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thetalking horses ordoes heintend forustotakethemseriouslyastheproperwaytoact?

IfwelookcloselyatthewaythattheHouyhnhnmsact,wecanseethatinfactSwiftdoes

nottakethemseriously:

heusesthemtoshowthedangersofpride.

FirstwehavetoseethatSwiftdoesnoteventakeGullverseriously. Forinstance, hisnamesounds muchlikegullible,whichsuggests thathewillbelieveanything. Also,whenhefirstseestheYahoosandtheythrowexcrement onhim,herespondsbydoingthesameinreturnuntiltheyrunaway.Hesays, &

quot;

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&

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《大卫科波菲尔》读后感

Itisthesameasreadother novelsofDickens'

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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:

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offappearpersonalityofMr.Murdstonevividlyevenmorejust

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