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.
首先,我们去参观学生阅览室。学生阅览室可大啦!我们最先看到的是几张波浪形的桌子,可爱极了。然后是几架小鱼一样的书架,最后我们往后面走去,看到后面的书架比前面还多。这时,我注意到了东边墙上的大红字:好的书籍最珍贵中的珍宝;西边是:读一本好书就是和许多高尚的人谈话。当让,这些话都是出自名人之口,让我真切地感到书的价值和读书的重要。
走出我阅览室,我们来到了书库。我数了数,书库里有九个书架,每个书架有六组,每组有七档。书库里的书可多了。书架上整整齐齐地摆放着各类书籍,有《假如给三天光明》、《动物会议》等等,真是数不胜数啊!这时,我们注意到了桌子上的两台电脑,这是用来借阅读图书时扫描借书证的,只要扫一下,就把要借的书给你了,电脑里就有了借书的记录了。真先进!
接着,我们又来到了教师阅览室,刚进门,我就看见绿色的沙发、绿色的桌子和绿色的椅子。一片绿色在我眼前铺开,绿色是清新的颜色,让人有种神清气爽之感。教师阅览室虽然没有书库和学生阅览室那么大,但是里面的书籍摆放得整整齐齐的。
最后,我们离开了图书馆,回到了自己的班级。路上,我在想:“知识最多的地方,还是图书馆。我以后要常跑图书馆才对。”
今天,我的小队和朱一铭的小队兴高采烈一起来到了浦东图书馆,准备汲取点“新鲜的养分。”
我们刚走进图书馆,欣喜如狂、满怀期待,于是迫不及待地拿了一堆书,大家抱着书,向图书角走去。屁股刚落地,我们就一字一图地认真阅读,还不时把书中最有趣的地方分享给旁边的同学,正所谓是“你快乐,我快乐,大家都快乐”。
徐悦榕借了一本书,我很想看,徐姝昕也很想看。我想:如果独自一个人看,岂不是显得太自私了?她们都有跟我一样的想法,于是我们便坐在一起看。我发现徐悦榕看书的速度真的很快,我就差最后几行字了,她就在旁边轻轻地问:“可以翻页了吗?”“等一下,”我说,“徐姝昕还没看好呢!”我们俩每次都要等徐姝昕看完,她可会拖后腿呢!很快一本看完了,再看一本,不知不觉中我们看了不少的书。
其中我看一本漫画书,叫《马小跳去丹麦》,这是一本科学漫画书,这种书图文相间既能充实我们的科学知识,又不失阅读趣味。这里写满了有关丹麦的常识和科学故事。
我的小伙伴们看书的神情也是一道亮丽的风景线。有的一看到幽默处就旁若无人地哈哈大笑;有的看到感动处便热泪盈眶;还有的看到匪故事不禁大叫:“把他抓住!”而我把这个图书馆里的书中小镜头尽收眼底。
一分钟、两分钟、三分钟……一本、两本、三本……我们不停地看着书,时间也一分一秒地过去了。大约过了两个小时左右,我们就依依不舍地各自回家了。今天真是一个充实愉快的一天啊!
趁着暑假那空闲的时间,我决定去图书馆看书。
我来到图书馆,我刚走进去便看见一群小朋友在图书馆里看书,看来和我一样喜欢读书的人还真不少呢!他们看得津津有味,很入迷,没有一点声音,连一根针掉在地上都能听见。我也开始了寻找好书的旅程,我站在书架前,抬头向上看各种各样的书琳琅满目,眼花缭乱,有科学类的,语文类的,数学类的……我想:”一定有很好看的书。“我仔仔细细的寻找着爱看的书。
突然,我在无意中找到了一本我喜欢的《绿野仙踪》我坐在凳子上津津有味地看了起来,我对这本书爱不释手。这本书作者是著名的美国作家莱曼。弗兰克。鲍姆。讲的是想回家的多萝西和想要智慧的稻草人、想要心的.铁皮人、想要勇气的狮子来到了绿宝石城,他们都需要伟大魔法师奥兹的帮助。他们历经千辛万苦赶到翡翠之城。却没想到奥兹却只是一个懂腹语的老头,不是魔法师。他无法满足多萝西回家的愿望,最后是多萝西自己用神奇的水晶鞋子,回了家的精彩故事。我看到主人公开心的时候,心里也乐开了花。看到主人公受到挫折,没达到心愿的时候,自己的眉头也皱了起来。
他的书不但能给我们带来难以忘怀童话世界中遨游冒险的经历,还能给不同的人带来创作新童话的灵感。
高尔基曾经说过:”书是人类进步的阶梯。“读书给我带来许多乐趣,我喜欢看书。
9月15日,我们小记者团又组织我们参观“钱学森图书馆”。一来到图书馆,它的建筑特别吸引我的眼球。进入馆内首先映入眼帘的是钱学森的草稿和名字,还有一个倒着的红色金字塔。走进了才知道那红色的金字塔是钱学森爷爷的笔记。这样的展示让人眼前一亮,让人难忘。
馆内展示了钱学森爷爷的生平事迹。一件件的展品无不叫人震撼。在我印象里有两件展品令我颇有感触。一件是玻璃窗展示的所有手稿。有人可能说手稿有什么感触。可钱学森爷爷的手稿深深地打动我、吸引我们、感染我们。他的手稿很整洁,几乎没有一个错字,书写的很认真,连标点这种小细节都不放过。最震撼的是一份考卷,考题他全做对,可最后批改成绩为96分,因为一个公式的下标漏标,连老师都没批改出来,还是他自己发现的,可见他做事情的认真程度。钱学森爷爷是我国杰出的爱国科学家,被誉为“中国航天之父”、“中国导弹之父”等等,我想这些荣誉和他做事的态度有很大关系。第二件是书架上陈列的一本本书籍。这可不是一本两本,那是两面墙。而讲解员介绍说这只是钱学森爷爷看的一部分书,太让人震撼了。书的类型之广,有政治,有物理等。总结下来钱学森爷爷是个做事一丝不苟,努力勤奋的人,而且还是个热爱读书,孜孜不倦学习的人。
通过这次参观,想到我平时在做数学题时,老是加看成减、减看成加;读语文课文时,不是添字,就是漏字,妈妈说我有点小迷糊,而且还没有信手看书的好习惯,这些似乎和钱爷爷的学习习惯差太多了,我在学习上一定要加把劲,从钱学森爷爷做事的一丝不苟、勤奋努力的精神学起。
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.
今天,我们参观了学校的图书馆。学校的图书馆位于魁星楼的五楼。图书馆分为三大部分:教师阅览室、学生阅览室和书库。
我们先去学生阅览室。一进门,我们就看到有几组造型各异的桌子。学生阅览室很大,大得可以放得下很多书架。墙壁的四面有是书架,有的书架像树叶,有的像扇子,还有的像书堆成的山一样,好像在告诉我们:书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。东面的墙壁上写着:好的书籍是最贵重的珍宝。西面的墙壁上写着:读一本好书就是和高尚的人谈话。我明白了只有多读书读好书,才能成为一个知识丰富的人。
接着,我们来到了书库。走进书库,老师就问我们有几排书架,同学们异口同声地说九排。我们还看见书架上的书种类很多,有文学类、艺术类、历史类、军事类、综合类等等。通过计算,书库里的藏书到达23000多册。
最后,我们来到教师阅览室。我看到教师阅览室很整洁、明亮。我们平时都不能进这里来,因为这里面都是老师所阅读的资料。
参观完图书馆,我想到,从今以后我们一定要多读书,做一个高尚的人。
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