霧都孤兒英文書評

1、霧都孤兒英文書評體一笛To Regain the Nature of GoodnessReview 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 wit

2、h 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 hunge

3、r, 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 Bil1. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered

4、 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 fe

5、lt 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

6、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-mindedFor me, the nature of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a person. Goodness is to

7、 humans what water is to fish He who is without goodness is an utterly worthless person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes,沙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 gratef

8、ul 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 himselfTo 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

9、of people to be warm-hearted 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 profi

10、t from showing their kindness', they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit aman when he is down They are one of the sorts that I really detestFrancis Bacon said in his essay,和Goodness, of all virtues and dignities of the mind, is the greatest, being the character of the Deity

11、, and without it, man is 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 g

12、oodnessLearn to love and careHere I am sitting on a couch alone, thinking about what I have just finished reading with tears of sadness filling my eyes and fire of indignation filling my heart, which revived my exhausted soul that has already been covered by the cruelty and the selfishness of the se

13、cular world for a long time It is truly what I felt after reading Oliver Twist, written by the prominent British author Charles Dickensthe resonance between me and the book makes me feel not only the kindness and the wickedness of all the characters in the novel, but what this aloof society lacks, a

14、nd what I lack deep inside These supreme resources I?m talking about right now are somewhat different from minerals, oil that we usually mention. They?re abstract like feelings, and some kinds of spiritual stimulation that all of us desire anxiouslyThose charitable figures whom Dickens created in th

15、e novel are really what we need in life They showed love and care to others, just as the gentle rain from the sky fell upon the earth, which was carved into my heart deeply.Mr. Brownlow is one such person.the other day he had one of his elaborate watches stolen by two skilled teenage thieves, Artful

16、 Dodger and Charley Bates, and thought naturally it was Oliver, who was an orphan and forced to live with a gang of thieves, that had done it because he was the only one near by after the theft had taken place Being wrathful, he caught Oliver, and sent him to the police station where the ill-tempere

17、d, unfair magistrates worked Fortunately for him, Oliver was proved innocent by one onlooker afterwards With sympathy, Mr. Brownlow took the injured, poor Oliver to his own home There Oliver lived freely and gleefully for some months as if he were Mr. Brownlow?s own son. One day, however, Mr. Brownl

18、ow asked Oliver to return some books to the bookseller and to send some money for the new books that he had already collected The thief Oliver once stayed with kidnapped him After that he disappeared in Mr. Brownlow?s life Searching for a while, Mr. Brownlow had to believe the fact that he had run a

19、way with his money But dramatically, they came across each other again a few years later Without hesitation, Mr. Brownlow took Oliver home for the second time not caring if he had done something evil.Perhaps most of us would feel confused about Mr. Brownlow?s reaction. But as a matter of fact, this

20、is just the lesson we should learn from him Jesus said in the Bible "Forgive not seven times, but seventytimes seven. ” Why is that? Because forgiveness is our ability to remove negativethoughts and neutralize them so our energy may be spent on doing what we came here for We cannot move forward

21、 in our future if past issues cloud our thinking Stop put Mr. Brownlow into the list of your models Always give people a second chance no matter what they might have done That?s also a substantial part of loving and caring othersthen there are Mrs Maylie and Rose, 01iver?s other benefactorsMaybe the

22、 reason they loved and cared Oliver was not because of forgiveness In my point of view, it was trust They had faith in Oliver when he was considered to be a filthy burglar who tried to break the front door of Maylie?s at midnight But this wasn?t how these two ladies saw the whole thing They denied 0

23、1iver?s crime immediately and listened attentively to 01iver?s own description of his miserable life They were deeply touched by 01iver?s strong perseverance and astonishing vitalityAccordingly, they remedied 01iver?s body and heart and turned him into a different boy. He beganto wear appropriate an

24、d clean suits which were tailor-made for him and receive education.As far as we can see, it is trust that helps us all live together without precaution. Sometimes trust can even lead us to miracles, which we often expect to come about, so why not trust? Trust yourself, trust others, and you?11 salut

25、e miracles every single day.In the novel, though the young Oliver again and again fell for conspiracies of those hideous thieves, who tried to torture 01iver?s body and poisoned 01iver?s heart intensely, he always lived on and tried hard to seek for his own life Then I realized what supported him al

26、l through were actually beliefs In most cases, what you believe is what you?11 become Believe that you are unlimited, that you can do anything you conimit to doing, and when you do, your accomplishments will know no bounds You control your beliefs and that is how you ultimately control your life It?

27、s all dictated by your attitudeIn the final analysis, love and care contain numerous forms, there are love of forgiveness, love of trust, etc but they all come from your beliefs in life When someone tells you he?s deceived you, forgive him anyway, when someone tells you what he?s done, trust him any

28、way, and when you face adversities while chasing your dreams, think about your beliefs, then what hinders you will become a piece of cake in no timeSo find out "Olivers" in your life and do as Mr. Brownlow and Mrs Maylie do: love them and care them, which cost nothing but save much They en

29、rich those who receive, without impoverishing those who give They can be certain smallest words or actions, but the memory of them sometimes last foreverCharles Dickens said: "Love makes the world go around" These immortal words have inspiredand will keep on inspiring us to chant the melod

30、y of love and to say the prayer of care forevermore Let us, therefore, enjoy life and treat other people lovingly. These principles are the roots and foundations of beliefs supporting this article and our mission together 第三篇Oliver Twist, a poor, innocent orphan boy, stands out in this story as the

31、main character but it is the supporting characters that allow this novel of much content to develop a much more satisfying and believable theme With "Good V S Evil" as one of the major conflicts, in such categories are the secondary characters found as well. Three main auxiliary characters

32、 of Oliver Twist aid the elaboration of the story; these significant characters are Mr. Brownlow representing purity, integrity and goodness, Nancy as partially righteous, partially villain and lastly on the other extreme of the scale: Fagin, the symbol of evil, corruption and manipulation. Througho

33、ut the story we are introduced to each of these characters through an omniscient point of view, and are able to categorize them according to their personalities, thoughts and actions With their differing levels of honesty and social status, each of them play a crucial role in the development of the

34、story1s themeAs most of the authorJ s characters, Mr. Brownlow too, is brought out with an indirect presentation but it is not long after introducing him that his wholesome goodness is revealed to us. Though at first he accuses Oliver of thieving, his concern over Oliver1 s welfare on the street is

35、a direct hint of his innocence which successfully helps him convince Oliver to board at his house A generous and trusting man he was, perhaps too good a man to be true; but with all the malicious characters in the story, a heroic and purepersona was needed to ensure a happy ending With honesty and g

36、reat wealth as his prime qualities, he assists Oliver in his times of need and demonstrates to society with an exemplary touch, the attributes of a perfect citizen. As the positive extreme in both social status and benevolence, Mr. Brownlow is a definite aid in the development of the theme throughou

37、t the nove1. Nancy, for us, must be the weakest character. Trapped between wanting to help Oliver evade Fagin's exploitation and her dedicated love for Sikes; she fails to survive to the end as she is convicted and ironically murdered by her own husband : Sikes, a brutal and abusive man. But the

38、re is a great need for this secondary character in the story, she serves not only as a tie between the scenes at the different house holds but as well she is the only hope of salvation for Oliver Without her, Oliver may have never had the chance to grow up in a loving home and learn to be proper in

39、his actions and pure in the soul. Even though her ununderstandab1e love for Sikes is honest most of the time, her own soul held an even greater devotion to Oliver, for she gets her own husband drunk and comes to 01iver,s rescue Nancy sees in Oliver the innocence of her own childhood being robbed by

40、Fagin, s deceiving malpractice Nancy provides the story with a second chance for Oliver into a proper, honest world It costs her, her life, but she prospers in helping Oliver as well as doing a lot of justice for society Able to save Oliver from evil and putting evil itself in prison, Nancy triumphs

41、 above all her devilish acquaintances and is the pivoting point of Oliver's return to safety Not only as a way to introduce new plots in the tale, but as well as the theme's greatest support, she is a genial character that could have only been created after much planning and thoughtFagin was

42、 a jew described by the author in such a manner that one may think Dickens were racist to some extent His beliefs of Jew's were that a Jew seldom thieves, but is worse than a thief when he encourages others to thieve In his opinion, "In every town there is a Jew, resident or tramping； if a

43、robbery is effected, the property is hid till a Jew is found, and a bargain is then made"Fagin is described in such a style in this tale that one is almost forced to dislike his character Old, ugly and a "Jew", Fagin is associated with principal atmospheric devices that give the novel

44、 unique power Not only does Fagin seek to capture Oliver forever by making him an accomplice in crime, but it also seems that he has supernatural powers to seek him out of wherever his good friends may hide him. Truly the antagonist, Fagin and his amoral forces are to Oliver as the devil himself is

45、to a sinless human. Even though highly complex and interpretive in its content, "Oliver Twist", like an escape story, where the bad guy gets what he deserves and the good guy lives happily ever after, its main plot follows this same pattern. Fagin, as he deserves, ends up in prison and goe

46、s mentally insane, while Oliver, the innocent young boy, gets a great home and a loving family. But Fagin is not all vile, because after going to jail, where he realizes that all his stolen goods will do him no good now, he gives Oliver back what was once his, his mother Agnes' ring; which in turn unleashe