一年级上阅读book report
book report
Book ReportAnna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The one I have read has 381 pages, which was published by China Books Publishing House in 2006.The book wasbased on the real-life case of a young woman Tolstoy knew. She was a young society woman who threw herself under a train over what was then called "a romance." The novel was serialized during1873-1876 and was widely regarded as a triumph.The book talks about a story which happened in St. Petersburg in the nineteenth century. This story described a woman’s beautiful and lonely soul whose name is Anna .She gave up her husband and son just for a short-term happiness. In the end, her lover left her. And because of missing her son increasingly, she finally committed suicide in despair. However, in my opinion, I appreciate it that Anna is a brave woman who has courage to master her own happiness. But she forgot her responsibility as a wife and a mother. Also Anna showed no respect to her life. It is not a life-affirming attitude.The theme of Anna Karenina is mainly about eleven aspects. Hypocrisy-- Russian Society is full of hypocrites in this book indeed, the very corruption of this society is symbolized by the way socialites treat Anna after she elopes with Vronsky. Jealousy-- Anna Karenina features portraits of three relationships: Dolly and Oblonsky, Kitty and Levin, and Anna and Vronsky. In all three of these relationships, jealousy plays a role that affects the success of the relationship. Faith-- Faith is the overriding aspect of Levin's story. Tortured by existential doubts throughout most of the book, he experiences an epiphany at the end that shows him the reason for his existence. Family-- The importance of the family, and of keeping the family intact, is one of the most important aspects of Anna Karenina. And one of Anna's biggest concerns about getting a divorce from Karenin is that she will no longer have access to her beloved son. Marriage-- Tolstoy presents portraits of marriage that are astonishing for their lack of romance. Although these women are princesses, baronesses and countesses, there are no fairy-tale endings in Anna Karenina. Society-- Russian High Society comes in for a beating in Anna Karenina. The hypocrisies and petty, small-minded beliefs of Society are painstakingly documented from their condemnation of Anna to their crusade to "save" the Slavs at the end of the book. Progress-- While Tolstoy was writing AnnaKarenina, Russia was experiencing an influx of Western thought, politics, and technology. Instead of regarding Western things as progress, Tolstoy champions the Russian land and Russian traditions. Carnal desire-- In Anna Karenina, carnal desire is a destructive force. Anna and Vronsky do not create but destroy Anna becomes sterile, Vronsky abandons his career, Karenin is ruined, and Seroyzha loses his mother all in the name of carnal desire. This is a reflection of Tolstoy's Christian message. "The Land"-- The Land takes on a spiritual aspect in this book. Tolstoy believes strongly in the primacy of the land to Russian well-being; one of his major concerns about Western progress is that it seemed to focus on cities and abandon the land. The city-- Urban centers are hotbeds of corruption and destruction. They are fashionable and seductive, but they lead to evil things. Russian Society is centered in St. Petersburg and Moscow; all the new ideas from Europe arrive in the cities first. As if to prove the corruption of these places, Levin always feels uncomfortable in cities, whereas Anna feels out of sorts away from them. And passion-- Passion is distrusted in Anna Karenina because it can lead to destruction, as it does in Anna's case. But Anna's double, Levin is also an extremely passionate individual, and his passion is championed because it leads him to the Lord. In general, passion itself is not a bad force, but it can be easily corrupted and lead to problems.The main characters of the book are Anna Karenina, her husband Karenin, her lover Vronsky and her brother's family. Anna Karenina-- The beautiful wife of a government official in St. Petersburg. At the beginning of the book, she is a grande dame in the highest circles of society. She has one son, Seroyzha, by her husband, whom she loves dearly. She possesses a great vitality Tolstoy calls it "animation" that makes her irresistible to men and women alike. She also possesses a great deal of passion and refuses to live her life without contradictions. These two characteristics eventually cause her downfall, when she falls in love with Count Vronsky. Vronsky-- A wealthy and dashing young officer of a calvary regiment. Supposedly interested in Kitty Shcherbatskaya, he abandons her when he meets Anna. He is instantly smitten with Anna and gives up his career and his place in society to be with her, though he finds that without these things and when Anna becomes increasingly jealous of his greater freedom his love for Anna sours. He is oftencondemned by critics for his shallowness. Karenin -- A complicated figure, he is cold and calculating at the beginning of the book, completely unable to think outside of the notions of social propriety and try to reach Anna on an emotional level. As the book wears on, he proves himself to be a man in possession of both great emotional depth and great cruelty. He refuses Anna a divorce after he has promised her one, greatly affecting her life, but he is also ruined by her actions .The writer put it in the background of Russia's democratic revolution to reveals the status of women in Russian society. The plot of the novel is that Anna eloped with Vronsky. Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction, Tolstoy considered this book as his first true novel. The character of Anna was likely inspired, in part, by Maria Hartung , the elder daughter of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Soon after meeting her at dinner, Tolstoy started reading Pushkin's prose and once had a fleeting daydream of "a bare exquisite aristocratic elbow", which proved to be the first intimation of Anna's character. The most important prominent plot of the novel is his attention to detail, exquisite psychological description. The outstanding feature of the novel is it’s psychological description.I think the author achieved his purpose that the novel had a great influence at that time. It is deep and thought-provoking. Also, the description of the characters is moving. So I want to recommend it to my classmates to feel the meaning of the novel.As far as I am concerned, the novel not only described a love story between Anna and Vronsky, but also told us what should do when the conflict happened between individual emotional needs and social moral.The novel reached the height which others never reached in the Russian literature. The book's heroine Anna Karenina is the one of the most beautiful female images in the literature history of the world. The great success of Anna Karenina is still affirmed and highly respected until now. And its achievements and influence are undoubtedly unprecedented. It reached the peak of the nineteen centuries’ critical realism. On the other hand, people also consider Anna Karenina as a reality textbook of the nineteen centuries’Russian. Through it, many people understand the social reality of Russia in the 1970s.。
小学一年级学生阅读情况调查报告
小学一年级学生阅读情况调查报告第一篇：小学一年级学生阅读情况调查报告一、小学语文课内外阅读的重要性阅读是学生基本的学习行为，注重阅读是我国语文教学的传统。
在古代，无论是京师还是乡野的私塾，在语文教学上都特别强调“读”。
“书读百遍，其义自见”这句流传千古的名言，总结了古代人宝贵的治学经验，也包含着我国古代语文教法的精髓。
在《全日制义务教育语文课程标准》中明确指出，要培养学生“广泛的阅读兴趣，扩大阅读面，增加阅读量，提倡少做题，多读书，好读书，读好书，读整本的书。
”并且在对课外阅读的总量作出了具体的量化规定，明确小学阶段应完成145万字的阅读量。
因此，阅读是学生认识世界、发展思维的重要途径。
二、小学语文课内外阅读现状的调查与分析选取了**市**第一小学一年级一班全体学生和家长进行了的调查。
问卷包括七个维度，即阅读量、对阅读的态度（学生、家长）、阅读内容选择、阅读方式、阅读条件（时间、环境）、教师和家长的影响、阅读过程及结果的评价。
为方便学生和家长作答以及数据的整理分析，调查题目以客观题形式为主，包括单项选择和多项选择。
表格略表格略关于小学生阅读读物选择的调查包括两方面：一是小学生喜欢什么类型的书；二是家长选择什么类型的书。
表格略与此同时，对学生每天的阅读量进行了以“字数”为单位的统计，还采用以“本”为单位的计量对小学生阅读过的书籍进行了统计，因为直接统计小学生阅读的字数是不现实的。
在对学生的阅读主动性的调查中，主要以学生的阅读情况和推荐课外书的阅读情况为主。
在调查中发现，绝大多数学生的父母能够从态度和经济上对孩子的阅读提供支持，但是在家里父母很少阅读，家庭阅读氛围不浓。
通过对调查结果的分析，认为小学语文课内外阅读现状如下：3、一年级学生喜欢的书籍中，以学校安排的统一阅读书籍为主，社会百科和科学常识占家长和学生自选书籍的第一位，阅读书籍也呈现出多元化的趋势。
三、提高小学语文课内外阅读有效衔接的策略1、要高度重视一年级小学生的课内外阅读美国教育家吉姆·特里利斯认为“如果在这个时候你能引导孩子迷上读书，那么你所影响的不光是自己孩子的未来，并且影响着整个下一代孩子的未来”。
(完整版)英文读书报告参考范文bookreport
A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid SunsWenjing Shi Translation 152 1507042034Brief IntroductionA Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. It is his second, following his bestselling 2003 debut, The Kite Runner. Mariam is an illegitimate child, and suffers from both the stigma surrounding her birth along with the abuse she faces throughout her marriage. Laila, born a generation later, is comparatively privileged during her youth until their lives intersect and she is also forced to accept a marriage proposal from Rasheed, Mariam's husband.The author Hosseini has remarked that he regards the novel as a "mother-daughter story" in contrast to The Kite Runner, which he considers a "father-son story".It continues some of the themes used in his previous work, such as the familial aspects, but focuses primarily on female characters and their roles in Afghan society.The Author ＆BackgroundKhaled Hosseini ( born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, an occupation that he likened to "an arranged marriage". He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut The Kite Runner, all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist. Following the success of The Kite Runner he retired from medicine to write full-time. Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father worked as a diplomat, and when Hosseini was 11 years old, the family moved to France; four years later, they applied for asylum in the United States, where he later became a citizen. Hosseini did notreturn to Afghanistan until 2001 at the age of 36, where he "felt like a tourist in his own country".Hosseini visited Afghanistan in 2003, and "heard so many stories about what happened to women, the tragedies that they had endured, the difficulties, the gender-based violence that they had suffered, the discrimination, the being barred from active life during the Taliban, having their movement restricted, being banned essentially from practicing their legal, social rights, political rights".This motivated him to write a novel centered on two Afghan women.TitleThe title of the book comes from a line in the Josephine Davis translation of the poem "Kabul", by the 17th-century Iranian poet Saib Tabrizi:"Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eyeThrough the bazaars, caravans of Egypt passOne could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofsAnd the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls"In an interview, Khaled Hosseini explains, "I was searching for English translations of poems about Kabul, for use in a scene where a character bemoans leaving his beloved city, when I found this particular verse. I realized that I had found not only the right line for the scene, but also an evocative title in the phrase 'a thousand splendid suns,' which appears in the next-to-last stanza."SummaryThe novel centers around two women, Mariam and Laila, how their lives become intertwined after a series of drastic events, and their subsequent friendship and support for each other in the backdrop of Kabul in the 20th and 21st century. It is splitinto four parts that focus on individual stories: Part one is about Mariam, part two is on Laila, part three is on the relationship between the two women, and Laila's life with Tariq is in part four. The last section also happens to be the only part written in the present tense.Mariam lives in a kolba on the outskirts of Herat with her embittered mother. Jalil, her father, is a wealthy businessman who owns a cinema and lives in the town with three wives and nine children. Mariam is his illegitimate daughter,and she is prohibited to live with them, but Jalil visits her every Thursday. On her fifteenth birthday, Mariam wants her father to take her to see Pinocchio at his movie theater, against the pleas of her mother. When he does not show up, she hikes into town and goes to his house. He refuses to see her, and she ends up sleeping on the street. In the morning, Mariam returns home to find that her mother has committed suicide out of fear that her daughter had deserted her. Mariam is then taken to live in her father's house. Jalil arranges for her to be married to Rasheed, a shoemaker from Kabul who isthirty-years her senior. In Kabul, Mariam becomes pregnant seven successive times, but is never able to carry a child to term. This is a sad, disquieting reality for both Rasheed and Mariam. Ultimately Rasheed grows more and more despondent over his wife's inability to have a child and particularly a son. As their marriage wears on Rasheed gradually becomes more and more abusive.Part Two introduces Laila. She is a girl growing up in Kabul who is close friends with Tariq, a boy living in her neighborhood. They eventually develop a romantic relationship despite being aware of the social boundaries between men and women in Afghan society. War comes to Afghanistan, and Kabul is bombarded by rocket attacks. Tariq's family decides to leave the city, and the emotional farewell between Laila and Tariq culminates with them making love. Laila's family also decides to leave Kabul, but as they are packing a rocket destroys the house, killing her parents and severely injuring Laila. Laila is subsequently taken in by Rasheed and Mariam.After recovering from her injuries, Laila discovers that she is pregnant with Tariq's child. After being informed by Abdul Sharif that Tariq has died, she agrees to marry Rasheed, a man eager to have a young and attractive second wife in hopes of having a son with her. When Laila gives birth to a daughter, Aziza, Rasheed is displeased and suspicious. This results in him becoming abusive towards Laila. Mariam and Laila eventually become confidants and best friends. They plan to run away from Rasheed and leave Kabul but are caught at the bus station. Rasheed beats them and deprives them of water for several days, almost killing Aziza.A few years later, Laila gives birth to Zalmai, Rasheed's son. The Taliban has risen to power and imposed harsh rules on the Afghan population, prohibiting women from appearing in public without a male relative. There is a drought, and living conditions in Kabul become poor. Rasheed's workshop burns down, and he is forced to take jobs for which he is ill-suited. He sends Aziza to an orphanage. Laila endures a number of beatings from the Taliban when caught alone on the streets in attempts to visit her daughter.Then one day Tariq appears outside the house, and he and Laila are reunited. Laila realizes that Rasheed had hired Abdul Sharif to inform her about Tariq's fake death, so that he could marry her. When Rasheed returns home from work, Zalmai tells his father about the visitor. Rasheed starts to savagely beat Laila. He nearly strangles her, but Mariam intervenes and kills Rasheed with a shovel. Afterwards, Mariam confesses to killing Rasheed in order to draw attention away from Laila and Tariq. Mariam is publicly executed, allowing Laila and Tariq to leave for Pakistan with Aziza and Zalmai. They spend their days working at a guest house in Murree, a summer retreat.After the fall of the Taliban, Laila and Tariq return to Afghanistan. They stop in the village where Mariam was raised, and discover a package that Mariam's father left behind for her: a videotape of Pinocchio, a small sack of money, and a letter. Laila reads the letter and discovers that Jalil had regretted sending Mariam away. Laila andTariq return to Kabul and use the money to fix up the orphanage, where Laila starts working as a teacher. Laila is pregnant with her third child, and if it is a girl, Laila has already named her Mariam.CommentsAfter reading the novel,I am deeply touched and shocked.I am touched by the patience and suffering of Mariam and the friendship between Mariam and Laila.I am shocked by the violence and abuse of Rasheed.It is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond and an indestructible love. Although Mariam and Laila suffer many pains, yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.Love may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you consider the war-ravaged landscape of Afghanistan. But that is the emotion—subterranean, powerful, beautiful, illicit, and infinitely patient—that suffuses the pages of Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns. As in his best-selling first novel,The Kite Runner, Hosseini movingly examines the connections between unlikely friends, the fissures that open up between parents and children, the intransigence of quiet hearts. Nowadays,there are still many wars in this land threatening the lives of the people stay there.And I wonder how will these Afghan women do, and more important, what can WE do.Style ＆TechniqueA Thousand Splendid Suns received significant praise from reviewers, with Publishers Weekly calling it "a powerful, harrowing depiction of Afghanistan"and USA Today describing the prose as "achingly beautiful".Lisa See of The New York Times attributed the book's success to Hosseini "understanding the power of emotion as few other popular writers do".Natasha Walter from The Guardian wrote, "Hosseini is skilled at telling a certain kind of story, in which events that may seem unbearable - violence, misery and abuse - are made readable. He doesn't gloss over the horrors his characters live through, but something about his direct, explanatory style and the sense that you are moving towards a redemptive ending makes the whole narrative, for all its tragedies, slip down rather easily."。
一年级读书报告单及标准
北京第二实验小学洛阳分校一年级读书报告践行“我阅读我快乐我成长”的良好习惯争当“读书三仕”班级：姓名：年月日1、书名：_______ _______ ____作者：_______________2、这本书是属于哪一类的？（在□内划√）□童话寓言□文学名著□历史地理□神话故事□自然科学□人物传记□其他3、文章摘录：我最喜欢的词语（10个）：______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 4、读了这本书，我想写出心得体会：（一句话，可以使用拼音）______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________一年级”读书三仕“评价标准一、本学期一年级学生推荐必读四本书，选读十本（套）书。
英文读书报告参考范文 book report
A Book Report of a Thousand Splendid SunsWenjing Shi Translation 152 1507042034Brief IntroductionA Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. It is his second, following his bestselling 2003 debut, The Kite Runner. Mariam is an illegitimate child, and suffers from both the stigma surrounding her birth along with the abuse she faces throughout her marriage. Laila, born a generation later, is comparatively privileged during her youth until their lives intersect and she is also forced to accept a marriage proposal from Rasheed, Mariam's husband.The author Hosseini has remarked that he regards the novel as a "mother-daughter story" in contrast to The Kite Runner, which he considers a "father-son story".It continues some of the themes used in his previous work, such as the familial aspects, but focuses primarily on female characters and their roles in Afghan society.The Author ＆BackgroundKhaled Hosseini ( born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, an occupation that he likened to "an arranged marriage". He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut The Kite Runner, all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist. Following the success of The Kite Runner he retired from medicine to write full-time. Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father worked as a diplomat, and when Hosseini was 11 years old, the family moved to France; four years later, they applied for asylum in the United States, where he later became a citizen. Hosseini did notreturn to Afghanistan until 2001 at the age of 36, where he "felt like a tourist in his own country".Hosseini visited Afghanistan in 2003, and "heard so many stories about what happened to women, the tragedies that they had endured, the difficulties, the gender-based violence that they had suffered, the discrimination, the being barred from active life during the Taliban, having their movement restricted, being banned essentially from practicing their legal, social rights, political rights".This motivated him to write a novel centered on two Afghan women.TitleThe title of the book comes from a line in the Josephine Davis translation of the poem "Kabul", by the 17th-century Iranian poet Saib Tabrizi:"Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eyeThrough the bazaars, caravans of Egypt passOne could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofsAnd the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls"In an interview, Khaled Hosseini explains, "I was searching for English translations of poems about Kabul, for use in a scene where a character bemoans leaving his beloved city, when I found this particular verse. I realized that I had found not only the right line for the scene, but also an evocative title in the phrase 'a thousand splendid suns,' which appears in the next-to-last stanza."SummaryThe novel centers around two women, Mariam and Laila, how their lives become intertwined after a series of drastic events, and their subsequent friendship and support for each other in the backdrop of Kabul in the 20th and 21st century. It is splitinto four parts that focus on individual stories: Part one is about Mariam, part two is on Laila, part three is on the relationship between the two women, and Laila's life with Tariq is in part four. The last section also happens to be the only part written in the present tense.Mariam lives in a kolba on the outskirts of Herat with her embittered mother. Jalil, her father, is a wealthy businessman who owns a cinema and lives in the town with three wives and nine children. Mariam is his illegitimate daughter,and she is prohibited to live with them, but Jalil visits her every Thursday. On her fifteenth birthday, Mariam wants her father to take her to see Pinocchio at his movie theater, against the pleas of her mother. When he does not show up, she hikes into town and goes to his house. He refuses to see her, and she ends up sleeping on the street. In the morning, Mariam returns home to find that her mother has committed suicide out of fear that her daughter had deserted her. Mariam is then taken to live in her father's house. Jalil arranges for her to be married to Rasheed, a shoemaker from Kabul who isthirty-years her senior. In Kabul, Mariam becomes pregnant seven successive times, but is never able to carry a child to term. This is a sad, disquieting reality for both Rasheed and Mariam. Ultimately Rasheed grows more and more despondent over his wife's inability to have a child and particularly a son. As their marriage wears on Rasheed gradually becomes more and more abusive.Part Two introduces Laila. She is a girl growing up in Kabul who is close friends with Tariq, a boy living in her neighborhood. They eventually develop a romantic relationship despite being aware of the social boundaries between men and women in Afghan society. War comes to Afghanistan, and Kabul is bombarded by rocket attacks. Tariq's family decides to leave the city, and the emotional farewell between Laila and Tariq culminates with them making love. Laila's family also decides to leave Kabul, but as they are packing a rocket destroys the house, killing her parents and severely injuring Laila. Laila is subsequently taken in by Rasheed and Mariam.After recovering from her injuries, Laila discovers that she is pregnant with Tariq's child. After being informed by Abdul Sharif that Tariq has died, she agrees to marry Rasheed, a man eager to have a young and attractive second wife in hopes of having a son with her. When Laila gives birth to a daughter, Aziza, Rasheed is displeased and suspicious. This results in him becoming abusive towards Laila. Mariam and Laila eventually become confidants and best friends. They plan to run away from Rasheed and leave Kabul but are caught at the bus station. Rasheed beats them and deprives them of water for several days, almost killing Aziza.A few years later, Laila gives birth to Zalmai, Rasheed's son. The Taliban has risen to power and imposed harsh rules on the Afghan population, prohibiting women from appearing in public without a male relative. There is a drought, and living conditions in Kabul become poor. Rasheed's workshop burns down, and he is forced to take jobs for which he is ill-suited. He sends Aziza to an orphanage. Laila endures a number of beatings from the Taliban when caught alone on the streets in attempts to visit her daughter.Then one day Tariq appears outside the house, and he and Laila are reunited. Laila realizes that Rasheed had hired Abdul Sharif to inform her about Tariq's fake death, so that he could marry her. When Rasheed returns home from work, Zalmai tells his father about the visitor. Rasheed starts to savagely beat Laila. He nearly strangles her, but Mariam intervenes and kills Rasheed with a shovel. Afterwards, Mariam confesses to killing Rasheed in order to draw attention away from Laila and Tariq. Mariam is publicly executed, allowing Laila and Tariq to leave for Pakistan with Aziza and Zalmai. They spend their days working at a guest house in Murree, a summer retreat.After the fall of the Taliban, Laila and Tariq return to Afghanistan. They stop in the village where Mariam was raised, and discover a package that Mariam's father left behind for her: a videotape of Pinocchio, a small sack of money, and a letter. Laila reads the letter and discovers that Jalil had regretted sending Mariam away. Laila andTariq return to Kabul and use the money to fix up the orphanage, where Laila starts working as a teacher. Laila is pregnant with her third child, and if it is a girl, Laila has already named her Mariam.CommentsAfter reading the novel,I am deeply touched and shocked.I am touched by the patience and suffering of Mariam and the friendship between Mariam and Laila.I am shocked by the violence and abuse of Rasheed.It is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond and an indestructible love. Although Mariam and Laila suffer many pains, yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.Love may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you consider the war-ravaged landscape of Afghanistan. But that is the emotion—subterranean, powerful, beautiful, illicit, and infinitely patient—that suffuses the pages of Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns. As in his best-selling first novel,The Kite Runner, Hosseini movingly examines the connections between unlikely friends, the fissures that open up between parents and children, the intransigence of quiet hearts. Nowadays,there are still many wars in this land threatening the lives of the people stay there.And I wonder how will these Afghan women do, and more important, what can WE do.Style ＆TechniqueA Thousand Splendid Suns received significant praise from reviewers, with Publishers Weekly calling it "a powerful, harrowing depiction of Afghanistan"and USA Today describing the prose as "achingly beautiful".Lisa See of The New York Times attributed the book's success to Hosseini "understanding the power of emotion as few other popular writers do".Natasha Walter from The Guardian wrote, "Hosseini is skilled at telling a certain kind of story, in which events that may seem unbearable - violence, misery and abuse - are made readable. He doesn't gloss over the horrors his characters live through, but something about his direct, explanatory style and the sense that you are moving towards a redemptive ending makes the whole narrative, for all its tragedies, slip down rather easily."。
mybookreport英语作文
**My Book Report**Recently, I have finished reading a captivating book titled "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". It is a classic novel written by Mark Twain, a renowned American author. The story revolves around the mischievous and adventurous life of a young boy named Tom Sawyer in a small town along the Mississippi River.The plot of the book is filled with exciting incidents and hilarious antics. Tom, along with his friend Huck, embarks on a series of adventures, ranging from getting lost in a cave to attending his own funeral (which he accidentally overhears and decides to skip). The narrative is written in a lively and engaging manner, making it easy for readers to immerse themselves in the world of Tom's adventures.One of the most memorable aspects of the book is its portrayal of Tom's character. He is a typical boy with a wild imagination and a strong sense of adventure. His antics and mischievous pranks often land him in trouble, but his bravery and resourcefulness always help him overcome any obstacle. His friendship with Huck is also heartwarming, as they support and stand by each other through thick and thin.The themes of the book are diverse and profound. It explores the innocence of childhood, the importance of friendship, and the spirit of adventure. Through Tom's journey, readers are reminded of the joy and freedom that come with being young and unfettered by the constraints of adulthood.Overall, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a timeless classic that has entertained and inspired generations of readers. It is a must-read for anyone who enjoys a good adventure story with lively characters and a captivating plot. I highly recommend this book to all my friends and classmates.1。
Book Report读书报告
Book ReportIn the 1970s, the proponents of functionalism of translation in Germany categorized translating as a human action and emphasized the purpose instead of simply focusing on “textual equivalence”. And one of the important figures in about the theory is Christiane Nord, a professor of applied linguistics and translation in Germany. And this book report will briefly introduce her famous works: Translating as a Purposeful Activity: Functionalist Approaches Explained.In order to make the book report more revealing, I will unfold it chronologically in terms of the emergence and development of functionalism and the contribution made by Christiane Nord in the field.According to Christiane Nord, “Fun c tionalist”means focusing on the function or functions of texts and translations” and “functional approaches to translation were not invented in the twentieth century”. In fact, this translation theory originated from Bible translation. At medieval times, many Bible translators had felt that translation could be done at two extremes: fidelity to the source text in one situation and an adjustment to the target receivers in the other.In the book, the author presents the historical overview about the functional school which can make readers clear about the birth and development of the translation school.Historical OverviewIn 1971, Katharina Reiss put forward to a model of translation criticism in her book Possibilities and Limits of Translation Criticism, which is considered as the starting point for the scholarly analysis of translation of Germany. According to Reiss, the ideal translation would be one “in which the aim in the target language is equivalence as regards the conceptual content, linguistic form and communicative function of a source language text” ( 1977, translation in 1989:112). She refers to this kind of translation as “integral communicative performance”. Her objective approach to translation criticism thus accounts for certain exceptions from the equivalence requirement. These exceptions are due to the specifications of what we will be referring to as the …translation brief‟ (Nord, 2001: 9). One exception is when the target text is intended to achieve a purpose or function other than that of the original. A further exception is when the target text addresses an audience different from the intended readership of the original (Nord, 2001: 9).Hans J. Vermeer has gone much further in trying to bridge the gap between theory and practice. He desires to divorce linguistic translation theory by stating as follows:Linguistics alone won‟t help us. First, because translating is not merely and not even primarily a linguistic process. Secondly, because linguistics has not yet formulated the right questions to tackle our problems. So let‟s look somewhere else. (Vermeer, 1987a: 29)Vermeer defines human action as intentional, purposeful behavior that takes place in a given situation and called his theory Skopostheorie, a theory of purposeful action. In his theory, the addressee is one of the most important factors determining the purpose of a translation. The status of the source is clearly much lower inSkopostheorie than in equivalence-based theories. Vermeer regards the source text as an …offer of information‟ that is partly or wholly turned into an …offer of information‟for the target audience (Nord, 2001:12). He also presents in his theory that “Every translation is directed at an intended audience, since to translate means …to produce a text in a target setting for a target purpose and target addressees in target circumstances” (Vermeer, 1987a: 29).Justa Holz –Mänttäri, a Finland-based German professional translator goes one step further than Vermeer. His theory is based on the principles of action theory and is designed to cover all forms of intercultural transfer, including those which do not involve any source or target texts (Nord, 2001:13). In Holz –Mänttäri‟s model, translation is defined as “a complex action designed to achieve a particular purpose”(Holz –Mänttäri and Vermeer, 1985: 4). The generic term for the phenomenon is …translational action‟. The purpose of translational action is to transfer messages across culture and language barriers by means of message transmitters produced by experts. Holz –Mänttäri places special emphasis on the actional aspects of the translation process, analyzing the roles of the participants like initiator, translator, user, message receiver and the situational conditions such as time, place and medium in which the activities take place. One of her prime concern is the status of translators in a world.Basic Aspects of SkopostheorieSkopostheorie was proposed in 1978 by Hans J. Vermeer, in his works "Framework for a General Translation Theory"; Vermeer considers "translation to be a type of transfer where communicative verbal and non-verbal signs are transferred from one language into another." (Nord, 2001:11). What's more, it is also assumed that translation must be a type of human action with a distinct purpose. This functionalist theory particularly emphasizes target-orientation of translation. And it also stresses the translation situation which always determines the set of translation strategies to be used. In the following part we will take a closer look at some of the basic concepts and rules of Skopostheorie, which will also serves as the theoretical framework for the present study. Skopos is the Greek word for "purpose". According to Skopostheorie, the prime principle determining any translation process is the purpose (Skopos) of the overall translational action. This fits in with intentionality being part of the very definition of any action. When we say that an action is intentional, we presuppose the existence of free will and a choice between at least two possible forms of behavior. The reason why the translator chooses one form of behavior over another lies in the fact that it is held to be more appropriate in attaining the intended goal or purpose (Skopos)."Purpose" is defined as a provisional stage in the process of attaining an aim. Aim and purpose are thus relative concepts. (Vermeer, 1989a: 94)"Function" refers to what a text means or is intended to mean from the receiver's point of view, whereas the aim is the purpose for which it is needed or supposed to be needed. (Vermeer, 1989a: 95)"Intention" is conceived as an "aim-oriented plan of action" on the part of both the sender and the receiver, pointing toward an appropriate way of producing orunderstanding the text. (Vermeer, 1986a: 414)As a general rule Vermeer considers the above teleological concepts to be equivalent, subsuming them under the generic concept of Skopos. There exist three possible kinds of purpose in the field of translation: the general purpose aimed at by the translator in the translation process (perhaps "to earn a living"), the communicative purpose aimed at by the target text in the target situation (perhaps "to instruct the reader") and the purpose aimed at by a particular translation strategy or procedure (for example, "to translate literally in order to show the structural particularities of the source language") (Vermeer 1989a: 100).Nevertheless, the term Skopos usually refers to the purpose of the target text. Apart from the term Skopos, Vermeer uses the related words aim, purpose, intention and function. According to Vermeer: "Aim" is defined as the final result an agent intends to achieve by means of an action. (Vermeer, 1986a: 239)。
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This story tellsme, for friendship, emotion, love, courage to sacrifice his own spirit.
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Title of the bookThe Little SeaMaid
Author Andersen
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Publisher Random House
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5.All day long they could play in the castle, down in the halls, where living flowers grew out of the walls
6.Outside the castle was a great garden with bright red and dark blue flowers; the fruit glowed like gold, and the flowers like flames of fire; and they continually kept moving their stalks and leaves.
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A model reportHere is a report written by a student in an introductory sociology source.A Report on I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsIn I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (New Y ork: Bantam Books, 1971), Maya Angelou tells the story of her earliest years. Angelou, a dancer, poet, and television producer as well as a writer, has continued her life story in three more volumes of autobiography. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the start of Maya Angelou’s story; in this book, she writes with crystal clarity abo ut the pains and joys of being black in America. (Introductory paragraph)(Part I: summary topic sentence for summary paragraph) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings covers Maya Angelou’s life from age three to age sixteen. We first meet her as a gawky little g irl in a white woman’s cut-down lavender silk dress. She has forgotten the poem she had memorized for the Easter service, and all she can do is rush out of grandmother and uncle. The town is rigidly segregated: ―people in Stamps used to say that the whites in our town were so prejudiced that a Negro couldn’t buy vanilla ice cream‖ (40). Y et Angelou has some good things in her life: her adored older brother Bailey, her success in school, and her pride in her grandmother’s quiet strength and importance in the black community. There is laughter, too, as when a preacher is interrupted in midsermon by an overly enthusiastic woman shouting, ―Preach it, I say preach it!‖ The woman, in a frenzied rush of excitement, hits the preacher with her purse; his false teeth fly out of his mouth and land at Angelou’s feet. Shortly after this incident, Angelou and her brother are taken by her father to live in California with their mother. Here, at age eight, she is raped by her mother’s boyfriend, who is mysteriously murdered after receiving only a suspended sentence for his crime. She returns, silent and withdrawn, to Stamps, where the gloom is broken when a friend of her mother introduces her to the magic of great books. Later, at age thirteen, Angelou returns to California. She learns how to dance. She runs away after a violent family fight and lives for a month in a junkyard. She becomes the first black female to get a job on the San Francisco streetcars. She graduates from high school eight months pregnant. And she survives.(Part II: reaction topic sentence for first reaction paragraph)I was impressed with the vividness of Maya Angelou’s writing style. For example, she describes the lazy dullness of her life in Stamps: ―Weekdays revolved in a sameness wheel. They turned int o themselves so steadily and inevitably that each seemed to be the original of yesterday’s rough draft‖ (93). She also knows how to bring a scene to life, as when she describes her eighth-grade graduation. For months, she has been looking forward to this event, knowing she will be honored for her academic success. She is even happy with her appearance: her hair has become pretty, and her yellow dress is a miracle of hand-sewing. But the ceremony is spoiled when the speaker—a white man—implies that the only success available to blacks is in athletics. Angelou remembers: ―the man’s dead words fell like bricks around the auditorium and too many settled in my belly…. The proud graduating class of 1940 had dropped their heads‖ (152). Later, Angelou uses a crystal-clear image to describe her father’s mistress sewing: ―she worked the thread through the flowered cloth as if she were sewing the torn ends of her life together‖(208). With such vivid details and figures of speech, Maya Angelou re-creates her life for her readers.(Topic sentence for second reaction paragraph)I also reacted strongly to the descriptions of injustices suffered by blacks two generations ago. I was as horrified as the seven-year-old Maya when some ―powhitetrash‖ girls torment her dignified grandmother, calling her ―Annie‖ and mimicking her mannerisms. In another incident, Mrs. Cullina, Angelou’s white employer, decidesthat Margurite (Angelou’s real name) is too difficult to pronounce and so renames her Mary. This loss of her name –a ―hellish horror‖(91)—is another humiliation suffered at white hands, and Angelou leaves Mrs. Cullinan’s employ soon afterward. Later, Angelou encounters overt discrimination when a white dentist tells her grandmother, ―Annie, my policy is I’d rather stick my hand i n a dog’s mouth than in a nigger’s‖(160)—and only slightly less obvious prejudice when the streetcar company refuses to accept her application for a conductor’s job. We see Angelou over and over as the victim of a white society.(Topic sentence for third reaction paragraph)Although I was saddened to read about the injustices, I rejoiced in Angelou’s triumphs. Angelou is thrilled when she hears the radio broadcast of Joe Louis’s victory over Primo Carnera: ―A Black boy. Some Black mother’s son. He was the st rongest man in the world‖ (114). She weeps with pride when the class valedictorian leads her and her fellow eighth-graders in singing the Negro National Anthem. And there are personal victories, too. One of these comes after her father has gotten drunk in a small Mexican town. Though she has never driven before, she manages to get her father into the car and drives fifty miles through the night as he lies intoxicated in the backseat. Finally, she rejoices in the birth of her son: ―He was beautiful and mine.Totally mine. No one had bought him for me‖ (245). Angelou shows us, through these examples, that she is proud of her race—and of herself.(Concluding paragraph) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a remarkable book. Angelou could have been just another casualty of race prejudice. Y et by using her intelligence, sensitivity, and determination, she succeeds in spite of the odds against her. And by writing with such power, she lets us share her defeats and joys. She also teaches us a vital lesson: with strength and persistence, we can all escape our cages—and sing our songs.。
Book Report——The Color Purple
The Color PurpleThis is a book with several motifs. The most striking ones in my mind are the hard struggle of the black women and their awakening of self-consciousness.The protagonist Celie tells her story starting from the early age of fourteen. Any girl in our time will surely be shocked by her unbearable misery and shows sympathy for her. As a girl of only fourteen, Celie is raped by her Pa, who is later known as her stepfather. She gives birth to a girl and a boy but both of them are sold by her stepfather Alphonso. With her mother‟ death, the stepfather tries to harass Celie‟s sister Nettie. To protect her sister, Celie sacrifices herself and is constantly sleeps with the stepfather. Being homely looking, Celie suffers family violence and become silent. When Nettie‟s boyfriend Mr. --- comes to propose Nettie, the stepfather decides to marry Celie to him. It turns out that Mr. --- once has loved a girl but is forced by his father to marry another one he chose for him. Caused by his former unhappy marriage, Mr. --- has got used to the habits of violence. Influenced by Mr. ---, his son Harpo also resorts violence to make his wife to be obedient. Nettie comes to live with Celie but is harassed by Mr. ---. Refused by Nettie, Mr. --- drives Nettie out and threatens that he will never let the two sisters connect with each other again. Celie sees the pictures of Mr. ---…s lover—Avery Shug. Celie admires Shug and when her husband takes the sick Shug home, Celie takes good care of her. Although Shug is a threat to her marriage, Celie stands together with her in spite of the misunderstandings of other people. Shug is gradually affected by Celie and the two women fall in love with each other. Shug persuade Mr. --- to treat Celie better and she also discovers Nettie‟s letters which are intercepted by Mr. ---. Another precious friendship is the one between Sofia and Mary Agnes. Both of the two loves Mr. ---…s son Harpo. Sofia even once slapped Mary Agnes for taking her husband away. Unlike Celie and Mary Agnes, Sofia is a forerunner of feminism; she fears nobody and fights against violence both from black men and the whites. When Sofia is in jail, Mary Agnes stands out and sacrifices her body to rescue her. In front of the threats of the outer society, any personal grudge gives way to the togetherness of the black women. Influenced by Shug and Sofia, Mary decides to pursue her dream as a singer. Celie and Shug take away Nettie‟s letters. It turns out that Nettie has gone to Africa with Samuel and his wife. Samuel has adopted Celie‟s two children whose names are Olivia and Adam. After the death of Samuel‟s wife, Nettie finds that she has fallen in love with Samuel and the two gets married. The story ends with Nettie, Samuel, Olivia and Adam‟s back to visit Celie after more than thirty years of separation. With the influence of Shug and Sofia, the women in the house win their financial and spiritual freedom and the men also change their attitudes toward towards their women and children instead of being violent.I am really affected by the struggles of the black women in this book. Firstly, the endurance and strong will of these black women impress me deeply. They endure everything including sexual abuses and heavy beatings just for the one they love. Just like what Celie says, she deems herself as a tree when she suffers all this. In order toprotect Nettie, she sleeps with the stepfather and then sleeps with Mr. ---. She finds not the least pleasure in sex and is called a virgin by Shug. Just like a tree, Celie keeps silent about all these violence in her life and endures everything for Nettie. Secondly, the black women‟s determination and courage are worthwhile to be admired by us. Even being exposed in a patriarchal society, Shug and Sofia still have the fighting spirit. They fight for their rights and also awaken the other women. It is quite unbelievable that women who are so obedient like Celie can also be influenced and fights back. The change of women in Cel ie‟s family is a miniature of the society as a whole during the feminist movement. With the change of women, the men in the house are also affected. They come to care about their women and children.Thirdly, Nettie‟s experience in Africa is an interesting element in the novel. In Nettie‟s letters, she writes about her experience in Africa, which concerns colonial rule and the relationship between the African Americans and the native Africans. In American black‟s eyes, the American blacks are sold by their Af rican brothers and sisters for money. The native Africans don‟t understand them. The American blacks in Africa endure indifference and a certain understandable shallowness in personal relationships in Africa. Sharing the same ancestors, the Africans and African Americans should act as brothers and sisters but they are now merely strangers to each other. Fourthly, the letters in the latter part of the novel makes this novel different from others. There are altogether twenty-seven letters in this novel with nineteen from Nettie and eight from Celie. The letters makes the story more trustworthy and offers a broader horizon for the readers. These letters makes the novel somewhat like an epistolary novel1.I also have some puzzles in reading the book and I would be so grateful if you can give me some hints. First of all, I‟m curious of the arrangement of the name “Mr. ---”. Is it just a common appellation or it contains some deeper meanings? Why does the author choose these hyphens as his name rather than any other common name? The (--)refers to the men in the patriarchal society in a general sense, not only the husband of Celie. It is a deliberate usuage of the author. Second, there is a phrase which I cannot understand and fail to find any references. This phras e is “flies on an elephant‟s hide”. It appears on page ninety-six in one of Nettie‟s letters. Nettie is describing their situation and complaining about their loneliness in Africa. “No, I (Nettie) said, it isn‟t resentment, exactly. It really is indifferen ce. Sometimes I feel our position is like that of flies on an elephant‟s hide”（96）. You know, the hide of an elephant is very thick, so the landing of flies on her hide cannot really affect her. So the author, by this term, denotes the helpless sense or feeling of the person facing a certain difficult situation. Third, I am not sure if I have got the point the reason why the author chooses the title “The Color Purple”. Here is my viewpoint. The first time “the color purple” appears is when Shug and Celie talks about God. Shug says, “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple i n a field somewhere and don‟t notice it”. Here, the color purple refers to something wonderful that should be admires. In my opinion, the author chooses this phrase as title is telling us that the shining personalities of the black women should be noticed and admired. The black women 1An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters. As the letters only make up the latter part of the novel, I wonder if it can be called an epistolary novel.are just like the color purple, they have something precious peculiar to them. Their importance should be recognized and valued by themselves as well as the society. The color “purple” is formed by the combination of two colors: red and blue. The implication of the book‟s title means that black women‟s life is also a combination of blue(its metaphorical meaning: gloominess and hardships in life) and red(its metaphorical meaning: success and heated pursuit of self-realization of black women). In another sense, the color “purple” is a symbol of nobleness, which means that black women, united together, can also achieve their success and attain their noble personality by their brave and bold pursuit of self and by overcoming all the troubles and misfortunes in their life. The title is also a reflection of Alice Walker‟s doctrine of womanism to the effect that women gain their rights and power by the unity of women themselves.。
book report-The island英文小说读书报告范例《岛》
Name_____Date___2015/5/22________FictionTitle __________The Island____________________________Author _________Victoria Hislop________________________Write the new vocabulary words you learned from this book.leper麻风病hold in grip紧握numbness麻木jetty码头crone干瘪老丑婆cargo货物bob浮动lurch倾斜mooring停泊处unfurl展开intricate复杂的quay码头shudder战栗fortification设防overpowering无法抵抗的conjure想象chaperone女伴impeccable无瑕疵的woo追求escort护卫antic滑稽动作dampen潮湿involuntarily不自觉的backdrop舞台背景effervescent欢腾euphoria精神欢快感courtship示爱halo晕轮plaited编成辫的bashfully羞怯地deflower使失贞disgrace使丢脸smolder郁积catharsis宣泄inexorably无情地confide吐露秘密halcyon平静的vivacious快活的anguish痛苦bluster咆哮snobbery势利be suffused with充满cauldron大锅nausea晕船gnaw at侵蚀refurbishment翻修daunt使畏缩brew酝酿exuberance感情洋溢wade跋涉Setting: Tell about the time period this book takes place.1939——2001Main Characters_________Maria_________________ _________Giorgis__________________________Anna_________________ _________Manoli__________________________Alexis_________________ _________Dr.Kyritsis______________Conflict or ProblemAlexis is not sure whether she should marry her boyfriend.Maria was abandoned by Manoli because she was infected with leper.Anna was shot by her husband because she cheated him.Events1.2.3.4.Write a short summary about the book.ConclusionFictional books always have main characters: Describe one main character in this book in detail. How did he/she look, what age was he/she, what was his/her personality like, etc.Who is your favorite character?Maria________________________________________________________________ Describe the character.Maria was a pretty girl with brown eyes, a slim waist, a neat bosom and muscular arms built up by years of hard physical work. She was fragile and strong who added innocence to such sweet beauty. Compared to her sister Anna, Maria had an altogether gentler and quieter nature. Unlike Anna, Maria did not find domestic work belittling. She was naturally practical and sometimes enjoyed helping her father clean and cook. Maria was a mistress of restraint who was thoughtful. She had learned to control her feelings and in this way she kept up the appearance of being contented. She was kind and loved her family very much. She always held courage for life and was ready to help others.What was the importance of this character to the story?Secondly, Maria was compared with her sister Anna in the story. She was not the luckiest one, but the kindest and bravest. Unlike the selfish girl Anna, Maria was so kind and loved her family and friends. Eventually, Maria led a happy life and Anna was killed by her husband.Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?Yes, I will recommend this book to my friends. Because this is a moving story and it made me feel encouraged. It is important to be kind to others and have courage for life. Life is always difficult and we should try to be brave and energetic. The character in this story, Maria is such a good girl and deserves our respect. I believe if you read this book, you will love it.。
英语作文my book report
英语作文my book reportReading is one of the most fundamental and rewarding activities that a person can engage in. Books open up new worlds, introduce us to fascinating characters, and allow us to explore diverse perspectives and experiences. As an avid reader, I have had the pleasure of diving into many captivating stories and nonfiction works over the years. One book in particular that has left a lasting impression on me is "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee."To Kill a Mockingbird" is a timeless classic that was first published in 1960. Set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression, the novel follows the story of Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a young girl whose eyes are opened to the harsh realities of racism and injustice in her small Southern community. The narrative is told through Scout's innocent and curious perspective as she and her brother Jem witness their father Atticus, a principled lawyer, defend a black man named Tom Robinson who has been wrongfully accused of a terrible crime.One of the most striking aspects of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is itsportrayal of the moral courage and integrity of Atticus Finch. As a single parent raising his two children, Atticus instills in them a strong sense of justice, empathy, and respect for all people regardless of their race or social status. When he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, Atticus knows that he is taking on a case that will be deeply unpopular with the majority-white town. However, he is driven by an unwavering commitment to the principles of fairness and equality under the law.Throughout the trial, Atticus methodically dismantles the prosecution's case, exposing the blatant racism and lies that have led to Tom's indictment. In a powerful courtroom scene, Atticus delivers a stirring closing argument in which he pleads with the all-white jury to look past their own prejudices and render a just verdict. Tragically, despite Atticus's best efforts, the jury ultimately convicts Tom, a victim of the town's entrenched racial biases.The consequences of this unjust verdict reverberate throughout the rest of the novel, as Scout and Jem grapple with the harsh realities of prejudice and the fragility of the justice system. However, their father's moral example continues to guide them, instilling in them a determination to stand up against injustice and discrimination wherever they encounter it.One of the most poignant moments in the book occurs when Scoutrealizes that her reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley, has been protecting her and her brother all along. This revelation serves as a powerful metaphor for the idea that true courage is not always loud or celebrated, but can be found in the quiet acts of compassion and sacrifice performed by everyday people.Through its exploration of complex themes such as racism, moral courage, and the loss of innocence, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has cemented its place as a timeless classic. Harper Lee's masterful storytelling and richly drawn characters have captivated readers for generations, and the novel's enduring relevance is a testament to its enduring power.As I reflect on the profound impact that "To Kill a Mockingbird" has had on me, I am struck by the way in which it has shaped my own values and worldview. The novel's unwavering commitment to justice and human dignity has inspired me to strive to be a more ethical and compassionate person, to stand up against injustice whenever I encounter it, and to always seek to understand and empathize with those who are different from me.In a world that often seems increasingly divided and polarized, the lessons of "To Kill a Mockingbird" feel more vital than ever. The novel's timeless message of the importance of standing up for what is right, even in the face of adversity, is a powerful reminder of thetransformative power of literature and the enduring value of moral courage.As I continue on my own journey of growth and discovery, I know that I will return to the pages of "To Kill a Mockingbird" time and time again, drawing inspiration and wisdom from its rich tapestry of characters and themes. This book has not only captured my imagination but has also left an indelible mark on my heart and soul, and I am grateful for the opportunity to share my love for this truly remarkable work of literature.。
Book Report读书报告
The structure of a book report
I. Introduction
II. Summary+ Analysis III. Evaluation
Part One
1. Information about the writer (his name, the
books he has published, the years of his birth and death, the publisher of the book)
写作步骤：
1．仔细阅读所给作品，力图对作品全面理解，并对其中的重要
内容加以标注；
2．在读书报告第一段中，写下作者和作品名及自己的论点。 3．概述作品：主题，基本情节，人物分析，重要细节等。 4．主观评价：作品优劣之处及原因所在，并可加以例证，
5．重新阅读，修改语法拼写等错误。
When giving the information about the writer, the
book report
The Reflections of Animal FarmWhen I read this book, my first impression was these words: equality, freedom, dictation, education, and judgmen. I will illustrate them as I provide my own reflection.First, let me talk about the summary of the book. This book written by George Orwell talks about a farm and animals live in it. Before the revolution, the animals on the farm are abused by the owner of the farm, Mr. Jones, and the old major, by telling a dream of his, fuel the rebellion. And also, he comes up with the principleof the animals, which is called Animalism. The most important one of the principle is that all animals are equal. Soon after old major’s death, the animals begin a revolution, driving the owner, Mr. Jones out of the farm. After the revolution, the name of the farm was changed into animal farm and they decide the pigs to be the leaders who should put up with plans and run the farm properly. At the beginning, the leader who is in power is Snowball, who lead a very successful harvest and thus, winning the animals trust. But unfortunately, another pig, Napoleon, using vicious dogs he trained before to chase Snowball out of the farm. And finally he becomes a dictator. Also, he uses a pig called Squealer to manipulate the language to excuse, justify, and extol all of Napoleon's actions. And in this way, Napoleon finally control all the animal on the farm. Ironically, in the end of the book, Napoleon and other pigs begin walking upright like humansand learned some behaviors of them, which is against Animalism. When I finished the book, I talk to myself that this is not only a book deal with the problems of animals, but a mirror of our humans.First, as humans, we have a strong desire to possess equality and freedom, just like the animals in the book. If there is some who is against these two goals, we will overthrow him. History is really a good example of this. Think of American Independent war, it is because Britain’s cruel ruling that lead to the people’s resist. Let us take this deeper: because it is American people’s nature to pursue freedom and equality, and Britain’s ruling interfered this, so they began their revolution. There is no doubt that we humans are born to love freedom and equality.The second point I’d like to deal with is that the goal of freedom and equality won’t come out easily and it is always killed by dictation. In the book Napoleon become the dictator who steals the animals’freedom and equality at last. In human society there was also some examples. In Russia’s history , in the 1920s, people chased freedom and equality under the guidance of Lenin but when Stalin came into power, he gradually became a dictator and people were not in possession of freedom and equality anymore. In brief, dictation is always a barrier for the persuit of freedom and equality.The last one I want to discuss is that we should take what kind of action in face of dictation. First, we should take a look at what theanimals do in this book. Yes, the animals just believe the superficial words and obey the command of Napoleon. So let me ask you , if it were you, what would you do? Instances are countless. There are people who act like the animals, like the Russians mentioned above. Of course, there are also people who resist and devote their life to overthrow the dictator, like the people in the Glory Revolution, who fight to overthrow the king of Britain. But the most important point I want to deal with is why people do not take action when they are faced with dictation. In order to answer this question, we’d better look into the book for answer. Why animals in the book do not fight against Napoleon when he abuses his power? The most evident reason is that they only have a limited number quantity of language. In this farm, except the pigs, only Benjamin can read. Other animals only know a few letters. When people is lack of knowledge, how can they understand dictation is really harmful to freedom and equality？And, the second reason, I suppose, is that they don’t have their own judgments. Why?Because, they believe everything Squealer says. They don’t have their own opinions! This is pessimistic. Under the circumstances, they are likely to be controlled by other people. This also goes for the humans. That is, a lack of education is really the soil for dictation.Then, a more challenging question comes into my mind: how can we avoid dictation and enjoy freedom and equality? According to theanalysis above, I have a few suggestions . First, we should be taught properly. We must have enough knowledge to fully understand what the situation is, only in this way, can we lay our freedom and equality on the basis of it. Then ,we should have our own opinion, we should not believe what other people say or believe. We should use our own mind to analyze if it is really true.Reading the book is really a process of gaining more, and it is really a pleasure to share what I have learned with others.Student Name: Wu YushuID Number: 2011200913。