《呼啸山庄》英文读后感

呼啸山庄英文读后感 A Book Report of Wuthering Heights 英语三班王璇 xx3704 Wuthering Heights is a book of Emily Bronte, published in 1847.Wuthering Heights was not well received or appreciated by the reading public, many of whom condemned it as sordid, vulgar, and unnatural-and author Emily Bronte went to her grave in 1848 believing that her only novel was a failure. It was not until 1850, when Wuthering Heights received a second printing with an introduction by Emilys sister Charlotte, that it attracted a wide readership. Today it is widely recognized as one of the great novels of English literature. It is in my middle high school that the first time I read its Chinese version and I indulged in its intricate plot and love and hate between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathclif. Hitherto, I wander why the title of this book named Wuthering heights instead of Thrushcross Grange, or Heathclif Vengeance. As a matter of fact, when I read twice in English version and look up some information online, I seem to understand the intention of the author a bit. Wuthering is used to describe Yorkshire how bad weather it is. We can find “?Wuthering? being a provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather” in book. Meanwhile, “Wuthering” imply author tell readers a twisting and sad story. To return to the novel itself, I am quite curious about the gothic elements reflected in Wuthering Heights. After finishing reading the whole story, it casts a gloom over my heart. I consider it contributes to the characters? unfortunate and miserable lives and grieve for them. At present, I learn a new writing style “ the Gothic novel”. The Gothic creates feelings of gloom, mystery, and suspense and tends to the dramatic and the sensational, like incest, diabolism, necrophilia, and nameless terrors. It crosses boundaries, mixed daylight and the dark side, life and death, consciousness and unconsciousness. Most of us immediately recognize the Gothic elements when we encounter it in novels, poetry, plays, movies and TV series. Gothic elements have made their way into mainstream writing. They are found in Charlotte Bronte?s Jane Eyre, Samuel Coleridge?s Christabel and so on. In order to create a horrible and mysterious atmosphere, the story of Wuthering Heights takes place in Yorkshire moors. In addition, Emily? s life experience coincides with those of Gothic heroines：loss of love, struggle, and death. The love between Heathcliff and Catherine is the main striking plot. Sunshine, sweet, and smile are not the main parts of their love, by contrast, the mixture of gloom, hatred , and misunderstanding bees dominant tone in their love. This is why their love is being gradually developed into crazy and tragedy. As matter of fact, Heathcliff and Catherine are the leading role in this novel. Through Emily?s graphic description, the images of them are vigorous. As for Heathcliff, he is a gypsy looking little boy that he was brought to Catherine?s house by her father. However, he was bullied by Catherine?s brother and he lives a very hard time in this house. Apart from Catherine, she is kind to him and loves him. Hence, Heathcliff grows brutal and sullen. When he is informed of Catherine marring Edgar Linton, who is richer and higher status than himself, all his power to endure abuse are impaired immediately. Afterwards, Heathcliff run away. Three years later, he returns Wuthering heights with a big sum of money. Superficially, he is gentle and cultivated; actually, he burns a fire of revenge within his heart. He revenges himself on those who has hurt him in planned, such as, prevailing on Hindley gambling so as to squander all of his money; maltreating Hindley? son and teaching him abused words and ordering him to do servant?s jobs; inheriting Isabella?s family estate by means of cheating. Everyone will grit your teeth resentfully. In additional, the author doesn?t tell readers how Heathcliff bees a richer and what methods used within three years to earn those money. We can imagine that he must employ the meanest of tricks due to his lack of education and know-how basing on the society. Undeniably, it is Heathcliff that cause a serial of unfortunate things led to the misery of the two family, three households, and three generations. As a saying goes, “a person?s poor situation can always attribute to his own fault.” Vice versa: maybe a hateful person has to do something bad for some reasons. In Heathcliff?s opinion, everything he did is regarded as a sign of loving Catherine, who betrayed him and bee the Edgar?s wife though. Therefore, Heathcliff is the most tragic figure who has to suffer from the pain of lost loved one, and experiences persistent distress and annoy in the process of revenging. Summing up his life, Heathcliff is in constant sorrow through his days. In the end, I don?t hate him; on the contrary, the one thing I learned is tolerance and appreciation of people surrounding you. Catherine is an innocent and kind-hearted girl. She is the only one who cares about Heathcliff when he is discriminated and ill-treated after Mr. Earnshaw?s death. Meanwhile, she is peacockish, willful. When she is faced with choices which one she should marry, Heathcliff or Linton, she finally decides to marry a rich second generation, Edgar Linton. The reason is that marring Linton could make her bee a much richer person and live a decent life while marring Heathcliff will turn out to be beggar. And all of her characteristics are closely connected with her family, and living environment and noble status. Admittedly, it?s hard to say whether Heathcliff and Catherine will live a happy life or not if she waits Heathcliff?s e and marries him; it?s also hard to say whether those figures in the novel has good results or not in life. Methinks, I cannot rewrite the ending of this story. Just like a famous saying: character depends on destiny because their fate has been destined at the onset of this story. Alexander Pope once said, “always forgives your enemies-nothing annoys them so much.” What I have learned from their story is that if you are deliberately trying to hurt others, it will hurt yourself in return, and you will be the most miserable person. Therefore, be kind to those who once hurt you. Hard as forgiveness is, it is the first step to regain the life of well-being. Wuthering Heights Love belongs to the best part of human nature; Hate is the distortion of humanity, is the fall of humanity. The hero of the novel heathcliffs love , due to the setbacks made him bee callous, terminating, his revenge to Wuthering Heights and thrushcross grange two families has brought severe disaster. He tried to freeze human around his absolute rule set up by using the hate. But in the younger generation of hareton. Earnshaw and Catherine. Between linton, and finally to establish a sincere love, frozen, numbness of recovery of humanity, suppressed the human nature in the love the return of the liberation, the people have hope again. Through the novel, the author want to tell people in the world: hate destroy love, love more powerful than hate. In the real world, the last is love in the world. Emily. Bronte was born and live in a remote region of Yorkshire in northern England, Wuthering heights is the story happened. She and her sister charlotte. Bronte sister and angem. Bronte is the middle of the 19th century British famous novelist. She was born of a poor family pastor, since childhood love of literature, in the short life wrote many literary works. Around 1846, she began writing the novel Wuthering Heights, the second year in a novel published, in the third year of the disease was mercilessly killed the young life, the genius writer when she was only 30 years old. Wuthering heights was published, came under heavy criticism of blame, was mocked as terrible, terrible, disgusting novels, nearly half a century of time can not get social recognition. Until into the 20th century, the genius of Emily and her wuthering heights was widely recognized gradually by the literary, and her reputation is being more and more high. The famous British writer maugham also list Wuthering Heights as one of the worlds top ten novels. I really love this novel because it teaches me how to love and what is love. Book Review of Wuthering Heights Wuthering heights is a famous book written by Emily Bronte. Emily is one of the outstanding poets in 19th-century. In 1819, Emily Bronte was born in a poor priest family, her father Pater Rick Brandt is an Irish priest, and her mother gave birth to six children. The Bronte sisters, two daughters and a son. Because of the family backgrounds, Emily was borned to be independent, open-minded, pure, and introverted. Wuthering Heights is one of the works of Emily Bronte, also is one of the masterpieces in the 19th century of British literature. This is a story of love and revenge. Wuthering Heights is written by the time span of thirty years, describes a plex emotional relationships of two generations between the Earnshaw family and Linton family. The whole novel can be divided into four parts. The first phase describes the daily life of Heathcliff and Catherines childhood, their special affection is formed in this particular environment as well as their revolt against the tyrannical Hindley. The second phase focuses on the Catherine pursuit of the traditional of human love and betrayed Heathcliff and she became the mistress of thrush. She admitted to Donnelly that her love to Linton who is young, handsome man. He loves her as well as her wealth, let her to bee the most distinguished woman. Catherine has said: In my heart and soul, I clearly know I was wrong. Because she also loves Heathcliff. The third stage use a large pen and ink describing that Heathcliffs revenge. The last part of novel is the death of Heathcliff, but revealed a new change in the thinking experience - the recovery of humanity when he understood the love between Hareton and Catherine so we can see a bunch a hope in the tragic love story. In the novel, all of the authors effort was to create the image of Heathcliff where she pinned all her indignation, passion and ideals. This orphan has been deprived all of the warmth of human, Hendrys hit let him tasted the cruel of life, also he knows that his gave up to life can not change the fate of their own humiliation. He chose to resist. Catherine had been his loyal partners. However, Catherine finally betrayed Heathcliff, married Edgar Linton. This is her own choice between the loves. At the end of the book, there are three tombs on the fields, the Linton tomb, the Heathcliff, the middle is Catherines tomb. Catherines betrayal of their marriag