《羊脂球》读后感

读完《羊脂球》，被里面的故事完全吸引了。全书是寂凉的，但不给人一种沉闷的感觉，反而有种冲动侵占了自己。全书情节紧凑、人物鲜明，从羊脂球队一开始的热情待客到最后独自饮啜自己的眼泪；仿佛使人联想到她轻轻颤动着自己丰满的身体，泪珠从美丽的脸庞上滚落下来，迷人的眼睛罩上了一层淡淡的哀愁。普法战争的降临，法军的战败，像死神一样步步紧逼着人们。于是，各种各样的人，在这里暴露了自己的本性：贵族对普鲁士人恭顺异常，却又强装着绅士风度；商人随时准备用金钱来买自己的命，却又心疼得不得了；民主党人怀着无限的护国情绪，而却又冷却了人民的热情。当这些人一起想方设法刚刚脱离出普占区时，却被一位普军官恣意留在了边界的旅店。原来，这位军官看中了同行中那个声名远播的妓女——羊脂球。羊脂球不仅拒绝了同行民主党人科尔托尼的要求，还气呼呼地辱骂军官。众人也显得怒气异常。可时间会使一切变质，人们的小市民心理一览无余；他们想法设身举尽以身献义的女子，并用天主教“目的是好的，行动有时可以宽恕”来逼迫这个女子。于是，羊脂球答应了那个普国军官。那一夜，也许是很难忘的——虽然她是一个妓女。人们又踏上了路途，可没有人再去和羊脂球搭话。人人厌她污汰。她静静地坐着，几小时过去了，人们吃起了自己带的东西，她却因匆匆上路而什么也没有带。可许久过去了，还是没有一个人理她。

无论是前面的羊脂球的食物被掏空，还是后面她被迫去跟敌方军官睡觉换取贵族的继续逃亡。羊脂球被牺牲了。贵族始终看紧他们腰包里的金子，就算是自己的恩人，当威胁到自己的利益时他们都会变成嗜血的恶狼。资本统治下的人，能拥有权力、金钱、地位，都是血腥堆积出来的。他们就像是血吸虫，如马克思所说“上上下下都滴着肮脏的血”，也正是这种丑恶的灵魂给他们带来了财富。当一个人有利用价值的时候，他们会把你伺候地像皇帝。这就是贵族的价值观，他们自私贪婪的本性只允许他们用金钱去衡量一切。书本的学识未能给他们带来善心。现实中赤裸裸的金钱交易、残酷的争名夺利冲刷了一切形而上的终极关怀。这在后文中显露无疑。

《羊脂球》的诞生，使莫泊桑一鸣惊人，这不仅是莫泊桑的处女作，更是他的成名作、代表作。读莫泊桑的作品，犹如欣赏一段历史，任何的真、善、美几乎荡然无存，一切都受金钱、权位、名誉的支配，社会腐败不堪。这，对人是一种精神上的启迪，对社会则暗示下一个时代的到来。

第二篇：羊脂球英文读后感

A really noble person

Maupassant (1850~1893) was one of the greatest critical realist writers in the world. During his brief life, Maupassant created six novels and more than 350 medium forms. His literary achievement relied heavily on his short stories, such as necklace, suet ball, beautiful friend, etc. As one of three “kings of world short story”, Maupassant produced a great effect on the later word literature. Maupassant won world renown for suet ball, which was his maiden work. Suet ball was created based on a true story happened at the war between French and Prussia.

Suet ball, a humble prostitute, was the heroine of the story. In 1870, several French tried to flee from enemy-occupied area by cottage. Unfortunately, they were detained by a Prussia officer. The officer didn’t let them leave unless suet ball agreed to sleep with him for a night. Out of her patriotism, suet ball gave him a point-blank refusal. However, in order to leave that area, other French, the so-called nobles, flattered suet ball, prayed her to sleep with that officer. Suet ball was so kind that she made a sacrifice for them. Next morning, when suet ball got into the cottage, the nobles, who still smiled at her yesterday, altered their attitudes to suet ball totally. They stayed away from her, cast contemptuous sights at her, and even disdained talking with her. In their eyes, the nasty prostitute wasn’t useful any

more.

Through the sharp comparison between suet ball and the so-called nobles, Maupassant put the evil, shamelessness, greed and hypocrisy of the aristocracy in the spotlight, and paid a tribute to the people of lower class for their goodness and patriotism. The so-called nobles were selfish and greedy; they paid their attention to nothing but wealth. So it was impossible for them to concern about the future of their motherland and national honor. When they can take advantage of you, they flattered you, served you like you were god; when they used up you, they discarded you like rubbish. It was just the evil soul that brought power, wealth and status to the nobles. However, suet ball, the prostitute of the lower class, behaved like a real noble person. She returned good for evil: though the nobles humiliated her, she still shared her food with them. She refused to sleep with that officer, because she thought it was a betrayal of her motherland to sell her body to enemy. At that critical time, suet ball showed her patriotism and national honor. To help her compatriots, she would rather sacrifice herself. Suet ball was humbly born, but her soul was noble.

In my opinion, the several nobles were disgusting, humble, no matter how much wealth they had, how powerful they were. Suet ball was noble and gracious, though she was a prostitute. Suet ball

helped me to realize that a man with a noble soul is a real noble person.