To Regain the Nature of Goodness
-- Review of ‘Oliver Twist’
Oliver Twist one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens’ is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century.
The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.
The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist an orphan who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered enormous pain such as hunger thirst beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt for the poor boy but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief as was written in all the best stories the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me most is that after the theft little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs. Maylie and Rose and began a new life. He went for walks with them or Rose read to him and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behind forever the world of crime and hardship and poverty.
How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty. Although I don’t think goodness is omnipotent yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.
For me the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person. Goodness is to humans what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person. On the contrary as the famous saying goes ‘The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose’ he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.
雾都孤儿英文读后感 篇1
Oliver Twist is written by Charles Dickens.
Charles Dickens is one of the greatest writers in the England. He was born in a poor family, but later he became famous and rich. The famous novel --A Tale of Two Cities is written by him, too.
This novel shows us the cruelty and crime of London. Oliver Twist, the hero, is a poor orphan. He lived in a life filled with taunts. Nobody loved him. With visions of his future, he decided to go to London. He thought a new life was coming, but he was wrong, a group of thieves were waiting for him.
The author created a group of bad men.
Fagin, an old man, with a horribly ugly face and red hair, was the head of those thieves. He tried to make Oliver be a criminal.
Bill Sikes was a cruel and evil man in the group. He had a bad temper.
Monks, Oliver’s brother, did bad things to hurt Oliver. He wanted to get the legacies left by his father alone. He paid Fagin to trap Oliver into a life of crime. In fact, they were all afraid of being put into prison and being hanged. They can’t live happily.
Nancy, a poor girl, loved a bad man. She had to help Bill Sikes perpetrate, because she loved him. She had to be loyal to the criminal group, because she loved him. Actually, she was kind. She helped Oliver at the risk of her life. If she hadn’t fell in love with Sikes, she would have a happy ending.
The author showed these ugly things to us, he described an ugly world. But there are more kind people in the novel.
Mr. Brownlow, an old friend of Oliver’s father, took good care of Oliver.
Mrs. Maylie, Harry Maylie’s mother, saved Oliver of his life.
Miss Rose is the aunt of Oliver, in fact.
They all protect Oliver from hurt.
Oliver was unlucky to meet so many evil people, but he was luckier to get help from so many kind people.
In the end of the novel, all the evil people were punished. Oliver got what he should get. Rose married Harry Maylie and they lived happily. All the kind people have a happy ending.
Righteousness can always beat evil. I think this is what the author wants to tell. Although there are many ugly things in the world, we must believe that righteousness can always beat evil.
We must store kindness even though we are in ugly situation. One is poor if he doesn’t have kindness. One is rich if he has kindness. So please store your kindness in your mind.
What’s more, the novel also tells us to be brave. Oliver was brave enough to overcome all the problems he had met. No matter how difficult the problem is, we can’t give up, we must try our best to solve it.
From Oliver Twist , I have learnt a lot .It’s really a good novel.
雾都孤儿英文读后感 篇2
The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London. The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse.
While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt for the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in the end.
One of the plots that attracted me most is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs. Maylie and Rose and began a new life. He went for walks with them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behind forever the world of crime and hardship and poverty. How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness.
I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty. Although I don’t think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.
雾都孤儿英文读后感 篇3
One of Dickens most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist, an early work published 1837-8. Like many of his later novels, its central theme is the hardship faced by the dispossessed and those of the outside of tolite society. Oliver himself is born in a workhouse and treated cruelly there as was the norm at the time for pauper children, in particular by Bumble, a parish council official or eadle The story follows Oliver as he escapes the workhouse and runs away to London.
Here he receives an education in villainy from the criminal gang of Fagin that includes the brutal thief Bill Sikes, the famous artful Dodger and Nancy, Bill whore. Oliver is rescued by the intervention of a benefactor - Mr Brownlow - but the mysterious Monks gets the gang to kidnap the boy again. Nancy intervenes but is murdered viciously by Sikes after she has showed some redeeming qualities and has discovered Monk sinister intention.
The story closes happily and with justice for Bumble and the cruel Monks who has hidden the truth of Oliver parentage out of malice. Accusations were made that the book glamorised crime (like the ewgate Group of the period) but Dickens wisely disassociated himself from criminal romances. His achievement was in fact in presenting the underworld and problems of poverty to the well-off in a way rarely attempted previously.
雾都孤儿英文读后感 篇4
Oliver Twist this world famous tells a moving story. The book of master is an orphan,his name is Oliver Twist. He was born in a workhouse,was born near his mother died. He was sent as an item sent,tortured. He finally met a kind old gentleman; brown Mr. Luo,he kindly took him,he lived a good life. But good times dont last long,Oliver unfortunately caught a thief in the second cave,Sykes stressed he participated in an expedition to steal,ended in failure,dying,or merry lady saved Oliver and kindly took him. After a period of time,Oliver live a happy life.
After reading this book,my heart a long time can not quell. The poor Oliver,in the pain of losing family members also received so much. I dont know his emaciated body,with what will make him,unremittingly,make him hungry,cold,lonely,suffering under the tenacious struggle,advance to a better life!
We live in the honeypot,the Fu nest,but always plaining,always satisfied. But we have thought,in the world,there are many children,are suffering great pain and hunger,disease; operation; facing the loss of loved ones,lead a wandering life. They are full of the desire for life,love of life,but suffering and against them. So,we have to cherish their own happiness,with our hands and brain,to do a useful person for the motherland,to return the society.
雾都孤儿英文读后感 篇5
Here I am sitting on a couch alone, thinking about what I have just finished reading with tears of sadness filling my eyes and fire of indignation filling my heart, which revived my exhausted soul that has already been covered by the cruelty and the selfishness of the secular world for a long time. It is truly what I felt after reading Oliver Twist, written by the prominent British author Charles Dickens.
The resonance between me and the book makes me feel not only the kindness and the wickedness of all the characters in the novel, but what this aloof society lacks, and what I lack deep inside. These supreme resources I’m talking about right now are somewhat different from minerals, oil that we usually mention. They’re abstract like feelings, and some kinds of spiritual stimulation that all of us desire anxiously from one another —— love and care.
Those charitable figures whom Dickens created in the novel are really what we need in life. They showed love and care to others, just as the gentle rain from the sky fell upon the earth, which was carved into my heart deeply.
Mr. Brownlow is one such person.
雾都孤儿英文读后感 篇6
How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty. Although I don’t think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.
For me, the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person. Goodness is to humans what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose’， he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.
To my disappointment, nowadays some people seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity. They look down on people’s honesty and kindness, thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted. As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others. On the other hand, they attach importance to money and benefit. In their opinion, money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility. If they cannot get profit from showing their ‘kindness’， they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down. They are one of the sorts that I really detest.
Francis Bacon said in his essay, ‘Goodness, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity, and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.’
雾都孤儿这本世界名著讲述了一个动人的故事。书中主人翁是一位孤儿，他的名字叫奥利弗特威斯特。他出生于济贫院，出生不久妈妈就死了。他被当作一件物品送来送去，受尽折磨。他最后遇到了一位善良的老先生;布郎罗先生，这位先生好心收留了他，他过上了好的生活。可好景不长，奥利弗不幸在次身陷贼窟，赛克斯胁迫他参加一次远征行窃，最后失败了，挣扎在死亡线上，还是梅里夫人救了奥利弗并且好心收留了他。经过一段时间，奥利弗过上了幸福的生活。
Oliver Twist this world famous tells a moving story. The book of master is an orphan, his name is Oliver Twist. He was born in a workhouse, was born near his mother died. He was sent as an item sent, tortured. He finally met a kind old gentleman; brown Mr. Luo, he kindly took him, he lived a good life. But good times don't last long, Oliver unfortunately caught a thief in the second cave, Sykes stressed he participated in an expedition to steal, ended in failure, dying, or merry lady saved Oliver and kindly took him. After a period of time, Oliver live a happy life.
读完这本书，我心中久久不能平息。可怜的奥利弗，在已经失去家人的痛苦下还受到这么多折磨。真不知道他瘦弱的躯体下，有着怎样的.意志，能使他坚持不懈，使他在饥饿、寒冷、孤独、痛苦下顽强的斗争，向美好生活前进!
After reading this book, my heart a long time can not quell. The poor Oliver, in the pain of losing family members also received so much. I don't know his emaciated body, with what will make him, unremittingly, make him hungry, cold, lonely, suffering under the tenacious struggle, advance to a better life!
我们生活在密罐里，福窝里，却总是抱怨，总是不满足。但我们可曾经想过，在世界上，还有多少孩子，正承受着巨大的痛苦;正在和饥饿、疾病作战;正面对着失去亲人，漂泊流浪的生活。他们充满着对生命的渴望，对生命的热爱，可是苦难和他们作对。所以，我们现在要珍惜自己的幸福，用我们的双手和大脑，做一个对祖国有用的人，来回报社会。
We live in the honeypot, the Fu nest, but always complaining, always satisfied. But we have thought, in the world, there are many children, are suffering great pain and hunger, disease; operation; facing the loss of loved ones, lead a wandering life. They are full of the desire for life, love of life, but suffering and against them. So, we have to cherish their own happiness, with our hands and brain, to do a useful person for the motherland, to return the society.
