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汤姆叔叔的小屋英文读后感

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Some time ago, I read a persons fame Khvostov of as "Uncle Toms cabin." Integrity, good-natured, religious Uncle Tom; prudent, smart, studious Mestizo slave George; inexcusable ruthless slave traders Hailey; destroys human nature, conscience ruined the alegre; a sense of justice, but drift, such as the St. Clair lifelike characters left me a deep impression on him. What made me the most unforgettable is the smart and lively but wild full, and later transferred teach self-esteem a slave girlTOM love.

TOM blacks had the most black, a pair of round bright eyes as sparkling glass beads, like, look a bit strange face is a shrewd and crafty Kyrgyzstan wonderful binations, like a goblin-like. She loves to steal, stealing after lie, put an innocent expression; her misbehavior, all making her revenge, hoaxes; she would take advantage of the master out, crazy couple of hours to make his home mess. Her owner exhausted all ways to punish her, education, she tried to change her bad habits, but to no avail, this is only because there is no love!

Think about it! This was lovely child, born into slavery, she belonged to them all the only masters of the so-called masters of her fate. Her childhood on his masters scolding to grow up, so she formed the habit of lying, bad habit of stealing things, and that she was beautiful, tarnished the purity of heart. In this there is no dignity, experiencing being separated from being whipped all day circumstances, how can we have a noble moral character and firm in faith? Only pure, beautiful, selfless love can save her soul! When the angelic Eva to her love of her time,TOM eyes cast the tears that her heart has been ray of sunshine of love. Sure enough, after the changeTOM Well, her efforts to care for others. This is the punishment, not preaching Forever effect, full of love beyond all words! This is the power of love!

In our lives, there are many like TOM as children. Their bad behavior, there is no love, will not listen to reason, then do not hate him, to understand with love, tolerance, stripped away a layer of green shoots yellow things, with love to the hearts of probation numb. We should always remember; the power of love is enormous, and the supreme! "Uncle Toms cabin" This masterpiece has been published in 150 years, it has been able to make today is still deeply moved by readers, but also because the author in the book preached brotherhood and humanity in the disappearance of slavery today has been the eternal pursuit of mankind.

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篇1:《红字》英文读后感

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The Scarlet Letter attained an immediate and lasting success because it addressed spiritual and moral issues from a uniquely American standpoint. In 1850, adultery was an extremely risqué subject, but because Hawthorne had the support of the New England literary establishment, it passed easily into the realm of appropriate reading. It has been said that this work represents the height of Hawthornes literary genius; dense with terse descriptions. It remains relevant for its philosophical and psychological depth, and continues to be read as a classic tale on a universal theme.[6] Another consideration to note having to do with the books popularity is that it was one of the first mass-produced books in America. Into the mid-nineteenth century, bookbinders of home-grown literature typically hand-made their books and sold them in small quantities. The first mechanized printing of "The Scarlet Letter," 2,500 volumes, sold out immediately, was widely read and discussed to an extent not much experienced in the young country up until that time. Copies of the first edition are often sought by collectors as rare books, and may fetch up to around $6,000 USD.

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篇2:《假如给我三天光明》英文读后感

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Recently,I read Helen Kellers autobiography "If I give a bright day," I am emotionally.

"If I give a bright day," a book in between the lines,all filled with Helen.Qin Kais passion for life,shes warm attitude towards the people of the world should value the present exhortation to all.She has three days to the bright hope to experience this world,so that all who are familiar with her,Helen.Qin Kai would like to see is too many things too much,but this is just a beautiful beautiful dream.

"Suffering is a stepping stone for the genius……" is the suffering created by Helen.Qin Kai strong character.She as a blind deaf people with disabilities has a more than ordinary peoples psychological health.She can feel with their own,can imagine the scene,expressing their desire for knowledge and sincere love for humanity.She warned his personal feelings of others,the psychological health of human beings is the most basic conditions for success,a healthy physical and psychological health of the people did not,is not a cause of achievement.Mental health of the people,although physical disability is not complaining about fate,and the desire not to accept other peoples mercy,they will with a strong self-determination at the other side of the ideal.

A philosopher once said:"courageous resides in the soul,rather than a strong body." This is the true portrayal of Helen.Helen with a strong heart,eventually rising in the face of adversity,is physically disabled-no residue.The sound of my medical students,it has good conditions for learning,but not for lack of perseverance and resilience.Therefore,the article gave me the biggest inspiration is:

First,to complete every thing.A celebrity once said:"What is not easy?the daily is not easy to do things every day,do persist.What is not simple is not simple to have done everything the best."

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篇3:简爱的英文读后感

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

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篇4:简爱的英文读后感

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

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篇5:双城记读后感

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为了你,为了你所亲爱的任何人,我愿意做任何事情。倘若我的生命中有值得牺牲的可能和机会,我甘愿为你和你所爱的人们而牺牲。

——西德尼·卡尔顿

就这样被感动了。它是一部波澜壮阔的历史,它是一个感人肺腑的故事,它更是一种纯洁而高尚的爱。它就是狄更斯笔下的《双城记》。全书充溢着扑朔迷离的色彩,作者以一连串引人入胜的故事为框架,以十八世纪法国大革命为背景。在黑暗的资本主义社会里,农民阶级和工人阶级忍受着资产阶级无情的剥削。正如作者所说:“昌盛而又衰微,笃诚而又多疑,光明而又黑暗,这是充满阳光希望的黎明,又是阴暗失望的长夜,人们拥有一切,却两手空空。”而主人公西德尼·卡尔顿、露西·曼内特和查尔斯·达尔内之间真挚的情感,成为这部名著亮丽的一笔。

在小说中,狄更斯成功地塑造了主要人物鲜明的个性。曼内特是个深爱女儿的父亲,在经历磨难后仍宽容地把女儿嫁给仇人的儿子;露西是温柔善良的贤妻良母,为了让丈夫能看自己一眼每天风雨不改地到大墙对面站立两小时;查尔斯是个正直、豁达的贵族,与露西相爱,为了爱情甘愿放弃爵位与财产。

小说中还有一个人物,就是让人有点憎恶的泰雷兹·德伐日。失去亲人使她活着的唯一意义就是革命胜利之时为亲人报仇。可是等到革命胜利时,她许多年来梦寐以求的复仇却失去了对象,她的愤怒之深是可以想象的,然而为了发泄积愤却拿侯爵兄弟的儿子及其家人抵罪,她走上了一条与那些伪贵族同样残忍的道路,于是她的种种行为使她一步步失去了读者的谅解。最后,恶人有恶报,她戏剧性地因为枪走火而结束了自己充满仇恨的一生。也许这才是她最佳的结局。那些像德伐日那样以复仇为生活唯一目的的人,即使命运坎坷,也决不能博得人们的同情。

而在整篇小说中,最让我喜欢也是最令人感动的就是律师助手——西德尼·卡尔顿。他一出场就带着一身忧郁,隐去了光芒,总是灰心、失望、冷漠、凄凉。他妥协于周围环境,但有时却又显得格格不入,作为律师助手的他才华出众,却甘心情愿躲在人后,做别人成功的垫脚石,他仿佛亲手筑起了一堵墙,隔绝了名利、社会,默默地逗留在角落里。他与查尔斯长得十分相似,也同样深爱着露西,然而两者命运却截然不同。他羡慕查尔斯,也恨他。可在经历痛苦的煎熬后,他依旧带着诚挚的祝福,愿露西与查尔斯永远幸福,因为“爱比恨更为强有力得多”。这个表面上懒散、放纵的“无用之徒”,内心却是崇高而纯洁的。

终于,他向露西表达了自己的情感。每次读起那段话,难免感到心酸,“我希望你知道你是我灵魂最后的梦。我是在堕落的生活中看见你和你的父亲,还有你所经营的那个甜蜜的家,才恢复了我心中自以为早己死去的往日的梦想。我也因此才感到比任何时候都要凄凉可怜。自从我见到你以后,我才为一种原以为不会再谴责我的悔恨所苦恼。我听到我以为早已永远沉默的往日的声音在悄悄地催我上进…………”

当查尔斯因为家族的犯罪而被无辜判决死刑,西德尼竟然代替他去断头台接受行刑。在生命与爱之间,他选择了后者。他爱露西,为了她的幸福,他为她的爱人献出自己的生命。当他走上断头台的时候,面上依然保持着笑容,他信守对露西的诺言……因为,他的爱便是他的生命。此时此刻,我的脑海中想起了裴多菲的那首诗:“我愿意是急流/山里的小河/在崎岖的路上/岩石上经过/只要我的爱人是一条小鱼/在我的浪花中快乐地游来游去……”

尽管小说以一个意外的“大团圆”收场,但当读者流着眼泪读完该书时,却感到无限的遗憾、心酸。有人说爱情是自私的,但在狄更斯的《双城记》中,我却能深深地感受到一种超脱世俗的最纯洁、最崇高的爱。它隐藏在内心深处,但却无比的深厚;它默默地承受煎熬,为的只是使心爱的人幸福;它总是无私地付出,而不求一点儿的回报。这种爱在无形中上升到一个新境界,永恒地放着凄美而迷人的光彩。

“为了你,为了你所亲爱的任何人,我愿意做任何事情。倘若我的生命中有值得牺牲的可能和机会,我甘愿为你和你所爱的人们而牺牲。”

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篇6:《傲慢与偏见》英文读后感

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Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughters. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.

In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.

In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?

Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.

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篇7:《星际动物园》英文读后感

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As the only living things on a bare planet called “Just Like Home”, humans felt lonely and sad. In order to live, they must get married as often as possible and have children. Unwilling to get married, our 16-year-old protagonist named Humming Bird ran away from her planet and found a plastic space ship. There she met various kinds of animals, which frightened her even drove her crazy. She had never seen such things before. Only through ‘The Book Of Remembering’ did she get some rough idea of animals. After she took a small-copied cat home and showed it to the officials on her planet, the cat was shot to death and all the officials went crazy. Humming Brid didn’t give up her attempt to let people accept the animals. She decided to set about the job from children…

That’s the brief plot of Harry Gilbert’s science fiction—。 Based on the reality of increasing environmental problems, the writer uses his full imagination and creativity to produce this vivid imaginative and thought-provoking story.

As far as we know, animal numbers are now diminishing all over the world every years, and the living conditions we depend on a getting worse. We dirty the air with gases and smoke, poison the water with chemicals and other substances and damage the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides. We also pollute our surroundings in many other ways. Air, water and soil are all very important and necessary to the survival of all living things all over the world. If we human don’t pay more attention to that, there will come a day when we have to live the kind of life described in this novel. As we know, the world is made up not only of human beings but also a lot of other living things. If we don’t want to leave this perfect planet, we have to protect the environment; otherwise, without the company of other living things, people would only be half-alive, men only half-men.

Nowadays, I should say, people have realized the importance of environmental protection and ecological balance. Slogans that remind us to save water and electricity are stuck everywhere, but how many are treated as requirements or duties and not just a piece of paper. If we pay a little attention to our working and study places, we always find some taps half opened with running water, and large numbers of people get used to leave lights on during the day. Dustbins for both recycled and unredeemable rubbish are placed in high density but no one bothers to throw the rubbish into the right dustbins. Nor do they even know what kind of rubbish could be recycled and what kind could not.

Conservation centers for protecting animals are built in many countries. Our government also passed some acts to protect animals; however, there do exist some law-breakers who are driven by money. We plant trees very year, but no one bothers to water and care for them after planting them. For money, some farmers drive their sheep and cattle to grasslands and charge it into desert.

All in all, to every one, I want to say, “Living on this wonderful planet earth, we are lucky and happy. In order to enjoy this kind of wonderful life, we must care for mother earth and put this kind of care into practice.”

Facing the world, to be or not to be, it’s up to you. We must make a choice without any hesitation!

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篇8:《双城记》读后感

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法国大革命是人类史上一个血的印记。在那个混乱的时代,充满不确定;在这种无秩序的状态下,人性的一切表露无疑。双城记以法国大革命为背景,透过为族与平民之间的仇恨冲突,作者狄更斯只想传达出——-鲜血无法洗去仇恨,更不能替代爱——-贵族的暴虐对平民造成的伤痛不会因为鲜血而愈合,平民对贵族的仇恨也无法替代对已逝亲人的爱。

故事中,梅尼特医生从监狱中重获自由和女儿一起到伦敦生活。五年后,他们在法庭上为名叫查尔斯?代尔那的法国青年做证,露西和代尔那因相爱而结婚。1792年,法国大革命爆发,故事场景转至法国。代尔那因身为贵族后裔而遭逮捕并判死刑,在千钧一发的时刻,一直爱恋露西的英国青年西得尼?卡登替他上了断头台。

卡登是书中最富魅力亦最复杂的角色之一。颓废、消极,求学时,他只替同学写作业;出社会后,即使拥有一身才华,它仍然选择为另一名律师工作。但是,在他冷漠的外表下,有著深深的温柔。凭这一斛温柔和对露西的爱,卡登做了一个意义重大的决定——-代替代尔那上断头台——-用自己的生命换回另一个人的性命,换回一个家庭的幸福和笑颜。这是卡登守护露西的表现,为爱而牺牲,这在那个大时代、甚至现代,是多?高贵的举动!

相较於代表的温柔和爱,多法石太太则是杀戮和血腥的象徵。由於亲人惨死在代尔那的父亲和叔叔的魔掌下,她终其一生为仇恨而活;为置代尔那一家於死地,无所不用其极,最后终於让自己死於擦枪走火的意外。多法石太太的嗜血固然使人不寒而栗,但也叫人不禁感叹恨的力量,将本该快乐幸福的女人塑造成复仇女神。十八世纪末的法国,被这种执拗复仇的火焰燃烧成阿修罗地狱。

教训和意义不能因为岁月而被遗忘。如果我们无法从其中获得一些什?,相同的悲剧依旧会重演。两百年后的今天,希望活在这个世代的我们能创造出真正平等、自由、博爱的新世纪。

卡登的死,就像一支羽毛轻柔的飘落水面,没有水花,却有一个个涟漪,提醒人们:真正的自由平等无法用断头台建立。有一天,世界会变得更好,就像卡登临死前看见的世界,那不是天堂的幻影;有一天,那会是我们的世界。

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篇9:《爱的教育》英文读后感

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Love, what a familiar words, in everyones mind has a pure love, love is selfless love, it is a vast, only live in the ocean of love, just can enjoy love. And I read the education of "love the book, I truly understands love border.

This permeated with the love of the novel contains profound, send out the sort of full-bodied emotional strength is really very great. "Love education" introduces the Italian child amway in a school year ten months of ke is written diary, containing the classmate of love between, the sister and the love between children and parents, teachers and students of love between between love and love for his country, make the person is in love like reading the bosom of growth.

Love is like air, every day in our side, because its no shadow intangible is often ignored by us, but we cant live without it, actually the meaning of it have been integrated into life. But many people cannot feel. Love is great, because it not only to the individual character, but also to the whole nation is proud of dignity and emotions. Love is an endless travel, you walk while watching very relaxed, every day there will also be for something new comprehension, learning and full up. Then, just want to continue to go on, and even enthusiasm, dont care how long it will last. This time, such feelings already sublimate is a love, for a life of love. Read the love of education ", I walk into amway ko life, witnessed how they study, live, how to love. In touched, I find love contain the for the pursuit of living.

Through the ages, how much love true story ah, visible, love is everywhere. We are born, they immersed in the ocean of love, the love of parents and grandparents love. Gradually grew up and went to school, and teachers love, students of love. Love is like air general, love is all around us, we never left it, leaving the love person, is not a soul is a man. Love can make the person rescue, love can make the prodigal son back, love and can inspire people infinite strength.

Is love, that we can be happy grow up healthily, is love, and gives our inner warmth. Interpersonal love is great, love is forgiveness, love is inclusive. Love is the source of love and education, education is closely linked. Many feel a love, it is a more warmth; Give much a love, it is a more happy. In the future days, let us together bathed in the ocean of love.

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篇10:《木偶奇遇记》英文读后感

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Love, can give new life; love, you can give people the sun-like warmth; love, you can give people unlimited happiness and joy.

This is a story about a small puppet - the old carpenter Ze Pide will laugh cry a piece of wood can be carved puppets, and to obtain life as the son of a small puppet. T-shirt to sell the old carpenter for a small puppet school. But the little puppet bent on fun, deceived many times and experienced the frustration again and again ... Finally, he fell into a large whales belly, the old carpenter Pi Panuo meet with an accident, after this adventure, Pino Cao has finally grown up, he becomes an honest, hardworking, kind, has become a real boy.

Although most of this story is about a small puppet setbacks in the process, but that the reader can think of this story contains a strong love. Pinocchio is no textbooks, old carpenter Pi Panuo own shirt for a book to a small puppet, despite their being affected by cold, but also with the greatest power to bring a small puppet happy, what a great father ah.

My childhood, love is the mother, because she is always guarded, love me, but my father was only concerned about a few. As I was growing up, and gradually understanding father. Mother to the warmth of love, and my father but it is tough to love.

Even my fathers work very hard for me to learn he would not be negligent. As I progress, I did not praise, but only a "test better next time, for the best results of their own"; if I was losing, they will like the ancient emperor issued a "decree"; "next some point to do! "then that is a few long-winded, but at this time, in his words, not a lot of criticism, but about encouraging ... ...

In fact, every father loves his children are not directly shown, but from the heart silently hope that their children can be sensible, healthy and happy ... for the happiness of children, although work to hard, do not complain a word.

You cherish the love of your father. In the future, rely on their own achievements to return his father to express his gratitude to you and your love strong

I learned from Pinocchio to be afraid of the difficulties and face.

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篇11:OneThousandOneNight英文读后感

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This winter vacation, I read one of the world famous book called one thousand one night. It is also called Arabian Nights,This is an ancient book, there are many old stories about people in Arabia.

Once upon a time, there was a king, he married a woman every day, but the next morning the king killed his wife. After three years, he has killed more than one thousand women. Once, the prime minister’s daughter thought of a way to prevent the king’s cruel killing. Then, the girl asked the king to marry her. Every night, she told a wonderful story to the king, and when the king want to kill her, her story was getting into the most exciting part, so the king has to give up. Night after night, the girl told about one thousand one nights, and finally, it affected the king to change his mind about her. This is the origin of one thousand one night.

In this book, there are a lot of very strange story, the story of the fisherman and the devil , fisherman and four-color fish story, the story of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and so on, some stories tell about the brave spirit of adventure, and some praise people’s brave daring to fight with the evil forces. there are humorous, sad, interesting, horrible, tragic and all sorts of stories.

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篇12:丑小鸭英文读后感

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"The ugly duckling" the feeling after reading

Mother duck to hatch a very strange eggs, this only "duck" monstrous not only, and looks ugly. Therefore, everybody laughs at it, discrimination against it. The surrounding the animals dont like it, so the mother duck and began to hate it. But the little ugly duck then alone run out and experienced many difficulties, heavy tribulation, the ugly duckling finally become the most beautiful white swan!!!!!

When the little ugly duck into the white swan, by everybodys praise, it said: "when I was an ugly duckling, I never dreamed of so much happiness!" When people see the beautiful white swan, always admire the beauty of it. But when it was the ugly duckling, who put it in the eye?

鸭妈妈孵出了一只十分奇怪的蛋,这只“小鸭子”不仅大得吓人,而且长相丑陋。因此,大家都嘲笑它,歧视它。周围的动物们都不喜欢它,于是鸭妈妈便也开始讨厌它。无奈的丑小鸭便独自跑了出去,经历了重重困难、重重磨难之后,丑小鸭最终变成了最美的白天鹅!

当丑小鸭变成白天鹅,受到了大家的赞美时,它说:“当我还是一只丑小鸭的时候,我做梦也没有想到会有这么多的幸福!” 当人们看到美丽的白天鹅时,都会赞叹它的美丽。可当它还是丑小鸭的时候,谁又把它放在了眼里?

丑小鸭的经历告诉我们一个道理:要实现自己的目标,就必须努力。有的人小时候是“白天鹅”,但是没有努力,最终还是一个平庸的人。很多名人小时候就是“丑小鸭”,他们也和我们一样,拥有自己的理想,虽然总是碰壁,但他们锲而不舍,屡败屡战,终于也成为一只只“白天鹅”,在蓝天上空翱翔!!

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篇13:双城记读后感

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这是一个以两百多年前的两个伟大的城市为背景的故事。浓雾弥漫,车灯摇曳不定的伦敦,绝望、颓废的巴黎的最底层。

对于当时那场发生在巴黎的轰轰烈烈的大革命,太多人花了太多的笔墨去描述它。这对法国来说是一场具有重大意义的转变,甚至对于欧洲,对于整个世界来说也是如此。作者狄更斯,是英国最杰出的现实主义批判作家之一。虽然他没有亲眼目睹,却依靠自己丰富的想象力看到的当时的景象。

双城记》被誉为描写法国大革命的最杰出的代表作,我想最大的原因可能是因为它的与众不同。和其他的作品,比如卡莱尔的《法国大革命》不同,狄更斯更注重的是底层人民的喜怒哀乐。尽管在那个时代,这些小人物本身并不能引起世界的关注。但是作者敏锐的捕捉到这些小人物和大革命有着千丝万缕的联系,可以说法国大革命本身就是有小人物们的力量所引发的。

在这部作品里,我看到了很多很多不同的人。正直善良却惨遭迫害的马奈特医生,美丽温柔的露西,优雅高尚的查尔斯,忠厚老实的洛瑞,外表冷漠、内心热情,放荡不羁而又无私崇高的西德尼,扭曲了人性的德发奇太太,豪爽忠诚的普洛士小姐,残忍阴险的埃佛瑞蒙兄弟……复杂的仇恨纠缠不清,残忍的复仇制造了更多仇恨,爱在地狱的边缘再生,却是以生命为代价。这错综复杂的一幕幕,活生生的展现在面前,仿佛重现了那个失去理智的时代。

作为一个优秀的作家,在狄更斯的作品里,语言的精彩是必不可少的。各种修辞手法,比喻、夸张、对比、幽默、嘲讽,被运用自如,而作品的艺术性也被送上巅峰。“……于是,克伦彻先生只得再听检察长先生怎样把史蒂夫先生套在陪审团先生们身上的紧身衣又一件件脱下来,翻个底朝天;……最后法官大人站了起来,把那件紧身衣里里外外捣腾了一遍,看得出来,他想为犯人裁剪寿衣。……”诸如此类精彩的段落,作品里比比皆是。于是,作者想要表达的每一个中心,都被体现得淋漓尽致了。我相信这对我们平时的学习,必定是大有帮助的。

有人说,《双城记》是描写了两个男人和一个女人的故事,我却觉得,这样说的人必定没有了解作者真正想表达的意图。如果只是表达了这个,任何一部作品都可以达到露西和查尔斯的水准,那么《双城记》的优势怎么体现出来呢?在我看来,德发奇一家和法国贵族的仇恨也好,露西、查尔斯和西德尼的感情问题也好,都是为了体现一个共同的主题而设的。这个主题就是剖析这场大革命与民众之间的关系,看到底是什么引发了这场革命,到底这场血雨腥风给人们带来了什么。我想这才是作者想要表达的重心所在。

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篇14:双城记读后感3000字

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双城记》是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯所著的一部以法国大革命为背景所写成的长篇历史小说。以下是小编带来的双城记读后感,希望对你有帮助。

我是读完这部文学作品之后立刻写这篇读后感的,真是太精彩了,抑制不住自己内心的激动。特别是读到最后两三章的时候,原先迷茫如大雾般的情节慢慢地似受到初生的阳光而将迷雾驱散后的天空一般明朗起来。怪不得作者狄更斯自述,这部小说使他“深受感动,无比兴奋”,并且渴望能亲自在舞台上扮演西德尼·卡顿;在我看来,西德尼·卡顿确实是一个能让人“深受感动,无比兴奋”的人物,虽然我一开始对他的出场没十分感兴趣,只是一个放荡君子而已;最后兄妹两人相继奔赴断头台的那个场景真的让我泪如雨下。尤其是最后的留言,包含了小说的结局,又显示了西德尼·卡顿的性格,以及让我们再次看到了人性的善良之处。“我所做的,是我一生做过的最好、最最好的事情;我即将得到的,将是我一生最安详、最最安详的休息。”,确实是五段催人泪下的“临终告别词”。

首先,对于人物,稍微做一点个人见解。

就按人物的出场顺序,第一个就是贾维斯·洛瑞。从后面的描写来看,他是一位兢兢业业的为银行工作的职员,极度忠实于银行以及后文中遇到的朋友亚历山大·马奈特。他起码在银行里待了几十年吧,从作者风趣的描写“在台尔森银行各式各样的幽暗大橱小柜之间,一些年迈老头郑重其事地在办公。每当雇用一个年轻人进伦敦台尔森银行,他们总是把他藏起来一直放到老,像块干酪似的把他藏在一个阴暗的角落里,直到他浑身有了十足的台尔森味,长满斑斑青霉。”中就可以看出。而对于他极其重要的工作都可以置之不理的就是对老朋友的关心与帮助。我记得在文中确实写过一处,为了老友他可以连工作都放在一旁。还有在露西结婚后她父亲的发病,也使洛瑞先生很不安:“洛瑞先生度日如年,希望越来越渺茫,心情也越来越重。”、“洛瑞先生由于焦急不安地日夜守护,弄得精疲力竭,竟在值班时睡着了。”、“不过这时他突然犯起疑来,怀疑自己是不是仍在梦中。”都到了这种身心疲惫的程度了,可以看出他对朋友一家子的友谊有多深。还有,最后要不是有洛瑞为他们准备行程,较坦然地通过各个验收,光凭后面一个惊恐的女人,一个昏厥的男人,一个弱小的小孩,一个神志不清的老人,再怎么逃也逃不出所谓“人民”的魔爪的。

再一个人物就是露西了。她本人的出场就已经敲定了她是一个富有同情心的弱小而又坚强的女子。对于被囚禁了十八年的老父,她用自己的爱帮助他走过一个个难关。她先找回了自己的父亲,帮他脱离的肉体上的束缚,而对于父亲那深刻入脑海中的不定期的苦难的回忆,只有她才能最快、最轻柔地安慰住父亲那不定的心,这一点是连老友洛瑞都束手无策的。还有的就是在法庭上的作证,她相当地用情,“面对着这样的同情,这样动人的青春和美貌,被告此时的心情,比面对所有看热闹的人群要难受多了。”等等描写的句子都显得露西极有同情心;最终吻别丈夫的时候,她还是坚持下来了,和所有面对悲剧的人一样,坚强地面对;虽然后来还是有些力不从心,但她还是爱的化身。

说道女儿不免要提到她的父亲。亚历山大·马奈特的身世很值得人去琢磨,到底受到多大的冤屈,多大的经历,多大的思想创伤,都令我们去思考。他受到女儿的关心后,同样地力所能及地回报他的女儿。他最终展现的,是一位作为父亲,用爱关心自己的女儿的情节。同样的,本人认为他也有他的极大的不幸。这号人物的身世十分坎坷,而最终并为实实在在地为女儿带来幸福,旧病复发,满屋子寻他的活计,就是这时,他才显得苍老又无依无靠。一个悲剧导致另一个悲剧的发生。

对于达内,这个人一般般,追寻着母亲的理念而“引发一系列的事端”(这里并不是对他的否定)。他其实也是内心善良的人,由于这个使他因小小的求救就回去致使自己与一家人都陷入了困境。这也是一系列错综复杂的原因导致的结果。

其中最富有传奇色彩、最令人落泪的要数西得尼·卡顿了。出场时的情况“一直看着天花板”显出他的放荡不羁,而后来我们发现他实在是一个被湮没的才子,有才而在无法溶入当时的社会。内在的情感也很高尚,最终是成全了情敌(姑且这么说,但是还没有觉得他俩的关系真的像以往故事中说的那种斗得你死我活的,恩,这里也看出他的心平气和了,或许是装的?如果是装的,那么就说明他很有才干了。真是一个够令人钦佩的人物。)。在帮助达内越狱的时候,他还是那么一幅什么都不在乎的样子,但只有他在那时心里是最清楚的,应该怎么做,不应该怎么做。昏死的达内和他的妻子,纪念他的死是天经地义的事!最后的他于他的妹妹的相遇,上刑场,安慰、鼓励他妹妹,真是一种看尽人生的超脱,小说也写了“那天晚上,巴黎城里人谈起他,说是历年上吉萝亭最平静的一个。不少人还说他表情神圣,像是先知的预言家。”这个人物的设订还是很扣人心弦的,比如在要去监狱帮达内越狱之前和洛瑞先生交代之后,“卡顿走进院子,在那儿独自呆了一会儿,仰望着她屋里的灯光。他轻声地向它祝福,道一声‘永别了’,边消失在茫茫的黑夜里。”我在看这句的时候,心里隐隐地觉得有些不对,但是又因为前文交代了卡顿要洛瑞等他的,也想不出有什么会变动的。这句就有些淡淡的伤感,想让人哭但又不让人哭出来的味道。这个就是卡顿内心的描写,轻浮浪荡的表面下藏着一颗对他人的爱而不顾献身的人的心。

反派人物特别是德发日太太,可以说是以人民的利为幌子而复仇的一个深谋老算的人物。她最平常的动作就是编织,一句话都不说,但是样样事都记在心里,记在她的毛线上;像这种人都会使人对她有一种惧怕的感觉,冰冷、毫无人情的化身。他们身边的雅克三号,复仇女等等都属于一种瞎起哄的,只觉得能从砍别人的头中得到一种快感。他们根本没有像德发日太太的那种觉悟,只是对生命的亵渎,从他们凌乱的外貌和败坏的礼仪就可以看出。对于德发日,他虽然想推翻国王,但是对于自己以前服侍过的老主人,还是有一定的隐恻之心的。他妻子也说了,要她自己动手,他丈夫“老实想救那医生一家”,可见德发日还可以算得上中立派,但事实强迫他对主人一家动手,他就是活在矛盾之中的,可能受他复仇心强烈的妻子的影响。

这本小说悬念很多,铺垫很充实,是那种越看越明白的,就像一条条小溪逐一地汇聚,最后成了奔腾的大江,使人越看越激动,越想看下去。举例,最突出的就是第二部第六章《成百的人》和第七章《侯爵老爷在城里》毫无关系,如果把第七章单独拉出来,也可以成为一本小说。直到后面才看出他是关系到达内的身世,再后来看出了关系到露西,再后来看出了他关系到老医生,最后伴随着医生的信件,复杂的人物关系一览无余,对阐述人物关系,有很好的辅助作用。无疑,最后两章是高潮,最令人激动的部分。最后兄妹的相认是超乎我想象的,作者这样安排无疑突出了卡顿,他是一种正义的象征。现在冷静下来,觉得要思考一下为何兄妹会全部关在里面的。我觉得最根本的原因就是这场大革命在作者眼力本身就是混乱的,无人权可言,疯狂的民众只按自己的意愿办事,那终究导致悲剧。

这部作品终究还是善与恶的对抗,善的胜利,令人激动地收场了。让我们深思的,复仇到底是否值得人们去做,但是德发日太太的复仇之心不是那么一日造就的,是对死去的哥哥,姐姐,父亲的回应;是阶级斗争的烙印,无可避免地形成复仇的观念,造就她冷冰冰的性格。说到底造成这种结果,各方面都要负一定的责任,社会环境也是一个不可分割的因素。

总的来说,这是一部很不错的小说。

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篇15:双城记读后感

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我相信每一个看过《双城记》的人,都会在震撼之余赞不绝口。由英国著名作家狄更斯所著的这部书,永垂不朽!名著就是名著,不管多少年过后,名著依然散发着璀璨光彩,更何。

我看《双城记》,原因是在网上有许多网友推荐,他们都说那是一本非常感人的书,我怀着好奇心就在网上下载来看,看完了一部分感觉还不错,就写下这篇读后感

“这是最好的时代,也是最坏的时代。”《双城记》开篇第一句话被无数次引用。但我猜知道这句话的人并一定小说《双城记》讲述了一个怎么样的故事,也不知道这句话为何而说。如果想理解这句话的原意,以及为何说写出这句经典名句,那自然是要读读原著的。

网上有人说,《双城记》只是描写了两个男人和一个女人的故事,但是我却觉得,那个人没有了解作者真正想表达的意思。以我看来,德发奇一家和法国贵族的仇恨也好,露西、查尔斯和西德尼的感情也好,都只是为了表现这场战争是谁引起的,为什么事而起的。虽然《双城记》是一本经典的小说,但因为其明确提出这段革命背景是法国大革命,于是对革命的表现就被认为是作者的历史观。而这正是对小说无数争议的焦点。狄更斯在小说中除了以细腻的笔墨展示了贵族的残忍,同样也展示了革命群众非理性的破坏。他认为,革命是一种压迫取代了另一种压迫,一场直接浓重的血腥暴*替代了另外一场血腥。对攻占巴士底狱以及对暴*民众的一系列描写——血腥,残忍,狡诈,恶毒是小说最为引人注目的地方。

文中《双城记》,最让我喜欢的是律师助手西德尼?卡尔顿。他第一次出现就与众不同,当法庭上的人若无其事地望着天花板时,而他的一张字条却揭晓了案件背后的阴谋。他一出场就带着一身的忧郁,作为律师的他算得上是才华出众,但却又情愿躲在人家的后面,做别人成功的垫脚石,他仿佛自己亲手筑起了一堵墙,与名利隔绝。他曾说过:“我是个绝望了的苦力,我不关心世上任何人,也没有任何人关心我。”

是啊,我们不应该渴望出名,那样就学不到更多的知识。也许做别人背后的垫脚石,还能操你个别人那里学到更多的知识,我们能够看到他的长处和短处,学习他的长处,抛掉自己的短处。

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篇16:《飘》英文读后感

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Scarlett , a very personality figures ,the two mans she love ,neither does she know about.To her, I was compelled to admire, admire her strong and brave, admire her to lay down in the environment, farm workers previously suffered education, admire her to disregard the community to create their own expression of the cause .She is in the whole story, all a person full of fighting will full of vitality . I appreciated most , it is this " Tomorrow is another day of hers. " . Promising forever, full of fighting will , will never give up, never desperate. I think Im moved by her.So, whenever I meet difficulty, the mood is not good, I will tell oneself : " Tomorrow is another day. " Gone with the Wind is absolutely a good book that is worth sampling repeatedly, the characters are graceful , the plot rises and falls, exciting boldly and unconstrainedly, though the subjective factor because of the author among them , the appraisal on U.S.A.s Civil War is not objective and overall, but as to angle of literature, this one fine piece of writing generation definitely absolutely, worth visiting.

Author: Antoine de St-Exupery

Main Characters: The little prince, the pilot, the rose, the fox, the snake, etc.

Despite I’ve not in my childhood yet, I still prefer reading fairy-tale stories. The tales, which accompany with me in my old days, often make me think of some precious experience and sensation which only belong to children. This summer I’ve review this kind of tale, which was published in 1940. It’s the world-famous fairy-tale by the French author, Antoine de St-Exupery, The Little Prince.

As many other fairy-tales, the outline of The Little Prince is not very complex. “I”, the narrator of the story, is a pilot whose plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. In this occasion, the pilot makes the acquaintance of the little prince, a little boy from another planet, the Asteroid B612. The little prince has escaped from his tiny planet, because he has some quarrel with a rose, which grows on his planet. In that case he left his own planet and took an exploration at some neighbor asteroids.

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.

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篇17:《德伯家的苔丝》英文读后感

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德伯家的苔丝》是哈代的代表作,是“威塞克斯系列”中的一部。它描写了一位农村姑娘的悲惨命运。看过这部小说后你有什么感触呢?下面是小编为大家整理的英文读后感范文,希望对你有帮助。

She was seduced by a so-called gentleman—Alec, and from then on her life totally changed from this loss of innocence. People looked down on her and respected her no more. Actually she did nothing wrong because before she was seduced she knew nothing of men. She was just a girl when she first met that terrible man.

She was forced by the gossips and the church to blame herself for this accident, so she thought she deserved nothing good. In order to get rid of the past she decided to go to a distant dairy farm but was still saying to herself that she was wrong. Maybe God didn’t agree with that, because the Lord gave her someone she loved with her whole heart and life—Angel Chare. Angel popped the question to her but she refused him without saying why. She said she loved him deeply and perhaps no one in the world could love him more than she did but she could not marry him for some unspoken reason. Angel wasn’t satisfied with this vague answer and did his best to win Tess. Somehow she agreed and they soon fixed the wedding day. Soon after their wedding Angel confessed the crime he committed to a woman long time ago and asked for Tess’s forgiveness. Tess was not at all angry and forgave Angel at once; in fact she was rather happy and excited for she also had things to confess.

She sat and told everything to Angel, hoping he would forgive her as he was forgiven but she was wrong. She was not forgiven, not as she thought she was. The woman pays.

Without Angel’s love, nothing meant anything to her. The result wasn’t important now. Tess was arrested for her murder of that so-called gentleman. Why? She still loved Angel and when he finally went back to her and asked for HER forgiveness, after he regretted what he had done unfair to Tess, she was desperate. That was too late—Alec had always told Tess that Angel would never come back so he won Tess’s trust. Unluckily Angel did come back and found Tess.! Everything was too late!

Tess was deceived and she lost Angel for the second time! The strengh of her love was so strong that she had forgotten the difference between right and wrong. Before that she had done nothing wrong but when she killed Alec, everything really changed! She became a criminal! How could it be? She was as pure and innocent as the good wife in the Bible. Her whole character was honest and faithful. Angel figured out at last that a person should be judged not only on what he has done but also on what he wanted to do!

Tess didn’t want to be seduced by man and she had no power to defend herself so she lost her innocence and that’s all! Angel also did the wrong thing and it was even more serious than Tess’s crime but HE was not blamed for it. Why it is always the woman who pays? Why they are always hurt? Why was Tess’s girlish purity lost? Why does the wrong man take the wrong woman? Why do the bad often ruin the good? Why is beauty damaged by ugliness? Women are too weak! Thousands of years of history have shown us that women have always been treated unfairly!

In old China there was a culture, which didn’t think of women as human beings. If you asked one if he was the oldest in his family, he would probably answer “the oldest one” even if he had some elder sisters. If you asked why then he would say, “Ha, they are not included!”

People gave birth to many girls in order to have only one boy to keep the family name going. They thought girls had no use for the family. They would be married and go to live with their husbands’ home and be their wives some day sooner or later. So they were extremely hard on girls.

Girls should be hard working, faithful, loyal, intelligent, and virtuous and the most important thing was she must be a maiden! If her husband was the first man who touched her then she was a good girl, a good wife no matter how she thought. If she wasn’t, then she would gain a very bad reputation and nobody would dare to go near her. What about men? People did not care whether he was an experienced man or not, nor did they care about his character. They thought man equals power and power equals rights…

Now let’s not be so bitter. Nowadays women’s situations have become much better. Some are because of the change of society and some are because of civilization. Just let those poor painful women like TESS be just a memory.

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篇18:《简爱》英文读后感

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Jane. Love living in a parents, sponsor, grew up under the environment of treatment with peers, aunt abandon, cousin contempt, cousin insults and beating of a child… this is the dignity of the ruthletrample, but perhaps because it all, Jane. Love and faith of infinite indomitable spirit, a kind of inner personality can win.

In rochester, she never because he is a teacher and the family status meanness, but that they feel inferior is equal. Should not because she is a servant, but not respected by others. Also because of her integrity, noble and pure heart, no pollution, secular society for the shock, and rochester her as a spiritual and equality in the conversation, and slowly and deeply in love with her.

Jane eyre itself to us is a kind of simplified, is a fanpiaoguizhen, is a kind of pursuit of whole heart feeling, is a kind of simplified feelings and neglected, it is like a cup of water, purify every readers heart, also cause readers, especially female readers

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篇19:肖申克的救赎英文读后感

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肖申克的救赎》是美国作家斯蒂芬·金的中篇小说,也是其代表作。收录于小说合集《四季奇谭》中,副标题为“春天的希望”。读完这本书后就来说说你的读后感吧。

Abstract: This film Shawshank Redemption describes a man called Andy Dufresne was sent to the prison for he murdered his wife but in fact he was innocent. Then he started fighting against with the wicked prison life. Though he suffered many unfair treatments and ordeals, he never gives up himself. Due to his intelligence and perseverance, he spend 20 years successfully escape from the prison as a redemption. He teaches me that never lose hope.

Keywords: hope; redemption; freedom; dream

The story took place in 1940. A man who is a banker called Andy Dufresne, was sent into the Shawshank prison, for he murderer his wife and her lover in bed. However, he was innocent as he said. The new days in the prison were hard to live. It’s violent, heartless and cruel. Nevertheless, A month later, Andy began to make friends with other prisoners. And one of them called Red, who could get anything what he wanted. Andy bought a mallet from him and started his plan to escape. During this time, he did many things: expanding the library, caving stones, helping the corrupt warden to get money or bribe, etc. Then a young prisoner’s coming break his quiet life in jail. But the warden killed the young prisoner the only man that knew Andy was innocent. Then he knew the prison he could not stay any more. It took him 20 years to tunnel secretly and he successfully escaped from the prison. When he got free, Andy sent the evident which could prove the warden corruption, briber and murdering to the policy agency. Before that, Andy had told his best friend Red that his dream---Zihuatanejo, a warm place without memory. After escaping, Andy lived a free life in another identity and made the prison governor arrested. Several years later, Red was approved to leave. for the promise to Andy. Finally, in Zihuyatanejo, they met.

The cruel prison life terrified me and the friendship moved me. The story goes to a happy ending---redemption. This film impressed me a lot. A sentence was said in the film: ’Some birds arent meant to be caged, but most birds will choose to stand it.’

In this film, as we can see, the Shawshank Prison, which enjails lots of people. They have been in the prison form many years ,so they won’t go abroad. Because they won’t and also they can’t. They lived here for years without hope, and they lived just in the small prison, where nobody knows what is their dream and what’s their hope. As I remember, a old man Brooks was released after he had been in the jail for 50 years. But he found that the world became completely different from the world he imagined. For example, he seldom see cars before. He felt very strange and helpless to the outside world He can hardly adapt to the new developed world. He would rather stay in the prison. So unfortunately he chose to commit suicide.

However, on the contrary, Andy said a converse sentence:’ Some birds arent meant to be caged, thats all. Their feathers are just too bright…’ He long for the freedom and strive for it! What I remember very clearly is someone said that “These walls are kind of funny things like that. First, you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passed, get so you depend on them. That is institutionalizing.” But Andy hadn’t been affected. He insisted on his faith of freedom. He dared to pursue his deserved freedom! That’s the first point I appreciate.

What’s more, another thing I think is friendship. Of course, Andy’s perseverance and endeavor is the main reason that he succeed in escaping. But it can’t be denying that friendship is also a important reason. Without the friends’ help in the prison, especially red’s, He can’t break the prison, too. Even in the jail which is the most evil place that Andy could make it a significance place. He had transformed a storage room smelling of turpentine into the best prison library in New England. Then the prisoners read the books and got knowledge from it. Andy also helped them to pass the high school equivalency. The glitters of him lighted others’ life. That helps him built many sincere friendships in the prison. He just too bright that didn’t belong to the prison .Then he escape and gained the freedom.

Furthermore, the patience, courage and strong willpower are the keys to escape. 20 years, not a short ordeal time, but he endured. He made his plan day by day, week by week and year by year. He never gives up. he took nearly twenty years to dip a tunnel with a little rock hammer which Red said it would take a man 600 years to tunnel under the wall with one of these to fight for his free .And he did it finally. Please imagine, crossing the tunnel he dup, he still should crawled through five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness. That is the length of five football fields.

Then is the last but not least, I think. He has the bright brain ,the never fading persistent, and the most important thing----hope. Just as Andy said to Red: Hope is a good thing, may be the best of things. In this film, Andy show us that how good thing the hope is. Yes , hope is a good thing. Whatever it is, it can’t lock the hope. We all have dream. We all have hope. We all have it and please never give up, like Andy.

This film, Shawshank Redemption, teaches me a lot. It deserves to be one of the most overwhelming films in the Hollywood.

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篇20:格列佛游记英文读后感

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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!" .

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