中文:
《雾都孤儿》读后感
--------肮脏的世界,纯洁的心灵
《雾都孤儿》是一部十分著名的小说,作者狄更斯,是英国的一位非常著名的作家。
这部小说的主人公是一个叫奥里弗的孤儿,他的童年是在济贫院里度过的。后来,他被送到一个棺材铺里当学徒。因不堪忍受老板娘的压迫,他向伦敦逃去。路上,他遇上了一个外号机灵鬼的人,把他骗进了贼窝,在两次偷盗中,他都遇到了好人,把他留在家里抚养,但又一次次的被抓回去。终于,由于南西变好,告诉了他们偶然听到的一个秘密,说奥里弗的同父异母哥哥为了财产,要杀他,于是逮捕了贼窝的人,但出于同情,奥里弗放过了它的哥哥。奥里弗的灾难终于结束了,他被他第一次偷的那位老绅士收为义子。奥里弗才知道,他偷的两次,被偷的竟然是他父亲的好友和他的亲姨妈。
整部小说曲折惊险,让人不仅为奥里弗的身世叹息,为坏人说愤怒,被善良人所感动,为奥里弗最后的幸福生活而高兴。而我最喜爱的人物,是在两次奥里弗陷入危难时,没有计较他偷了东西,而是十分同情他,并帮助了他的两个人。因为他们的善良,奥里弗才得救,也因为他们的善良,才使世界上少了一个受苦的孩子,是将来少了一个贼,多了一个好人。如果世间的人都想他们一样的话,我想,世上便不会有受苦的人,不会有那么多的孤儿。正如一首歌中所唱的:“只有人人都献出一点爱,世界将变成美好的人间。”而我也为其中的南西所感动,她是贼窝得一分子,但她没有被贼窝染黑了心,她知道悔改,知道去怜悯一个孤儿。但她也是被那个善良的人所感动了,可见如果多一个善良人,也许可以多感化一个在贼窝里的一刻还有一点点人性的心。但是,我也为南西所悲哀,她最后的结局十分惨,她被打死了,而打死她的人,确是她一直不舍得离开的人。南西曾有许多机会逃离那个肮脏的世界,但她放弃了,就是舍不得最后那个打死她的人。
奥里弗,南西,善良的绅士和小姐,贼窝里的人以及《雾都孤儿》中的所有人,都使我知道了许多东西。《雾都孤儿》,一本好书。
英文:
To Regain the Nature of Goodness
—— 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 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 reading 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 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 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 conquer 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 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 gratified 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 seem to 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. As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom o