白鲸记英文读后感(3页).doc

-白鲸记英文读后感-第 3 页Moby Dick Brief Introduction The novel, Moby Dick, was written by Herman Melville, an American writer. The book I read was published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research in 2004. The book contains 286 pages.Main Contents Ishmael was the only surviver in that wreck. The story was told by him. Ishmael worked as a schoolmaster, but sometimes he liked to adventure. Whenever he felt a little down from life, he would stop his work and head for the sea that brought back and restored his spirit. This time he decided to go aboard a whaling ship. In a hotel he met with Queequeg, a harpooner. Later on they became closed friends. Ishmael and Queequeg reached the Pequod. Captain Peleg was one of the two owners of the Pequod. Another was Captain Ahab. Actually Ahab was the captain of this ship. A white whale, Moby Dick often killed people and he ate Captain Ahabs leg. He had promised he would chase him round the Cape of Good Hope and round Cape Horn and round the flames of Hell before He gave up. He had signed the men aboard his ship to chase that White Whale over all sides of the earth until he coughed black blood and rolled over. During the sea travel, they also killed many whales but Ahab still insisted to kill Moby Dick. Ahab looked after the trail of the White Whale. In the first day of hunting Moby Dick they had a fierce fighting with Moby Dick. Fedallah disappeared.On the second days chase, all the crew except Ishmael were dead. It was Queequegs coffin life saver that saved him. Finally Ahab did not kill Moby Dick.Excellent episode1. I worked as a schoolmaster, but sometimes I would feel that I needed a bit of change. So, whenever I felt a little down from life, I would stop my work and head for the sea. There was something about the sea that brought back and restored my spirit, my drive in life. For this I could always count on the sea.2. No, my way of escaping the reality of my hometown of Manhattan, New York, was going to sea as a plain, ordinary seaman. I liked the exercise of being a seaman. Most importantly, I was able to travel to far-away places and experience things that I would never experience if I stayed in my hometown.3. Floating all alone at sea, I had much to think about. I thought of Ahab going after his goal even thought it meant death, and of the White Whales answer of revenge. The memory of Queequegs kindness protected and kept my spirits alive, just as his coffin chest now kept my body above the sea.Reflection When I am reading the fighting between the crew and whale,especially the White Whale, I feel I am one of them. After reading the novel I want to talk about it from different sides. Ishmael was a schoolmaster but he liked to adventure. If his life was smooth, he would feel bored. He liked to head for the sea. There was something about the sea that could bring back and restore his spirit, his drive in life. Today we are in a comfortable society and we enjoy the comfort. We live without passion.However, we lost our soul. We do something against morality. Our material life is rich but we are lacking morality. Society is full of coldness and we cannot smile at the strange. We lost the nature of human beings. I believe we dont want to live in such society, so we should do something meaningful to improve ourselves and make our society full of warm. Many people who have read the novel admire Captain Ahab for his perseverance.He had a great aim to kill the White Whale.They think the White Whale was the symbol of the devil and Ahab was the symbol of justice. However, I have the different idea. I think Captain Ahab was selfish. For the revenge for his leg, he didnt care about others lives. Many people were dead for his selfishness. Many people think Captain Ahab was the great man who wined over the nature and who didnt believe in the God. Actually I think he is a killer of the nature. He was rude. Animals are our friends and we should make friends with them. However, he killed them. He lost his leg, which he deserved. He made the sacrifice for what he did. We could not harm the nature or we will have the bad result just like the dead the White Whale had killed. We should have harmony with the nature.本文版权归曼界森英书下载网及英文小说网共同所有