My impression on Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair is the nineteen-century British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray’s most famous work and also one of the most famous British satirical novels of critical realism. In the story, Amelia Sedley, from a good family, and Rebecca Sharp, an orphan, leave Miss Pinkerton's academy on Chiswick Mall to live out their lives in Vanity Fair — the world of social climbing and search for wealth. Amelia does not esteem the values of Vanity Fair; Rebecca cares for nothing else. Rebecca becomes snobbish and complicated in order to climb out of poverty.She toys and flirts with any prospective ladder through which she could ascend to the upper class. But she also loses a lot, like her beloved husband ,during her pursuit of wealth and status. Finally,Rebecca and Amelia live a simple life away from the vanity fair.

The most impressive part of the novel is the sentence said by Rebecca ‘’If I had 5,000 pounds, I would be a good woman. ‘’For many readers, Rebecca is a bad woman and she gets overwhelming contempt and condemnation. On the other hand, Amelia is kind and generous and she is favored by the majority. But considering the reality of the society at that time, we can not easily judge them as bad or good person, just like the original name of the novel ‘’A Novel Without a Hero ‘’In some aspect ,their characters are determined by the society. Rebecca is born in a poor family. Although she is smart ,good at French and well-behaved, she is always disrespected just because of her poor background and low status. When she was at Amelia’s home as a governess ,Amelia’s brother Joseph loved her ,but George Osborn persuaded him not to marry her for she was a governess and he dosen’t want a governess for a sister- in-law. And Joseph was convinced.The upper people ,though behaving well, regard status and wealth the most important. Rebecca well knows the misery of poverty and she is fed up with it, so she gets unscrupulous to get to the upper class. Although she was mean and snobbish, some people also like her for her coverage and intelligence. She, as a young woman, deals with all the men and women by herself. In addition, she told Amelia that George Osborne was not

worthwhile for her to love, although it hurts Amelia. From it, we can see Rebecca is frank and good to her friend.

On the contrary, Amelia is considered kind and generous for most of us. But she is not that good. At first, she is really kind-hearted and loves Osborne heart and soul , but I think in that society, she is kind of naive and innocent which only bring her harm and hurt. After her father is bankrupt, Osborne is forbidden to marry her by his father, so he left her and even induces Rebecca. We can easily learn that he is not that into Amelia. But Amelia does not believe it and put too much into the relationship, which only means hurt to herself. Also, she overlooks William Dobbin’s for all the years. And after the death of Osborne,she leads a very poor life with her son. When she finally can’t stand the poor life, she chooses to take advantage of Dobbin’love and lead a better life. This also shows her selfishness. From all above, we can see nobody is perfect in the novel, and we can not simply classify them as good or bad.

The story shows the rottenness of the society at that time, but I think this kind of rottenness also exists in our society, especially in the upper world among the celebrities, especially the stars. I know nowadays many people wants to be stars. They want to be respected and admired by a lot of people, and also live a luxury life. So they do everything they can to get attention. Some get famous by money, and others even choose to be famous by having a relationship with the director so that they can get a chance to be in a movie or play and get popularity. This may sounds humiliating,but it’s not rare in the entertaining field. What’s more, among the famous stars, there are always some conflicts. They compete against each other for money or status. In fact, this phenomenon is not only in one field, but also in other fields.

Just like people in the Vanity Fair, nowadays people are selfish and snobbish,too. That’s because people attach too much importance to the wealth and status. But we can’t just blame it on people. The rottenness is ubiquitous in the whole society. So if the individuals don’t behave according to the reality and disciplines, they would suffer losses.

Vanity Fair is like a mirror, and it reflects the reality of the society clearly and directly. It also reminds us of our society. We may be shocked by the darkness of the human beings. What we should do is not to blame but to reflect on ourselves and try to be more merciful and righteous. If everyone have a try, the society will be a better environment for us to live in.

第二篇：Vanity Fair《名利场》大意及读后感

Vanity Fair《名利场》大意及读后感

General Idea（大意）: Becky comes from a poor family and she was always looking forward to lead the life that the rich had. In order to get that, she at any cost used all means. Finally, she had realized the meaning of the life in the fair. She returned to the reality and be herself again.

Feelings and thoughts（读后感）: The things that we should seek in the world are something nice, such as love, friendship and so on. Seeking something unwarranted, such as fame and gain, vanity only makes us pay more price. When we treasure what we’ve had and don’t admire the things that do not belong to us, we will be happy.

Beautiful Sentences（优美句子）:

It was a complete mystery. The sun didn’t seem to shine so brightly. I know that I cannot change the past.

Just when happiness was coming to us. It’s more important to me than anything in the world.

You’re like a baby in arms. You cannot live in this world alone.