i have never been to troy, but david maule made me feel as if i were standing on the high wall of troy, watching the fierce war. thanks to this british author, who adapted the famous homer’s poem into a lively story, i found it easier to understand this story. though the story happened over 3000 years ago in a remote place, i was deeply fascinated by it.
the mysterious plot is one of the reasons why i loved the story of troy so much, yet i am more interested in the human heroes of the war.
hector was the eldest son of king of troy, priam. he was not only a real hero of trojan, but was regarded the highest moral hero in greek classic by later historians. the war started because of the mischief of his brother, paris, whom he didn’t appreciate. however, since hector was the commander of the trojan army, he was obliged to fight with all force. it was really a tragedy that such a valiant man died in the duel with another great warrior, achilles.
it is natural to see death in a war. as a famous chinese parable says, “a life can be as slight as a piece of feather, or as weighty as mount tai.” sometimes, one’s glory walks hand in hand with one’s doom. achilles was such a typical person. his personal charm made the story of troy more attractive. he was so crucial because his every appearance in a war encouraged his fellow soldiers and terrified the enemies. actually, achilles was half-god who was almost invincible in people’s mind. that’s why his name was memorized long after his death.
besides the two great men, the wisdom of odysseus also proved him to be a great hero. he didn’t want to attend the war because he was happily married and had a lovely son. however, since his country was allied to mycenae, he had to take the command given by the king of mycenae. i’m quite sure that the story of the wooden horse is widely known, however, few people know who thought of the brilliant idea, that’s why i admired odysseus so much because he was the person who got the idea. thanks to the horse, the ten-year war came to an end at last. if you want to know how the wooden horse worked, just read the book.
the ancient greeks believed that the gods and goddesses also played important roles in the origin, process and ending of the whole story.
the story of the golden apple was such an example. when eris, the goddess of argument and disagreement, threw out the golden apple to a wedding ceremony on mount olympus, a dispute happened. hera, the queen of gods, athena, the goddess of wisdom, and aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, were all involved in the argument for the apple. none of them was willing to give way, so they turned to paris for a final judgment. tempted by aphrodite’s beauty and promise, paris handed the apple to her. to keep her word, aphrodite helped him to get helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, as his wife. that was the cause of the war.
paris’s choice obviously annoyed the other two goddesses. so during the war, they helped the greek alliance army while some other gods, such as apollo and aphrodite, guarded troy. when paris dueled with helen’s former husband menelaus, aphrodite saved paris when he was about to be finished off.
after the duel between those two people, there was a truce between the greek alliance and troy. however, both hera and athena were not happy to see it. hera pursued her husband zeus:“ now, will you send athena to make the troyjans break the peace?”(page 22 then with zeus’s permission, athena went down to start the war again and finally she brought the greeks to success.
from the whole story, we can see that in ancient greeks’ view, gods sometimes played a much more important role in their life. however, with the rapid development of science, we have learned that the greek gods never existed. this is why a recent movie of troy has not mentioned a single god. everything happened due to men’s ambition, love, loyalty or jealousy. with those emotion and people’s effort, we human beings can accomplish wonders and be master of the world.
god are of less importance than they used to be. nonetheless, the gods and goddesses made the story of troy more mysterious and marvelous.
i have learnt from the book more than the wonderful story of history, love and war. i believe that human can determine their destiny by their own. i highly recommend this book to my friends.
要去一个地方,想着还是搭公交便宜点吧。于是在人群中等。看着身边的中年妇女一手提着两个塑料袋,一个红色一个黄色,红色的里面装的东西看不清楚,大概是什么肉之类的,黄色的袋子里装着两条鲫鱼,手指被塑料袋勒出两道红色的痕迹,红痕旁边的肉鼓鼓的,失去了血色。
手的旁边很容易看见黑色的裤子上有一小块白色的污渍,大概是刚刚在菜市场弄脏的。她定定的站在最边上,看着公交车一辆辆经过,头跟着车开的方向转过去,不是这辆,又转回来看向原来的方向。手里拽着一张一块钱的纸币,眼神笃定而平静。
我打量着她,心里带着些许同情,也就是有这种自甘沦为家庭保姆的女人才有那么多电视剧里不安本分的男人。她会是一个精打细算的女人吗?眼角的鱼尾纹好像在告诉我她一点都不懂的怎么样对自己好。一个不用化妆品的女人,除非她有过于自信的姿色,噢,不,很显然她已经过了那个年龄。公车来了,她从容的挤到人群堆里,上车,投钱,跟着人流往车厢后侧走,然后车开走了。
我的视线回来。低头看了下我那只网上才买了29块9的helloKitty手表,才过去了7分钟,怎么好像过了半个小时那么久。又想起刚刚那位中年妇女,也许她深爱着自己的孩子们,有善解人意的老人,和温柔体贴的丈夫。
于是她心甘情愿这样子生活着。用上自己的后半辈子无怨无悔。当然,一切都是我的臆想。管别人活的怎么样呢,好像真正在浪费时间的人是我。有时间操心别人的人生,还不如想想自己能做什么。
我?唉,算了。思考别人的人生像是在看故事,看电视剧,不用太怎么动大脑,不知道到底将会发生的是什么,所以可以随便想。大的灾难也可以想,不过是苦情的结局,在脑海里成像之后还要在心里送上同情,然后歌颂自己的善良。
话说,那些悲剧不也是我自己想出来的嘛?然后呸呸呸,跟自己说我只是随便想想,我还是一个善良的人。当然,如果是思考自己的人生那就谨慎多了。那些可能出现的不好都会在露出零点几毫米的头的瞬间被我瞬间屏蔽掉。所以我很不喜欢思考自己的人生。
我的大学是要求要寄宿的。当然也有一些放荡不羁爱自由的人交着住宿费又合伙出去外面租房子住。这种人我看了也只是笑笑,我又不傻。住宿生活让我就像拿着一把放大镜到处的看到懒癌末期患者。宽松的课表精炼而节俭。然后大把的时间吃喝玩乐和宅在宿舍。
舍友小艾是典型的宅女。天天除了上课就是宅在宿舍。当然,其中还要扣掉一些实在爬不起床的早课和大冬天觉得太冷老师又不爱点名的晚课。凌晨2点30分,她喃喃自语道该睡了该睡了,嗯,明早没课,调个11点半的闹钟好了。说完这句话又过了不到两分钟,床帘里小而集中的手机灯光又亮起来,这下持续了四十几分钟,还是调12点好了。这下那头的灯光才彻底的暗下。
小艾的桌子不是一般的凌乱。她自己说的乱中有序我倒没怎么看出来。最上面的架子是整个桌子最整齐的地方,齐整的`摆着大学以来分发的各科课本,大概是大一刚进来的时候整理的,到现在也依然保持着那个姿势,落了灰,抽出一本,封面是干净的,就是上边和旁边的跟空气有接触的肌肤蒙上一层。
桌子最左边靠橱子的位置躺着放了一个双肩包,双肩包的拉链随意敞开着,里头露出一点点,看得到有一包还没吃完的丽丽薯片。眼镜和眼镜盒分了家,一个里面装满了发卡和绑头发的绳子,一个挂在保温杯上。
一包抽纸懒懒的在一伸手就可以触及的位置,电脑边有纸团,面巾纸的还有作业纸的。右边的架子上放着镜子和各种护肤品。这丫头是邋遢,对自己的皮肤倒是恭恭敬敬。喝完的可乐瓶和吃完的方便面盒子也堆在一遍,这样都能活下去我也是醉了。朦胧的大眼睛忽闪忽闪,整个人蹲在椅子上呈拉屎状,然后豁然开朗的长叹一声,坐下。这就是又找到可以追的剧了。
我们都用自己的方式生活着,尽量过得开心从而喜欢那样的自己。已经不是被点名批评还会愧疚到落泪的年纪,自然也就有掌握和把控的定力。我们总是在看不惯别人,她腿那么粗还敢穿的裙子那么短,她吃饭吧唧嘴为什么还有一个那么体贴的男朋友,她家里不是很有钱吗交个班费还唧唧歪歪......终究,她们开心就好,关你什么事。
时光能给你的,除了晚风里抬头能看到的点点繁星,还有迎面扑鼻的茉莉花香。他们是你的,也是别人的。在你的世界里,你用的是眼睛还是鼻子还是心?你可以那样感受,就告诉它们,停在这里,别走了。然后即使它们走了,它们还在。
Take your time
For thousands of years, animals have trodden a slow path, their spirits together with the body. But our human being's transportation is too fast. The body moves but the soul is left behind. We try to free ourselves in convenience, but we only imprison the soul. Since we invented how to count hours, we do everything to short the time, short the deadline. But the time saved can't be shorten. Nowadays, we spend lots of time staying in front of a TV just changing the channels, while we have no time to talk with a good friend or play with our family. We have plenty of time to search old news on the internet, while we hardly think about our life. In the end, the only thing apparent is our loneliness.
Take your time, please. Try to follow the natural steps and have your own clock. Try to share your time with everybody you love, share your mind, your happiness and sadness. Try to read the world we live in, do not only catch a quick glimpse at the society.Someday, when we know how to spend every second in our life, we can then live our own life.
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