his most famous novel is the call of the wild 。 although it is a story about a dog, buck, it vividly depicts the life in the primitive north where people rushed for gold and fortune.

buck, used to belong to a judge, was kidnapped and sold to north. then he became a member of a dog-team pulling a sled 。 in the days of pulling a snow-sled, he learned to conform to the law of nature and obey the master. finally, he found a basic instinct hidden inside him, which enabled himself to survive the tough environment. this is the call of the wild.

when you read the story, you will feel that buck is a man instead of a dog, struggling with his fortune and conforming to the law of nature.

though short, it is really a thrilling story. what you never forget is the tough life in the nature, the brave and crafty dog. maybe the wild is calling you to go ahead.

while writing for only 16 years throughout his life, london produced an amazing body of work among which, white fang, martin eden, the valley of the moon are representative.

《飘》的英文读后感篇2

there was a man who had seven sons, but he had no daughter, greatly though he longed for one. at last his wife told him that they could again expect a child and, sure enough, when it was born it was a baby girl. there was great rejoicing, but the child was weak and puny, so weak that it had to be christened at once. the father told one of the boys to go quickly to the spring and fetch christening water; the other six ran along with him, and because each of them wanted to be the first to dip the jug into the well, it fell in and sank. so there they stood and didn‘t know what to do, and none of them dared go home. when they didn‘t come back their father got impatient and said:“ i‘ll wager they‘ve been playing some game again and forgotten all about it, the godless brats.“ he was afraid the little girl would have to die unbaptized, and in his rage he cried out:“ i wish those boys would all turn into ravens.“ he‘d scarcely spoken the words when he heard a whirring of wings in the air overhead, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens flying away.

《飘》的英文读后感篇3

---book review: “camille”

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?

《飘》的英文读后感篇4

jane eyre, is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. after we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, jane eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think:

we remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past.

we remember her pursuit of justice. it’s like a companion with the goodness. but still, a virtuous person should promote the goodness on one side and may check the badness on the other side.

we remember her self-respect and the clear situation on equality. in her opinion, everyone is the same at the god’s feet. though there are differences in status、in property and also in appearance, but all the human being are equal in personality.

we also remember her striving for life, her toughness and her confidence.

when we think of these girl, what she gave us was not a pretty face or a transcendent temperament that make us admire deeply, but a huge charm of her personality.

《飘》的英文读后感篇5

charles dickens is a english novelist, generally considered the greatest of the victorian period. dickenss works are characterized by attacks on social evils,injustice, and hypocrisy. he had also experienced in his youth oppression, when he was forced to end school in early teens and work in a factory. dickenss good, bad,and comic characters, such as the cruel miser scrooge, the aspiring novelist david copperfield, or the trusting and innocent mr. pickwick, have fascinated generations of readers. charles dickens was born in landport, hampshire, during the new industrial age, which gave birth to theories of karl marx. dickenss father was aclerk in the navy pay office.

he was well paid but often ended in financial troubles. in 1814 dickens moved to london, and then to chatham, where he received some education. the schoolmaster william giles gave special attention to dickens, who made rapid progress. in 1824, at the age of 12, dickens was sent to work for some months at a blacking factory, hungerford market, london, while his father john was in marshalea debtors prison. "my father and mother were quite satisfied," dickens later recalled bitterly. "they could hardly have been more so, if i had been twenty years of age, distinguished at a grammar-school, and going to cambridge." later this period found its way to the novel little dorritt (1855-57). john dickens paid his 40 debt with the money he inherited from his mother; she died at the age of seventy-nine when he was still in prison. dickenss sharp ear for conversation helped him to create colorful characters through their own words. the publisher, william hall, now commissioned dickens to write the pickwick papers in twenty monthly installments. this was followed by oliver twist, published in bentleys miscellany (1837-38) and nicholas nickleby (1838-39), also published monthly. dickens was now the most popular writer in britain and over the next few years he wrote a series of popular novels including the old curiosity shop (1840-1), barnaby rudge (1841), martin chuzzlewit (1843-4) and a christmas carol (1843).

background(oliver twist)

oliver twist is notable for dickens unromantic portrayal of criminals and their sordid lives.[1] the book also exposed the cruel treatment of many a waif-child in london, which increased international concern in what is sometimes known as "the great london waif crisis". this was the astounding number of orphans in london in the dickens era. the books subtitle, the parish boys progress alludes to bunyans the pilgrims progress and also to a pair of popular 18th-century caricature series by william hogarth, "a rakes progress" and "a harlots progress".

an early example of the social novel, the book calls the publics attention to various contemporary evils, including the poor law that stated that poor people should work in workhouses, child labour and the recruitment of children as criminals. dickens mocks the hypocrisies of the time by surrounding the novels serious themes with sarcasm and dark humour. the novel may have been inspired by the story of robert blincoe, an orphan whose account of his hardships as a child labourer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. obviously, dickens own early youth—he was vulnerable, and a child labourer—must have also entered.

introduction

in oliver twist, dickens mixes grim realism, and merciless satire as a way to describe the effects of industrialism on 19th-century england and to criticise the harsh new poor laws. oliver, an innocent child, is trapped

in a world where his only options seem to be the workhouse, fagins thieves, aprison or an early grave. from this unpromising industrial setting, however, a fairy tale also emerges: in the midst of corruption and degradation, the essentially passive oliver remains pure-hearted; he steers away from evil when those around him give in to it; and, in proper fairy-tale fashion, he eventually receives his reward—leaving for a peaceful life in the country, surrounded by kind friends. on the way to this happy ending, dickens explores the kind of life an orphan, outcast boy could expect to lead in 1830s london.

poverty and social class

poverty is a prominent concern in oliver twist. throughout the novel, dickens enlarges on this theme, describing slums so decrepit that whole rows of houses are on the point of ruin. in an early chapter, oliver attends a paupers funeral with mr. sowerberry and sees a whole family crowded together in one miserable room.

this ubiquitous misery makes olivers encounters with charity and love more poignant. olivers workhouse origins place him at the nadir of society; as an orphan without friends, he is routinely despised. his "sturdy spirit" keeps him alive despite the torment he must endure. most of his associates, however, deserve their place among societys dregs and seem very much at home in the depths. noah claypole,a charity boy like oliver, is idle, stupid, and cowardly; sikes is a thug; fagin lives by corrupting children; and the artful dodger seems born for a life of crime. many of the middle-class people oliver encounters—mrs. sowerberry, mr. bumble, and the savagely hypocritical "gentlemen" are worse.

symbolism

dickens makes considerable use of symbolism. the many symbols oliver faces are primarily good versus evil, with evil continually trying to corrupt and exploit good, but good winning out in the end. the "merry old gentleman" fagin, for example, has satanic characteristics: he is a veteran corrupter of young boys who presides over his own corner of the criminal world; he makes his first appearance standing over a fire holding a toasting-fork; and he refuses to pray on the night before his execution.the london slums, too, have a suffocating, infernal aspect; the dark deeds and dark passions are concretely characterised by dim rooms, and pitch-black nights, while the governing mood of terror and brutality may be identified with uncommonly cold weather. in contrast, the countryside where the maylies take oliver is a pastoral heaven.

food is another important symbol; olivers odyssey begins with a simple request for more gruel, and mr. bumbles shocked exclamation, represents he may be after more than just gruel.

the novel is also shot through with a related motif, obesity, which calls attention to the stark injustice of olivers world. when the half-starved child dares to ask for more, the men who punish him are fat. it is interesting to observe the large number of characters who are overweight. toward the end of the novel, the gaze of knowing eyes becomes a potent symbol. for years, fagin avoids daylight,crowds, and open spaces, concealing himself in a dark lair most of the time

《飘》的英文读后感篇6

pride and prejudice was written by jane author was born in 1775 in hampshireand passed away in 1817 at the age of fourty-three. it was first published in1813 and has been one of the greatest novels ever since has been translated into numbers of languages and several movies have been made based on the original novel.

wit tells of a love stor between elizabeth and darcy as well as elizabeth’s sister. it consists of 42 chapters in all. mr. darcy is the hero who is rich and proud. elizabeth is the second daughter while jane is the first daughter

weverything starts with bingley’s arrival. when et hear bingley has bought a house near her home mother of four daughters is so happy and conceived that one of her daughters will beome his wife. fortunately, bingley and jane met at an evening dancing party and they soon fell in love with each other. however,darcy, bingley’s best friend , was also attracted byelizabeth’fascination but darcy rudeness and pride toward elizabethe greatly annoyed her and her impression for darcy was even worsened by wickham, a military officer she met who claimed to have grown up with darcy. what was worse bingley’s two sisters deliberately separated bingley and jane.

wand elizabether turned dowm the marriage proposal from her cousin, collins, who will inherit all the properties when her father died. when darcy sent elizabeth a letter to tell the truth and reveal the wicked wickham rumours about him.

welizabeth changed her thoughts and finally found herself deeply in love with him. when she visited her uncle and aunt in northern england, she encountered darcy found him to be almost perfect, gentle and no longer proud any more,they eventually married and also brought bingley and jane altogher.

wjust like darcy propose marriage to elizabeth in spite of her scarcity of property and social status, but is rejected by elizabeth for his pride and long as either side’s pride existed ， no love can be seeked. and eiter side should try to find the other’s virtues and variations towards a good the novel ,when elizabeth found darcy is no longer proud she finally engaged with him and lived a happy marriage.

《飘》的英文读后感篇7

sometimes we choose life，but this life belongs to others. if we once did it，we would be terrible grown-ups——mixing everything up together，confusing everything，and all day just say that“i’m busy with matters of consequence. ” i don’t want to be that kind of person！why not choose life of my own？

every time i’m reading the story，the idea becomes more and more strong. nothing is meaningful unless you put your love in it.

the little prince lives in the planet b-612 that isn’t any larger than a house. his life is simply with joy. one day，a beautiful angel was born among the simple flower that had only one rings of petals. she was totally a miracle at the sunrise. to the little prince，she was a very complex creature. he couldn’t help falling in love with the flower. but，as he said，he was too young to know how to love her. she always pretended to be proud to conceal her love. then he went away from his planet to search for something he needed. she didn’t blame him or urge him to stay. actually she wanted him to be happy. so she chose not to cry and let him go.

during his trip on the earth，he met the fox. at that time，the little prince was looking for men. but the fox beg of him to tame her because she used to live a monotonous life and wanted to have a friend. so，since then，the little prince sat a little closer to her day by day. thus，the little prince tamed the fox.

but the departure was coming. hadn’t it helped her in any way？yeah，it did help her. to each other，they had been unique in the world instead of other thousands of ordinary little boys and foxes！and to the fox，she owned the color of the wheatfield to remind her of the happiness with the little prince.

everything changed from the very beginning. and at last，the fox told the little prince her secret：

“it’s only with one’s heart that one can see clearly.

what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

then he understood，it was the time he spent on his flower which made his flower so important.

we may be one of these characters in the book. the flower，the fox，or the little prince. i mean that love and departure，misunderstanding and suddenly realizing are equally valuable.

when loving someone，we should be brave enough. try to make him happy even if so many tears have been added up to a deep sea.

when someone tames you，the world will be a fantastic wonderland. all other people are just alike，but only he is so unique. because of those moments of truth，you can see the spirit in this love. nothing can ever replace it.

it’s a story about life and love. furthermore，the little prince makes me understand the sweetness in sadness

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