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1、格列佛游格列佛游记记英英语读语读后感后感1000字字格列佛游记是一部杰出的游记体讽刺小说,以里梅尔格列佛(又译为莱缪尔格列佛)船长的口气叙述周游四国的经历。通过格列佛在利立浦特、布罗卜丁奈格、飞岛国、慧骃国的奇遇,反映了18世纪前半期英国统治阶级的腐败和罪恶。下面是聘才网小编为大家整理的格列读后感范文,欢迎大家阅读。格列佛游记英语读后感1000字OneofthemostinterestingquestionsaboutGulliversTravelsiswhethert heHouyhnhnmsrepresentanidealofrationalityorwhetherontheotherh
2、andtheyarethebuttofSwiftssatire.Inotherwords,inBookIV,isSwiftpo kingfunatthetalkinghorsesordoesheintendforustotakethemseriously astheproperwaytoact?IfwelookcloselyatthewaythattheHouyhnhnms act,wecanseethatinfactSwiftdoesnottakethemseriously:heusesthemt oshowthedangersofpride.FirstwehavetoseethatSwif
3、tdoesnoteventakeGullverseriously.Forins tance,hisnamesoundsmuchlikegullible,whichsuggeststhathewillbeli eveanything.Also,whenhefirstseestheYahoosandtheythrowexcreme ntonhim,herespondsbydoingthesameinreturnuntiltheyrunaway.Hes ays,“Imustneedsdiscoversomemorerationalbeing,“eventhoughasahu manheisalrea
4、dythemostrationalbeingthereis.ThisiswhySwiftreferst oErasmusDarwinsdiscoveryoftheoriginofthespeciesandthevoyageof theBeagle- toshowhowGulliverknowsthatpeopleareatthetopofthefoodchain.But ifLemuleGulliverissatirized,soaretheHouyhnhnms,whosevoicessou ndlikethecallofcastrati.Theywalkontwolegsinsteadoff
5、our,andseemt obemuchlikepeople.AsGulliversays,“ItwaswiththeutmostastonishmentthatIwitnessedthesecreaturesplayingthefluteanddancingaVienese waltz.Tomymind,theyseemedlikethegreatesthumanseverseenincour t,evenmoredextrousthantheLordEdmundBurke“.Asthisquotedemon strates,Gulliveristerriblyimpressed,buthi
6、sadmirationfortheHouyhnh nmsisshort- livedbecausetheyaresoprideful.Forinstance,theleaderoftheHouyhnh nmsclaimsthathehasreadalltheworksofCharlesDickens,andthatheca nsinglehandedlyrecitethenamesofalltheKingsandQueensofEngland uptoGeorgeII.SwiftsubtlyshowsthatthisHouyhnhnmsprideismisplac edwhen,inthemi
7、ddleoftheintellectualcompetition,heforgetsthename ofQueenElizabethshusband.SwiftssatireoftheHouyhnhnmscomesoutinotherwaysaswell.Oneofth emostmemorablescenesiswhenthedapplegreymareattemptstowooth ehorsethatGuenivrehasbroughtwithhimtotheisland.Firstsheactsflirta tiously,paradingaroundthebewilderedhors
8、e.Butwhenthisdoesnothav ethedesiredeffect,shegetsanotheridea:“AsIwatchedinamazementfro mmyperchinthetopofatree,thesorrelnagdashedoffandreturnedwithay ahooonherbackwhowasyetmoremonstrousthanMr.Popebeingfittedb yaclothier.Shedroppedthiscreaturebeforemynagasifofferingupasacri fice.Myhorsesniffedthecrea
9、tureandturnedaway.“Itmightseemthatwe shouldtakethissceneseriouslyasafailedattemptatcourtship,andthatco nsequentlyweshouldseethegreymareasanunrequitedlover.Butitmake smoresenseifweseethatSwiftisbeingsatirichere:itisthefemaleHouyh nhnmwhomakesthemove,whichwouldnothavehappenedineighteent h- centuryEngl
10、and.TheHouyhnhmisbeingprideful,anditisthatpridethat makeshimunabletoimpressGullivershorse.Gulliverimaginesthehors esaying,Sblood,thenotionofcreatingthebarebackedbeastwithananim alwhohadheldMr.Popeonherbackmakesmequeezy.AfinalindicationthattheHouyhnmnsarenotmeanttobetakenseriously occurswhentheleader
11、oftheHouynhmsvisitsLilliput,wherehevisitsthe FrenchRoyalSociety.Hegoesintoaroominwhichascientististryingtot urnwineintowater(itselfapridefulactthatreferstothemarriageatGallile e).Thescientisthasbeenworkinghardattheexperimentformanyyearsw ithoutsuccess,whentheHouyhnmnarrivesandimmediatelyknowsthat to
12、do:“Thecreaturenosoonersteppedthroughthedoorwaythanhestruck uponaplan.Slurpingupallthewineinsight,hequicklymadewaterinabuc ketthatsatnearthedoor“.Hehasaccomplishedthescientistsgoal,butthescientistisnothappy,forh islivelihoodhasnowbeendestroyed.Swiftsclearimplicationisthateven thoughtheHouyhnhmnsares
13、mart,theydonotknowhowtousethatknow ledgeforthebenefitofsociety,onlyfortheirownpridefulagrandizement .ThroughoutGulliversTravels,theHouyhnhmsareshowntobeanidealg onewrong.Thoughtheirintentmighthavebeengood,theydontknowho wtodowhattheywanttodobecausetheyarefilledwithpride.Theymislea dGulliverandtheyevenmisleadthemselves.Thesatireonthemisparticu larlywellexplainedbythenewbornHouyhnhmwho,havingjustbeenbo rn,exclaims,“Withthissortofentrance,whatmustIexpectfromtherestof mylife!“.