名著《格列佛游记》英语读后感

名著《格列佛游记》英语读后感

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1、名著《格列佛游记》英语读后感  OneofthemostinterestingquestionsaboutGulliversTravelsiswhethertheHouyhnhnmsrepresentanidealofrationalityorwhetherontheotherhandtheyarethebuttofSwift'ssatire.Inotherwords,inBookIV,isSwiftpokingfunatthetalkinghorsesordoesheintendforustotakethemseriously

2、astheproperwaytoact?IfwelookcloselyatthewaythattheHouyhnhnmsact,wecanseethatinfactSwiftdoesnottakethemseriously:heusesthemtoshowthedangersofpride.   FirstwehavetoseethatSwiftdoesnoteventakeGullverseriously.Forinstance,hisnamesoundsmuchlikegullible,whichsuggeststhathe

3、willbelieveanything.Also,whenhefirstseestheYahoosandtheythrowexcrementonhim,herespondsbydoingthesameinreturnuntiltheyrunaway.Hesays,"Imustneedsdiscoversomemorerationalbeing,"eventhoughasahumanheisalreadythemostrationalbeingthereis.ThisiswhySwiftreferstoErasmusDarwins

4、discoveryoftheoriginofthespeciesandthevoyageoftheBeagle-toshowhowGulliverknowsthatpeopleareatthetopofthefoodchain.ButifLemuleGulliverissatirized,soaretheHouyhnhnms,whosevoicessoundlikethecallofcastrati.Theywalkontwolegsinsteadoffour,andseemtobemuchlikepeople.AsGulliv

5、ersays,"ItwaswiththeutmostastonishmentthatIwitnessedthesecreaturesplayingthefluteanddancingaVienesewaltz.Tomymind,theyseemedlikethegreatesthumanseverseenincourt,evenmoredextrousthantheLordEdmundBurke".Asthisquotedemonstrates,Gulliveristerriblyimpressed,buthisadmirati

6、onfortheHouyhnhnmsisshort-livedbecausetheyaresoprideful.Forinstance,theleaderoftheHouyhnhnmsclaimsthathehasreadalltheworksofCharlesDickens,andthathecansinglehandedlyrecitethenamesofalltheKingsandQueensofEnglanduptoGeorgeII.SwiftsubtlyshowsthatthisHouyhnhnmsprideismis

7、placedwhen,inthemiddleoftheintellectualcompetition,heforgetsthenameofQueenElizabethshusband.   SwiftssatireoftheHouyhnhnmscomesoutinotherwaysaswell.OneofthemostmemorablescenesiswhenthedapplegreymareattemptstowoothehorsethatGuenivrehasbroughtwithhimtotheisland.Firstsh

8、eactsflirtatiously,paradingaroundthebewilderedhorse.Butwhenthisdoesnothavethedesiredeffect,shegetsanotheridea:"AsIwatchedinamazemen

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