英语的读后感.docx

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英语的读后感

英语的读后感

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《格列佛游记》读后感

Oneofthemost interesting questions about GulliversTravelsiswhether the Houyhnhnms represent anideal ofrationalityorwhetherontheotherhandtheyarethebuttofSwift'ssatire.Inotherwords,inBookIV,isSwiftpokingfunat

thetalking horses ordoes heintend forustotakethemseriouslyastheproperwaytoact?

IfwelookcloselyatthewaythattheHouyhnhnmsact,wecanseethatinfactSwiftdoes

nottakethemseriously:

heusesthemtoshowthedangersofpride.

FirstwehavetoseethatSwiftdoesnoteventakeGullverseriously. Forinstance, hisnamesounds muchlikegullible,whichsuggests thathewillbelieveanything. Also,whenhefirstseestheYahoosandtheythrowexcrement onhim,herespondsbydoingthesameinreturnuntiltheyrunaway.Hesays, "I must needs discover some more rationalbeing,"eventhoughasahumanheisalreadythemostrational beingthereis.ThisiswhySwift referstoErasmus

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DarwinsdiscoveryoftheoriginofthespeciesandthevoyageoftheBeagle-toshowhowGulliverknowsthatpeopleareatthetopofthefoodchain.ButifLemuleGulliverissatirized,so

aretheHouyhnhnms, whose voices sound like thecallofcastrati.Theywalkontwolegsinsteadoffour,andseemtobemuchlike people. AsGulliver says, "It waswith theutmostastonishmentthatIwitnessedthesecreaturesplaying

thefluteanddancingaVienesewaltz.Tomymind,theyseemedlikethegreatesthumanseverseenincourt,evenmoredextrousthantheLordEdmundBurke".Asthisquotedemonstrates,Gulliveristerriblyimpressed,buthisadmirationfortheHouyhnhnmsisshort-livedbecausetheyaresoprideful.Forinstance,theleaderoftheHouyhnhnmsclaimsthathehasreadalltheworksofCharlesDickens,and

thathecansinglehandedlyrecitethenamesofalltheKingsandQueensofEnglanduptoGeorgeII.SwiftsubtlyshowsthatthisHouyhnhnmsprideismisplacedwhen,inthemiddle

oftheintellectualcompetition,heforgetsthenameofQueenElizabethshusband.

SwiftssatireoftheHouyhnhnmscomesoutinotherwaysaswell.Oneofthemostmemorablescenesiswhenthedapple

greymareattemptstowoothehorsethatGuenivrehas

brought with himtotheisland. First sheacts flirtatiously,paradingaroundthebewilderedhorse.Butwhenthisdoesnothavethedesired effect, shegets another idea:

"As Iwatchedinamazementfrommyperchinthetopofatree,thesorrelnagdashedoffandreturnedwithayahooonherbackwhowasyetmoremonstrousthanMr.Popebeingfittedbyaclothier.Shedroppedthiscreaturebeforemynagasifofferingup asacrifice. My horse sniffed the creature andturnedaway." Itmight seemthatweshould takethissceneseriously as a failed attempt at courtship, and thatconsequentlyweshouldseethegreymareasanunrequitedlover.ButitmakesmoresenseifweseethatSwiftisbeingsatirichere:

itisthefemaleHouyhnhnmwhomakesthemove,which would not have happenedineighteenth-centuryEngland.TheHouyhnhmisbeingprideful,anditisthatpride

thatmakeshimunable toimpress Gullivers horse.Gulliver

imaginesthehorsesaying,Sblood,thenotionofcreatingthebarebackedbeastwithananimalwhohadheldMr.Popeonherbackmakesmequeezy.

AfinalindicationthattheHouyhnmnsarenotmeanttobetakenseriouslyoccurswhentheleaderoftheHouynhmsvisitsLilliput,wherehevisitstheFrenchRoyalSociety.Hegoesinto

aroominwhichascientist istryingtoturnwineintowater

（itselfapridefulactthatreferstothemarriageatGallilee ）。

Thescientist hasbeenworking hardattheexperiment formanyyearswithoutsuccess,whentheHouyhnmnarrivesandimmediatelyknowsthattodo:

"Thecreaturenosoonerstepped throughthedoorway thanhestruck uponaplan.Slurpingupallthewineinsight,hequicklymadewaterinabucketthatsatnearthedoor".

英语的读后感

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《大卫科波菲尔》读后感

Itisthesameasreadother novelsofDickens' tootoread" David Copperfield", People feel everypersonage--Fromprotagonisttowardernotspeaking --Itisreadytoappear,lifelike.ThisbecauseDickensverymuchcanplayupangrytoagreatextentAtmosphere, themethodisthat the detail is delineated. At the time of writing toMr.Murdstone teach David such ashim, havepublished aquestioninthisway:

"IfIgotothecheeseshoptobuy4,000 pieces of extra quality cheese in Gloucester……"hewillitshowstobe"extraqualitycheeseofGloucester"indetailonly,butthisset

offappearpersonalityofMr.Murdstonevividlyevenmorejust

--Mechanical,intendtoembarrassDavid.HedescribesDavid'sbanquet,eachkindofvegetablesi