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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
