晏子使楚读后感 本文关键词:读后感,晏子
晏子使楚读后感 本文简介:晏子使楚读后感《晏子使楚》是家喻户晓的故事,讲的是春秋时期晏子出使楚国,楚王三次侮辱晏子,但被晏子一一挫败。晏子以自己的智慧和勇气战胜了楚王,赢得了楚王对自己的尊重以及齐国的尊严!晏子是多么勇敢、机智啊!我曾想过如果自己是晏子,面对这样的事,会怎么样?结果我的第一反映竟然是腿软?!晏子在那种情况下竟
晏子使楚读后感 本文内容:
晏子使楚读后感
《晏子使楚》是家喻户晓的故事,讲的是春秋时期晏子出使楚国,楚王三次侮辱晏子,但被晏子一一挫败。晏子以自己的智慧和勇气战胜了楚王,赢得了楚王对自己的尊重以及齐国的尊严!
晏子是多么勇敢、机智啊!我曾想过如果自己是晏子,面对这样的事,会怎么样?结果我的第一反映竟然是腿软?!晏子在那种情况下竟然能机智对答,我不得不说,晏子面对危险时那种冷静让我佩服!
生活中这种人可以说是少之又少,万里挑一。试问,这些人面对危险时为什么能那么冷静呢?难道他们真的不怕?答案是:不!他们也怕死!既然怕死为什么能那么稳定?因为他们都具有一种神奇的力量,那就是自信!正是因为有了自信,相信自己一定能够战胜敌人,那种紧张的心情就稳定下来了。拥有自信的人,并不是很少,为什么能够冷静的人这么少呢?答案是,他们的自信心还不够坚定!面对死亡,谁的信心能够存在?可是,为什么有些人的信心,不但不倒塌反而更坚强?这就得换位思考了。如果你是晏子,面对楚王的侮辱,你是选择顺从还是反抗?在这种时候,选择前者的人,就是软弱、没有勇气的人!这种人不能算是“生活的智者”。选择后者的则为“勇士”。勇士拥有自信、勇气、智慧的能力。但是生活中这样的“勇士”太少太少,这样的晏子太少太少。
要成为生活中的“勇士”,必须要经过许多风风雨雨,勇气、信心、智慧……这些都是经过磨难的!所以面对困难的时候,我们要勇敢面对,不能退缩,雨后见彩虹!
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《晏子使楚》这篇课文主要记述了春秋时期齐国大夫晏子出使楚国,楚王想侮辱他,他以自己的聪明才智,针锋相对,反驳了楚王,从而维护了国家的尊严。
第一次斗智
楚王抓住晏子身材矮小的特点,关闭城门,挖了五尺来高的洞让晏子入城,来侮辱晏子,进而达到侮辱齐国的目的。晏子不卑不吭,将计就计,一楚王之法反击楚王。他的话很明白,楚王只要承认自己的国家是狗国,那他就钻狗洞。楚王若说自己的国家不是狗国,就应打开城门。最终,楚王只好打开城门。这一次,晏子未见楚王,就给了楚王一次迎头痛击。
第二次斗智
楚王借口齐国无人,讽刺晏子无能,讽刺齐国无能人。面对楚王有一次对自己和国家的侮辱,晏子大义凛然,再一次回敬楚王:齐国人多得快要装不下了,怎能说齐国无人?然后又一本正经地贬低自己,再贬低楚王及楚国。表面上似乎为自己的无能难为情,实际上正是在这不动声色的装模作样中,回击了楚王,让楚王“哑巴吃黄连——有苦说不出”。
第三次斗智
楚王讥笑齐国人没出息,而晏子举了一个楚国上下都熟知的现象,再用同样的道理证明,齐国人在齐国能安居乐业,好好劳动,一到楚国就就做了盗贼,也是因为两国水土不同。
楚王三次侮辱晏子,前两次针对晏子身材矮小的缺陷,言语中充满挑衅和嘲弄,对齐国的大夫直呼“你”,已是无理之极;后一次直指齐国“齐国人怎么这样没出息,干这种事?”嘲笑之语更是肆无忌惮。面对这样盛气凌人的侮辱,晏子正气凛然,沉着应对,机智反击,结果楚王一败再败,不得不赔礼认罪。
在晏子和楚王的唇枪舌战、争锋相对中,一个是聪明机智、胆略过人、维护国家尊严的使臣;一个是傲慢专横、骄傲自大的君王,谁赢谁输,谁好谁坏,显而易见
篇2:课外阅读读后感
课外阅读读后感 本文关键词:读后感,课外阅读
课外阅读读后感 本文简介:城南旧事自测题一.填空1.《城南旧事》这本书是由林海音)写的?2.这本书主要写了她(小)时候的故事。3.在“惠安馆”一章当中妈妈叫“惠安馆”是(灰娃馆);宋妈叫“惠安馆”是(惠难馆);爸爸叫“惠安馆”是(飞安馆)。4.主人公小英子最喜欢吃(八珍梅)。5.秀贞的“小桂子”背上有一块(青胎记)。6.“我
课外阅读读后感 本文内容:
城南旧事自测题
一.填空
1.《城南旧事》这本书是由林海音
)写的?
2.这本书主要写了她(
小
)时候的故事。
3.在“惠安馆”一章当中妈妈叫“惠安馆”是(
灰娃馆
);宋妈叫“惠安馆”是(惠难馆
);爸爸叫“惠安馆”是(
飞安馆
)。
4.主人公小英子最喜欢吃(
八珍梅
)。
5.秀贞的“小桂子”背上有一块(
青胎记
)。
6.“我们去看海”中的把皮球踢掉的是(
刘平
)。
二.选择
1.在杂草堆里的那个人是(
坏人)
2.秀贞口中的“小桂子”是(
妞儿)
3.德先叔是(
大学生
)。
一、填空。
1、秀贞的女儿是(
妞儿
)。
2、英子在草地上看见的人是(
贼
)。
3、
兰姨娘最后跟(
德先叔
)走了。
4、英子参加毕业典礼是佩戴了爸爸种的(
菊花
)。
二、判断
。
1、秀贞住在惠安馆。
(
√
)
2、英子一年级参加表演“麻雀与小孩”中,扮演小麻雀。
(
√
)
3、英子在帮助秀贞和妞儿走后的一场大雨后失忆了。
(
√
)
4、宋妈的儿子小栓子,上小学一年级。
(
×
)
三、简答题。
1、宋妈来我家时的“工资”及“工龄”是多少?
自己回答
2、在毕业典礼上,英子都想起了谁?
读《城南旧事》有感(保留)
《城南旧事》一文中,主人公英子以童稚的双眼,透视着大人世界的喜怒哀乐,倒进了人间的复杂情感,向我们展示了20世纪北京城南的风光人情。作者透出淡淡的忧伤,也弥漫着一股浓浓的诗意,让人无法忘怀却给了我心中若干莫名的感动!《城南旧事》是林海音童年的缩影,它以最为朴实的事件,最为朴实的文字,通过“惠安馆”“我们看海去”“兰姨娘”“驴打滚儿”“爸爸的花儿落了我也不再是小孩子”五个章节描述了英子眼中的世界,她看到了人们敬而远之的疯子秀珍不一样的一面;看到了同龄人妞儿作为一个弃婴悲惨的幼年生活;看到了那个一直讲“我们看海去”好、坏难辨的青年以及他给大人和小孩两种不同的感觉;绞尽脑汁拆散爸爸和兰姨娘,维护家庭的完满;看到自家保姆”宋妈”失去亲子的痛苦与坚强;看到自己失去父亲的那一张成熟淡定的脸庞!可以说英子,聪明善良,她也是一个十分幸运的孩子,出生在一个不贫苦的家庭,在那个年代已经超越诸多同龄人,使她可以有足够的时间去遐想,去经历,去体会,去感悟。英子有孩童应该有的活泼,她会和妞儿在井窝中玩的开心,会和不认识的青年交为朋友丝毫没有顾忌;她亦有超过她年龄的胆量和懂事,她帮助妞儿找到自己的生母,插手大人的感情世界,我不能不佩服英子小小年纪居然有这么多的心眼。真是个小机灵鬼!更钦佩林海音,整本书的文字非常的清新一切都是那样有条不紊,缓缓的流水、缓缓的驼队、缓缓而过的人群、缓缓而逝的岁月……景、物、人、事、情完美结合,似一首淡雅而含蓄的诗一个又一个看似平凡无奇但却充斥、无法言状的、感动的故事。
其实感悟生活是你、是他、是我每天都在做的事情,穿梭在现代城市的车水马龙之间,“歆享”每天高速生活带来的种种压力,读《城南旧事》,心头会漾起一丝丝的温暖,因为已经很少看见这样精致的东西,因为她不刻意去表达什么,只是一幅幅场景地从容描绘一个孩子眼中的老北京,就像生活在说它自己。那样地不疾不徐,温厚淳和,那样地纯净淡泊,弥久恒馨,那样地满是人间烟火味,却无半点追名逐利心。于是我们向往童年,向往童年的纯真和简单,远离纷繁杂乱,去以往的那一片天地,寻觅心中的安慰。而现实却又无比的残忍,当从美梦中醒来,充斥心扉的只有无尽的痛苦。为何,我们不将那种心态带到我们的现实生活中来呢?用孩子的心来看这个世界,是不是会觉得原来本不可理解的东西一下就变得清晰明了呢?少一些争执,少一些烦忧,像英子一样用心去交心,同时感染我们周围尚还存在偏见的人们。但社会在发展、时代在进步。我们不能回到从前,眼前只有让孩子们珍惜他们现在过的每一天,做的每一件事,不断的充实自己,让他们拥有更美好的童年从而才有更美好、更和谐的社会。
三国演义读后感500字
《三国演义》是我百读不厌的一本书,不同的时期读它,有着不同的感受。
在幼儿园时,看的是连环画《三国演义》,它在我心中是一个个传奇的故事,桃园三结义,三顾茅庐,赤壁之战……。我还明白了俗语“三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮”,“周瑜打黄盖,一个愿打,一个愿挨。”、“肚子在唱空城计。”……的含义。
在中低年级,我看的是青少版的《三国演义》,它在我心中是一篇长篇历史小说,它不仅使我懂得了许多历史知识,更让我记着了一个个栩栩如生的鲜活的人物:足智多谋的诸葛亮、忠胆狭义的关羽,粗中有细的张飞,赤膊上阵的许褚、抬棺上战的庞德、阴险狡诈的曹操、软弱无能的刘禅……
在小学高年级,再读原着《三国演义》,它在我心中已是一本饱含人生哲理,有着非凡意义的鸿篇巨作。对里面的人物也有了更深刻的认识。如我最崇拜的诸葛亮,从火烧新野,骂死王朗、空城计、妙锦斩魏延中显示出他的非凡才智。可他也并非神仙,如他让马谡去守街亭,导致丢失了街亭、柳列城两个军事重镇,一出祁山失败,自己也被降职。料事如神的诸葛亮尚且如此,更何况我等凡夫俗子。所以我们没有理由苛求别人和自己不犯错误,不应该因为别人的一点过失而横加指责,也不应该因为自己的一次考试的失利而灰心气馁,更不应该为自己取得的一点成绩而沾沾自喜,人无完人,我们身上也一定存在着需要充实改进的地方。
而我喜爱的三国猛将张飞,长坡桥单骑救主,智夺瓦口,义释严颜,可谓功不可没,只可惜关羽一死,便失去理智,不务正业,无故鞭打士兵,导致自己被手下两名小将刺杀,还陪上了黄忠、刘备和蜀国七十五万大军的性命,使蜀国状况一落千丈。相反,魏国名将司马懿对诸葛亮的辱骂置之不理,态度乐观,使一代奇才诸葛亮无计可使,以病死五丈原为告终。可见当遇见悲伤、痛苦、气愤的事情时,应该理智地控制情绪,用乐观的态度去战胜它,如果意气用事,后果将不堪设想。
每次研读《三国演义》都有不同感受,《三国演义》真是伴我成长的一本好书。
《城南旧事》读后感
整部作品是通过女孩小英子的感受和眼光描写了上一个世纪二、三年代旧北京的风土人情和社会风貌从侧面反映了当时反动政府对革命青年的血腥镇压,以及军阀混战给人民带来的灾难等动乱的社会局面,感情基调深深的思念,淡淡的忧伤。
由此看出,那个年代与我们这个年代所拉开的差距。我们则更应该珍惜现在的的和平,因为那个年代战火连篇,根本就没得这种安宁的生活,知道了那时很危险,才能感受到我们是多么的幸运。
令我记忆犹新的就是那个“疯女人”秀贞,还有那可怜的妞儿,经常遭到养父的责骂和挨打。从而想到去找自己的亲生父母,于是英子决定帮助她。知道秀贞把孩子不小心弄丢了。也帮他找到“小桂子”。过了几天,英子无意间发现妞儿脖子后那块胎记就是秀贞口中的“小桂子”之后,他们俩离开了这儿寻找妞儿的爸爸了,最后却惨死在火车轮下……我的心在隐隐作痛。
不觉得想到:这个社会是多么的糟糕啊,父母不顾孩子,丢了也不去找,是多么的狠心啊!你再看看:我们这个社会不是原来的那么落后、封建、腐败!我们真是幸福!
《丛林故事》读后感
今年,我看了一本书叫《丛林故事》。它是英国大作家罗德亚德.吉朴林写的。这本书写了一个叫毛格利的男孩被狼群收留,他克服了重重困难,他身边有棕熊巴鲁、巨蟒卡、黑豹巴格西拉陪伴着他。有一次,他来到了人类的村庄,有一个妇女以前也在丛林里丢过孩子,便收留了他,后来人们说毛格利是妖人,又要是他又要杀妇女。这时,毛格利生气了,他命令其他动物来摧毁村庄,让妇女逃走便让野兽们保护妇女,没过多久,村庄成了平地。这一方面表现出毛格利当狼孩的权利和本领。
毛格利是一个人,但是被狼养大的,就有狼的性格,他会攀爬、会爬树。和一只猴子一样灵活。在一次狼大战红毛野狗时,毛格利像一只猴子一样在树枝上飞快地攀爬,还做出了高难度的动作——在树枝上把在下面的红毛野狗的尾巴给折断了。
我喜欢这本书,它让我明白了人或动物的一生都有一个个难题与困难等我们去解决,做什么都不容易。一个人的一生有悲也有欢,有离也有合,不要为一点小事而天天惦记着,要像毛格利,不断挑战自己,获取成功。
《一百个中国孩子的梦》读后感
这本书,讲了中国孩子四岁到十五岁的梦。
我读了,觉得四岁孩子的梦是天真的;五岁孩子的梦是可爱的;六岁孩子的梦是奇怪的;七岁孩子的梦是美妙的;八岁孩子的梦是联想的;九岁孩子的梦是美丽的;十岁孩子的梦是向往的;十一岁孩子的梦是奔放的;十二岁孩子的梦是科幻的;十三岁孩子的梦是广阔的;十四岁孩子的梦是童话的;十五岁孩子的梦是成熟的。他们各有不同,奇奇怪怪,让人读了以后有了仔细联想,身临其境的虚幻感觉,十分美妙!
它是一部以梦幻为双翼,更充分更自由地展示孩子的心灵空间的长篇小说。我深有感触,故事里有明朗的,神秘的,活泼的,甜美的,辛酸的,阴郁的,明亮的这些色彩就像是魔方上的小块儿似的。它让我感到更贴近。
其中,我读的最兴致勃勃的是十五岁孩子的梦。因为这里面有指责,伤心,梦想,犹豫,香甜虽然他的年龄最大,却让我觉得这些故事像小朋友的一样可爱,充满活力生机。但还是感觉比一般的年龄小的孩子更成熟,稳重,拿得起,放得下。
我想,这本书一定能够深受大家的喜爱。因为它可以给孩子们带来快乐,沉思和遐想。
《青铜葵花》读后感
青铜、葵花,构成了这本充满了爱的长篇小说。这一男一女拥有着神秘的兄妹感情。
青铜家从小贫困,却义无反顾地收养了失去了爸爸的葵花。葵花身上仿佛有着神奇的魔力,一下子融入到了这个充满爱的家庭中。而青铜更是百般疼爱着这个小妹妹。当葵花被城里的人带走时,全家人更是无法忍受失去葵花。葵花已是他们家的一员,感情深的仿佛是这个家亲生的一样。终于葵花走了。青铜总是等着等着,希望葵花有一天意外的出现
在这本书中,我永远忘不掉那个奶奶。那个青铜的奶奶,也是葵花的奶奶;那个为了两个孩子卖掉自己心爱耳环的奶奶;那个为了葵花临终前不肯闭上自己的眼睛的奶奶;那个操劳了一辈子,却又干干净净的好奶奶。
有一次,葵花为了给家里补贴。于是,偷偷地和一艘船、一堆人跑到了江南去摘银杏。奶奶病了,似乎再也起不来了。奶奶整日滴水不进是为了一个人—葵花。奶奶一直睁大了双眼,但她却坚持着等待葵花的归来。葵花回来了,奶奶坚持着,看了葵花最后一眼。然后就永远的走了。
读到这,我深深地被震撼了。那个老人实在是太伟大了。一生为了孩子,操劳着。
这个奶奶我好像似陈相识啊!我的奶奶也为我无私奉献。为我做饭,为我洗衣服,为我干种种事。却无怨无悔,不求回报。但我没有葵花那么懂事,没有葵花那么懂得关心别人。但奶奶仍然关心与照顾我。
浓浓的爱感动他人,浓浓的爱震撼我们的心……
《青铜葵花》读后感
《青铜葵花》是一个有喜有悲、感人的故事。
男孩叫青铜,女孩叫葵花,一个特别的机缘,生活在城市中的葵花,来到了乡村男孩青铜的家,使他们成为了兄妹。青铜和葵花是不幸的人。青铜是哑巴,葵花是孤儿。然而他们又是最富有的人,他们拥有最甜蜜的亲情和最原始的真情。
书中讲述了城市女孩葵花,很小的时候失去的父母,成为了孤儿。贫穷善良的青铜家认领了葵花。为了葵花上学,青铜放弃的上学的梦想,为了让葵花照一张照片,青铜冬天坚持卖芦花鞋。
不仅是青铜,葵花也为这个家、为青铜做了很多很多事:葵花知道家里没钱,学校组织的拍照活动她没参加,为了给家里省钱,每天放学和哥哥一起去采芦苇,为了给重病的奶奶治病,葵花不想上学了,故意考差。葵花自己偷偷的去江南捡银杏为了给奶奶看病。为了让青铜自信起来,抬起头来,葵花用各种方法教哑巴的青铜写字。
青铜一家遭遇火灾,水准,蝗灾。面对接二连三的苦难,青铜一家并没有放弃,他们用坚强与团结战胜了一切,他们在风雪、严寒、饥饿的折磨中挺立。
看完这本书最让我感动的是青铜和葵花对待困难和苦难的这种生活态度。苦难是人生的磨刀石,一个人的人生能否散发出光彩,就要看他能否经得住苦难的磨砺。
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雾都孤儿读后感 本文关键词:读后感,孤儿
雾都孤儿读后感 本文简介:单位外语系英语专业学号07030134江西农业大学南昌商学院英美国文学论文(英语专业)题目:OliverTwist姓名:蔡敏专业:英语指导老师:张凤仙江西农业大学南昌商学院2010-4-21AbouttheauthorCharlesDickensisaEnglishnovelist,generall
雾都孤儿读后感 本文内容:
单位外语系英语专业
学号07030134
江西农业大学南昌商学院英美国文学论文
(英语专业)
题目:Oliver
Twist
姓
名:蔡敏
专
业:英语
指导老师:张凤仙
江西农业大学南昌商学院
2010-4-21
About
the
author
Charles
Dickens
is
a
English
novelist,generally
considered
the
greatest
of
the
Victorian
period.
Dickens
s
works
are
characterized
by
attacks
on
social
evils,injustice,and
hypocrisy.
He
had
also
experienced
in
his
youth
oppression,when
he
was
forced
to
end
school
in
early
teens
and
work
in
a
factory.
Dickens
s
good,bad,and
comic
characters,such
as
the
cruel
miser
Scrooge,the
aspiring
novelist
David
Copperfield,or
the
trusting
and
innocent
Mr.
Pickwick,have
fascinated
generations
of
readers.
Charles
Dickens
was
born
in
Landport,Hampshire,during
the
new
industrial
age,which
gave
birth
to
theories
of
Karl
Marx.
Dickens
s
father
was
a
clerk
in
the
navy
pay
office.
He
was
well
paid
but
often
ended
in
financial
troubles.
In
1814
Dickens
moved
to
London,and
then
to
Chatham,where
he
received
some
education.
The
schoolmaster
William
Giles
gave
special
attention
to
Dickens,who
made
rapid
progress.
In
1824,at
the
age
of
12,Dickens
was
sent
to
work
for
some
months
at
a
blacking
factory,Hungerford
Market,London,while
his
father
John
was
in
Marshalea
debtor
s
prison.
“My
father
and
mother
were
quite
satisfied,“Dickens
later
recalled
bitterly.
“They
could
hardly
have
been
more
so,if
I
had
been
twenty
years
of
age,distinguished
at
a
grammar-school,and
going
to
Cambridge.“Later
this
period
found
its
way
to
the
novel
LITTLE
DORRITT
(1855-57).
John
Dickens
paid
his
£40
debt
with
the
money
he
inherited
from
his
mother;
she
died
at
the
age
of
seventy-nine
when
he
was
still
in
prison.
Dickens
s
sharp
ear
for
conversation
helped
him
to
create
colorful
characters
through
their
own
words.
The
publisher,William
Hall,now
commissioned
Dickens
to
write
The
Pickwick
Papers
in
twenty
monthly
installments.
This
was
followed
by
Oliver
Twist,published
in
Bentley
s
Miscellany
(1837-38)
and
Nicholas
Nickleby
(1838-39),also
published
monthly.
Dickens
was
now
the
most
popular
writer
in
Britain
and
over
the
next
few
years
he
wrote
a
series
of
popular
novels
including
The
Old
Curiosity
Shop
(1840-1),Barnaby
Rudge
(1841),Martin
Chuzzlewit
(1843-4)
and
A
Christmas
Carol
(1843).
Background(oliver
twist)
Oliver
Twist
is
notable
for
Dickens
unromantic
portrayal
of
criminals
and
their
sordid
lives.[1]
The
book
also
exposed
the
cruel
treatment
of
many
a
waif-child
in
London,which
increased
international
concern
in
what
is
sometimes
known
as
“The
Great
London
Waif
Crisis“.
This
was
the
astounding
number
of
orphans
in
London
in
the
Dickens
era.
The
book
s
subtitle,The
Parish
Boy
s
Progress
alludes
to
Bunyan
s
The
Pilgrim
s
Progress
and
also
to
a
pair
of
popular
18th-century
caricature
series
by
William
Hogarth,“A
Rake
s
Progress“and
“A
Harlot
s
Progress“.
An
early
example
of
the
social
novel,the
book
calls
the
public
s
attention
to
various
contemporary
evils,including
the
Poor
Law
that
stated
that
poor
people
should
work
in
workhouses,child
labour
and
the
recruitment
of
children
as
criminals.
Dickens
mocks
the
hypocrisies
of
the
time
by
surrounding
the
novel
s
serious
themes
with
sarcasm
and
dark
humour.
The
novel
may
have
been
inspired
by
the
story
of
Robert
Blincoe,an
orphan
whose
account
of
his
hardships
as
a
child
labourer
in
a
cotton
mill
was
widely
read
in
the
1830s.
Obviously,Dickens
own
early
youth—he
was
vulnerable,and
a
child
labourer—must
have
also
entered.
Introduction
In
Oliver
Twist,Dickens
mixes
grim
realism,and
merciless
satire
as
a
way
to
describe
the
effects
of
industrialism
on
19th-century
England
and
to
criticise
the
harsh
new
Poor
Laws.
Oliver,an
innocent
child,is
trapped
in
a
world
where
his
only
options
seem
to
be
the
workhouse,Fagin
s
thieves,a
prison
or
an
early
grave.
From
this
unpromising
industrial
setting,however,a
fairy
tale
also
emerges:
In
the
midst
of
corruption
and
degradation,the
essentially
passive
Oliver
remains
pure-hearted;
he
steers
away
from
evil
when
those
around
him
give
in
to
it;
and,in
proper
fairy-tale
fashion,he
eventually
receives
his
reward—leaving
for
a
peaceful
life
in
the
country,surrounded
by
kind
friends.
On
the
way
to
this
happy
ending,Dickens
explores
the
kind
of
life
an
orphan,outcast
boy
could
expect
to
lead
in
1830s
London.
Poverty
and
social
class
Poverty
is
a
prominent
concern
in
Oliver
Twist.
Throughout
the
novel,Dickens
enlarges
on
this
theme,describing
slums
so
decrepit
that
whole
rows
of
houses
are
on
the
point
of
ruin.
In
an
early
chapter,Oliver
attends
a
pauper
s
funeral
with
Mr.
Sowerberry
and
sees
a
whole
family
crowded
together
in
one
miserable
room.
This
ubiquitous
misery
makes
Oliver
s
encounters
with
charity
and
love
more
poignant.
Oliver
s
workhouse
origins
place
him
at
the
nadir
of
society;
as
an
orphan
without
friends,he
is
routinely
despised.
His
“sturdy
spirit“keeps
him
alive
despite
the
torment
he
must
endure.
Most
of
his
associates,however,deserve
their
place
among
society
s
dregs
and
seem
very
much
at
home
in
the
depths.
Noah
Claypole,a
charity
boy
like
Oliver,is
idle,stupid,and
cowardly;
Sikes
is
a
thug;
Fagin
lives
by
corrupting
children;
and
the
Artful
Dodger
seems
born
for
a
life
of
crime.
Many
of
the
middle-class
people
Oliver
encounters—Mrs.
Sowerberry,Mr.
Bumble,and
the
savagely
hypocritical
“gentlemen“are
worse.
Symbolism
Dickens
makes
considerable
use
of
symbolism.
The
many
symbols
Oliver
faces
are
primarily
good
versus
evil,with
evil
continually
trying
to
corrupt
and
exploit
good,but
good
winning
out
in
the
end.
The
“merry
old
gentleman“Fagin,for
example,has
satanic
characteristics:
he
is
a
veteran
corrupter
of
young
boys
who
presides
over
his
own
corner
of
the
criminal
world;
he
makes
his
first
appearance
standing
over
a
fire
holding
a
toasting-fork;
and
he
refuses
to
pray
on
the
night
before
his
cution.The
London
slums,too,have
a
suffocating,infernal
aspect;
the
dark
deeds
and
dark
passions
are
concretely
characterised
by
dim
rooms,and
pitch-black
nights,while
the
governing
mood
of
terror
and
brutality
may
be
identified
with
uncommonly
cold
weather.
In
contrast,the
countryside
where
the
Maylies
take
Oliver
is
a
pastoral
heaven.
Food
is
another
important
symbol;
Oliver
s
odyssey
begins
with
a
simple
request
for
more
gruel,and
Mr.
Bumble
s
shocked
exclamation,represents
he
may
be
after
more
than
just
gruel.
The
novel
is
also
shot
through
with
a
related
motif,obesity,which
calls
attention
to
the
stark
injustice
of
Oliver
s
world.
When
the
half-starved
child
dares
to
ask
for
more,the
men
who
punish
him
are
fat.
It
is
interesting
to
observe
the
large
number
of
characters
who
are
overweight.
Toward
the
end
of
the
novel,the
gaze
of
knowing
eyes
becomes
a
potent
symbol.
For
years,Fagin
avoids
daylight,crowds,and
open
spaces,concealing
himself
in
a
dark
lair
most
of
the
time
Other
opinions
1.
The
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,and
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
anxiously
from
one
another
——
love
and
care.
2.
In
the
novel,though
the
young
Oliver
again
and
again
fell
for
conspiracies
of
those
hideous
thieves,who
tried
to
torture
Oliver’s
body
and
poisoned
Oliver’s
heart
intensely,he
always
lived
on
and
tried
hard
to
seek
for
his
own
life.
Then
I
realized
what
supported
him
all
through
were
actually
beliefs.
In
most
cases,what
you
believe
is
what
you’ll
become.
Believe
that
you
are
unlimited,that
you
can
do
anything
you
commit
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’s
all
dictated
by
your
attitude.
3.
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’ll
salute
miracles
every
single
day.
4.
In
the
final
analysis,love
and
care
contain
numerous
s,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
anyway,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
time.