英语小说读后感【1】
O.Henry,originally named William Sydeny Porter,was a renowned American writer.
He wrote about 300 short stories in his life,and all of his stories were ingeniously conceived and its endings were always contrary to reader's expectations.
when I was still a junior middle school student,I read the o.
henry's short stories at first time,without some profound understanding and appreciation in my mind.
At that time,the sense of humor infiltrating in stories is the sole aesthetic acquisition I can gained after reading,with exception of any understanding about the underlying meanings which O.
henry was apt to elucidate.
but now,picking up these masterpieces after five years,I seemingly can get through some metaphorical thoughts conveyed by O.
henry.
it is a univerisal common knowledge that a writer's articles have firm relationship with his living condition and background.
hence,a explicit knowledge of o.
henry's living background is significant.
O.henry was born in 1862,when america's economy was taking off and on the threshold of the second industrial revolution.
And he passed away at 1910,just before WWI,without being involved in havoc brought by war.
Altogether,America enjoyed a steady prosperity in this period.
while in the meantime,many new problems occured,accompanying by some new phonemenon such as the monopoly,assembly producting,imperialism,metopolitons and etc,which lead to a confusion and nebulous gratification among US citizens.
Most o.henry's short stories happened in New york,which was regarded as a romantic place.
whether this city he created was real or fabricated is ultimately irrelevant.
Id like to quote a famous critics' saying"the most noble pursuit of art,then, is not to be a representation of what is real,but to be true to what it is.
"to illustrate this issue.
for instance,in the story,Mr.
Behrman drew a leaf on the wall.
but is this wall really keeps its exsistance?is it really located in a unknown corner of new york city? as far as i am concerned,it is just a manifestation of artistic characteristic of o.
henry's writing.
whats more,the city also represented much of what was positive about american life:the excitment and endless varity of urban living.
whereas,some of his stories focus on other areas as well,like Texas and the west,central america,the south,the midest.
In his story,"it is a rash one who will lay his finger on the map and say"in this town there can be no romance---what could happen here?"so,as a distinguished romanticist,he established a marvelous,romantic stroy in Nashville.
On the other hand,O.
henry's fictions overwhelmingly show a cue of optimisticism towards usa,an expression of the strong faith in the american dream before it become a nightmare.
many poor people and immigrants cherish such an america dream,which is nebulous,implicit to some extent.
it seemed like that presupposing one has eternal confidence in life,he will recieve his reward in time.
so lovers in o.
henry's stories,who often seperated by fate and destiny,were doomed to reunite out of their faith and confidence in hearts.
Joy,happiness and success also becomes the essence of life.
in conclusion,o.
henry made remarkable and collossal contribution to american literature,which has already portrayed as summit of this area.
beckoning as it is,these stories really bring us a fabulous aesthetic experience while reading,regardless of his seemingly sentimental expression.
《小王子》英语读后感【2】
This story’s name is “The little prince”。 As it known to all, we will encounter a lot of difficulties, even hardships.
Different people may have different ways to deal with them.
After reading The Little Princess, I am deeply impressed by Sara’s way to deal with difficulties.
The Little Princess was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a famous novelist and dramatist.
Sara, the heroine of the novel, was born in a rich family.
In order to get a better education, her father took her from India to London so that she could go to the best school.
Because Sara was kind-hearted, generous and most of all—rich, she was loved by everyone.
All went well until her father died in an accident.
Everything changed completely.
She didn’t understand why the teachers and classmates treated her so badly.
Even the principal who used to be fond of her, made her work 16 hours a day.
Sara’s miserable life began.
When I finished reading the book, I was shocked by what the unimaginable pain Sara had suffered after her father’s death.
She used to be a happy, worriless, and rich Princess, but now she was a lonely and poor servant.
She had to work very hard without any rest but only had little food.
Besides she had to endure the unfriendly and even rude ways that her classmates treated her.
All teachers and students in the school looked down upon her.
The most important fact is that Sara had lost the love and care of her parents.
What a mighty pain! If you were Sara, could you stand such pain? Needless to say， an 11 years old girl, even if it were an adult， he might not put up with it.
But to my surprise, Sara faced it bravely.
Despite of the torture of the principal and all those pressures above, she still was optimistic towards life.
By reading this novel, I felt inspired and think much.
When we meet such difficulties, what should we do? Some people always complain that the fate is unfair to them.
Some people can’t sustain the hardships and choose to give up.
Few of them even try to commit suicide because they lack the courage to overcome it.
Compared with Sara—an eleven years old girl who can treat the pressure of life with optimistic spirit, these people’s performances are sounded so lamentable.
Why can’t they make it?However, what impress me most are her characteristics and the thought of her “being a real princess.” This “real princess” does not mean luxury palaces, beautiful clothes and the apple of the others’ eyes, but being kind, generous and having good manners.
It is unnecessary for “a real princess” to be strong in body, but she must be strong in will.
Sara is a real princess in my heart all the time, whether she was rich and wore beautiful clothes in the classroom or she was cold and hungry in the attic, just because she had the good characters and kind heart.
The story went on.
Fortunately, a friend of Sara’s father found her and told her that her father left a great sum of money to her.
I pray and believe that every good person in the world deserve a good result, and of course, we are the same.