篇一：《格列佛游记》英文读后感
《格列佛游记》英文读后感
One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of Swift's satire. In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for us to take them seriously as the proper way to act? If we look closely at the way that the Houyhnhnms act, we can see that in fact Swift does not take them seriously: he uses them to show the dangers of pride.
First we have to see that Swift does not even take Gullver seriously. For instance, his name sounds much like gullible, which suggests that he will believe anything. Also, when he first sees the Yahoos and they throw excrement on him, he responds by doing the same in return until they run away. He says, "I must needs discover some more rational being," even though as a human he is already the most
rational being there is. This is why Swift refers to Erasmus Darwins discovery of the origin of the species and the voyage of the Beagle-to show how Gulliver knows that people are at the top of the food chain. But if Lemule Gulliver is satirized, so are the Houyhnhnms, whose voices sound like the call of castrati. They walk on two legs instead of four, and seem to be much like people. As Gulliver says, "It was with the utmost astonishment that I witnessed these creatures playing the flute and dancing a Vienese waltz. To my mind, they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court, even more
dextrous than the Lord Edmund Burke" . As this quote demonstrates, Gulliver is terribly impressed, but his admiration for the Houyhnhnms is short-lived because they are so prideful. For instance, the leader of the Houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of Charles
Dickens, and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the Kings and Queens of England up to George II. Swift subtly shows that this Houyhnhnms pride is misplaced when, in the middle of the intellectual competition, he forgets the name of Queen Elizabeths husband.
Swifts satire of the Houyhnhnms comes out in other ways as well. One of the most memorable scenes is when the dapple grey mare attempts to woo the horse that Guenivre has brought with him to the island. First she acts flirtatiously, parading around the bewildered horse. But when this does not have the desired effect, she gets another idea: "As I watched in amazement from my perch in the top of a tree, the sorrel nag dashed off and returned with a yahoo on her back who was yet more monstrous than Mr. Pope being fitted by a clothier. She
dropped this creature before my nag as if offering up a sacrifice. My horse sniffed the creature and turned away." It might seem that we should take this scene seriously as a failed attempt at courtship, and that consequently we should see the grey mare as an uequited lover. But it makes more sense if we see that Swift is being satiric here: it is the female Houyhnhnm who makes the move, which would not have happened in eighteenth-century England. The Houyhnhm is being prideful, and it is that pride that makes him unable to impress Gullivers horse. Gulliver imagines the horse saying, Sblood, the notion of creating the bare backed beast with an animal who had held Mr. Pope on her back makes me queezy .
A final indication that the Houyhnmns are not meant to be taken seriously occurs when the leader of the Houynhms visits Lilliput, where he visits the French Royal Society. He goes into a room in which a scientist is trying to turn wine into water (itself a
篇二：格列佛游记读后感英文版
My Opinions on Gulliver’s Travels
Jonathan Swift
Recently I read a novel called “Gulliver’s Travels’. As far as I am concerned, it is a very fantastic book and it gives people an adventurous feeling to read the novel. Before I read the novel, I really didn’t know anything about the author of this novel. But after I have read the novel, I learned that the author of this novel is Jonathan Swift, who was born in 1667. According to what I learned from the book,I know the novel through spicy Satires and Humors, quirky imagination and exaggeration, describes the passion for Gulliver’s sailing adventure.
In my opinion, there is a certain connection between the background of the novel and the social conditions. Take this novel ,for example, the background of the novel is based on the social reality in England of that time.If I have the chance, I would like to be a man like Gulliver, because I am greatly inspired by his courage .Gulliver is the person, who travels several lands .Today I will share one of his voyages with you.
The voyage is to Lilliput. People of the lands of Lilliput
are very small, it seems like the ant to us, and so Gulliver in the place is very big. The local people regard him as a monster. From the chapter of the novel, we can learn that people of Lilliput are of great kindness in giving Gulliver food and drink. While he was eating, they had prepared a platform to carry him to the capital city. Five hundred men built a special wooden platform with twenty－two wheels．Nine hundred of the strongest men worked for about three hours to lift him on to the platform．But he has experienced much, not only happy things but also unhappy things. As a reader of this novel, I can imagine how exciting the voyage was through the words written by the author.
At last ,I hope I could have the chance to travel the world like Gulliver. I eagerly want to live in a magic land ,I think it must be exciting .In fact ,I more hope our classmates can help and understand each other like characters of the novel .And make our class more harmony ,make us more happy . Thank you !
篇三：格列佛游记 读后感 英语作文
My thought after reading "Gulliver's travels"
This book ,whose name is "Gulliver's travels", written with satire and humor spice, strange imagination and exaggeration, describes Gulliver who loves sailing adventure everywhere around the world, has experienced large and small, thrilling and interesting adventure.
In Lilliput, he became a huge monster, invulnerable, even though swallow dozens of head of cattles ,he will still not fill his stomach; in Brobdingnag, he has become a doll of giants, which was played in the palm of giants' hands, and fight against flies and bees; later, he came to the mysterious flying island, where people use the power of the lower part of birds and the force of a magnet at the bottom of the seabed, to move follow their own bent, meanwhile ,it is also a strange country where ghost can be summoned at any time to engage in some special communication, and people make rather baffling study; also in the Houyhnhnms which is a shame , where things upside down ,there are many of the more unbelievable stories took place there.
As reading, I dream I with The Gulliver together get into a fantasy world of that. Those little people who like doll, tall and mighty giants, like a flying fish flying island residents, as well as the Houyhnhnms' people and Jehu, left me deep impression, and make me so surprised and happy .Meanwhile ,in this story hero Gulliver at the face of the crisis, witty, brave, and resourceful, gets out of the danger time after time. As far as I am concerned ,this is what we are supposed to learn, no matter what difficulties we encounter and however difficult question need we solve, we must keep calm, have positive response to overcome the trouble we meet! We should apply the spirit that don't fear of difficulties to study and life!
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