余华《活着》书评（英文版）

veliaeboTAuthor:YuHua作者人物内容主题Thetheme1TheNovel4Theauthor2感想Thesentiment5主题ThethemeThenovelToBeAliveisawatershedinYuHua'screationlife.

Thenovelshowsustheprocessofthedeathofapersonandhowdifficultinhislife.Moreover,itshowsusanattitudetotheprocessoffacingdeath.

Livingitselfisdifficult,toliveitselfmustbehardtolive.

Becauseofthat,youwillfindtheprofoundmeaningoflife.Nothingisbetterthanbeingalive,andnothingismoredifficultthanbeingaliveforeveryone.小说《活着》是余华创作中的分水岭。《活着》展现了一个又一个人的死亡过程，掀起一波又一波无边无际的苦难波浪，表现了一种面对死亡过程的可能的态度。活着本身很艰难，延续生命就得艰难的活着，正因为异常艰难，活着才具有深刻的含义。没有比活着更美好的事，也没有比活着更艰难的事。作者Theauthor

YuHuaYuHua,borninHangzhou,ZhejiangProvince,onApril3,1960,wasamodernwriterinChina.Aftergraduatingfromsecondaryschoolin1977,heenteredtheBeijingLuXunCollegeofLiberalArtsforfurthereducation.Andhestartedwritingin1983.What’smore,hehaspublishedalotofnovelssince1984.Duringthelastdecade,HisnovelsToBeAliveandChronicleofaBloodMerchanthavebeennamedastwoofthetoptenmostinfluentialbooksinChina.In2005,HuaachievedChinaBookSpecialContributionAward.余华1960年4月3日出生于浙江杭州，现代作家。1977年中学毕业后，进入北京鲁迅文学院进修深造。1983年开始写作，1984年开始发表小说。《活着》和《许三观卖血记》同时入选百位批评家和文学编辑评选的九十年代最具有影响的十部作品。2005年获得中华图书特殊贡献奖。人物Thecharacter

Jiazhen&XuFuguiXuFuguiFuguiwasaheavy-gamblingdude,whogambledallhisfortune,whichcausedhisfatherdeadandhispregnantwifewithhisdaughterranawayfromhome.Oneyearlater,hechangedhismindtostartnewlifeforhiswife'scomingback.HemadehislivesandpickeduptheshadowplaywithhisfellowvillagerChunsheng.ButhewascaughttobelaborbyNationalisttroops,andthengoofedofftobetheprisonerofthecommunistparty.Theymadesuretoreturnalive.Throughthehardstruggle,hefinallyreturnedhomesafelybutthismotherhasalreadydied.However,hisdaughterFengxiaalsobecamedumbbecauseofsickness.福贵是一个嗜赌如命的纨绔子弟，把家底儿全输光了，老爹也被他气死了，怀孕的妻子带着女儿离家出走，一年之后妻子回来之后，他洗心革面，重新开始了自己的生活。他和同村的春生一起操起了皮影戏的营生，却被国民党军队拉去做了壮丁，后来又糊里糊涂的当了共产党的俘虏。他们约定，一定要活着回去。历尽千辛万苦，他终于平安回到家中，但是此时母亲已去逝，女儿凤霞也因生病变哑了。JiazhenJiazhenisawork–hard,industrious,kindly,andvirtuouswoman.ShesharedhappinessandsorrowwithherhusbandFugui,whoisoneoftheimportantspiritualsupportsofFugui.Whenthehusbandgambledawayallhisfortune,Jiazhenpersuadedherhusbandtoquitthegambling,buthedidn'tlistentohersothatshelefthimtogobackherformerhomewithherdaughter.WhensheheardthatFuguihadcompletelygivenupgambling,shewentbacktohissidethroughthickandthin.Shewantednothingbutapeacelife.家珍是一位任劳任怨，勤劳、善良、贤惠的女子。她与福贵风雨同舟相濡以沫，是福贵“活着”的一条重大精神支柱。当丈夫嗜赌把家财败光，家珍因劝其而不听，一气之下领着女儿回来娘家。但就在福贵一无所有时，当她听说福贵已经彻底戒了赌之后，她又回到了福贵身边与他共患难。她不贪图大福大贵，只想“过个安生日子”。内容TheNovelToBeAlive，whichtellsastoryofaperson'slife,isnotonlyalifetestimonialsofanoldmansufferedaworldlyvicissitudesandtribulations,butadramaoflifeordeal.Thenarratorofthenovel"I"encounteredanoldmannamedFuguiandlistenedtohimabouthisroughlifeexperience:MasterlandlordFuguigambledawayhisfamilybusinessandbecamepenniless.AndthenhewasarrestedbytheNationalisttroopstobeacoolie,andlaterhewascapturedbytheliberationarmy.Whenhereturnedtohishometown，hismotherhadpassedawayandunfortunatelyhisdaughterbecamedumb.《活着》讲述一个人一生的故事，这是一个历尽世间沧桑和磨难老人的人生感言，是一幕演绎人生苦难经历的戏剧。小说的叙述者“我”遇到那位名叫福贵的老人，听他讲述了自己坎坷的人生经历：地主少爷福贵嗜赌成性，终于赌光了家业一贫如洗，后来被国民党部队抓了壮丁，又被解放军所俘虏，回到家乡他才知道母亲已经过世，妻子家珍含辛茹苦带大了一双儿女，但女儿不幸变成了哑巴。Sincethen,therealtragedybegantograduallystage.Jiazhensufferedfromricketssothatshecannotdoheavywork.What'smore,theirsonwasdrewtoomuchbloodtosavethewifeoftheheadofcountyanddied.Additional,theirdaughterFengxiagotmarriedbutaftershedeliveredababyboy,shediedontheoperatingtablebecauseshebledheavily.Nextclosely,threemonthslater,Jiazhenalsodied.Therefore,Fugui‘sgrandson,Kugen,returnedtothecountrysidewithhim.Despitetheterriblesituation,FuguiwasworriedaboutKugenandcookedbeansforhim.However,Kugenwassohungrythatheatetoomuchanddiedofstuff.Therarewarmthoflifewasalsotorntopiecesbydeathatlast,leavingonlytheoldmanFuguirecallinginthesunshineaccompaniedbyanoldcow.真正的悲剧从此才开始渐次上演。家珍因患有软骨病而干不了重活；儿子因与县长夫人血型相同，为救县长夫人抽血过多而亡；女儿凤霞与队长介绍的城里的偏头二喜喜结良缘，产下一男婴后，因大出血死在手术台上；而凤霞死后三个月家珍也相继去世；外孙苦根便随福贵回到乡下，生活十分艰难，就连豆子都很难吃上，福贵心疼便给苦根煮豆吃，不料苦根却因吃豆子撑死……生命里难得的温情将被一次次死亡撕扯得粉碎，只剩得老了的福贵伴随着一头老牛在阳光下回忆。感想Thepersonal

sentimentsofusFromFuguiFromthethemeFromJiazhenTobeornottobe,that’saquestionwhenyourlifeattheend.Ofcourse,it’seasytoendyourownlife.Maybedeathisliberationforyourself,however,italsorepresentthatyougetoutofyourresponsibility.Peopleliveintoughlifeinneedofabigcourage,whichwillmeetmoretroubleandtrytheirbesttolive.Afterreadingthisbook,myheartisshocked.Tobehonest,it’ssoregretfulforthefragilityofourlife.Anytimethedisastertakesplace,humansarealwayssmallasnothingcomparedwithnature.Nevertheless,humansarealsodeterminedwhentheymeetthetrouble.Livingwithdiseaseandpai