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 es 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 co

urage 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 bee 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?

狗英文读后感篇2

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 .

狗英文读后感篇3

home work of reading course 1

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the name of english literature:

a.《robinson crouse》

b.《the book thief》

?robinson crouse》

daniel defoe，the writer of 《robinson course》was born in a merchant family in london in 1660. his novels were all finished at his senior age. the work《robinson crouse》

and《mole fronds》and so on significantly affected the development of fiction in britain and even in europe. he was also considered the “father of fiction in britain and europe”. he was just a merchant before he wanted to write frictions and he had never though about being a wrier. he had ever managed his own business such as underwear production materials industry, alcohol and tobacco industry and so on. he experienced bankrupt and lots of failures, but never gave up until he was at an old age. where he falls over himself, where he picks himself up. while managing corporation, he constantly participated in the politic activities at the same time. he was sent to prison several times by police because of his aggressive comments on the policy made by local government. the articles written by him were numerous as he joined in about five magazines, which showed his extreme energy. the success of this book is never a coincident that all his experiences provided the thoughts and skills that were needed. it was said that this book had been published many times less than 《bible》. now, it is praised as the first full-length novel in the literary history of britain, which is a valuable contribution to the world literature.

?robinson crouse》was created when defoe was inspired by a true story. in the 1800’s, there was an england sailor whose name was alison; he once had a conflict with the captain, which was left on a small island. he had noting but sea and sand. with an amazing determination, he lived nearly five years and a half and eventually found and brought home by the famous navigator named luis in 1771. this event was once a panic in society at that time. he did not do a few special things deserved great respect, instead, what the sailor just did was some things necessary for survival. in general, he performed negatively rather than positively. but what defoe described was the represent of new class of capitalism which was an ideal hero who announced the importance of work and development. he was against just enjoying life and content with that people should be full of curiosity，the desire of conquer and the sprit of risk to develop outward, which proved the convention of western ocean civilization. this book highly praised the work sprite and quality of persistence in human being, which had created the new way for western realism.

the main plots of《robinson crouse》are introduced as follows:

robinson crusoe was born in the year 1632, in the city of york, of a good family. as he always wanted to travel around the world by sea, he did not listen to his father’s sincere

advice and left his home, becoming a crew of a ship. they were attacked by pirates somewhere near the shore of africa. after that he became a slaver. the life of being a slaver was actually tough and upset that he could not bear. finally, he got a chance and he grasped it and successfully escaped from that place. fortunately, he was saved by a spanish vessel on the way to brazil. when he arrived at brazil, he started to manage plantation and he made a great fortune. he made up his mind again to make a voyage as some people suggested him sailing to africa for trading black slave. he was knocked down again by his inclination to go to the sea. this time was beginning of his unfortunate. the ship encountered a big storm that they had never seen before. with six days’ and nights’ blowing and trembling, the ship was finally all swallowed up. no one had a life exclude robinson who was rushed to the beach of an unknown island by waves. although he luckily survived but he at the same time faced the challenge he had never experienced. in order to make a living, he began to transmit things in the ship to the island including grain, cloth, tools and so on. with these materials, he started his life in the island alone. living such a lonely life that no one talked to him and sometimes he did not say any word at all for about one week, he had to read《bible》to fulfill his sprit every day. however, with the amazing determination and persistent labor, he built his own house, gained grain, tamed goats and made cloth with animals’ leather. later, he adopted a wild man as his servant and named him friday. at the period of time, he experienced plenty of disturbances until a british ship came here and robinson helped the captain to subdue the rebels. after that, he was picked up back to britain where he had been away for 28 years. when he went back home, his parents had already passed away. robinson resumed all the profits of his plantation in brazil and gave part of them to people who had ever helped him.

one of the critics in britain said: “if people want to grasp the sprit that is full of energy and confidence, nothing better than defoe and ，《robinson crouse》. that is, as the classic adventure, doer and colonist, robinson always has its valuable place in the history of didacticism.

?the book thief》

everyone has the same start that he or she comes to the world crying and the same ending that is death. in the western myth, death is cold and chill with a long sickle in his hand

to reap lives and take people away from the noisy world. the relater inwritten by markus zusak was the death who wondered around the streets taking away lives as god told him. however, the death was not indifferent. he used his dark eyes staring at some people’s sprits. when he reaped people’s lives, he could become tender as well. there was one germany girl called “the book thief” by him among all these sprits he focused on.

the girl’s name was liesel meminger. she had ever stolen six books totally and written a fiction < the="" book="" thief=""> according her own experience. that was the reason why the death called her “the book thief”. the death was pretty tender to the girl: she lived a long life and finally passed away peacefully in her sweet sleeping. however, the death nearly took everybody’s life one by one around her: first, her father as a member of german party was sent to the prison. later, she watched her brother being killed who was only six years old; several years later, her adoptive parents were murdered by germany soldiers. rudy, a boy who smiled a lot and ran like a bird was killed as well.

planes, tanks, bombs and so many other modern products were much more precise and efficient to take away lives, which made the death appear lots of times everyday. dead bodies, wandering sprits and the busy death were the pictures described by this book. it was something to tell people that no truth in people’s life and death was the final meaning. and because of that the fiction also hid a question that where was the meaning of living when we faced the final existence of death? we can see from the book that the meaning doesn’t lie in the lifestyle of hitler which is emphasizing struggling by oneself, standing on the top of the privilege and building his plan on dismissing others’ life. living like this is worse than dyeing directly. likewise, the meaning of life does not lie in giving up thinking about life, disposing of inner humanism and ignoring and insulting lives which are filled with weakness. these nazi people ignored jews who suffered a lot, which resulted in the final ending that their lives gradually became noting with development of the world war two.

the massage 《the book thief》tries to convey is quite simple: it is the very reason that we can not resist death why the real stuff is the most valuable treasure god gives us. every life, regardless of germen or jew and child or adult deserves to be respected equally. the girl’s name was liesel meminger who became an orphan after her father’s being caught, her brother’s death and his mother’s missing. what a great sorrow for such a little girl who was

only 9 years old. inferiority, stubbornness, flimsiness and loneliness fill up her heart and she always longed for love and safety. she just wanted to get relief and suck the sprit energy from the words in the book stolen by her to prevent herself from loneliness. the life of max vandenburg who was a jew deserved respect. in order to escape the ethnic cleaning, he had no way but lived a life in the basement of beumer’s house like a mouse that could not exposed to the sunlight. what he eager for was a life with freedom and dignity. when residents of hammill block hid in the bomb shelter for safety, max took a risk going out basement to see the moon though the window at which he hadn’t looked for nearly 22days without considering the threat from the air. he came back to the basement and wrote the beautiful but desperate sentence：“stars lighted up my eyes while looking though out the window of hammill block.” the rights of being loved, living and freedom combined together and that is the respect to lives. they always shouted to love and concern which has surpassed concept of racial, sexism, age, blood relationship and so on. in, the doer was liesel’s adoptive father-hans hubermann. he respected every life. he helped his adopted daughter to scatter the nightmare, strake her sorrow, teach her writing and reading and give her endless love. in spite of knowing about the dander of taking jews in, he decided to protect max vandenburg as much as he could. when he watched jews were captured by germen on the street, he couldn’t help approaching and giving the old jew a piece of loaf in his hand. he was beat heavily by the germany soldiers because of that. the same thing happened when the person was leisel’s adoptive mother, rose hubermann who had this kind of love as well. she yet couldn’t know a lot about her daughter’s inner world like his husband did, but she could hold her daughter’s hands firmly while the plane throwing bombs. the smart, strong and bold woman who brought the hot food to max at the first time accepted him with her real action. this kind of parents had this kind of kid who’s like liesel. she read books for people who hid in the shelter when bombs exploded outside in order to comfort them. she lived with max and bowman’s. they loved each other, cared each other and enjoyed mutual respect and emotion, finally becoming relatives who were bone of the bone and fresh as close as fresh and blood. she changed this kind of emotion as the deep sympathy to the whole jews.

in, it was the war brought by hitler that killed numerous people like the couple of bowman as one hand, on the other hand, it was the people who ought to have

been already forgotten that survived with the help of bowman. they were “the book thief” liesel, max and so on. on the one side, there was nonsense death and destruction going on, on the other side, love that resisted death and subdued death was being created. this was such a complex world that made death confused and moved deeply.

狗英文读后感篇4

in the past month,i have finished reading the little prince,a famous french fairy tale which tells a story about a pilot and a little prince.sixteen years ago,the pilot’s plane broke down,so he had to examine and repair it.it was then that he met with the little prince who is innocent in the sahara desert.

in this book,i could see the innocence of children,the vain and greedy adults who have lost their sense of imagination.there are misunderstandings between children and grownups.what i like best is that the story between the little prince and his flower.as he was going to set off,they were reluctant to part.therefore,the flower became very gentle and soft,as well as the prince took great care and attention for the flower.however,he cannot trust her anymore and leaves his planet.during this period of time,the little prince came across the tippler,the businessman,the lamp lighter…after traveling several planets,he arrived on the earth,where he met a fox who wanted to be tamed.the fox reminded him of his sheep and flower,making him understand the true meaning of love.

this story showed us that the children’s world was real,kind and nice.i really appreciate the precious opportunity of learning this book.reading this book could not only broaden your horizons to feel the kindness of world,but also can improve your english grades.it is of great significance to read it.what are you waiting for?join us,please.

狗英文读后感篇5

一则童话犹如一副画卷，赏心悦目;一个故事犹如一汪清泉，澄净身心;一本好书犹如一阵清风，放飞思绪。

金银岛——一个多么吸引人的名字，一拿到书，我就被书名和里面的内容深深的吸引住了。这本书主要讲述的是海上的一个小荒岛上发生的离奇而又浪漫的冒险故事。本书的小主人公吉姆在一次偶然的机会下，得到了一份前往金银岛寻宝的宝藏图，阅读着书，我随着主人公吉姆霍金斯开始了金银岛的探险寻宝之旅。

故事里有许多危险的情形，例如：机智勇敢的小吉姆和海盗在船上搏斗，还差点被刺死。船长、医生和乡绅和邪恶的海盗们激烈的枪战，看得我触目惊心，真替书里的人物捏把汗，紧张的都想冲进书里去帮他们一把。

当勇气和能力都受到挫折的时候，千万不要忘了智慧。因为智慧的力量是无穷的。你看，吉姆在探险之旅中，最初只是见习水手，仅有对寻宝的向往，单纯而无丝毫航海经验，但却凭借着胆量和勇气从海盗手中夺回大船，真令人佩服不已。当遇到最大的敌人——狡诈的海盗西尔弗时，吉姆巧妙的探试，仔细地察言观色，还适度的用了激将法，最终吉姆取得了获胜，生命也转危为安。

这正是勇敢所带来的力量啊!如果大家都与吉姆一样，面对困难不退缩，世界一定会变得更加美好。

看完这本书，这让我想起胆小的我。我不敢面对生活，总是逃脱现实，做事慢慢吞吞的，所以哥哥经常戏称我是胆小鬼，小蜗牛。但是读了这本书后，我知道只要去努力，任何奇迹都有可能出现，顽强的精神和勇气才是生活中的宝藏，遇到困难一定要知难而进，所以我决定要改变自己，勇于去尝试，使自己在人生中迈出更大一步。

话也不多说了，收尾的时刻也到了，勇敢，不放弃，我希望大家都拥有这种品格。

狗英文读后感篇6

?little prince》was written by antoine de saint-exupéry,a famous french writer.it has been interpreted into forty-two languages,and read by every field of people.《little prince》 is a fairy tale,without any surprising plots,or amazing actions.however,it is still worth reading because of its special meanings of education.this story can be divided into three parts.at first,little prince is quite curious about the world outside,he has lots of questions in mind.then he tries to find the answers by travelling.he goes to seven celestial bodies early or late,facing much lure and hardness.he doesn’t give up and keeps on looking for the answers.at the end,he doesn’t find the answer and loses his life.what a pity!little prince has a very pure soul and refuses to obey to the rules set by the society.the story tells us that we should keep a pure soul and never give up!

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