各样的鱼类，比如俊美的水獭;蜘蛛蟹;还有大鲨鱼。在遭遇土著人的时候，尼摩船长开启的电网保护功能，使船员们躲过一劫。

还有许多惊奇的故事：比如“章鱼的袭击”、“南极冒险”、“尼摩的复仇”……

它们都等着你来看呢!

读过几本书，其中《海底两万里》(注音版)是我最喜欢的。这本书非常有意思。它讲述了阿隆纳科斯教授为剿灭海洋怪物而不幸落水，却被“鹦鹉螺”号潜艇所救。从此，他开始了惊险、神奇的海底旅行，并亲眼目睹了海底火山喷发的壮观景象，登上南极，领略了美丽而危险的海底世界。

《海底两万里》内容丰富，描写了许多海洋生物和海洋现象，使我了解了很多关于海洋的知识，故事情节让人惊心动魄又让人身临其境的感觉。

其中，“鹦鹉螺”号被困冰山群，我的感触很深。寒冷的天气里，“鹦鹉螺”号撞到了冰山上，五个小时的时间，它的所有出口全被冰墙堵住了。在这个时候，主人公及船上的所有人用他们的顽强，在船长的冷静、果断与坚韧的指挥下，终于让“鹦鹉螺”号跃出了破碎的冰面。

这个过程，让我明白一个道理：在困难面前，一定要有勇气去面对它，毫不畏惧，把我们所有人的智慧和力量集合起来，就一定能够战胜它。

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

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

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

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

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

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

1866年，海上发生了一件很怪的事，令人摸不着头脑。海洋中尽情出现了一种“庞然大物”，它拥有纺锤形的外形，有时发出磷光，身躯庞大，游动迅速。这个怪物的出现引起了世界性的躁动。阿罗纳斯教授偶然的机会，发现那怪物是一艘结构其妙的潜艇，并被船长尼摩邀请。就这样，拉开了海上之旅的序幕。

海是温和的，阳光洒在海面上，波光粼粼，他是海洋生物温暖的港湾;海是残忍的，怒吼着，卷起数丈高的海浪，将生命吞入腹中。但鹦鹉螺号坚忍不拔，依然在大海的深处前行着。尼摩船长开着船，从太平洋出发，经过珊瑚岛、印度洋、红海、地中海，进入大西洋，看见了许多罕见的生物和奇异景象，途中还经历了搁浅，土著围攻，同大鲨鱼搏斗，大冰山封路……闭上眼睛，仿佛就置身在这艘奇幻的潜艇里，和船员们一起揭开海的神秘面纱，回味无穷。这片神奇海域在作者的笔下展现得淋漓尽致。

尼摩船长，一个神秘的人。他拥有着那个时代的科学技术。他用自己的知识和设计，造了一艘潜艇。他热爱大海，在大海里生活，所有的生活所需都从大海里索取。他不仅仅是个科学家，还是个合格的冒险家。尼摩船长遇事十分冷静，十分沉着。他有着自强不息的钻研精神，并且他是一个爱国的人，讨厌侵略者，是一个憎爱分明的人。

阿罗纳斯教授，一个知识渊博的生物家。他懂得许多海洋生物的知识，并给大家做介绍。内德·兰德，是“林肯号”上的捕鲸能手，性情火爆。他很讨厌船舱上封闭的生活，他还策划了好多次逃跑。

在作者儒勒·凡尔纳的笔下刻画出了一个个鲜明的人物。他们英勇无畏，不畏艰辛，有高尚品质的人。我们应该学习他们的精神，成为更好的自己。

世界上有无数的名著在闪闪发光，这些名著都是伟大作家们自己生活的写照，他们用自身一种不懈的魅力，感动了一代又一代的人们，法国科幻大师儒勒。凡尔纳的《海底两万里》就是其中之一。

《海底两万里》讲述了法国博物学家阿龙纳斯教授探海旅行的故事。作者以追捕海怪为线索，用奇妙的手法，为读者们展现了一幅幅壮丽的画面，描绘了一个个精彩而又神奇的故事：神秘的海怪、美丽的海底森林、庄严的海底沉船、丰富的海底宝藏、惊险的南极之旅、“复仇”计划……让我们一起环游了北冰洋、太平洋、印度洋、红海、地中海、大西洋以及南极。尼摩艇长的这段故事惊险曲折，引人入胜。这本书的人物描写也非常细致，画面多姿多彩，海底的天气也是气象万千、千变万化。读起来令人惊心胆颤，惊心动魄，它的情节曲折生动，读起来有一种特殊的舒服!

读了《海底两万里》这本书，我学会了坚强，坚持自己的选择。同时我们还要学习阿龙纳斯的勇敢，不管有多困难，都勇往直前，这也是鹦鹉螺号所有成员的精神。

你一定会被这本书深深的吸引，你何不眼见为实，来看看这本惊心动魄的书吧!

A good boy, a sad little boy, a stubborn boy, the little boy is oliver twist the hero oliver.

Oliver is an orphan, grew up in the poor, because of hunger to cook porridge to drink and was sent to the coffin shop as an apprentice. Fled to London after the abuse. There, he go den, is symbolically make steals, when we get caught. Owner brown adopted him, but he has also been a female thief catch back to Nancy, follow sykes steal, steal failure, and adopted by his owner. Nancy learned of the story of oliver, told Ross, therefore killed by sykes. Finally, oliver inherit fathers property, in accordance with the gang severely punished by law.

"Oliver twist" appeals to me is not only its plot, also I brought a lot of enlightenment, one of the most important thing is: we all want to have love, will be helpful. We have examples of this in your life. 5.12 earthquake in 2008, the people throughout the country united as one, united, the peoples liberation army uncle is not afraid of hard work, day and night to rescue survivors buried in the rubble. On the streets of the Red Cross blood collecting vehicle, a lot of uncle aunt will give their love to me, with their blood to save the dying patients, the loving the blood stream of the river of life; A large number of volunteers rushed to the disaster area, gave his power; A large number of goods from all over to the disaster areas; Pupils have also use pocket money to the disaster area donation, the power of a dollar money may be very small, only a drop in the bucket, but together with numerous loving one yuan, it is very big, the power of the disaster area people can feel our love and feel the warmth of family... This reflects our national peoples love and we are happy to the spirit of helping others.

To the people we want to have love, plant we also want to have love to animals. We are human and animal plant is the most intimate partners, without them, we will feel lonely. We should love animals, love a flower, grass, a tree wood, in this way, our world can be more lovely and more beautiful.

Love is a flower, a beautiful and wonderful flower; Love is a song, a bright up song; Love is a spring, like a clear spring. Let everyone give a little love, let the world a better place!

一个善良的小男孩，一个忧郁的小男孩，一个倔强的小男孩，这个小男孩就是《雾都孤儿》中的主人公奥利弗。

奥利弗是个孤儿，在济贫院中长大，因饥饿向厨师要粥喝而被送到棺材铺当学徒。受尽凌辱后逃到伦敦。在那儿，他误入贼窝，被费金指使行窃，作案时被抓住。失主布朗洛收养了他，但他又被女贼南希抓回，跟随赛克斯行窃，行窃失败，又被主人家收养。南希得知了奥利弗的身世，告知罗斯，因此被赛克斯杀害。最后，奥利弗依法继承父亲财产，盗窃团伙受到法律严惩。

《雾都孤儿》吸引我的不仅是它的故事情节，还给我带来了许多的启迪，其中最重要的一点是：我们每个人都要有爱心，都要乐于助人。我们生活中就有这样的例子。在2008年5.12大地震中，全国人民万众一心，众志成城：解放军叔叔不怕辛苦，日夜解救埋在废墟下的幸存者;街头的红十字采血车上，很多叔叔阿姨将自己的爱心奉献出来，用他们的鲜血挽救那些生命垂危的病人，这些充满爱心的鲜血汇成生命的长河;大批的志愿者赶赴灾区，献出自己的一份力;大批的物资从各地运送到灾区;小学生们也纷纷用零花钱为灾区捐款，一元钱的力量也许很小，只是杯水车薪，但汇集着无数爱心的无数个一元钱，它的力量却很大，灾区的人民一定能体会我们的爱心，感受到大家庭的温暖……这体现出了我们全国人民的爱心和我们乐于助人的精神。

对人民我们要有爱心，对动物植物我们也要有爱心。我们人类和动物植物是最亲密的伙伴，没有了它们，我们会觉得寂寞。我们要爱惜动物，爱惜一花一草，一树一木，这样，我们的世界才能更可爱更美好。

爱心是一朵花，一朵美丽奇妙的花;爱心是一首歌，一首焕发向上的歌;爱心是一股泉，一股清澈透亮的泉。让我们每个人都献出一点爱心，让世界变得更美好!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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