Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd tells us a story that happened in a village of Britain. The young farmer, Oak, had fallen in love with a girl named Bathsheba Everdene. Bathsheba was beautiful, but too proud, so she didn’t accept Oak. The girl’s uncle was also a farmer, and she succeeded him after his death, so Bathsheba became very rich. At the same time, Oak lost everything in one night, and Bathsheba became his employer, he worked for her as a shepherd. As he thought that he had chance to be close to Bathsheba, another farmer from a rich family, Boldwood, had came into Bathsheba’s life and he begged her to accept his love and marry him. But Bathsheba gave her love to a Sergeant Troy, and soon they got married. However, Troy had a lover named Fanny Robin, and this caused a series of unhappiness. Troy left their home after Fanny’s death, and Bathsheba lived a painful life since then. Then there was some bad news, people said that Troy had been killed at sea. Boldwood asked her to marry him again, and Bathsheba agreed to marry him if there was no any news about Troy six years later. Troy appeared surprisingly at the party, which Boldwood wanted to ask for Bathsheba’s hand in marriage. Boldwood shot Troy with a gun because of fury, and then he gave himself up to the police. He was judged to be mad, and sent to the prison for life. Finally, Bathsheba became Oak’s wife. And they faced the hard tests of life together.

Village, is a place that far from the madding crowd, and it is not complicated. However, not every person there has a pure heart. There are all kinds of people. The young sergeant Troy, with his good looks, he deceived girls time after time. He was good at mouthing beautiful words. Even the proud girl, Bathsheba, was seduced by him. It cannot be denied that Bathsheba was as naive and chaste as a child. But at the same time, she was vainglorious. Her isolation from reality made her life road be full of bumpy. And Boldwood’s love for her was pure, without any distracting thoughts. He was a great person, he just wanted her to live in happiness. His love was very great, but he lost his

mind, it’s reckless of him to kill Troy. And Bathsheba’s ignorance was the principal cause of Boldwood’s tragedy.

Oak, in my eyes, was a man with a gentle heart, and he was determined. Though he became very poor in the disaster, he worked hard, and he loved her as always. He had a tolerant heart, he stayed with her in her most disappointed. Though he was not so rich as Boldwood, and not as handsome as Troy, he had his own good qualities, and they empowered him to overcome all the difficulties and live with Bathsheba. Their love grows from fight in the hard tests of life, and this kind of feeling is the only love which is strong as death.

Being the master of ourselves, we should know ourselves well, without pretending and without being vain. We should be a primeval person. In my opinion, the happiest life is the simplest life.

第二篇：Far from the Madding Crowd 远离尘嚣读后感

This novel is talking about a woman and her love or called marriage. Gabriel Oak took the fancy in Bathsheba Everdene at the first sight. She was a beautiful lady, but also a little van. Courting to her was his dream. Unfortunately, she left. What’s more, as a farmer he lost all the pregnant sheep. Now his hopes of being an independent farmer were destroyed. Maybe god has made a joke to him. Because of a big fire, he worked for his dream girl as a shepherd.

Four main characters compose of the story.

Gabriel Oak, in my opinion, he never gave his love, instead, he worked silence besides Bathsheba Everdene. He helped her a lot. Such as the fire burning her wheat-rick, the sheep eating clover and the storm attacking ricks, all of these stood for a steady and long romantic love. Even though she had been in love with another man, moreover, he can accept that she would marry another man for her happiness. As far as I’m concerned it’s not only the narrow love between a man and his dream girl, but philanthropy presented. The story went on as happy as we can foresee. Their shared interests and their long, friendly relationship had given them a complete understanding of each other’s character, and this finally developed, after their wedding, into a love that nothing could destroy. Another man, Mr. Boldwood, also got into the trouble. Since Bathsheba Everdene sent the valentine to him, he began to fall in love with the beautiful lady. Although the valentine was just a joke, the word

“MARRY ME” drew the gentleman’s court. Actually he had been desperate when the news that she received a soldiery spread. However, things were not over simple like this. He said his love for her was as strong as death. So if possible he would never let the chance run away. He could dedicate himself to give her happiness. So he shot Troy.

Troy, a man made me in a quandary. I hated him at one time. Though reading the book gradually, I felt his truly love to Fanny. It’s extremely conflicted. He shouldn’t have married Bathsheba Everdene.

Actually, if I was Bathsheba Everdene, can I realize an honest, staunch man behind me?