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.

…… …… 余下全文

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.

…… …… 余下全文

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.

…… …… 余下全文

Tess----a tragedy of the times

Tess Durbeyfield, a tragic character was created by Thomas Hardy who was deeply impacted by the tragic view of Arthur Schopenhauer, Greek tragic view and Shakespeare’s tragedies. He held the idea that no matter how great the human civilization developed, we can do nothing when fate wants to play tricks on us. Due to this kind of believe, all of his novels have such a character: when the hero are going to access the happiness, the adversities befall them inevitably, like the destiny has settled and make fool of people, and so does Tess Durbeyfield’s fate.

In this novel, it reveals the shackle of convention explicitly, and Tess Durbeyfield was the victim of that era though she had courage to pursue the true love and rebel the decadent ideology. However, it was not enough for her to break the fetters of traditional moral standard. When she was raped, she was extremely guilty that she felt she did not pure anymore; she even dared not to go to church. However, when we consider about this, is it really her fault? Does she have to bear the catastrophe by herself? The answer is definitely no. She always in a state of auto- accusation ascribed to the traditional idea of chastity, she measured herself whether decent and pure only according the very concept, it was this that made the “humiliation” was engraved in her heart. The feudal ethnical code at Tess Durbeyfield’s time was just like the Three Cardinal Guides and the Five Constant Virtues at ancient China, which forfeited many ladies’ happiness, and became a heavy yoke upon all the people (especially women) at that time, but there were a few people to go against it.

…… …… 余下全文

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.

…… …… 余下全文

Book Review on The Great Gatsby

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

The novel tells 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.

…… …… 余下全文

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.

…… …… 余下全文