1、An Essay onA rabyAraby 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'sister. This simple and pure love can be revealed through his action, his self-narration and his menta

2、lity, 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 accompanieeven in places the most hostile to romance.”, a nwde re“ ofMteyn efuylel sof tearsand at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into

3、 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 S

4、treet in Dublin, which is“ being blind ”use of blind ' sets the basic tone for the whole environment in whbicohy tlhive s, as seen in such words as “ musty ”“, thed ark muddy lanes ”and “thed ark dripping gardens ”.In the story, the boy' cs omplicated inner world during his frustrated quest

5、for beauty is vividly described from the first person' s point ofn v tiheew .n Iovel, the boylives 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 d

6、esire for love and care.We could also find many symbolisms in this story. For example,M angan' 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 as

7、piration, but the journey is“ intolerable ” delayed, and when the boy gets to the bazaar, half of it isalready dark. What ' s more, the young lady at the door of a stall is“ not encouraand speaks to the boy“out of the sense of duty”. When thf eth uep hpaellr ipsa rt ocompletely dark, the boy'

8、; 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 th

9、e 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 conditio

10、ns of this neighbourhood leave much to be desired, the children's play is infusedwith 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 behi

11、nd 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

12、 "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

13、whose “ softr ope 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: "

14、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.t iBmye the actuallyspeaks to her, he has built up such an unrealistic idea of her

15、 that he can barely put sentences together:“When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that Idid 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 dolefullystates that

16、 she will not be able to go to Araby, he gallantly offers to bring something back for her.someThe 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 Freemason affair, ” and thoug

17、h his uncle, perhaps intoxicated, perhaps stingy, arrives so late from work and equivocatesso much that he almost keeps the narrator from beingable 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 t

18、urns 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 f

19、ew 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 id

20、ealized vision of Mangan ' s sister: and of love. With shame and anger rising within him, he exits the bazaar雙城記英語讀后感 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 soci

21、ety 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'

22、;s great strength.The novel has portrayed many different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution a ctually ， Lucie is beautiful and gentle，Charles is graceful and noble，Lorryis upright and honest， Sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelingsof warm,unconventio

23、nal but also selfless and lofty， Miss Pross is straightforward and loyal ，Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinisterThe complex hatredis 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

24、,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."Atale of two cities" has its difference with the general historical no

25、vel, 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-co

26、rrelation 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 skil

27、l.the style "A tale of two cities"is solemnityand melancholy,fills indignantion,but lacks the humor of the early works.雙城記讀后感 2A TALE OF TWO CITIESThe tale of two cities is a historical story, one of Dickens' long f ictions.The background to the novel is the revolution of France .It po

28、rtrayed a bruta l and bloody story , but it also contained love and friendship.In the novel, Dickens sarcastically described a typical cruel nobleman marquis 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 powe

29、r to imprison DrManette , a kind and honest man who knew all the things they had done and wante d to disclose their crimes . In order to hide their crimes. Marquis of Evermond e and his brother threw Doctor Manette into prison for 18 years . During these 18 years,Doctor Manette lost his freedom and

30、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 as they liked and they thought it was normal and unremarkable. They had never re alized that they had done something

31、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 not forgive them

32、. They will pay their liv es for their crimes. Let' s see the consequence 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

33、' s resistance to the nobleman. 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 Marqui

34、s 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 h

35、im 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

36、 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.

37、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 ch

38、a 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 dea

39、r 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

40、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 Ja

41、ne Eyer. I am of no exception. As we refer to the movie“Jane Eyer ”, it is notsurprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the novel remainsto be an independent person,both physically and mentally.Jane Eyer was a born resister, whose pa

42、rents 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 whatshe had been expecting simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around.

43、 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, R

44、ochester, 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 seem

45、ed to be the shadow following Rochester and led to his moodiness all the time Rochester was also a despairing person in needof 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 piprilnecs, becauseshe was Jane Eyer. The

46、 film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned. After finding Rochester' smisfortune brought by his original mad wife, Jane chose to stay with him forever.I don ' kntow what others feel, but frankly speaking, I would rather regard the se

47、ction that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film' send especially when I heard Jane' s words “ Never in my life have I beenawaken so happily. ” For one thing, thidse ial and brand-new beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for anoth

48、er, 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 excellenceperhaps not only should another section be added to enrich thestory, but

49、also we may see from the next transition of Jane' s life that“Life islike a box of chocolates, you never know what you would get.” (By ForrestGump' s mother, in the film“ Forrest Gump ”)What' s more, this film didn' t end when Jane left Thornfield. For Jane Eyerherself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for Roches