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.
Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters. The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant. Kitty doesn’t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.
The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen’s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.
The first sentence in this book is impressive. It reads: “It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in poss ession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife”. The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not emotion but possession.
People always think that Austen was an expert at telling love stories. In fact, the marriage in her book is not the result of love, but the result of economic needs. After reading this book, I know the truth is that a poor woman must be in need of a husband, a wealthy man.
I couldn’t forget how eager Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughte rs. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.
In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.
In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our
society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?
Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.
宿舍是我们共同的家,就像是我们漫漫路上的一个贴心而又温暖的港湾,留给我们无尽的温馨回忆。
宿舍有着太多太多说不尽道不清的温暖和情谊,在仍继续着的生活中,占据着大部分的回忆,亦如我们在人生的旅途中,家庭永远是主旋律。
记得曾经,一起上课,一起迟到,一起吃饭,一起减肥,一起扮淑女,一起不注意形象地玩耍。高兴的时候,把宿友的行为当笑料,一起笑到喘不过气;伤心的时候,借她们的肩膀一用,尽情地发泄心中的苦闷。
校园的小径上,遍布了我们的足迹,不知过了几个春秋,小径旁的树叶迸发出新鲜的嫩芽,又纷繁凋零,落叶无情,随着时间如白驹过隙,一闪即逝。我们也不再像刚开始见到对方时的腼腆,取而代之的是真性情,心底真实的流露。
似乎每个女生都爱赖床,而叫我们起床就成了思琪每天的必做功课,伴随着一个又一个不愿起床的呢喃,思琪逐个逐个地叫我们起床,随后立刻冲到洗漱台前匆忙洗漱,在打开宿舍门的瞬间,一个邪恶的念头充斥在我的脑海,我大声冲里面大喊一声“六点五十五了!再不起床就被地理峰抓住了!”话音刚落,一声声如弓矢飞来的.声音响起,她们以超越光速的速度蹦了起来,却有个机灵狡黠的人,打开手表看时间,一声惊呼响起,她们就纷纷冲过来群殴我,揉头发、挠胳肢窝……好一个欢乐的早晨。
明星便是一个宿舍中永恒的话题,李敏镐、李准基、“都叫兽”一个又一个让女生尖叫的韩国花美男,总是让人把持不住地想要知道一切关于他们的事,当有人谈起她们的时候,迎接他们的,总是一只又一只的星星眼和带着欲流又止的口水的嘴角。宿舍生活总是如此缤纷多彩,丰富多样,令人神往
宿舍里的点滴总是那么令人魂牵梦萦,每次回忆都会带着微笑,至于那些过去了的不和谐的因素,也在“一笑泯恩仇”的胸怀与欢声笑语被忘的烟消云散。脾性的不合,摩擦在所难免,各自冷静之后,友谊却更刻骨铭心,成为紧扣彼此的同心锁。
漂泊在外的心灵渴望眷家关怀,异地求学是我们更依赖宿舍的温暖,几个志同道合的人,组成我们了千金难买的回忆。
宿舍是我们的家,我们共用呵护它的成长,也共同享用它带来的温馨,让我们牵起手来,创造更美好的宿舍环境。
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.
20多平方米的小空间里,聚集着满满的温暖。
牙刷倚靠着牙杯,整齐的摆在朦胧的镜子前,显得有些安宁,暖枕搭在被子上,八张小床紧紧相依,显得有些窝心。这里就是我忙碌了一天后可以邂逅的地圣地,这里是我疲惫不堪后可以安稳入睡的宫殿,这里就是充满浪漫回忆的208宿舍。
陌生相见
记得清清楚楚,刚踏进这宿舍时,一张一张陌生的面孔附和着一脸熟悉的笑容,溶解了初次见面的那种隔膜与不安。开头一两天的晚上特别安静,似乎听到了大家的呼吸有那么一点紧张,那是一个不眠之夜,我直直地盯着窗台,直到天亮,因为那是我第二次和七个陌生人同处在这宽广的20多平房里。
融合相处
时间磨平了彼此防御的棱角,从刚开始独自进出宿舍,到牵手搭肩冲回宿舍,我们的心相近了,最令我记忆深刻的是某一天的大扫除,我们分好各自的工作,认真地打扫起来,每个角落每一条缝隙,都不放过。但那常年累月积累垃圾的垃圾桶,却无人问津,因为太脏,我也不愿去碰触它,只是发牢***地说了一句:“垃圾桶好脏哦!”,这时,一个女生二话不说地拿起垃圾桶,蹲在厕所里,用力地洗刷着,尽管脏水溅到了衣服。大家不禁地围过去,露起大笑:“真是好女人,谁娶了你谁就有福气了!”,她也大笑着回了一句:“当然。”。没有一丝抱怨,没有一点心机,这里只有简单的幸福,只有一尘不染的温暖。
习惯癖好
八个人,八种不同的性格,八种脾气,八种习惯,难免有些排斥。1号床的冷场王,总是说一句不靠边的话,来冷低凹我们火热的话题;2号床是一个健忘小姐,每天都有很多事情忘记做,吃饭忘了拿饭盒,洗澡忘记拿毛巾,甚至更严重的是洗了衣服忘了晒,让它恶心地粘在一起几天;3号床的是喜剧王,每天不分日夜地看剧,然后又稀里哗啦地被感动到哭;4号床的歌神,每天晚上总是要唱几首歌才肯入睡;5号床的酒窝妹,她的习惯就是早起吧!每天最早地起来,然后叫我们起床,是一个纯天然的人工闹钟;6号床的问题妹,每天都有一大堆乱七八糟的问题要问,把她的问题记录下来,能写好几本十万个为什么;7号床的顶级人物,一个坚强的女人,喜欢nba,喜欢睡觉,她是宿舍最迟起床;8号床只是很安静地夹在我们吵闹疯癫的人儿间笑着。一大堆的毛病,一大堆的不良习惯,让我们彼此都习惯了,少了谁都不完整,不自在。
浪漫围绕
浪漫不局限于情侣间,也在我们宿舍围绕。每当有情感的困扰,不管是家庭还是个人的问题,只要你难过,大家都会给你怀抱,借你肩膀,围在你床边,说着大道理,拍着你的`头,像哄宝宝一样安慰你;或是一把拉起颓废的你去吃宵夜,把空虚的心填满,结果发现,是把胃填埋,然后又烦恼着肥死了的问题。有人生日我们一起吃蛋糕,在烛光下我们许下懵懂的愿望;过节了我们相互祝福;无聊了我们缠绵于床上翻滚,难道,这样不感动,不浪漫吗?
有浪漫就自然有感动,有感动自然有幸福,有幸福就自然每天都快乐,这里有酸甜苦辣搅拌出来的味道,那是回忆的味道,这里有精彩的日子并合起泛黄的时光,那时回忆的快乐,这里有心连心,手牵手的幸福,那时回忆的浪漫。
初见,相处,习惯,围绕,以后的生活咱们一起过,幸福横溢,浪漫满屋的208,我爱你们,永远永远……
自从进入大学后,发现自己慢慢的在沉沦、在堕落,本以为自己会和别人不同,会抗拒身边的诱惑,会不受身边任何事物的干扰,但越来越发现自己错的离谱。我不仅没有做到还在慢慢向那些东西走去,我发现自己真的.好可笑哦!原来人就应该认清自己不应该总是认为自己能做到,不要总说我认为我会什么什么的,一切都是会变的都是不定的,未来的事又有谁会知道呢!
今天看了胡适先生所写的《赠与今年的大学毕业生》后,我知道我为什么会堕落,因为我总是给自己太多的理由了太多的借口了。胡适先生说堕落的方式很多,但总括起来,约有两大类:第一是容易抛弃学生时代的求知识的***。第二是容易抛弃学生时代的理想的人生的追求。虽然现在我还是处于学生时代但我发现自己好像已经没有了那种求知识的***了,自己现在好像就是一部机器每天除了上课就是上课,似乎好像已经没有什么事做了。好像周围的事物都与我无关似的,学校有什么活动啊 先不说参没参加我有时连知都不知道,呵呵……真的很可笑呢!我想这样的我是可悲的,整天就是这样浑浑噩噩的过,自己都觉得可笑。不知道自己这颗还未完全沉沦的心到底还要沉沦多久,不知道自己是不是能够从那里面走出来。
一路走来,我认为大学的堕落只有两种:一是忙于恋爱而哭费心思,二是忙于睡觉和游戏。反观下自己,不属于第一种,也不完全属于第二种,我是属于那种想学习而且想学有所成的那种,但为什么我迷茫了呢?我想很多当今大学生和我一样,每天都准时上课从不逃课,按时完成老师布置的所有任务,但还是不知道自己到底学到了什么。现在想想,那是因为我们没有明确的目标,我们只是在为了学习而学习。其实,学习和我们的人生一样,一个人要是已经没有了追求,那么就失去了他存活在这个世界的意义了。我们学习要是没了目标,就像一个人没了灵魂……
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