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 has been used to harm his patient . This unhappy man has made his aim in life to add 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.

第二篇：《家》读后感

《家》读后感

家是什么？家是李白《静夜思》中“举头望明月，低头思故乡”的那轮明月；家是马致远《秋思》中的“夕阳西下，断肠人在天涯”的九曲回肠；家是崔颢《黄鹤楼》中“日暮乡关何处是，烟波江上使人愁。”

家，是灵魂栖息的港口，是心灵停泊的港湾。它在我们生活中是十分熟悉的，也是亲切温暖和睦的。然而在巴金小说《家》中高觉新一家却是每天都在明争暗斗，是为了争夺那点家产，正面以笑脸对着家人，转身却是在暗地里说对方的闲话??这样的家，还是家吗？ 在巴金的《家》中，大概可以分为两大类：一种是逆来顺受的孝顺子弟，一种是思想前卫反抗封建的子弟。就拿“觉新”来说，他就是那些逆来顺受孝顺子弟，他“父亲”自作主张让他和现在的“大嫂”结婚，他心中虽不愿意，因为他爱的是“梅”表妹，但他不敢为自己的爱情去争取，只是惟命是从，结果最终还是和自己所爱的人分开了。思想前卫反抗封建的莫过于“觉慧”，他积极参加学生会，参加游行，敢于表现对现实社会的严重不满，敢于做出反抗。即使他爷爷不许他外出，他也并没有就此放弃了学生会的工作，而是在家看书读报，了解当天的时事新闻，通过不同的方式来反抗封建社会的统治，宣泄自己心中的不满。再看看今天，家家户户和和睦睦，极少存在家庭的明争暗斗，都是民主制度，家和万事兴，有什么事情说出来和家人合伙商量解决，小孩子也有发言权，有时还能提出一些家长不能相处的解决方法，并不是一味的不分对错的唯命是从；和那封建社会的那种“我是长辈，我说了算”的封建专制家长，逆来顺受的孝顺子弟，钩心斗角、互相倾轧、损人利己、口是心非的男男女女截然不同。

社会是不断的在进步，像《家》里面的“觉民”、“觉慧”那样，有着先进文明的思想，勇敢的反抗着以强凌弱，以大欺小的行为以及家长的封建思想意识，为自己所认识的真理去奋斗。我们要向他们学习，并不是说我们也要反封建社会，而是勇敢的反对社会上错误的腐败的思想意识，要敢于开拓创新，坚持遵纪守法，相信科学，坚持科学真理，反对迷信。就拿文中的例子来说吧！文章中的“鸣凤”是一个丫鬟，她喜欢了“三少爷”，但后来她被“老太爷”卖给“冯老板”做小老婆，她心中不愿，但她身份低下，无选择的权力，最后跳湖自尽。再比比我们现在的社会，现在的社会人人平等，不分贵贱，没有主仆之分，一视同仁，而且每一个人都受到最基本的尊重，不像封建社会那样，身份低下的人，可以随便给有钱人家的公子少爷老爷当作礼品或物品用金钱买卖，完全没有了人身自由。

《家》向我们充分的展现了封建社会家庭的面貌，封建的思想意识把人们一个个逼上了绝路：大少爷“高觉新”终日思念“梅”；“鸣凤”因被迫婚自尽；“觉新”的表妹因大人思想保守，有病不能及时医治，最终死了。当今社会，新的思想意识层出不穷，现在的思想是开放的，并不局限于传统的观念，新的资讯通过各种渠道传送到我们面前，开拓了我们的视野，给我们灌输了最新的有益的思想意识；变封建为开放，变传统为创新，变专制为民主，推动了社会的发展。我们可以向《家》里面的“觉民”、“觉慧”学习，接受更多的资讯，敢想敢做；还要以《家》中的“觉新”为借鉴，不要一味的盲目的顺从，否则到头来还是苦了自己，要为自己的理想去奋斗。

《家》描写了一个家族的分崩离析，深刻反映了半殖民地半封建社会的全面崩溃的现实和趋向。而今天我们的家，家里面我们成为了中心，父母长辈为我们而日益忙碌操劳，我们经常是坐享其成。更有的孩子连家务活都不懂得做，不懂得为父母分忧，甚至还常常抱怨父母“没有给最好的条件”。但是事事父母征求和尊重我们的意见，宠爱并且溺爱我们，我们衣来伸手，饭来张口，即便在如此幸福的生活中，我们并没有意识到应该满足，应该回报他们。看了《家》以后，我们为之反思，我们生活在如此幸福的今天，是否应感觉到庆幸，感到快乐，感到幸福，并不断努力，用自己最完美的成就来回报父母长辈们为我们的付出呢？我们应该好好珍惜这如此不易的幸福生活！