READING AND WRITING 2

HARRIS

BOOK REPORT 2 ON DAVID COPPERFIELD

30, APR. 2013

IF ONLY LIFE SUCH AS FIRST SIGHT

Two hundred years ago, England was covered with strong darkness, just like the foggy city, London. Fortunately, the greatest English writer, Dickens, brought his favourite son, DAVID COPPERFIELD, which was almost based on his own life experience and deep cognition to British society of the nineteen century, to cultivate people ?hearts by revealing the great influence that money took on the marriage, family, and the whole society, leading British, even us in the modern society, to a right direction. What is money and what are we are considered questions in this book and it deserves us to meditate.

Dickens embodied the real social appearance at different levels by picturing David ?s whole life, sufferings and joys. And the series of tragedies are mainly resulted from money. We can get that Mr. Murdstone married David ?mother just for her money instead of herself; Emily escaped from her marriage with Stevens also because she could not repulse the enticements of money; and Sherpa degenerated step by step and eventually ended up in a prison with the addiction of money. From all of that, we can draw a conclusion that the money may be the original of all the miseries and sufferings, but actually Dickens viewed his point by the character, Micawber, who was very poor but always worked hard to

make his life easier and better. “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” he said so to David and also told the truth to the public. Nobody can live without money, but what on earth does money mean to us ? It is really of great importance to buy food to keep our organs and tissues functioning regularly, to pay for the tuition to get high education for a brighter future. But that ?s never enough to lost ourselves just in order to get something that is not valued by our nature.

What Micawber said just expressed Dickens ?attitude to money. One should be content with the money he has and do not expect to get more money than he should have. Because whether you are happy or not has nothing to do with the money; even in the poorest times, people also have the rights to be happy, to enjoy the life. According to a recent survey in the Internet, the happiest thing in the world is a Chinese cook lives with a Japanese woman in a British town. It showed that it is the peace of our hearts, instead of money, that deserves us to persue with every effort and it makes a point. And money is just like a witch who is full of magic that helps us forget who we are. She tended to lead us to focus on what we lost rather than what we hold in hand. Even a survivor after a severe earthquake still has a lot to cherish, his families, his friends, his hands, his feet, even his memories of families. Without money, we still can live happily. Our mood is depend on how we look at it, so do not value too mush about the money and pay more attention to your inside, which matters a lot.

Money indeed changed people a lot in this novel, from a innocent child to a

sophisticated one. But there are always some people fighting against the social trend and keeping what they are. I am greatly impressed by Bessie ?words, "Never be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.", said to David. Strange but kind, she adopted David when he escaped from his stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. No matter how powerful the money is, we can resist it with a resolved heart and an undeviating faith. Bessie ?s words took a fundamental influence on David ?s whole life. Who are we must be another theme of this book. David spent his entire life to find who he really was and eventually became a writer living happily with his aunt and Bessie. But I always believe that the most beautiful senary always stays at the first place you start your journey. However, how could we go back to the same place ? So watch out every step we ? ll take now. If only life can stay what it used to be. There were no money, or no miseries and sufferings money bring about. Just be you! Yourself!

第二篇：《大卫·科波菲尔》读后感

《大卫·科波菲尔》读后感

利用寒假的时间我读了《大卫·科波菲尔》一书。看到这个名字不要以为他

是魔术师大卫·科波菲尔。

《大卫·科波菲尔》是19世纪英国批判现实主义大师狄更斯的一部代表作。这本书构思于1847年，但作者直到1849年才动笔写它，完成于1850年10月。

主人公大卫·科波菲尔出生之前，他的父亲就去世了，母亲在他7岁时就改

嫁。大卫的继父是一个凶狠贪婪的家伙，而且继父的姐姐竟也是个铁石心肠，不近情理的人。他们姐弟俩不仅百般虐待大卫，而且把大卫的母亲折磨致死。母亲死后，大卫的继父逼大卫去当童工。在此期间，大卫有幸逃了出来，去投奔了他好心的姨婆，并被姨婆送进一所很好的学校，接受良好的教育。大卫在成长过程中历经磨难，但是他善良，正直，乐于助人的天性始终没有改变。他在困境中奋发向上，刻苦努力，最终不仅在事业上获得了巨大的成功，也同时获得了美满的幸福生活。在这部具有强烈的自传色彩的小说里，狄更斯借用“大卫自身的历史和经验”，从不少方面回顾和总结了自己的生活道路，反映了他的人生哲学和道德理想。

《大卫·科波菲尔》通过主人公大卫一生的悲欢离合，多层次地揭示了当时社会的真实面貌，突出地表现了金钱对婚姻、家庭和社会的腐蚀作用。小说中一系列悲剧的形成都是金钱导致的。摩德斯通骗娶大卫的母亲是觊觎她的财产；爱弥丽的私奔是经受不起金钱的诱惑；威克菲尔一家的痛苦，海穆的绝望，无一不是金钱造成的恶果。而卑鄙小人希普也是在金钱诱惑下一步步堕落的，最后落得个终身监禁的可耻下场。狄更斯正是从人道主义的思想出发，暴露了金钱的罪恶，从而揭开“维多利亚盛世”的美丽帷幕，显现出隐藏其后的社会真相。

谈到拜金主义感想颇多。现实生活中这样的事太多了，事件都出现在领导层。他们利用手中的权力贪污腐化，以至于一些领导干部晚洁不保。败倒在金钱的石榴裙下，仔细想想值得吗！为官一任，国家已经给了很多优厚的待遇，可是为什么会有许多人不满足呢？非得走到犯罪的道路上才知道悔之晚矣呢？

在人物的塑造上，大卫·科波菲尔无疑倾注了作者的全部心血。不论是他孤儿时代所遭遇的种种磨难和辛酸，还是他成年后不屈不挠的奋斗，都表现了一个小人物在资本主义社会中寻求出路的痛苦历程。经历了大苦大难后尝到人间幸福和温暖的大卫，靠的是他真诚、直率的品性，积极向上的精神，以及对人的纯洁友爱之心。安妮斯也是作者着力美化的理想的女性。她既有外在的美貌，又有内心的美德，既坚韧不拔地保护着受希普欺凌的老父，又支持着饱受挫折之苦的大卫。她最后与大卫的结合，是“思想和宗旨的一致”，这种完美的婚姻使小说的结尾洋溢一派幸福和希望的气氛。他们都是狄更斯的资产阶级人道主义理想的化身。这种思想的形成与狄更斯个人的经历和好恶是分不开的。他始终认为，处于受压迫地位的普通人，其道德情操远胜于那些统治者、压迫者。正是基于这种信念，小说中许多普通人如渔民辟果提、海穆，尽管家贫如洗，没有受过教育，却

怀有一颗诚朴、善良的心，与富有的斯提福兹及其所作所为形成了鲜明的对比。 当然，这种强烈的对比还反映着狄更斯本人的道德观：“善有善报，恶有恶报”。这部小说里各类主要人物的结局，都是沿着这种脉络设计的。如象征着邪恶的希普和斯提福兹最后都得到了应有的惩罚；而善良的人都找到了可喜的归

宿。狄更斯希翼以这样的道德观来改造社会，消除人间罪恶，这是他的局限性所在。

《大卫·科波菲尔》在艺术上的魅力，不在于它有曲折生动的结构，或者跌宕起伏的情节，而在于它有一种现实的生活气息和抒情的叙事风格。这部作品吸引人的是那有血有肉的人物形象，具体生动的世态人情，以及不同人物的性格特征。如大卫的姨婆贝西小姐，不论是她的言谈举止，服饰装束，习惯好恶，甚至一举手一投足，尽管不无夸张之处，但都生动地描绘出一个生性怪僻、心地慈善的老妇人形象。至于对女仆辟果提的刻画，那更是维妙维肖了。

我觉得贯穿本书的是“人性”二字。文中出现了各式的艺术形象，但在我看来，这些其实就是现实生活中活生生的人物。这些人的存在，不仅在19世纪，而且是当代。人性，不乏美好与丑恶。美好的人性，应被我们铭记，而不应被时代的变更而冲淡，我们更应去发扬它，让它主导整个人性。而它，对于我们的社会是极其有意义的。但那些丑恶的人性，则应被人禁锢，它不应被散播到社会上去，这不仅对我们的社会无任何意义，甚至还会拖我们进步的后腿。我们应该继承和发扬美好的人性，让缺憾的心灵弥补过来；而对于丑恶的人性，我们应坚决说“不”，并用美好的人性打败它

狄更斯也是一位幽默大师，小说的字里行间，常常可以读到他那诙谐风趣的联珠妙语和夸张的漫画式的人物勾勒。评论家认为《大卫·科波菲尔》的成就，超过了狄更斯所有的其他作品。