I read the Chinese version of “Camille” a few years ago. At that time I was deeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier. “Camille” or “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a noble woman at heart. When I first began to read the book, I did not care for Marguerite or her attitude or lifestyle, but as I got further into the narrative, I realized that her saucy attitude was a front to cover the lonely woman that she really was. She felt used, abused and unloved, until the gentle Armand Duval came into her life and showed her that he loved her as a person and not for what she could do for him. It must have taken great courage for Marguerite to leave the life she had lived for so long, knowing all along that it was probably too good to be true and would not last indefinitely. And it also showed that Marguerite really loved Armand Duval for she could even change herself for him.
However, happiness didn’t last for long. When M. Duval, Armand's father, came to her, pleading for her to leave Armand to save both Armand's reputation and that of his younger innocent sister, Marguerite saw a way to become pure of heart, if not in body. She felt that it was her duty, because she loved Armand so much, to do this even though it meant giving up her own happiness and hurting Armand temporarily. She reluctantly returned to her former life, knowing that.some day Armand would forgive her. Sadly, she died in debt and basically alone, except for her one female friend, Julie Duprat, who helped her during her illness. She had her journal sent to Armand after her death, explaining why she had made the choices she had. I think Dumas's last few lines about Marguerite being the exception, not the rule were quite true, and I also agreed with his view that while her lifestyle could not be condoned, we as a society assume that all of these type of women are cold and heartless, while this may not always be the case. A person can make the wrong choices in life when they are young, and try to redeem themselves, but sometimes past situations prevent them from changing their lives, even though they desperately wish to do so. This applies to both men and women in many different types of circumstances: involvement in crime; drug or alcohol abuse; gambling; prostitution; financial problems; poor marriage choices; etc. And this is the fact, which exists in the whole society.
As far as the other characters in the book, I think Marguerite was right in saying that no one truly cared about her, but only wanted something from her, the only exceptions being Armand and Julie Duprat. Of course, the Comte de G. and Comte de N. wanted her body and appearance. The
Duke needed to “wake up and smell the coffee” and realize that she could never replace his dead daughter. If he truly cared, he could have helped her leave her lifestyle without “keeping” her himself. And lastly, Prudence was a blood-sucking leech who used Marguerite almost worse than the men. I also think she was jealous of the fact that Marguerite had so much more courage than herself and someone truly loved her.
Last morning, when tiding my bookshelf, I took this book out of the shelf, and a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. a dried flower flew away from the book. It was pale blue, very transparent, with thin fine veins. I held it against the morning light and blew on it. The soft breeze carried it away. Camille is just like the camellia, she could never escape from the destiny of withering. But it wasn’t her fault; it’s because of the evil of Capitalism and the hideousness of that society.
Suddenly, I remembered a saying: “Women are like the flowers”. Those pretty women are like those beautiful flowers; their delicate beauty makes people feel they are the miracle of life. However, even the God envies their beauty. It seems that beautiful women always have tragic endings. As we are normal persons, even we can see the hideousness of humanity that results in their fate of withering, we can at most ask quietly in our hearts: Where have those beautiful flowers gone? Where have they gone?
The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe
It seemed to be such a coincidence that the night after I finished reading The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, I was to dine in a restaurant distinctly related to the book itself. This restaurant was no other than the famous American-styled “Friday ’s. ” The reason for mentioning this restaurant is quite straightforward to all the gentlemen, ladies and children who have read the novel and enjoyed it, which is the fact that this restaurant was, most likely, named after the American Native in Robinson Crusoe, called Friday. This restaurant offers very exceptional service, for instance when the waitresses are asked to order dishes they kneel rather than stand, which, unlike the other restaurants I have been to, makes it easier for the customers to hear them speak. Moreover, Friday’s friendly services to the customers help them to make better choices when ordering dishes. I remembered when I went to Friday ’s last time; the waitress kindly described the items on the menu with precise details. It turned out that the combo I initially wanted was designed to be shared among a large group, not to be eaten by one person. I think this restaurant shows many commendable features similar to that of Friday. Friday brought emotional warmth to the people around him with his appealing personality. I think it was this personality that affected Crusoe and made him say that he loved Friday when Crusoe didn ’t express love for his parents, brothers, sisters, or even his wife. “When he espied me, he came running to me, laying himself down again upon the ground, with all the possible signs of an humble, thankful disposition, making many antic gestures to show it to let me know how he would serve me as long as he lived.” This was what Friday did after Crusoe had rescued him from the two savages chasing him. It was easy for me to see why Crusoe had loved Friday. After sometime, Crusoe and Friday were to rescue Friday’s father. When Friday reunited with his father, the scene was easy to move anyone: “It would have moved anyone to tears to have seen how Friday kissed him, embraced him, hugged him, cried, laughed, halloed, jumped about, danced,
sung; and then sung and jumped about again, like a distracted creature. It was a good while before I could make him speak to me.” This is my favourite chapter in the whole book. It is hard to see why Friday is an ex-savage when he can have personalities more praiseworthy than many civilized people, viz. Crusoe himself. “When he (Friday went to him (Friday’s father, he would sit down by him, open his breast, and hold his father’s head close to his bosom, half an hour together, to nourish it; then he took his arms and ankles, which were numbed and stiff with the binding, and rubbed them with his hands.” Furthermore, Friday’s expression of loyalty in asking Crusoe to kill him rather than leave him is more heartfelt than anything Crusoe ever says or does.
Crusoe, on the absolute contrary, seems incapable of deep feelings, as shown by his account of leaving his family—he never shows any emotions. After a moving lecture from Robinson’s father about his future, he still decided to follow his own wandering ambition. Careless was he about the wishes of his parents to keep him alive and prosperous, as he was the only child left in the family. When he came back from the island which he had lived on for twenty eight years, he found that it had been too late to tell his parents that he was still alive, but yet again he did not feel sorry for them; he also did not feel sorry for the two people who had to live in misery for nearly thirty years under the allusion all of their sons were dead. He had the same feelings for his wife: when he was married, he said it was “not either to my disadvantage or dissatisfaction”, implying that it was also neither to his advantage nor his satisfaction. Moreover, after his wife died, Robinson did not think of looking after the three children they had, but went back to the island, which he had lived on for twenty-eight years. It was on this trip which Robinson Crusoe revisited “His Island ” as he called it. I feel that Robinson ’s indifference to his family is almost emotionally cruel.
Before had clearly shown the contrast between Crusoe’s and Friday’s personalities, as when Friday, in his joyful reunion with his father, displayed far more emotion toward his family members than Crusoe, whereas Crusoe never mentions missing his family or dreams about the happiness of seeing them again. I think Defore is very successful in introducing Friday as part of the novel, it makes the whole novel seem much more complete and gripping to the reader, as well as proving that Defoe’s ideology of racism is civilized unlike many other Europeans at that time; natives and savages are not worse than others but can perhaps even be more modern and civilized. Those are the reasons of why I like The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe and Friday.
古时候有一个叫目连的人,他的母亲生前悍恶,死后被关在阴间牢房里,他探监时,送的食物被看守的狱卒小鬼给吃掉了。后来,他用荸荠、花生、红枣、桂圆、 红糖等原料与糯米混合,煮成甜粥,骗过看守送去给母亲。这天正好是正月廿九,所以这粥便叫“后九粥”。
因为粥的颜色黝黑,叫“拗九粥”。世人赞叹目连的孝心,每年正月廿九日煮“拗九粥”孝敬双亲及邻里长辈,演绎出“拗九节”这个民俗,流传至今。
据传,古印度僧人目连之父常年经商,家中骡马成群,财宝无数。其母青提则反之,她最恨出家人。目连一心向往佛、法、僧。
长大后,一次他外出经商,临行时对其母说:“孩儿出外求财,母亲在家要积德积善,对出家人要如同对孩儿一样。”其母应允。谁料目连走后,其母依然如故,凶悍地把登门化缘的僧尼全都赶走,吝啬到一顿饭也不肯布施。半年后目连返家,听说其母对出家人极不友好,遂向其母查问原因,其母一听大怒,斥道:“你竟不信你母亲?我要是对出家人不好,七日之内不得好死,死了坠入阿鼻地狱!”七天后其母果然暴死。目连大恸葬母,随后他抛弃了荣华富贵,归依释迦牟尼,修成了阿罗汉,成了佛祖的十大弟子之一。
目连经打听知道其母死后果真坠入阿鼻地狱。他在地狱找到已变成饿鬼、正受苦刑的母亲,悲哀异常,当即用钵盛饭喂其母。可饭未入口即化成火炭。目连悲号涕泣。如来佛见目连至孝,便对他说:“你虽修成了罗汉,但靠你一人的力量救不了你母亲,须广造盂兰盆会,使天下饿鬼全能吃饱,你母亲才能得救。”于是目连请十方僧众广设盂兰盆会,超度众饿鬼,其母方得脱离地狱。
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 principles, 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 ideal 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.”
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.
我国古代将惊蛰分为三候:“一候桃始华;二候仓庚(黄鹂鸣;三候鹰化为鸠。”描述已是桃花红、李花白,黄莺呜叫、燕飞来的时节,大部分地区都已进入了春耕。惊醒了蛰伏在泥土中冬眠的各种昆虫的时候,此时过冬的虫卵也要开始卵化,由此可见惊蛰是反映自然物候现象的一个节气。
惊蛰雷鸣最引人注意。如“未过惊蛰先打雷,四十九天云不开”。惊蛰节气正处乍寒乍暖之际,根据冷暖预测后期天气的谚语有:“冷惊蛰,暖春分”等。惊蛰节的风也有用来作预测后期天气的依据。如“惊蛰刮北风,从头另过冬”、“惊蛰吹南风,秧苗迟下种”。现代气象科学表明,“惊蛰”前后,之所以偶有雷声,是大地湿度渐高而促使近地面热气上升或北上的湿热空气势力较强与活动频繁所致。从我国各地自然物候进程看,由于南北跨度大,春雷始鸣的时间迟早不一。就多年平均而言,云南南部在1月底前后即可闻雷,而北京的初雷日却在4月下旬。“惊蛰始雷”的说法仅与沿长江流域的的气候规律相吻合。
惊蛰节气人们要注意气象台对强冷空气活动的预报,当心冷暖变化,预防感冒等季节性疾病的流行。
当代中学生是幸福的,我们大多有完整避风港——家,有着爱我们的父母,关心、照顾我们的长辈。我们有一个学习知识的殿堂,有着温柔慈祥的老师,关爱我们的校领导。我们有在学习中竞争,在竞争中成长,在成长中进步,在进步中成功的伙伴们,这是一个成功与友谊筑成的的乐园。如果谁有困难,父母、老师、同学以致社会各界都会伸出援手,帮助渡过难关,让幸福的笑意重新回到他的脸上。我们——当代中学生是幸福的呀!
但当代中学生也是有压力的。大多数同学在学习方面感到很大的压力。据天津师大教育系阴国恩先生等的`《中学生学习负担程度及其心身反应的调查》一文显示,从中学生对自己学习负担的程度评价来看,“非常重”者占有12.5%,较重者占44.8%,适宜者有36.0%,只有5.1%和0.6%的学生觉得学习负担较轻和非常轻。我们每天要面对繁重的课程,繁多的,烦人的习题,以及分数排名升学等各式各样的压力。更有老师的要求、父母的期望、同学的竞争……一切事物如五指山一样压在我们心间。所以有一个个花季少年轻生自***,发生了一起起令人心痛惨剧。唉,我们也“压力山大”呢!
出事必有因,有因才有果,压力与幸福的产生也是具有内外两因的因果关系。
首先是外因,其实党中央,国务院早已要求“减负”,但实质上是明减实加,我们的作业没看少过,学习任务量更别说了,天天呼啦啦一大书包,家长问书包为什么这么重,结果回答还一部分在学校里嘞。外界压力一个比一个多,一个比一个大,甚至连成年人也无法承受这一眼望不到头的压力与负担。
但其实我们也享受了许多外界的幸福 。你看,家长让你丰衣足食,温暖安全,这不是幸福吗?你有这受教育的权利,能学习知识增长见识,长大能有一技之长为国家出力并过上更好的生活,难道这不是幸福吗?老师之所以对你严也是爱你,这当然也是一种幸福,某种意义上来说,有压力也是一种幸福,有压力就有动力,有动力才能前进、进步、接下来也许就会成功。
再说内因,其实压力都是自己给的,自问看看,你自己给了自己多少压力?人不能没有压力,适当的压力会鞭策我们学业进步,没有任何压力的生活是不可想象的;但是太多的压力会让我们感到害怕,难受,厌世等,对生活没有任何好处。并且,压力会让你内心出现一道隔膜,他会阻挡一切积极的情感如幸福感、快乐感、自信心等,更别说自我产生积极情绪了。这隔膜还会让你内心产生自卑、失落、消极等等负面情绪的温床,这对正处心理发育期的中学生极为不利,这会影响我们中学生今后学习、生活以及人生道路。
艺术家罗丹说过:“生活不是缺少美,而是缺少发现美的眼睛”,幸福也一样。幸福如溪水中的金子,有的很小,甚至微不足道,寻找幸福则是溪涧淘金,我们要在细心发现幸福,在心底里积累幸福,品味幸福。这样幸福也会在你内心产生一道保护罩,抵御一切外来的消极情绪,你会获得幸福金块,会让你一辈子受益。
我认为,我们当代中学生有压力有幸福,我们比上一代好得多,更不用说祖辈了,这简直是天壤之别。当然这不是十全十美,我们生活水平高了,父母老师对我们要求更高了,我们的学习压力更大了。当然我们不必担心,因为我们到底怎么样还是在于你个人,在这个幸福与压力并存的世界,我么要辩证的看待它们,有一个良好心态,均衡发展来迎接你未来美妙的人生吧!
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