阿拉比赏析读后感

An Essay on Araby

Araby is one of fifteen short stories that together make up James Joyce's collection, Dubliners.

Araby mainly tells about a boy who secretly loves a neighboring girl, Mangan’s sister. This simple and pure love can be revealed through his action, his self-narration and his mentality, which can be best revealed in such sentences as“Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door.”, “Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance.”, and “My eyes were often full of tears and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into my bosom.”, etc.

From the language style of the novel, we could identify a figure of an adult narrator: a grown-up in recalling his youth. Although it described the love of a little boy, it was apparently not in the children’s writing style or tone to narrate.

The story is set in North Richmond Street in Dublin, which is “being blind”. The use of ‘blind’ sets the basic tone for the whole environment in which the boy lives, as seen in such words as “musty”, “the dark muddy lanes”and “the dark dripping gardens”.

In the story, the boy’s complicated inner world during his frustrated quest for beauty is vividly described f rom the first person’s point of view. I n the novel, the boy lives with his uncle and aunt, instead of his parents, which implies he may be isolated and ignored sometimes and lacks proper relations between parents and children. We could also notice the boy’s desire for love and care.

We could also find many symbolisms in this story. For example, Mangan’s sister, for whom the boy has tender feelings, symbolizes hope, and she is symbolically confined “have a retreat in her convent”.

And the journey to the bazaar is a quest for the fulfillment of the aspiration, but the journey is “intolerable” delayed, and when the boy gets to the bazaar, half of it is already dark. What’s more, the young lady at the door of a stall is “not encouraging”, and speaks to the boy “out of the sense of duty”. When the upper part o f the hall is completely dark, the boy’s disillusionment is announced.

Araby" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners.

The unnamed protagonist in "Araby" is a boy who is just beginning to come into his sexual identity. Through his first-person narration, we are immersed at the start of the story in the drab life that people live on North Richmond Street, which seems to be illuminated only by the verve and imagination of the children who, despite the growing darkness that comes during the winter months, insist on playing "until [their] bodies glowed." Even though the conditions of this neighbourhood leave much to be desired, the children’s play is infused with their almost magical way of perceiving the world, which the narrator dutifully conveys to the reader:

“ Our shouts echoed in the silent street. The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes behind the houses where we ran the gauntlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odours arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness. ”

But though these boys "career" around the neighbourhood in a very childlike way, they are also aware of and interested in the adult world, as represented by their spying on the narrator’s uncle as he come home from work and, more importantly, on Mangan’s sister, whose dress “swung as she moved” and whose “soft rope of hair tossed from side to side.” These boys are on the brink of sexual awareness and, awed by the mystery of the opposite sex, are hungry for knowledge.

On one rainy evening, he secludes himself in a soundless, dark drawing-room and gives his feelings for her full release: "I pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: O love! O love! many times." This scene is the culmination of the narrator’s increasingly romantic idealization of Mangan’s sister. By the time he actually speaks to her, he has built up such an unrealistic idea of her that he can barely put sentences together: “When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that I did not know what to answer. She asked me if I was going to Araby. I forget whether I answered yes or no.” But the narrator recovers splendidly: when Mangan’s sister dolefully states that she will not be able to go to Araby, he gallantly offers to bring something back for her.

The narrator now cannot wait to go to the Araby bazaar and procure for his beloved some grand gift that will endear him to her. And though his aunt frets, hoping that it is not “some Freemason affair,” and though his uncle, perhaps intoxicated, perhaps stingy, arrives so late from work and equivocates so much that he almost keeps the narrator from being able to go, the intrepid narrator heads out of the house, tightly clenching a florin and, in spite of the late hour, toward the bazaar.

But the Araby market turns out not to be the most fantastic place he had hoped it would be. It is late; most of the stalls are closed. The only sound is "the fall of coins" as men count their money. Worst of all, however, is the vision of sexuality -- of his future -- that he receives when he stops at one of the few remaining open stalls. The young woman minding the stall is engaged in a conversation with two young men. Though he is potentially a customer, she only grudgingly and briefly waits on him before returning to her frivolous conversation. His idealized vision of Araby is destroyed, along with his idealized vision of Mangan’s sister: and of love. With shame and anger rising within him, he exits the bazaar

双城记英语读后感1After reading "A tale of two cities"

"A tale of two cities" is one of Dickens's most important representative w orks.The novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the French R evolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and crue l,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed classes.The novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on,whi ch displayed people's great strength. The novel has portrayed many di fferent people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution a ctually ， Lucie is beautiful and gentle ，Charles is graceful and noble，Lorry is upright and honest ，Sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm,unconventional but also selfless and lofty，Miss Pross is straightforwa rd and loyal，Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister......The complex hatred is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge,but take the life as the price. As an outstanding writer,i n Dickens's work,the language skill is essential.Each kind of rhetoric techniqu e,like the analogy,the exaggeration,the contrast,the humorous,and the taunt are handled skillfully,and the artistry of the work is also delivered the peak."A

tale of two cities" has its difference with the general historical novel, its c haracter and the main plot are all fictionalizes.With the broad real background of the French Revolution,the author take the fictional character Doctor Manett e's experience as the main clue,interweaves the unjust charge, love and revenge three independences but also incident cross-correlation stories together,the p lot is criss-crossed,and the clue is complex.The author use insert narrates,for eshadowing,upholstery and so many techniques,causes the structure integrity and strictness,the plot winding anxious and rich of theatrical nature,it displayed the remarkable artistic skill.the style "A tale of two cities" is solemnity and melancholy,fills indignantion,but lacks the humor of the early works.

双城记读后感 2

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

The tale of two cities is a historical story, one of Dickens’ long f iction s.The background to the novel is the revolution of France .It portrayed a bruta l and bloody story , but it also contained love and friendship.

In the novel, Dickens sarcastically described a typical cruel nobleman—mar quis of Evermonde . When he was young he and his brother stole a countrywoman b y force and killed her family .What’s worse , he used his power to imprison Dr Manette , a kind and honest man who knew all the things they had done and wante

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e and his brother threw Doctor Manette into prison for 18 years . During these

18 years,Doctor Manette lost his freedom and suffer a great in spirit .

I felt unthinkable that Marquis of Evermonde and his brother killed people just as easily as they killed chickens. They deprived other people’s freedom a s they liked and they thought it was normal and unremarkable. They had never re alized that they had done something wrong or something improper. Because their nature was cruel and evil, like demons. There is an old saying which means: Peo ple who commit too many crimes will kill themselves. After all, there is justic e in the world. The demons can’t be rampant forever. Because the world will no t forgive them. They will pay their liv es for their crimes. Let’s see the cons equence of the Marquis,’’He lay there like a stone with a knife pushed into h is heart.” I think it was just what he ought to gain and it is a real exciting scene.

The Marquis’ death was just the beginning of people’s resistance to the n obleman. Gradually more and more people joined in the revolution. One after ano ther nobleman were sentenced to death and their heads were cut down . However, some innocent people were implicated in the revolution. Charles Darney was one of them He was the nephew of Marquis of Evermonde. To the opposite of his uncle, Darney was a kind and independent young man.

Dickens spoke highly of kindness mercy and love in the novel too. This is t he other thone of the novel when Doctor Manette was released from prison. It wa s his daughter Lucie who took care of him and helped him return to normal. Duri ng this time, Dr manette and Lucie knew Charles Darney and Sydeny Carton, the t wo young man fell in love with Lucie at the same time . At last, Lucie married Chares Darney .Dr Manette accepted Darney as his son-in-law although he knew th at Darney was the nephew of the man who threw him into prison for18 years. This is the love between father and daughter. And Sydeny Carton , the very great ma n ,loved Lucie deeply. He promised Lucie that he would do everything for her ha ppiness. He did it truely ,he sacrificed himself instead of Darney who looked t he same as him. This is love for lovers . This is the most wonderful thing in t he world. It also reminds us that no matter how no matter when there is true lo ve existing. At the end , Lucie, Dr Manette and Darney arrived in England safel y.

The tale of two cities is different from other historical fictions. Its cha racters and main plots are fictional under the real background of the revolutio n of France. The author made the experience of the fictional charactor Dr Manet te as the main clue.The plots are complicated, and they are flexuous and dramat ic. The structure is complete and rigorous.

Dickens had dear love and hate. He praised those who ought to be praised an d attacked those who ought to be attacked. The motivation of the novel maybe ju st warn the English dominators. But I think we can learn something meaningful f rom the tale of two cities.

The Independent Spirit——about“ Jane Eyer”

This is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal life. The story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit.

It seems to me that many readers’ English reading experience starts with Jane Eyer. I am of no exception. As we refer to the movie “Jane Eyer”, it is not

surprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the novel remains----to be an independent person, both physically and mentally.

Jane Eyer was a born resister, whose parents went off when she was very young, and her aunt，the only relative she had，treated her as badly as a ragtag. Since Jane’s education in Lowwood Orphanage began, she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around. The suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else.As a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression, Jane got a chance to be a tutor in Thornfield Garden. There she made the acquaintance of lovely Adele and that garden’s owner, Rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside. Jane expected to change the life from then on, but fate had decided otherwise: After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following Rochester and led to his moodiness all the time ----Rochester was also a despairing person in need of salvation. Jane did want to give him a hand, however, she made up her mind to leave, because she didn’t want to betray her own princ iples, because she was Jane Eyer. The film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned. After finding Rochester’s misfortune brought by his original mad wife, Jane chose to stay with him forever.

I don’t know what others feel, but frankly speaking, I would rather regard the section that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film’s

end----especially when I heard Jane’s words “Never in my life have I been awaken so happily.” For one thing, this i deal and brand-new beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for another, this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to get. But the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: There must be something wrong coming with the

excellence----perhaps not only should another section be added to enrich the story, but also we may see from the next transition of Jane’s life that “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you would get.” (By Forrest Gump’s mother, in the film “Forrest Gump”)

What’s more, this film didn’t end when Jane left Thornfield. For Jane Eyer herself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for Rochester, how he can get salvation? The film gives the answer tentatively: Jane eventually got back to Rochester. In fact, when Jane met Rochester for the first time, she scared his horse and made his heel strained, to a certain extent, which meant Rochester would get retrieval because of Jane. We can consider Rochester’s

experiences as that of religion meaning. The fire by his frantic wife was the punishment for the cynicism early in his life. After it, Rochester got the mercy of the God and the love of the woman whom he loved. Here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two sides. The value of this film may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of religion.

Life is ceaselessly changing, but our living principles remain. Firmly persisting for the rights of being independent gives us enough confidence and courage, which is like the beacon over the capriccioso sea of life. In the world of the film, we have found the stories of ourselves, which makes us so concerned about the fate of the dramatis personae.

In this era of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement, both physical and mental effects on us call for a balance. We are likely to find ourselves bogged down in the Sargasso Sea of information overload and living unconsciousness. It’s our spirit that makes the life meaningful.

Heart is the engine of body, brain is the resource of thought, and great films are the mirrors of life. Indubitably, “Jane Eyer” is one of them.