英文读后感--简爱读书报告 (1000字)

1、Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte(Book Report)As we all know, Jane Eyre was Charlotte Brontes representative works .It was also a milestone works in English literature.After I was published in 1847, it arouse a blow to English litrature.Although it had caused some critics ,it also received popularity am

2、ong the public. Charlotte Bronte was born in Yorkshire, England on April 21, 1816. Charlottes father was a poor pastor in her hometown, and her mother was a quite housewife. She was the third of the children. Her two sisters, Emily and Anne, were also the famous authors. So they were commonly called

3、 “the three sisters of Bronte” on literature history in England. When Charlotte was very young , Charlottes mother died of cancer. Because of her fathers tiny incomes, she lived a hard and unfortunate life when she was young . but soon her sisters and her were sent to Cowan Bridge, a school which he

4、r health and physical development was permanently affected Because of the outbreak of tuberculosis, Charlotte was brought home, and then Charlotte read a lot of books in her fathers book-room and began to try to writ something creatively on the literature. When she was fifteen years old, she left he

5、r hometown and returned to school for study .And then several years later, she became a teacher at the school. Then She left the school and become a private governess , and at the same time, wrote some literatures. Due to the deaths of her sisters, left her feeling dejected and emotionally isolated.

6、 In 1855, she died of pneumonia, while pregnant.Jane Eyre was not her first book but her first published masterpiece. Jane Eyre told us the story that Jane Eyre was raised by her cruel, wealthy aunt, Mrs. Reed. Her uncle had passed away. At Lowood, Jane met a young girl named Helen Burns who shared

7、a lot with her and became her best friend. A massive typhus epidemic sweeps Lowood, and Helen died of it. After a group of more sympathetic gentlemen takes Brocklehursts place,.Jane spends eight more years at Lowood, six as a student and two as a teacher. Then She accepts a governess position at a m

8、anor called Thornfield of which employer is a dark, impassioned man named Rochester, Jane found herself falling in love with him. On the wedding day , Jane found that Rochester already had a wife, Bertha . Rochester does not deny this, but he explains that Bertha had been already mad. Knowing that i

9、t is impossible for her to be with Rochester, Jane left Thornfield sadly.Without food and money, Jane was forced to sleep outdoors and beg for food. At last, three kind hearted people took her in. Their names are Mary, Diana, and St. John and Jane quickly became friends with them. They found Jane a

10、job teaching at a school in Morton. One day someone said that her uncle, John Eyre, has died and left her a large property. Then she found that her uncle was also their uncle.Jane immediately decides to share her property with her three new cousins.St. John decided to travel to India, and he asked J

11、ane as his wife. She refused to marry her cousin because she did not love him at all. Finally she found the man who she really loved so much was Rochester.Jane immediately went back to Thornfield and found that it hadbeen burned to the ground by his mad wife who lost her life in the fire. Rochester

12、saved the servants but lost his eyesight and one of his hands.At Ferndean, Rochester and Jane finally got married. At the end of the story, Rochester regained sight in one eye and was able to behold their first son at his birth.Then they lived a happy life forever. After reading the novel,the image

13、in the story may catch our attention. For instance,the fire image appeared in the story for dozens of times in different chapters.But no matter where it was put, it had symbolic meanings in some chapters, It was the symbol of warmth and happiness ,while in other place it was the symbol of humanity a

14、nd friendship, sometimes it even represented destrutive power. In the story, the fire image impressed us a lot while reading it.We could say fire is a symbol of human civilization and forcus of the social and family life.Thus, fire plays an important role in the frame of the novel. At the novel,fire

15、 was the symbol of warmth and happy family life . Jane Eyre who was a strong-willed woman, tried her best to fight for her own happiness and love as well as freedom, for example “Now,let me leave you an instant to make a good fire?” .In this sentance we can see that rochester saw the magic power of

16、“fire” in love and this became a critical element to promote their love.Thus, life was impartable from the fire,once the fire died out,they would be disappearing.Fire existed everywhere in this great novel ,when Jane and Helen were invited to dinner by Mr.Temple,the fire also plyed an important role

17、 as Janeeager to win the friendship of the others and it could make her felt warm and comfortable.Trough reading the novel ,it was easy to know that the love between Jane and Rochester was not smooth because true love should stand the test of fire .Facing Rochesters prpose,Jane on the top of the sky

18、 and it seemed that her spirit was lifted.But this feeling just last a short period of time as the news that Rochester had got a wife almost drove Jane mad.The fire of love was set up but put out .But the fire set up again years later as the love between them had never fade away. People always the b

19、eautiful aspect of the fire ,but they never knew that fire was a terrible thing . It bring us happinessbut it also could give us disaster.In the novel,Rochestermad wife set s fire and lost her life .Rochester also lost his property and eyesight in order to save her wifelife.That is to say .this fire

20、 destroyed life ,fortune and health.In all, we an see that fire had two opposite aspects.On the one hand ,it made the world warm ,harmonious,wonderful. But on the other hand , it can destroy life ,fortune and health. In addition, Janes personality stands for fire, she was kind hearted and sentimental and she also had these kinds of c