菲茨杰拉德作品富家子弟 读书报告(英文)

BOOK REPORT
This is the first English book I have ever read. The whole process is pleasant, though I have to deal with uncountable new words. To choose Fitzgerald as my first English teacher is a real challenge, and I’ m glad I could manage to do it.
Let’s look at the book: hard cover biding，504pages, and Cambridge edition.
What make it different are its precious firsthand information, strict editorial principle, and of course, academic background. This book also included some uncollected stories which are “as good as all but the best of Fitzgerald’s short fiction”.
<The Rich Boy>is the longest and also most important story in <All the Sad Young Men>, for Fitz’ himself had made additions and deletions to it for several times and privately recommended it to the publisher.
In this book, we see a lovely young man, Anson, who was born rich and owned an irreplaceable superiority. This man had been deeply convinced of integrity and social principles, though he might seem dissipated. He fell in love with a serious, dark girl, which was beyond people’s expectation. But the girl, Paula, found him actually not suitable for her despite his enthusiasm.
Then it came the painful parting scene---Paula sank into another young man’s arm, while Anson couldn’t help missing her.
Anson did attempt to get married, but after he hurt a little girl Dolly he felt old. For years he had been tortured himself by wild spree and drinking. His family declined day by day, while his so-called integrity was disappearing. He sure was the favorite among people, but what shined in his mind was a family, a warm harbor of refuge.
There must be a night when loneliness poured in, and he had nowhere to go. The darkness was gathering, while he saw a woman standing by the portal---it was Paula. She had three kids now, and was living a happy life .When Anson again opened his mind to her, she just smiled and explained patiently.
The psychological moment had passed forever since their last kiss goodbye.
Now Anson was feeling even older, he brought a dull air to the office, and he no longer entertained a hope for the future.
By the end showed up a red tam beauty, which lit up the hue at once. What about Anson? He was indeed talking to her.
However, this seemed more or less dolorous(忧伤的)anyway to me.
The outline could have been vivid, and perhaps I have exhausted all my energies on the daily summary. That one is much more emotional,
exactly.
Let’s firstly concentrate on the outward aspect---language.
Fitzgerald’s novel is especially famous for its exquisite language. He mainly use American English, though he actually had a Hibernian(爱尔兰的)background. Apart from classicism or modernism, its fictions were constructed in a singular manner(独树一帜).The choice of words is appropriate and meticulous(一丝不苟的), decorated with tactful humor. Its figure of speech(比喻)is also talented. But it will never impress you as artificial, but rather pleasant. Fitz certainly had his own philosophy for life, but he skillfully pictured it through images, while many authors impatiently begins to drum in(灌输).He taught me to be modest, to make friends with every reader, to show respect for all the sentiment souls behind the pages. Writers needn’t be all-knowing, but rather reflecting and inspiring. To do this, they have to make their heart as clear as a mirror. I’m not saying they’re blank in mind but they at least own free spaces and are ready to take in something. Then their writings will live long. This is a sort of communication, Fitz did understand it.
As a writer who had won distinction in his teens, his work is romantic and fantasy in general, as many young poets. But the experiences of his own life undoubtedly shrouded(蒙上) his stories a slight of fateful sorrow.
Young Anson Hunter, a boy with boundless future（前途无量），a son of a financial magnate(金融巨头)---he ought to lead a carefree life, but ended in indefinable(说不清的) confusion. He wanted warmth and safety, but was rewarded with unexpected temporal affairs(世俗事务).People liked him but could only show their concerns, and no sunshine could pierce the clouds to reach deep in his heart. Wandering in the melancholy night of New York, he felt as if he were a drifter. However joyful the party was, the essence(本质)was nothingness(虚无).
Anson did make mistakes now and then, but what he did seemed to be a kind of revenge or self-punishment. He hurt Dolly, he exposed his aunt’s crime, and even killed her man. It was a keen sense of justice that encouraged him to do these. He won the game but lost the whole world, something has been changed but he didn’t notice.
Anson felt old, nor did he think he could ever get married. Anson’s family has been separated, and fortunes were also divided. Old friends no longer needed his help or advice, and the bartender (酒吧侍者)has been replaced. This was a short blank in his life, in which he could see how lonely he actually was and used to be.
A turn for the better showed up in the end, but all reader would know: things had never been ended.
I’ll refer this report as a reprint of my daily summary, and in some aspects,
it’s a little bit inferior(逊色). Maybe I’d better write it during reading, and put my thoughts together.
All right, anyway I have to thank Fitzgerald and his excellent works, though I have been tortured for days. Next time I would probably choose him again--- first time strangers, second time friends:-D.。