The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classical novel in American literature in the 19th century. Since the first Chinese translation of The Scarlet Letter appeared in the 1950's scholars and readers in this country have shown an ever-increasing interest in his works. Its immortal enchantment lies in not only its condemnation of the negative impact of Puritan society on people's spirit, but also its affirmation of goodness. The novel aims at criticizing severely Puritanical asceticism, suggesting Hawthorne's further thinking over the "original sin" "good and evil" "soul salvation" "total depravity" by analyzing the four main characters in the novel. The novel concerns the consequence caused by the sin and people's attitude towards sin rather than the sin itself. He believes man can do good deeds to get rid of evil in his heart.

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Review of ‘Oliver Twist’

As you have read ‘Oliver Twist’, a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century which has became one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens, you can really understand the worlds‘regain the nature of goodness’.

Charles Dickens was born in a poor family ,having a poor background ,he wrote this novel in his twenties ,who was just with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals,as well as to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.

The hero of ‘Oliver Twist’ was an orphan named Oliver Twist, when he was born ,he was thrown into a world which is full of poverty and crime. He has suffered enormous pains, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt really sorry for the poor boy, but at the same time I detest the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as all the happy stories do, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a

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I read the novel---The Hunger Games, because I with my good friend during the Spring Festival had no intention to see The Hunger Games 3 .Then I stayed up late to watch the first two films and I “fell in love with” it.A series of this film is the most special subject I had ever seen by far. After reading the novel, you will marvel at the author's ideas.In my heart, its status only Harry Potter and The Matrix can be comparable to,so as the original novel, I think it's more attractive.

I think the novel’s most attractive part is the set to The Hunger Games .Design of these levels of the game designer can make you feel very exquisite beyond compare, but the premise is that these levels are used to kill the ”tributes “in The Hunger Games.This contradiction will make you feel nervous at the destiny of tributes , also hope to see then what are the organs during reading the novel.In this process, your mood will be shocked with the tribute’s death , and marveled at this ”ruthless art” of the designer.It also reflects the people's dark side,as the residents of congressional district in the novel take The Hunger Games as a reality show.People will generally ignore the person’ life who has nothing to do with their own ,what's more, will have the mood to appreciate other people's death.

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Catcher in the rye

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Catcher in the rye wrote a 16 years old boy,called Holden ,who was born in a rich middle class family .He escaped from school after being expelled in the fourth time .Then he went to the United States of New York city in one day and two nights.The whole story tells ahout his such a special experience. It not only vividly depicted a delicate restlessness of the middle class children’s depressed, lonely and cynical spirit world,and the psychological characteristics of adolescents’ a mass of contradictions, but also criticized the the hypocrisy in the adult society.

The beginning of the story from Pencey school. Pencey middle school is very famous and has a great popularity in people's minds, however, the hero describes the pencey middle school follow as " Pencey is just as other schools,it can’t cultivate talents at all. And I don’t see any outstanding , intelligent and excellent students." Besides, he also said there are a plenty of thieves in pencey middle school. In holden's opinion, the most unforgivable thing in that school is fuilled with hypocritical people, especially the principal.He is very snobbish.When he sees ordinary parents,he just say hello to them.While see the rich and powerful who drive a good car, he will talk with them enthusiasmly in a long time. Besides the disgusted Acle and Mr Rudd tower. The reason that Holden leaves pencey is not for he failed six subjects, but there are a lot hypocrite

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Book Report

Tina

Summary: Janet & Geoff Benge wrote a book Benjamin Franklin to tell us a story about his life and his contribution to science, politics and public utilities, it also told us his methods dealing with other people and the attitude towards life.

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston and his father was originally a British fabric dyer and took soap and candle making as his main business at that time. Ben was fourteenth of seventeen children born in his family and he was the tenth of the ten sons, so he can attend the Boston Grammar School while the other children did not have that opportunity. He had stayed in school for almost 2 years, but because of subsistence needs he had to be the apprentice at his brother James’ printer. While working there developed his strong interest in writing and he has been a printer for nearly 10 years. In his spare time he used the money saved from meals to buy books to learn. Meanwhile his talent was quickly recognized by others and got acquainted with the apprentice of several bookstores. Each time he borrowed 2 books and sat up through the night reading and exchanged new books on Sunday afternoon. He read a wide range, from popular literature to natural science and famous author’s paper.

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英语读书报告范文

There is no standard form for a book report. However, every book report should contain the following four parts:

1.     Identification. Give the title and author’s name. If the book is one with which your readers may not be familiar, identify it further. Give the name of the publisher, the place and year of publication, the price, and the number of pages.

2.     Classification. A word or phrase early in your report helps the reader keep in mind the type of book on which you are reporting; mystery, biography, humor, adventure, and so on. Your reader can then mentally compare it with similar books he has read.

3.     Description. A skillful book report gives an overall view of a book without giving away its outcome. Your description of a book may include quotations or brief sketches of scenes or action that you think are representative of the book. Take notes while reading. It will save you the time and trouble of thumbing through the book later to relocate quotations or other information.

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My Opinions About A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens, who was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812. As the second of eight children, Dickens had to go to work at the age of twelve to support his poor family, and he lived a difficult childhood. This troublesome time scarred him deeply and provided him with substantial material for such stories as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Though just accepted only little education, Dickens became a famous writer through his struggling self-learning and extremely hard work, and he was the representative writer of realism in the 19th century.

Charles Dickens lived in the period of transition between feudalism and capitalism, when the industrial revolution originated in England swept through Europe. As large numbers of workers invaded into urban centers to earn a living, the bourgeois took advantages of the surplus of labor by keeping wages low. The poor thus remained poor, and often lived in a narrow and filthy environment. Dickens’ writing depicted various directions about this society, and provided a keen, sympathetic chronicle of the plight of the urban poor.

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