格列佛游记读后感英文版

MyOpinionsonGulliver’sTravels格列夫游记读后感Abstract：Swift'sGulliver'sTravels,thenovelspicySatiresandHumors,quirkyimaginationandexaggeration,describesthepassionforsailingadventureGulliver,fourdegreestravelaroundtheworld,hasexperiencedlargeandsmall,thrillingandinterestingadventure.ThisentrymainlyincludestheintroductionfortheauthorJonathanSwiftandhiswritingbackground.AswellasthevariouscharactersinGulliver'stravelscharacteranalysisandwhattheauthorwantstoexpressthroughthecharacterinthestory.Alsowritethestyleoftheworksandtheauthor'swritingstyle.FinallyItalkedaboutmyownviewsandharvest.（斯威夫特的《格列佛游记》，小说以辛辣的讽刺与幽默、离奇的想象与夸张，描述了酷爱航海冒险的格列佛，四度周游世界，经历了大大小小惊险而有趣的奇遇。我的这篇读后感主要包括了对于作者JonathanSwift的简介和他的写作背景。以及格列夫游记中各种人物的性格分析和作者想通过这些人物的故事来表达什么情感。还写了作品的写作手法和作者的写作风格。最后我谈了一下自己的看法和收获。）KeyWords:voyage航程background背景characterise刻画··性格textRecentlyIreadanovelcalled“Gulliver’sTravels’.AsfarasIamconcerned,itisaveryfantasticbookanditgivespeopleanadventurousfeelingtoreadthenovel.BeforeIreadthenovel,Ireallydidn’tknowanythingabouttheauthorofthisnovel.ButafterIhavereadthenovel,IlearnedthattheauthorofthisnovelisJonathanSwift,whowasbornin1667.AccordingtowhatIlearnedfromthebook,JonathanSwiftwasbroughtupbyhisuncle.OneofthemostinterestingquestionsaboutGulliversTravelsiswhethertheHouyhnhnmsrepresentanidealofrationalityorwhetherontheotherhandtheyarethebuttofSwift'ssatire.Inotherwords,inBookIV,isSwiftpokingfunatthetalkinghorsesordoesheintendforustotakethemseriouslyastheproperwaytoact?IfwelookcloselyatthewaythattheHouyhnhnmsact,wecanseethatinfactSwiftdoesnottakethemseriously:heusesthemtoshowthedangersofpride.FirstwehavetoseethatSwiftdoesnoteventakeGulliverseriously.Forinstance,hisnamesoundsmuchlikegullible,whichsuggeststhathewillbelieveanything.Also,whenhefirstseestheYahoosandtheythrowexcrementonhim,herespondsbydoingthesameinreturnuntiltheyrunaway.Hesays,Imustneedsdiscoversomemorerationalbeing,eventhoughasahumanheisalreadythemostrationalbeingthereis.ThisiswhySwiftreferstoErasmusDarwinsdiscoveryoftheoriginofthespeciesandthevoyageoftheBeagle-toshowhowGulliverknowsthatpeopleareatthetopofthefoodchain.ButifLemuleGulliverissatirized,soaretheHouyhnhnms,whosevoicessoundlikethecallofcastrati.Theywalkontwolegsinsteadoffour,andseemtobemuchlikepeople.AsGulliversays,ItwaswiththeutmostastonishmentthatIwitnessedthesecreaturesplayingthefluteanddancingaVienesewaltz.Tomymind,theyseemedlikethegreatesthumanseverseenincourt,evenmoredextrousthantheLordEdmundBurke.Asthisquotedemonstrates,Gulliveristerriblyimpressed,buthisadmirationfortheHouyhnhnmsisshort-livedbecausetheyaresoprideful.Forinstance,theleaderoftheHouyhnhnmsclaimsthathehasreadalltheworksofCharlesDickens,andthathecansinglehandedlyrecitethenamesofalltheKingsandQueensofEnglanduptoGeorgeII.SwiftsubtlyshowsthatthisHouyhnhnmsprideismisplacedwhen,inthemiddleoftheintellectualcompetition,heforgetsthenameofQueenElizabethshusband.SwiftssatireoftheHouyhnhnmscomesoutinotherwaysaswell.OneofthemostmemorablescenesiswhenthedapplegreymareattemptstowoothehorsethatGuenivrehasbroughtwithhimtotheisland.Firstsheactsflirtatiously,paradingaroundthebewilderedhorse.Butwhenthisdoesnothavethedesiredeffect,shegetsanotheridea:AsIwatchedinamazementfrommyperchinthetopofatree,thesorrelnagdashedoffandreturnedwithayahooonherbackwhowasyetmoremonstrousthanMr.Popebeingfittedbyaclothier.Shedroppedthiscreaturebeforemynagasifofferingupasacrifice.Myhorsesniffedthecreatureandturnedaway.Itmightseemthatweshouldtakethissceneseriouslyasafailedattemptatcourtship,andthatconsequentlyweshouldseethegreymareasanunrequitedlover.ButitmakesmoresenseifweseethatSwiftisbeingsatirichere:itisthefemaleHouyhnhnmwhomakesthemove,whichwouldnothavehappenedineighteenth-centuryEngland.TheHouyhnhmisbeingprideful,anditisthatpridethatmakeshimunabletoimpressGullivershorse.Gulliverimaginesthehorsesaying,Sblood,thenotionofcreatingthebarebackedbeastwithananimalwhohadheldMr.Popeonherbackmakesmequeezy.ThroughoutGulliversTravels,theHouyhnhmsareshowntobeanidealgonewrong.Thoughtheirintentmighthavebeengood,theydon'tknowhowtodowhattheywanttodobecausetheyarefilledwithpride.TheymisleadGulliverandtheyevenmisleadthemselves.ThesatireonthemisparticularlywellexplainedbythenewbornHouyhnhmwho,havingjustbeenborn,exclaims,Withthissortofentrance,whatmustIexpectfromtherestofmylife!.Inmyopinion,thereisacertainconnectionbetweenthebackgroundofthenovelandthesocialconditions.Takethisnovelforexample;thebackgroundofthenovelisbasedonthesocialrealityinEnglandofthattime.IfIhavethechance,IwouldliketobeamanlikeGulliver,becauseIamgreatlyinspiredbyhiscouragementandbrave.Gulliveristheperson,whotravelsthelandsofLilliput,Brobdingnag,LaputaandthecountryoftheHouyhnhnms.Ithinkhemusthaveexperiencedmuchduringthevoyages.ThesefourvoyagesbroughtnewfuturetoGulliver’slife.ThefirstvoyageistoLilliput.PeopleofthelandsofLilliputareverysmall,itseemsliketheanttous,andsoGulliverintheplaceisverybig.Thelocalpeopleregardhimasamonster.Fromthechapterofthenovel,wecanlearnthatpeopleofLilliputareofgreatkindnessingivingGulliverfoodanddrink.Whilehewaseating