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简爱英文版读书报告santure 发表于 2008-12-20 21:00:00Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte(Book Report)Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), the author of Jane Eyre, was born in Yorkshire, E ngland on April 21, 1816. Charlotte’s father was a poor reverend in her hometown, a nd her mother was a quite housewife. She had four sisters and a younger brother, an d she was the third of them. Her two younger sisters, Emily and Anne, were also the famous authors. So they were co mmonly called “the three sisters of Bronte” on litera ture history in England.It is very unfortunately about Charlotte’s lifetime. When Charlotte was five years old, Ch arlotte’s mother died due to cancer. Because her father earned a few incomes, it was har dly a nd badly for their life of whole family. In 1824 Charlotte and three of her sisters (Maria, Eliz abeth and Emily) were sent to Cowan Bridge, a school for clergymen’s daughters. When an o utbreak of tuberculosis killed Maria and Elizabeth in the worst li ving’s condition, Charlotte and Emily were brought home, and then Charlotte read a lot of books in her father’s book-room and began to try to writing something creatively on the literature. When she was fifteen years old, she left her hometown and returned to school for study, this time in Roe Head, England. And then several years later, she became a teacher at the school. In 1836 she decided to tak e the creation of literature as her vocation by herself. She left the school and become a privat e governess instead, and at the same time, wrote some literatures in her leisure time. Because she could not endure discriminations for a private governess in the wealthy family, she soon l eft the job. Charlotte planed to hold her own school for her dream, so Charlotte recruited her sisters to join her in more serious preparation for the establishment of a school. Although her school was unsuccessful, their literary projects flourished. Due to the deaths of siblings Emily and Branwell in 1848, and of Anne in 1849, left her feeling dejected and emotionally isolated. In 1854, she wed the Reverend Arthur Nicholls, despite the fact that she did not love him. S he died of pneumonia, while pregnant, the following year.In 1847 Jane Eyre made Charlotte becoming famous and was a typical masterpie ce for her. Jane Eyre was not for her first book but for her first published masterpie ce. Her first book, The Professor(1846), never found a willing publisher during her l ifetime, and finally published until in 1857. After that, she wrote several other novels, including most notably Shirley in 1849, Villette in 1853. Apart from these novels, sh e collaborate on a book of poems ( Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell，1846) w ith her two sisters- Emily and Anne.This book, Jane Eyre, tell us that Jane’s life is filled with pains and suffering u ntil the time of youth, but lastly she herself wins truly love. Jane’s father is a poor r everend. Unfortunately, her parents passed away when she was just a very young girl. Jane is sent to her aunt’s ho me, at the hands of her rich aunt and cousins, she suffe rs a childhood with no respect and dignity, as “a position even lower than the servant s” is described in the book. Later, Jane is sent to Lowood School to receive educatio n. Although her life was even harder and more miserable, she found love and care from Helen Burns and Miss Temple. Jane, as an orphan, suffered all kinds of obloquy and ignominy, and then she turn into a girl of self-help, self-respect and self-assuranc e. After she graduated, she stays on the school as a teacher, and only two years she leaves the school, due to its solitude and apartness, and then finds a work as a privat e governess in Thornfield. Jane becomes free and independent, just as spring has com e into her life. Jane not only finds respect, love, friends and money, but also develop s a strong relationship with the cold and bad-tempered master, Mr. Rochester. They fe ll in love with each other. Like a flower, their love starts to bloom. Shortly, they dec ide to get married. On the day of the wedding, Jane finds out that Mr. Rochester has a wife, a mad woman, living on the top of the tower, who makes weird laughter at night. She decides to leave him although he desperately begs her to stay.Jane leaves the broken heart place. She spend her all money, so she has to beg along the roads for living, and then she faints in front of the house of her cousin,M r. St John, a crazy missionary, which lives with his two sisters. Under her cousin’s help, s he finds a job as a country teacher and lives with her cousins. For not long time, sh e hears message of death of her uncle from her cousin’s family lawyer and knows th at her uncle has left her 20,000 pounds. She decides share the money with her cousin s. Mr. St John is going to India for missionizing, and he makes a proposal of marriage before leaving. When she is ready replying to Mr. St John,she seems to hear the call of M r. Rochester: “Jane, please come back!” She feels worried and returns to Thornfield, b ecause her heart is still stay there. When she arrives there, she only finds ashes of th e burnt house. From the mouth of an old servant, she gets to know that Mr. Rochest er’s mad wife has caused a fire and is killed. Luckily, Mr. Rochester has survived, b ut Mr. Rochester falls blind. The loving couple reunites and get married. After two y ears, one eye of Mr. Rochester heals and then he sees their first child. Jane and Mr. Rochester, who have struggled so much for love and a new life, have finally found a place in the world.According to this novel, Jane Eyre, we can see that autobiographical elements ar e recognizable throughout it. Jane’s experience at Lowood School, where her dearest f riend dies of tuberculosis, recalls the death of Charlotte’s sisters at Cowan Bridge. Th e hypocritical religious fervor of the headmaster, Mr. Brocklehurst, is based in part on that of the Reverend Carus Wilson, the Evangelical minister who ran Cowan Bridge. Charlotte took revenge upon the school that treated her so poorly by using it as the ba sis for the fictional Lowood School. Jane’s friend Helen Burns’s tragic death from tuberculosis recalls the deaths of two of Charlotte’s sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, who succumbed to the same disease during their time at Cowan Bridge. Additionally, Joh n R eed’s decline into alcoholism and dissolution is most likely modeled upon the life of Charlotte’s brother Branwell, who slid into opium and alcohol addictions in the y ears preceding his death. Finally, like Charlotte, Jane becomes a private governess.Jane is one of the greatest romantic heroines of world literature. Jane is a poor but aspiri ng, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. Actually, she wasn’t prett y, and of course, the ordinary appearance didn’t make others feel good o f her, and even her o wn aunt felt disgusted with it. And some others even thought that she was easy to look downon and to tease, so when Miss Ingram met Jane, she seemed quite contemptuous, for that sh e was obviously much prettier than “the plain and ugly governess”. But as the little governess had said: “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and hea rtless? You think wrong!” This is the idea of equality in Jane’s mind. God hadn’t given her b eauty and wealth, but instead, God gave her a kind mind and a thinking brain. Her idea of eq uality and self-respect impress us so much and let us feel the power inside her body. So she wins the heart of Mr. Rochester because of her goodness and personality, and eventually she g ets love and happiness. Her story makes us thinking about life and we learn much from her e xperience, at least, that is a fresh new recognition of the real beauty for us.Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester.However, there is great kindness and warmth in this epic love story, which is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire moors.1. 简爱Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens’, is a novel reflecting the tragic f act 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 un derneath 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 i n all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in th e 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 wit h them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behin d 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 an d mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information implie d in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty. Although I do n’t think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more hap pily 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 p erson. 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 fr om 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 great est, being the character of the Deity, and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.’That is to say a person without goodness is destined to lose everything. Therefore, I, a kind per son, want to tell those ‘vermin-to-be’ to learn from the kind Oliver and regain the nature of good ness.2.双城记After reading "A tale of two cities""A tale of two cities" is one of Dickens's most important representative works.The novel profoundl y exposed the society contradiction before the French Revolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed classes.The nove l also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on,which displayed people's great strength.The novel has portrayed many different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers th e persecution actually ，Lucie is beautiful and gentle ，Charles is graceful and noble，Lorry is u pright and honest ，Sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm,unconventional but also selfless and lofty，Miss Pross is straightforward 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,in Dickens's work,the language skill is essential.Each kind of rhetoric tec hnique,like the analogy,the exaggeration,the contrast,the humorous,and the taunt are handled skillf ully,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 character and the main plot are all fictionalizes.With the bro ad 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 independ ences but also incident cross-correlation stories together,the plot is criss-crossed,and the clue is c omplex.The author use insert narrates,foreshadowing,upholstery and so many techniques,causes t he structure integrity and strictness,the plot winding anxious and rich of theatrical nature,it display ed the remarkable artistic skill.the style "A tale of two cities" is solemnity and melancholy,fills indi gnantion,but lacks the humor of the early works.3.老人与海This year summer vacation, I read the American well-known writer Hemingway's novel " old pers on and sea ". I extremely admire in the novel the senior fisherman's will, he let me understand one person certainly must have relentless spirit, only then could obtain successfully.The novel description is one year near sixty years of age senior fisherman, when alone goes to sea in one fishing, fished one big fish, actually did not pull. The senior fisherman socialized seve ral days after the fish, only then discovered this was the big marlin which one surpassed the on eself fishing boat several fold, although knew perfectly well very difficult to win, but still did not g ive up. Afterwards and further because in the big marlin wound fish fishy smell brought in severa l crowds of shark fish snatches the food, but the old person still did not hope like this to give u p, finally highlighted encircles tightly, returned to the big fish belt the fishing port, lets other fisher men not admire already.When I read " the senior fisherman think: Here to the seacoast really was too near, perhaps cou ld have a bigger fish in a farther place... " When, I extremely admire this senior fisherman, beca use he by now already projected on some fish, but he had not settled to the present situation, b ut was approaches the bigger goal advance. Again has a look us, usually meets one slightly is difficult, we all complain incessantly. We will be the motherland future, will be supposed to like th is old person same mind lofty aspiration, will even better pursue even better, the bigger goal.When I read " the big marlin start fast to gather round the young fishing boat hover, twined the cable on the mast, the old person right hand lifted up high the steel fork, leapt the water surface in it the flash, did utmost throws to its heart, one wail ended the big fish's life, it was static sta tic floats on the water surface... " When, my heart also liked together the big stone falls. I extre mely admire old person that kind do not dread, the relentless spirit, although knows the match st rength is very strong, but he not slightly flinches, but is welcomes difficultly above. Just becausehad this kind of spirit, the senior fisherman only then achieved this life and death contest succes s. We also must study senior fisherman's spirit in life, handles the matter does not fear the diffic ulty, only then can obtain successfully.Was reading the big fish's smell of blood is smelled by one crowd of shark fish, struggled swims snatches the food, old person's left hand happen to in the convulsions, he only could use the ri ght hand, with wooden stick，the mouth and so on all was allowed to use for the weapon self-d efense which attacked, and finally expelled this crowd of shark fish. But the big fish's meat was already eaten one most, but the old person also charmingly criticized oneself the left hand " this work time actually was resting " time, I also was subdued by the old person optimistic spirit. In the life, some losses are inevitable, we should treat by the optimistic manner, cannot be calcula ting.Finally, the novel sees by one youth the senior fisherman fully has 18 foot long big marlin in the measure, once more described this fish's hugeness, explained senior fisherman overcomes the d ifficulty was big, non- was more common than.The novel eulogized the spirit which the senior fisherman fear hard and dangerous diligently did not struggle, we also should like his such, could not satisfy the present situation, should positivel y to above, do any matter all is relentless, meets difficultly must welcome difficultly above, could give up halfway in no way. Only has this, we only then can obtain a bigger success and the vic tory.4.雾都孤儿To Regain the Nature of Goodness-- Review of ‘Oliver Twist’Oliver Tw ist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens’, is a novel reflecting the tragic f act 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 un derneath 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 i n all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in th e 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 wit h them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behin d 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 an d mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information implie d in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conquer every difficulty. Although I do n’t think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more hap pily 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 k indness, 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 fr om 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 Ba con said in his essay, ‘Goodness, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the great est, being the character of the Deity, and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.’That is to say a person without goodness is destined to lose everything. Therefore, I, a kind per son, want to tell those ‘vermin-to-be’ to learn from the kind Oliver and regain the nature of good ness。