The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter offers an extraordinary insight into the norms and behavior of the 17th century in American Puritan society. The basic conflicts and problems of its main characters, however, are familiar to readers in the present. The female protagonist, has borne a child out of wedlock and has been jailed for over three months and sentenced to wear a symbol of her adultery, a scarlet “A” on her dress at all times. It concerns about the moral, emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general. It’s not simply a love story or a story of sin. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society, showing how they brand sinners for life.
The story happened in Boston about 200 years ago. It narrates love affairs between three persons. The punished woman Hester Prynne and his husband who called himself Roger Chillingworth . He is an old misshapen man and a doctor. Hester does not love him at all. Another man is a young minister, Dimmesdale, who has a high position among ministers and is highly respected among his people in town. Hester and Dimmesdale love each other. But their love is forbidden in that time. It is sinful. Due to this,Hester is punished by society with a letter A on her chest, which considered an evil, a shame.
In this novel, the mainline seems to be around the letter A. Hester is brave enough to face the cruel reality. She is always with a mind of courage. She has been alone with her child for so long , with litter communication. Shame! Hopelessness! Loneliness! Hester has to wear the letter A day after day, seven years as for punishment and ill fame.
When a woman has lived through a difficult experience, her character changes a great deal. If she be all tenderness, she will die. If she survive, the tenderness will leave her .Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community. The letter on her chest represents her work on earth , always helping others, without expecting any thanks. Never afterwards, does that scarlet letter leave her chest. The townspeople no longer view the letter as a punishment , but
rather as representing her great strength and bravery and thy say it means “Able”. But Arthur Dimmesdale, his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight. He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven. He is too weak to admit his sins. He suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress. What’s worse, he is an advisor to the townspeople about their sins.
After Mr. Dimmesdale’s death , no one changes more in appearance than Roger Chilling worth. All his strength and energy have been used to harm his patient.This unhappy man has made his aim in life added to the suffering of the young minister.When the evil old man no longer has such a purpose, the devil takes him back to the hell .It is a curious subject of observation, however, whether hatred or love are not of the same place. Each takes a great deal of emotion from one person. The two feelings seem basically the same, expect that one is smiled upon by God,while the other is worshipped by the devil.
The two lovers have ever decided to flee to Europe,where they can live with their dauthter Pearl as a family .They feel a sense of release there. However,their plan fails.When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale.The two share a single tombstone, with a deep colored letter A shining brightly.
Much of the plot of Far from the Madding Crowd depends on unrequited love — love by one person for another that is not mutual in that the other person does not feel love in return. The novel is driven, from the first few chapters, by Gabriel Oak's love for Bathsheba. Once he has lost his farm, he is free to wander anywhere in search of work, but he heads to Weatherbury because it is in the direction that Bathsheba has gone. This move leads to Oak's employment at Bathsheba's farm, where he patiently consoles her in her troubles and supports her in tending the farm, with no sign he will ever have his love returned.
This novel focuses on the way that catastrophe
can occur at any time, threatening to change lives. The most obvious example occurs when Oak’s flick of sheep is destroyed by an unlikely confluence of circumstances, including an inexperienced sheep dog, a rotted rail, and a chalk pit that happens to have been dug adjacent to his land. In one night, Oak's future as an independent farmer is destroyed, and he ends up begging just to secure the diminished position of a shepherd.
第二篇：电影小说中的经济学读后感
《看电影小说就能读懂经济学》读后感
我非常喜欢看电影，会被其中跌宕起伏的情节，惊心动魄的场面所吸引，但是除了像华尔街这样的电影之外，我从未从他们中看出有什么与经济金融相关联的东西。这本书的目录吸引了我的目光，因为像红字，绿野仙踪，人猿泰山，加勒比海盗，查理
的巧克力工厂这样的电影怎么可能跟经济有关系呢？于是我带着好奇心阅读了这本书。 这本书以经济学术语为串联带领读者在诸多世界著名电影小说间畅游，每一个部分都对应一个经济学主题。就拿《人猿泰山》的故事来说，每个人都可以从中看到男女主角动人的爱情。然而他父亲去探险这一行为却被忽略了。女主人公简从英格兰旅行到南非为了与久未谋面的父亲回合。他是个探险家，他第二天就要动身去需要大象墓地，那里有世界上最多的大象骨架，当然象牙的数量也是最多的。象牙是世界性的奢侈品，如果他真的能够找到这个地方，他将成为世界上最大的象牙供应商。预计将会获得100万英镑的收益。然而他为了这么一起探险也会付出许多，比如他的水陆交通费用，探险设备，象牙运输和销售费用，这些可以用货币衡量的成本，还有，他的消息是不确切，他能否找到大象墓地也是不一定的，另外，他还要因为这次的探险无法和多年未见的女儿在一起这些隐形成本是无法估量的。收益减去成本才是真正获得的利润，最终，对于伯特先生来说，有利可图，于是他选择了这次探险。
又比如说电影《查理的巧克力工厂》。巧克力工厂的原主人威利旺卡凭他超人的创新能力建立了一个巧克力王国，占领了绝大多数的市场，随着他的不断创新，其他竞争者的本来就很小的市场份额越来越缩小了。于是他们就想办法，在威利旺卡的工厂里安插间谍，窃取他的创意和秘诀，那么他们也可以生产和威利旺卡相当的产品了。这样的竞争让威力的生意陷入困境，不久，他的工厂不得不倒闭，所有的工人都失业了。可是后来威利旺卡没有放弃，他不允许任何人进入工厂，找了一些小丛林人做工人，以可可豆做佣金。他改变了投入生产的要素构成，而且外界的工人不可能窃取他的创意，这样他的生意又起死回生了。这个故事告诉我们，公司需要不断创新才能保持活力并且商业机密的保密工作非常重要。
这本书教给我的是一种思维模式：人类经济行为既是一种自然本能，也是一种社会行为。人作为理性和感性兼具的趋利个体，每个行为背后必有原因。经济行为早已悄悄渗透到了我们日常生活的方方面面，任何一个不经意的选择背后都有一个关于经济的隐形思考，只是我们很难发觉他们的存在。在今后的学习生活中要多观察，多思考。从细小的行为中发现经济学原理。养成一种经济学的思维模式，作为金融专业的学生来说至关重要。