Through the short story In Exile, Anton Chekov has

characterized Semyon as an optimistic, cold blooded and dignified man. In the story, the major characters Semyon and Tatar are in exile in the cold Siberia. The old man Semyon is nicknamed Canny by other fellows, which indicates he is regarded as a smart person.

Chekov characterizes Semyon through his words to the Tatar, who is always having a feeling of nostalgia, like that has been written in the book :“ I've been going like that for twenty-two years, day and night... And thank God for it, I want nothing; God give everyone such a life”. Semyon has been in exile for twenty-two years, and he is satisfied with his life which has been filled with everyday hard labor. In his speech, he first shows his appreciation to the God, then he wishes everyone can have a life like him, which indicates how satisfied he is with his situation. The story took place in the cold Siberia, with the main character who has been in exile for a long time; Chekov makes a contrast between the terrible living conditions and the optimistic Semyon, and it emphasizes his positive attitudes towards life.

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The Great Gatsby

Reading experience：

I start to read the book about 3 weeks ago ,At first, I searched some information about the author from the Internet, then glanced the basic content of novel, When I read the several chapters ahead of the novel, I feel it was so boring , the complex relationship would kill me. When I nearly finished the novel, everything was suddenly enlightened.

Information about this novel：

The novel is told us the story of Gatsby by Nick’s tone. Nick came to New York from his hometown the America Middle West, and he rent a small house nearby Gatsby’s luxurious mansion where hold a grand banquet every night.

The story began with the meet between Nick and Gatsby. And Nick had an exploratory interest to Gatsby and understood that there was a lost love in Gatsby’s deep heart. Gatsby and Daisy loved each other when Gatsby was young, but because of Gatsby’s poor family they were broken up. Then G. joined the First World War. While Daisy was married to Tom who was a rich dandy, but her marriage was not happy because Tom had a mistress. Therefore, the material couldn’t satisfy her spiritual empty.

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老人与海（The Old Man and the Sea）英文书评(book reviews)

这本书讲了古巴(Cuba)的一个名叫圣地亚哥的老渔夫，独自一个人出海打鱼，在一无所获(to achieve nothing)的84天之后钓到了一条无比巨大的马林鱼。这是老人从来没见过也没听说过的比他的船还长两英尺的一条大鱼。鱼的劲(vigor)非常大，拖(to drag)着小船漂流了整整两天两夜，老人在这两天两夜中经历了从未经受的艰难考验，终于把大鱼刺(to stab)死，拴(to tie)在船头(the bow)。然而这时却遇上了鲨鱼(a shark)，老人与鲨鱼进行了殊死搏斗(put up a good fight)，结果大马林鱼被鲨鱼吃光了，老人最后拖回只剩下一副光秃秃bald的鱼骨架(a fish skeleton)和一身(all over the body)的伤。最后却得到了人们的赞赏。

《老人与海》完全可能成为当代一部名副其实的经典作品。厄纳斯特·海明威的这部短篇小说处理方法谨严(exact)、注意时间和地点的统一(unite)，行文(a style of writing)简洁而内涵(intension)很深(deep)。另外，和极大多数巨著(a great work)一样，海明威的这篇小说读起来可有不止一层的意思。一方面，这是一个激动人心的带有悲剧性(tragedy)的冒险故事。故事讲到一个精神沮丧(depress)的老渔人，在他对职业的自豪感的支持之下，冒险远航至墨西哥湾流并在那里钓住了一条该水域中从未见过的最大的马林鱼。故事接着说到他孤零零地、在因奋力叉住这条大鱼而耗尽了力气之后，被迫投入一场和一群海盗似的鲨鱼的绝望的搏斗之中，结果是那些鲨鱼只给他留下了猎获物的一具骨架。另一方面，这又是一个寓言，它描述

(describe)了人所具有(possess)的不可征服(conquer)的精神力量——一个人如何从灾难和实际失败的环境中攫取精神上的胜利。再一方面，这是带有宗教意义的一种隐喻(a metaphor)，作者不引人注目地给这一主题添加了基督教(Christian)的一些象征和比喻。一种注意写实(writing or painting realistically)，有着动人的情节(plot)；另一种则侧重(to lay special emphasis on)道德说教，充满象征(badge)的意义。

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The Review of The Sun also Rises

It is a good choice to read the book called the sun also rises .it took me several weeks to finish ,and I learned a lot from the book when reading the book ,I encountered with some difficulties .firstly ,I need some time to understand the background of the

article .secondly ,there are lots of dialogues ,thus it's a little hard to tell who say the words .thirdly ,it is hard to remember the foreign names .

The age after world war Ⅰ, the influence of war and the economic crisis make many young people live a corruption life. They lost their dream, and did not know how their life could be. The writer described the feeling of himself by the hero, and also stand for that generation.in the story, barnes is an american soldier of world war 1 , who suffered physical injuries .having lost direction of his life as a result of the influence of the war, barnes attempts to content himself through hard work, drinking, and bull fights. He fell in love with brett.they went to pamplona bull festival with their friends to enjoy themselves. Brett refused the pursuit of cohn, then fell in love with a 19-year-old matador romero.but they break up at last.

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Jack London ---The Call of The Wild

Jack London whose life symbolized the power of will, was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century.

(born Jan. 12, 1876, died Nov. 22, 1916),An illegitimate child, London passed his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums.With limited formal schooling, he educated himself in the public library and seized every opportunities to learn. He died at age 40 of various diseases and drug treatments in his ranch. His vigorous stories of men and animals against the environment, and survival against hardships were drawn mainly from his own experience.

He is best known for his books The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf .Also, Jack London is the founder of psychological realism, a prolific writer and is best known for his books The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf. The Call Of The Wild is London’s most popular and philosophical novel.It is about a story of a dod named Buck, kidnapped and sold to a man heading for Yukon.On his journey, Buck suffered various maltreatments and bloody fights with the other dogs.Only the fittest will survive.Meanwhile, he discovered that there is a wild animal in him and it grows stronger and stronger.Buck has been torn between his loyalty to his master and his natural desire for the wild.When his master was killed, Buck answered the call of his natural call and finally followed the wolf pack into the forest. Although it is a story of a dog that decivilized into a leader of a wolf pack, it is, in a sense, a story of human beings as well.By using personification and other rhetorical devices, London draws a vivid picture of the dark world.For London, there is actually no essential difference between man and animal since they both must abide by the law of the survival of the fittest.The dog can also be considered as a man in fur.In order to obtain a place in society, one must learn to kill or he will be killed.

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Book Review on Pride and Prejudice

Recently, I have read this book again, called Pride and Prejudice. It was written by Jane Austen, a famous British female writer. The content of the novel is as following.

The Bennets was a middle class in Netherfield. They had five

daughters but no sons. Mrs. Bennet was eager to let her daughters married with rich men because she and her daughters were no inheritance after Mr. Bennet’s death.

Jane, the eldest daughter in Bennets, was a pretty girl but she was not good at expressing her own feelings to others, even to her sisters. Mr. Bingley, a rich young man, was a new neighbor in Netherfield. He and Jane fell in love with each other when they met at the first sight in the ball. However, Mr. Bingley has ever given up the relationship with Jane because of Jane’s social position and fortune, and most importantly, her unknown feeling for him. In addition, Mr. Darcy, his good friend of Mr. Bingley, persuaded Mr. Bingley that he shouldn’t propose to Jane.

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Love actually

Pride and Prejudice is a masterpiece written by a British writer named Jane Austen. In the book, she expressed the relationship between love and marriage in a humorous way and showed different attitudes toward marriage by depicting several young women of different descent, economic position and horizon of knowledge.

The story talks about four marriages which occurred in Britain in the 19th century. And the most important among them are protagonists Elizabeth and Darcy. Elizabeth is pretty and smart. As for love and marriage, she has her own strong principle that she won't be confused by money and status but to insist on looking for true love. While Darcy is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Therefore, she has a prejudice against him. Pride and prejudice lead to the unpleasent and misunderstanding between them. However, after clarification of various matters , they gradually fall in love and conclude the happy marriage.

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