Reading Experience
It was my first time to have been exposed to English literature, so it was a fresh experience for me.
I was curious about this book at first when I read the first chapter. The tense, grammar, even the words are incorrect and I could hardly read it. But if you continue to read this book, you can accustom yourself to it.
It's the second English book that I have read. Be frank with you, it is quite difficult for me to finish the whole book. Besides the new words, there also exist some wrong words, so I can not tell whether they are new or wrong. It all depends on my instinct. What's more, the way that the author thinks is quite different from me. So it was a tough time, but I'm glad that I have finished reading this book.
To be honest, I was a little nervous at the beginning because there were too many wrong words, sentences and expressions. Compared with the last book, it was a little more challenging and difficult for me to understand the plot. However, nothing can stop me from going on. Through reading aloud and imagining, I feel great pleasure and enjoyment, which meakes me very excited. In fact, after the process of the reading, I really enjoy this reading experience, for I have a sense of achievement and gain more things rather than know more words.
In a word, I'm so interested in the book. It allows me to know a completely different culture and to understand the pain of unprivileged people. Thank you for your recommendation.
Theme
In my opinion, Of Mice and Men is meant to reveal the deep gap between dream and reality. Lennie and George had their little dreams and tried their best to chase their dream. However, dreams never came true in reality because the society was full of inequality, injustice and discrimination. It was not only a tragedy of low-class people but also a nightmare of the dark age.
In the book, what moved me most was that George shot Lennie to enable him to pass away with happiness. Lennie's death was so romantic but sorrowful.Maybe death was the last hopeful way to gain happiness in such a society and it was the last rebellion to the world filled with despair.
Happiness is easy to get. Happiness is difficult to get. ... For Manual laborers in America at that time, happiness was still on the shaky ground. ... It has nothing to do with the poor. “
Of Mice and Men is a book including a long story happened within a very short time. It uses many details to present a short and dramatical story with ups and downs which happened in a few days.
The title is about mice and men, but the story is really about men. It seems talking about the two main characters George and Lennie, but it is talking about the entire human beings. And also, it is about dream and reality, about love and evil, about life and death.
The mice die in the hand of the man who loves them the most. Also, a man dies in the hand of another who loves him the most. Did the author damage the approved love or complete the self-righteous love? Lennie killed the mice by incaution, and George killed Lennie by intention.
I don't know how to comment on George. If I were him I wouldn't give Lennie that shot. But I understand the struggle of George - I just feel so upset. Actually, I don't like this story. It doesn't have straight violence or darkness, but is is full of gloom and sorrow. “
Lennie is a simple boy with no evil intention. Mentally he is a baby while physically he is as strong as a machine. A machine ban be motivative if conducted by an adult; however, it would be dangerous if it is conducted by a baby. In spite of the fact that Lennie is kind, he is always driven by his instinct instead of by his logic. His only rules are George's orders which only work when George is present. ... Maybe we can draw a conclusion that Lennie's death is the best ending for both Lennie and George.
After reading this book, I was really sympathetic with the bottom of our society. They need to shoulder heavy pressure of work and also carry on their difficut and challenging life. They are easily content with pleasure. They never go out of their small circle and experience the world outside. They even die without a name...
From my perspective, the story can be concluded like it's about a group of lonely people in a cruel world. Candy was lonely and helpless. He once had a friend, his dog, but it was killed for it was too old and could hardly survive. Crooks, the colored man, was lonley, too. Few people on the farm talked to him thus he read books and stayed alone. Curley's wife was as lonely as them. She had hoped to become a star when she was a tennager but she became Curley's wife at last. In another word, she married a man she didn't love. ... I felt sad after finishing reading the story.
当阅读完一本名著后，想必你有不少可以分享的东西，需要好好地就所收获的东西写一篇
the novel opens with the famous line, "it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.". and ends with two marriages: jane and bingley's, as well as darcy and elizabeth's. both couples are assumed to live happily ever after.
elizabeth (lizzy) bennet is the core of the family. elizabeth is the second of mr. and mrs. bennet's five daughters, and is an intelligent, bold, attractive twenty-year-old when the story begins. in addition to being her father's favourite, elizabeth is characterized as a sensible, yet stubborn, woman. misled by his cold outward behaviour, elizabeth originally holds mr. darcy in contempt. however, she finds that mr. darcy improves on acquaintance, more so than she would expect.
fitzwilliam darcy (commonly known as mr. darcy) is the central male character and elizabeth's second love interest in the novel. he is an intelligent, wealthy, extremely handsome and reserved 28-year-old man, who often appears haughty or proud to strangers but possesses an honest and kind nature underneath. initially, he considers elizabeth his social inferior, unworthy of his attention, but he finds that, despite his inclinations, he cannot deny his feelings for elizabeth. his initial proposal of marriage is rejected because of his pride and elizabeth's prejudice against him; however, at the end of the novel, after their relationship has blossomed, he is happily engaged to a loving elizabeth.
role of women in the 18th century
in late-18th-century england, women were relegated to secondary roles in society with respect to property and social responsibilities. for example, women were not permitted to visit new arrivals to the neighbourhood (such as mr. bingley in pride and prejudice) until the male head of their household had first done so. women were under enormous pressure to marry for the purpose of securing their financial futures and making valuable social connections for their families. therefore, marriage, though romanticised, was in many ways a financial transaction and social alliance rather than a matter of love. although jane austen did not condone loveless marriages (she stayed single all her life), she did approve of matches having equality in various respects, including wealth, social status, love and character. in pride and prejudice, wealth, social status, chastity (and the perception of chastity) and physical attractiveness are depicted as factors affecting a woman's chances for a good m
Recently I have read a famous Chinese classical novel-The romance of the Three Kingdoms and I felt benefit a lot. Let me tell you about my feelings.
The romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four great Chinese master pieces. It was written by Luo Guanzhong, who was born in 1330. It describes nearly 200 characters and tells the story from the late Eastern Han dynasty to the unified of Jin dynasty.
The minute I started to read this book, I was deeply impressed by the sentence at the beginning of the novel: "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide." It is so philosophical. It reflected the main history of the Three Kingdoms, from the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans to the replacement of the division of the country into Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu and Wu) by the Jin Dynasty. In these periods, it showed a lot of heroic deeds, and what the heroes did had made a brilliant history. In this novel, the hero I admire mostly is Guan Yu, the general of Shu.
"A man of enormous height, nine spans tall, with a two-foot-long beard flowing from his rich, ruddy cheeks. He had glistening lips, eyes sweeping sharply back like those of the crimson-faced phoenix, and brows like nestling silkworms. His stature was imposing, his bearing awesome." This is Guan Yu's appearance. He was called as hero not only because of his handsome looking, but because of his precious characters.
He is the embodiment of loyalty, wisdom and bravery. Once, when Guan Yu was having a battle with Cao Cao (the Master of Wei), he lost connection with Liu Bei(the Master of Shu), and finally he had to surrender because Liu Bei's family was with him. Cao Cao appreciated Guan Yu's talents, he provided a fabulous palace and lots of money to Guan Yu. Despite Guan Yu was taken good care of in the Cao Cao’s camp, but his heart was still with the Liu Bei’s camp. He had never given up looking for his master. As soon as he got the news of Liu Bei, Guan Yu had forced five passes and slew six captains, finally he found his master. His behavior showed not only his loyalty to his master but also his bravery.
Admittedly, Guan Yu's death is also a lamentable. Because of his complacency, he looked down on the army of Wu, lost Jingzhou (an important City), finally, he flopped, and was killed by his personal enemy.
With his personal likes and dislikes, regardless of the consequences, it led to the disruption of the alliance between Wu and Shu, the whole situation was changed greatly.
Guan Yu’s lesson tells us: No matter how talented you are, you’d better remain modest and be humble.
This is a great novel that depicts the countless legendary stories. We can learn not only the characters of the heroes, but also the political and military strategies. It is a best way to experience the profound Chinese ancient culture. Tiancheng(Daniel)Dai
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最近我读了一本著名的中国古典小说<<三国演义>>，我觉得受益匪浅。让我告诉你我的感受。
三国演义是中国四大名著之一。这是罗贯中写的，他出生于1330。它描述了近200个字，讲述了从东汉晚期到金朝统一的故事。
从我开始读这本书的那一刻起，我就对小说开头的一句话印象深刻：“帝国，长期分裂，必须团结;长期团结，必须分裂。”。它反映了三个王国的主要历史，从黄巾起义到国家部门更换成三个王国(魏、舒、吴)由晋。在这些时期，它表现了许多英雄事迹，英雄们做了辉煌的历史。在这部小说中，我最敬佩的英雄是舒将军关羽。
一个身材高大，身高九米，长着一二英尺长胡须的男人从他那红润红润的脸颊上流出。他有着闪亮的嘴唇，眼睛像深红色的凤凰一样深深地向后扫着，眉毛像刚开花的蚕。他的身材很高，他的举止令人敬畏.“这是关羽的样子。他之所以被称为英雄不仅是因为他英俊的外表，而是因为他珍贵的品格。
他是忠诚、智慧和勇敢的化身。有一次，当关羽和曹操(魏的主人)发生战斗时，他失去了与刘备(舒的主人)的联系，最后他不得不投降，因为刘备的家人和他在一起。曹操欣赏关羽的才华，他为关羽提供了一座华丽的宫殿和很多钱。尽管关羽在曹操的'营地里得到了很好的照顾，但他的心仍然在刘备的营地里。他从未放弃寻找他的主人。关羽一听到刘备的消息，就强行传了五关，打死了六个上尉，最后他找到了他的主人。他的行为不仅表现出他对主人的忠诚，而且表现了他的勇敢。
诚然，关羽的死也是悲惨的。因为他的自满，他看不起吴的军队，失去了荆州(一个重要的城市)，最后，他失败了，并被他的仇人杀死。
他不顾个人好恶，不顾后果，导致吴与舒的同盟破裂，整个局面发生了重大变化。
关羽的教训告诉我们：无论你多么有天赋，你最好保持谦虚和谦虚。
这是一部描写无数传奇故事的伟大小说。我们不仅可以学习英雄人物，而且可以学习政治和军事战略。是体验博大精深的中国古代文化的最佳途径。田成(丹尼尔)
