1、 外国九大名著英文版读后感【小王子】 Title: The Little PrinceAuthor: Antoine de St-ExuperyMain Characters: The little prince, the pilot, the rose, the fox, the snake, etc.Despite Ive not in my childhood yet, I still prefer reading fairy-tale stories. The tales, which accompany with me in my old days, often make me th
2、ink of some precious experience and sensation which only belong to children. This summer Ive review this kind of tale, which was published in 1940. Its the world-famous fairy-tale by the French author, Antoine de St-Exupery, The Little Prince.As many other fairy-tales, the outline of The Little Prin
3、ce is not very complex. “I”, the narrator of the story, is a pilot whose plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara. In this occasion, the pilot makes the acquaintance of the little prince, a little boy from another planet, the Asteroid B612. The little prince has escaped from his tiny planet
4、, because he has some quarrel with a rose, which grows on his planet. In that case he left his own planet and took an exploration at some neighbor asteroids.On his all-alone journey, the little prince meets different kinds of people, which includes a king, a conceited man, a tippler, a businessman,
5、a lamplighter and a geographer. From these people he gets a conclusion that the grown-ups are very odd. Following the instruction of the geographer, he descends in the Sahara, on the earth.Traveling on the earth, the little prince, who sees a garden of five-thousand roses, is overcome with astonishm
6、ent and sadness, as he considers his rose is unique in the universe before. At that time a fox appears. The fox, who tell the little prince about the meaning of the word “tame”, becomes his new friend. At the time to say farewell, the fox makes him know that his rose is unique because she is his ros
7、e and tamed by him. From that the little prince begins to treasure friendship and be responsible to his rose. At the anniversary day of his descent of the earth, rejecting the pilots advice, he goes back to his own planet by bite of a snake. “Its too far. I can not carry this body with me. Its too h
8、eavy.” he said. He tells his friend, the pilot, he must be responsible for his rose, so he has to go back. At the end the author doesnt tell us the ending directly. Maybe its more significant for us to imagine, and for more, think over.One of the important characters is the rose. Growing on the plan
9、et, she is very beautiful, but her coquetry and vanity suffer the little prince a lot. In spite of they love each other, he soon becomes unhappy. On the time of his departure, he just knows she certainly loves him. The character of the little prince actually represents the children, and their native
10、 thoughts and deeds. On the contrary, the inhabitants on the other planets, such as the king, the businessman and the conceited man, they also reflect the defects in the grown-ups world. The real theme of this fairy-tale with a little sadness, I guess, is the consequence of pure love and friendship
11、in our lives, but not others “matters of consequence” of the grown-ups. Unbelievable, this little book moved me a lot. I seldom think about the true meaning of love and life before. Well, now I can say, with my short sixteen-years life experience, its like the stars in the sky that lit my heart. The
12、 little prince is not only an ordinary fairy-tale for children, but also for grown-ups, and our teenagers. Nevertheless, when I read this book, I feel a little sad about ourselves, whom are losing more and more innocence.Five questions:Q1: In what kinds of occasion that the pilot makes the acquainta
13、nce of the little prince?A1: The pilot has an accident with his plane in the Desert of Sahara, without any mechanics or passengers. The first night, when sleeping in the sand, he is awakened by a little odd voice calling him to draw him a sheep. Then he sees a most extraordinary small boy stand ther
14、e. In that case he makes the acquaintance of the little prince.Q2: Why the little prince become doubt about the flower after a piece of time?A2: The flower begins very quickly to torment the little prince with her vanity. For instance, she always force herself cough a little so that he should suffer
15、 from remorse just the same. In spite of all the good will that is inseparable from his love, has soon come to doubt her.Q3: Why the little prince plunge in to deep dejection when he visits the tipplers planet?A3: The tippler is drinking there. When the little prince asks why he drink, he says so he
16、 might forget. When the boy demands what he forget, he says he forget that he is ashamed. When the little prince asks what he ashamed of, he says he forget the ashamed of drinking. The circulated answer seems to be absurd and ridiculous. So the little prince plunges in to deep dejection.Q4: Whats th
17、e meaning of the word “tame” that the fox tells the little prince?A4: “Tame”, is an act too often neglected, which means to establish ties. According to the fox, to him now, the little prince is nothing more than a little boy, and he is nothing more than a fox, like the others. They both have no nee
18、ds of each other, But if the little prince tames him, they will need each other. They will be unique in each others worlds.Q5: Why the little prince knows that the rose of him is unique in the world at last?A5: Because his rose is not like the other five-thousand roses planted in the garden. He thin
19、ks in herself all alone she is more important that all he hundreds of others. Because it is she he has watered. It is she that he has put under the glass globe; because it is she that he has sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that he has killed the caterpillars, except the two or thr
20、ee that they save to become butterflies; because it is she that he has listened to, when she grumbles, or boasts, or even sometimes when she says nothing; because she is his rose.【雾都孤儿】Here I am sitting on a couch alone, thinking about what I have just finished reading with tears of sadness filling
21、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 res
22、onance 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 Im talking about right now are somewhat different from minerals, oil that we usually menti
23、on. Theyre 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
24、sky fell upon the earth, which was carved into my heart deeply.Mr. Brownlow is one such person.The other day he had one of his elaborate watches stolen by two skilled teenage thieves, Artful Dodger and Charley Bates, and thought naturally it was Oliver, who was an orphan and forced to live with a ga
25、ng of thieves, that had done it because he was the only one near by after the theft had taken place. Being wrathful, he caught Oliver, and sent him to the police station where the ill-tempered, unfair magistrates worked. Fortunately for him, Oliver was proved innocent by one onlooker afterwards. Wit
26、h sympathy, Mr. Brownlow took the injured, poor Oliver to his own home. There Oliver lived freely and gleefully for some months as if he were Mr. Brownlows own son. One day, however, Mr. Brownlow asked Oliver to return some books to the bookseller and to send some money for the new books that he had
27、 already collected. The thief Oliver once stayed with kidnapped him. After that he disappeared in Mr. Brownlows life. Searching for a while, Mr. Brownlow had to believe the fact that he had run away with his money. But dramatically, they came across each other again a few years later. Without hesita
28、tion, Mr. Brownlow took Oliver home for the second time not caring if he had done something evil.Perhaps most of us would feel confused about Mr. Brownlows reaction. But as a matter of fact, this is just the lesson we should learn from him. Jesus said in the Bible. “Forgive not seven times, but seve
29、nty-times seven.” Why is that? Because forgiveness is our ability to remove negative thoughts and neutralize them so our energy may be spent on doing what we came here for. We cannot move forward in our future if past issues cloud our thinking. Stop put Mr. Brownlow into the list of your models. Alw
30、ays give people a second chance no matter what they might have done. Thats also a substantial part of loving and caring others.Then there are Mrs. Maylie and Rose, Olivers other benefactors. Maybe the reason they loved and cared Oliver was not because of forgiveness. In my point of view, it was trus
31、t. They had faith in Oliver when he was considered to be a filthy burglar who tried to break the front door of Maylies at midnight. But this wasnt how these two ladies saw the whole thing. They denied Olivers crime immediately and listened attentively to Olivers own description of his miserable life
32、. They were deeply touched by Olivers strong perseverance and astonishing vitality. Accordingly, they remedied Olivers body and heart and turned him into a different boy. He began to wear appropriate and clean suits which were tailor-made for him and receive education.As far as we can see, it is tru
33、st that helps us all live together without precaution. Sometimes trust can even lead us to miracles, which we often expect to come about, so why not trust? Trust yourself, trust others, and youll salute miracles every single day.In the novel, though the young Oliver again and again fell for conspira
34、cies of those hideous thieves, who tried to torture Olivers body and poisoned Olivers heart intensely, he always lived on and tried hard to seek for his own life. Then I realized what supported him all through were actually beliefs. In most cases, what you believe is what youll become. Believe that
35、you are unlimited, that you can do anything you commit to doing, and when you do, your accomplishments will know no bounds. You control your beliefs and that is how you ultimately control your life. Its all dictated by your attitude.In the final analysis, love and care contain numerous forms, there
36、are love of forgiveness, love of trust, etc. but they all come from your beliefs in life. When someone tells you hes deceived you, forgive him anyway, when someone tells you what hes done, trust him anyway, and when you face adversities while chasing your dreams, think about your beliefs, then what
37、hinders you will become a piece of cake in no time.So find out “Olivers” in your life and do as Mr. Brownlow and Mrs. Maylie do: love them and care them, which cost nothing but save much. They enrich those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. They can be certain smallest words or actio
38、ns, but the memory of them sometimes last forever.Charles Dickens said:“Love makes the world go around.” These immortal words have inspired and will keep on inspiring us to chant the melody of love and to say the prayer of care forevermore. Let us, therefore, enjoy life and treat other people loving
39、ly. These principles are the roots and foundations of beliefs supporting this article and our mission together.【呼啸山庄】Many people in the world are trying to find a perfect companion.Some of these may marry and not know what their new husband or wife is like.This kind of situation often leads to separ
40、ation or hostility. Other situations may develop between two friends that stem from jealousy, desire for revenge, uncaring parents, etc. Emily Bronts Wuthering Heights displays several characteristics of destructive relationships. Three of these are uncaring parents, marriage without knowing the per
41、son, and jealousy. Uncaring or unsympathizing parents are shown throughout this story to be an element of destructive relationships. Because Heathcliff gained all the attention from Mr. Earnshaw, Hindley became disassociated from his father. This separation continued until after Mr. Earnshaw had die
42、d.Another example is between Hindley and Hareton. Hindley became such a drunk and a gambler that he could not properly care for young Hareton. This led to a separation between Hareton and his father as well. One primary example of an uncaring parent is shown between Heathcliff and his son Linton.Hea
43、thcliff did not even want his son for anything except enacting a part of his revenge. This is shown by Lintons fear of Heathcliff and Heathcliffs enmity toward his son. Linton even says “. my father threatened me, and I dread him - I dread him!“(244) to express his feeling about Heathcliff.The hosti
44、lity and separation between father and son in this book shows that uncaring parents can cause serious damage in relationships with their children. This element of destructive behavior may stem from an unhappy marriage in which the husbands or wives dont know each other. This had happened between Isa
45、bella and Heathcliff. Isabella did not really know Heathcliff when she married him, but after she had married him she saw that Heathcliff was not a gentleman at all. To declare her feelings she wrote “Is Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil? I shant tell my reasons for makin
46、g this inquiry; but I beseech you to explain, if you can, what I have married .“(125). Another example of this is when Catherine married Edgar Linton. Although she had been happy at the beginning of the marriage, she thought having parties all the time was going to be fun. Yet, after a while, she be
47、came bored. She also realized that she loved Heathcliff more than Edgar and would always love Heathcliff.This enlightenment created separation between Edgar and Catherine during the final hours of Cathys life. An additional marriage which was made that was doomed was the one between Catherine and Li
48、nton. Because this was a forced marriage, Cathy had not yet learned all she could about Linton.Because she did not know until after the marriage that Linton was selfish and inconsiderate, she became distressed and grew isolated in the house.These three failed marriages described in this novel show t
49、hat knowing the person you will marry is very important.While these marriages took place, jealousy also took a hold in some relationships. One example of this is when Mr. Earnshaw starts to favor Heathcliff over his own son, Hindley. Because of this, Hindley becomes jealous of young Heathcliff and sets out to make Heathcliffs life a nightmare. Hindleys jealousy becomes evident when he says ,“. be damned you beggarly interloper! and wheedle my father out of all he has; only afterwards show him what you are, imp of Satan.“(
