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1、Review of Oliver Twist'Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens', is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century.The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those

2、cruel criminals and to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While readin

3、g the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt for the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in

4、the end. One of the plots that attracted me most is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs. Maylie and Rose and began a new life. He went for walks with them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behind forever

5、the world of crime and hardship and poverty.How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive affliction remain pure in body and mind？ The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information implied in the novel by Dickens-he believed that goodness could conque

6、r every difficulty. Although I don't think goodness is omnipotent, yet I do believe that those who are kind-hearted live more happily than those who are evil-minded.For me, the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person. Goodness is to humans what water is to fish. He

7、 who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose', he who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets grati

8、fied from what he has done, and thus he can do good to both the people he has helped and himself.To my disappointment, nowadays some people seemt o doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity. They look down on people's honesty and kindness, thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted.

9、As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others. On the other hand, they attach importance to money and benefit. In their opinion, money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility. If they cannot get profit from showing their kindn

10、ess', they drawback when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down. They are one of the sorts that I really detest.Francis Bacon said in his essay, Goodness, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity, and without it, man is

11、 a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.'That is to say a person without goodness is destined to lose everything. Therefore, I, a kind person, want to tell those 'vermin-to-be' to learn from the kind Oliver and regain the nature of goodness.双语学院 0703孟爽 04Boo

12、k Review:CamilleI read the Chinese version of“ Camille ” a few years ago. At that time I wasdeeply moved by the main character Marguerite Gautier.“ Camille ” or “The Lady oCamellias ” by Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid

13、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

14、 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

15、 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 th

16、at 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, cameto her, pleading for her to leave Armand to save both Armand's reputation and that of his younger innocent sister, Marguerite saw

17、 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. Sa

18、dly, 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,

19、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

20、 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 problem

21、s; 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 cours

22、e, the Comte de. Gand 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 bloo

23、d-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 b

24、ook. 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 esc

25、ape from the destiny of withering. But it wasn' t her fault; it's because of the evil of Capitalism and thehideousness of that society.Suddenly, I remembered a saying:“ Women are like the flowe rpsretty ” . Thoswomen are like those beautiful flowers; their delicate beauty makes people feel t

26、hey 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

27、beautiful flowers gone? Where have they gone?双语学院 0703赵丽娜 02The Independent Spiritabout “ Jane EyerThis is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal life. The story can be interpreted as a symbo

28、l of the independent spirit.It seems to me that many readers' English reading experience starts withJane Eyer. I am of no exception. As we refer to the movie“Jane Eyer ”, it is notsurprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the nov

29、el remainsto be an independent person, bothphysically and mentally.Jane Eyer was a born resister, whose parents went off when she was veryyoung, and her aunt ，the only relative she had ， treated her as badly as a ragtag.Since Jan e's education in Lowwood Orphanage began, she didn't get what

30、shehad been expecting simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around. The suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach Jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else.As a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression, Jane got a chance to be a tutor

31、 in ThornfieldGarden. There she made the acquaintance of lovely Adele and that garden'sowner, Rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside. Jane expected to change the life from then on, but fate had decided otherwise: After Jane and Rochester fell in love with each other and got

32、 down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact Rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following Rochester and led to his moodiness all the timeRochester was also a despairing person in need of salvation. Jane did want to give him a hand, however, she made up her mind

33、 to leave, because she didn'twant to betray her own principles, because she was Jane Eyer. The film has finally got a symbolist end: Jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned. After finding Rochester's misfortune brought by his original mad wife,Jane chose to stay with h

34、im forever.I don t' know what others feel, but frankly speaking, I would rather regard the section that Jane began her teaching job in Thornfield as the film'send especially when I heard Jane's words “ Never in my life have I been awakenso happily. ” For one thing, thiidse al and brand-n

35、ew beginning of life was what Jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for another, this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to get. But the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: There must be something wrong comi

36、ng with the excellenceperhaps not onlyshould another section be added to enrich the story, but also we may see from the next transition of Jane's life that“Life is like a box of cyhoouc noelavters k,nowwhat you would get. ” (By Forrest Gump 's mother, in the film“ Forrest Gump ”)What' s

37、more, this film didn' t end when Jane left Thornfield. For Jane Eyerherself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for Rochester, how he can get salvation? The film gives the answer tentatively: Jane eventually got back to

38、 Rochester. In fact, when Jane met Rochester for the first time, she scared his horse and made his heel strained, to a certain extent, which meant Rochester would get retrieval because of Jane. We can consider Rochester' s experiences as that of religionmeaning. The fire by his frantic wife was

39、the punishment for the cynicism early in his life. After it, Rochester got the mercy of the God and the love of the woman whom he loved. Here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two sides. The value of this film

40、 may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of religion.Life is ceaselessly changing, but our living principles remain. Firmly persisting for the rights of being independent gives us enough confidence and courage, which is like the beacon over the

41、capriccioso sea of life. In the world of the film, we have found the stories of ourselves, which makes us so concerned about the fate of the dramatis personae.In this era of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement, both physical and

42、mental effects on us call for a balance. We are likely to find ourselves bogged down in the Sargasso Sea of information overload and living unconsciousness. It' s our spirit that makesthe life meaningful.Heart is the engine of body, brain is the resource of thought, and great films are the mirro

43、rs of life. Indubitably,“ Jane Eyer ” is one of them.双语学院 0703石钧铭 06Review of TroyI have never been to Troy, but David Maule madem e feel as if I were standing on the high wall of Troy, watching the fierce war. Thanks to this British author, who adapted the famous Homer ' s poem into a lively st

44、ory, I found it easier to understand this story. Though the story happened over 3000 years ago in a remote place, I was deeply fascinated by it.The mysterious plot is one of the reasons why I loved The Story of Troy so much, yet I am more interested in the human heroes of the war.Hector was the elde

45、st son of king of Troy, Priam. He was not only a real hero of Trojan, but was regarded the highest moral hero in Greek classic by later historians. The war started because of the mischief of his brother, Paris, whom he didn ' t appreciate. However, since Hector was the commander of the Trojan ar

46、my, he was obliged to fight with all force. It was really a tragedy that such a valiant man died in the duel with another great warrior, Achilles.It is natural to see death in a war. As a famous Chinese parable says, “A life can be as slight as a piece of feather, or as weighty as Mount Tai. ” Somet

47、imes, one ' s glory walks hand in hand with one's doom. Achilles wassuch a typical person. His personal charm made The Story of Troy more attractive.He was so crucial because his every appearance in a war encouragedhis fellow soldiers and terrified the enemies. Actually, Achilles was half-go

48、d who was almost invincible in people's mind. That 's why his namewas memorized long after his death.Besides the two great men, the wisdom of Odysseus also proved him to be a great hero. He didn 't want to attend the war because he was happily married and had a lovely son. However, since

49、 his country was allied to Mycenae, he had to take the command given by the king of Mycenae. I' m quite sure thatthe story of the wooden horse is widely known, however, few people know who thought of the brilliant idea, that 's why I admired Odysseus so much because he was the person who got

50、 the idea. Thanks to the horse, the ten-year war came to an end at last. If you want to know how the wooden horse worked, just read the book.The ancient Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses also played important roles in the origin, process and ending of the whole story.The story of the golde

51、n apple was such an example. WhenE ris, the goddess of argument and disagreement, threw out the golden apple to a wedding ceremony on Mount Olympus, a dispute happened. Hera, the queen of gods, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, were all involved in the argument for the apple. None of them was willing to give way, so they turned to Paris for a final judgment. Tempted by Aphrodite 's b