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.
One day in a winter vacation, I and my brother is watching TV in the room. Brother suddenly asked me: "brother, let's downstairs to snowball fight?" I bother to say: "good, good!"
My brother and I came downstairs. We first choose your "position", completes the "bomb". I said: "start!" I was just about to throw "bomb" brother "bomb" has towards me. My upper body is playing the snow. The visits to the younger brother was laughing at me ", "I was very angry. In my younger brother laugh at me, I put a lot of "bomb" threw it toward the younger brother. Brother is a smart boy, easily survived I throw to the "bomb", and also quick to flee back. Then I immediately ran to the younger brother of "position", from behind the younger brother he is off guard. Brother was beaten covered in snow, he had to obediently surrendered. I am very happy I saw my brother to surrender. Because I won the "war".
Play play, I and my brother back to the room watching TV.
寒假里的一天,我和弟弟在房间里看电视。弟弟突然问我:“哥哥,咱们到楼下打雪仗怎么样?”我连声说:“好,好!”
我和弟弟来到楼下。我们先选好自己的“阵地”,制做好“炸弹”。我说:“开始!”我正准备扔“炸弹”的.时候,弟弟的“炸弹”已经朝我扑面而来。把我的上半身打得都是雪。弟弟嘲笑我是“大雪怪”,我非常生气。我在弟弟嘲笑我的时候,我把一大堆的“炸弹”朝弟弟扔去。弟弟是个小机灵鬼,轻松地躲过了我扔去的“炸弹”,并且还快步地往后逃。这时我立刻跑到弟弟的“阵地”上,从弟弟后面打他个措手不及。弟弟被打得满身是雪,他只好乖乖地投降了。我看见弟弟投降我非常开心。因为这场“战争”我赢了。
打玩仗,我和弟弟又回房间里看起电视来。
您好!在五一国际劳动节即将来临之际,谨向您致以诚挚的问候!并为您长期以来对学校工作的支持与配合表示衷心感谢!
为帮助家长合理安排好学生“五一”期间的学习和活动,现将我校放假时间及相关要求告知各位家长。根据xx市政府的通知要求,“五一”期间,全校放假xx天(xx月xx日至xx月xx日),xx月xx日开学。
假期学生精神放松,家长容易放松对孩子的管理与监督,不少问题便接踵而来:无节制的玩乐、上网、结伴外出、夜不归宿、打架斗殴……每逢节后返校,老师们都头痛于学生不完成假期作业、上课走神发呆、迟迟不能进入学习状态、处理学生矛盾等现象。
其实,只要家长们能配合学校做好孩子的.管理和监督,这些现象和问题都是可以避免的。假期里,要帮助和督促孩子做好每天的计划(包括:作业、复习、预习、课外阅读、锻炼、家务、适当放松、休息等),严格规定孩子外出活动的时间、地点以及同伴。
小长假开学以后,学校要检查学生个人风纪(着装、发型和指甲),请家长督促孩子整理好个人风纪。
家长朋友们,让我们共同努力,密切合作,让孩子过好一个有意义、有价值、安全文明的假期。最后,祝您身体健康、合家欢乐、万事如意!
20xx年xx月xx日
From the sixteenth of January to the seventh of February is our Winter Holiday. I think everybody did a lot of things in the Winter Holiday. But I didn’t. Let you to listen to my story of Winter Holiday.
I spend a lot of time on the homework.. Every day in my Winter Holiday, I always got up late. Then I listened to the tape, it was nine o’clock. Then I ate breakfast and then I did my homework during the daytime! I’m not very slow but the homework was too heavy!
I’m unlucky on the playing too. I played firecracker but I hurt my finger with the fire. I ‘m careless to kindle the firecracker, so I’m very unlucky.
I still unlucky on my friend’s party. In the morning, I wanted to get up early but I woke up at 10:50. After ten minutes, the party would start! So I only eat a piece of bread then I go to my friend’s home! And I stay at his home for a long time when I came home. My mother and father were very angry and they scolded me!
I’m worried and feel unlucky on myweigh. Last term, I was 48 kilogram but now I am 51 kilogram! I must to do banting!
But most important, I have gone to Shanghai Ocean Aquarium, I want to go there very much because I want to see the horse, the monkey……in the sea. Now I’ve done it . It is a bright dot in my Winter Holiday.
尊敬的家长们:
您们好!新年新希望,希望您们猪年大吉,心想事成!
这次由大学生自行组织举办的青少年综合素质公益培训班的完满结束,离不开各位家长的'支持,在此向您们致以衷心的感谢!
这七天的学习,或许没能教会孩子过硬的本领,也没能看到显著的提高,但是不可否认的是这次培训班的设立,带给了他们更多的认知和浓厚的学习兴趣。当今社会,成绩优异不再是评定一个人能力强的唯一标准,只有多方面发展的人才能被人所用。这个现实的认知是我们所有家长应该知晓的。这个简单的培训只是一个起点,孩子们的漫漫之路需要你们这些伟大的导师给予更多的物质支持和精神鼓励,家长才是孩子最好的老师,所以恳请家长继续做好监督工作引导孩子自学,适当地添加学习资料书,使孩子们在课余生活中能自学到更多的文化知识。我们必须坚信着:自学也能成才!
此外,我希望这次的培训只是一个开始,这种心怀感恩乐于奉献的精神得以传承,那些能人智者也能倾出微薄之力,致力于提高沙垌镇新一代青少年的综合素质,为创建文明沙垌,和谐发展作贡献!
此致!
敬礼!
xx青年团队致上
How time flies!I‘m fifteen years the long time,there was one thing that I will never forget.
The Spring Festival is our traditional the Spring Festival,people usually visit their friends and I was 9 years old,my family took the bus to my grandparents‘to say Happy New Year to them.
In the bus,I had a good 7:30,the bus came to a woman got on with a baby in her that time,there was no she must look after her baby had to stand next to wanted to stand up and let her sit down,but I was afraid of hearing the other people sayThat girl want to be praised.I looked people were looking out of the windows and some were ,a little boy behind me,stood up and made room for the said Thank you very much with a big boy smiled, I told my cousin about it after that,he said The child is the father of a man. I very could’t I do the same thing as the little boy did?
From that I learn that we should do our best to help people who need everyone makes a contribution to helping others,the world will become much more beautiful!
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