Impressions after reading Eugenie Grandet 1
Having money is the most common desire of everyone, for personal livelihood, to support the family, or to gain fame. . The core of many people's lives is money. They always think that with money, they have everything, so they ignore the care for their friends and family, give up the opportunity to travel and relax, and only focus on making money. In their hearts, money is more important than love. Grandet was such a person. He loved money as much as his life, and he was still thinking about gold until his death. His heart filled with money and interests ruined the happiness of his beloved daughter's life. This is not only a tragedy for Eugenie, but also a tragedy for the entire money-worshipping society.
Balzac, the master of French critical realism literature, created the image of Grandet as a miser, and told readers about a war without swords, a life centered around money, and a story about money. The ugly face of greed. This book not only shocks readers' hearts, but also causes readers around the world to reflect: Is money so important? Is the exhaustion of fighting for money more important than the happiness of living an ordinary life with your family?
Money worship is like a cold wind, making the originally enthusiastic heart become cold. Money worship is more like a moth, eroding people's inner feelings, and in the end only money and interests are left. Grandet is a man whose heart has been eroded by moths, and all the compassion that humans should have no longer exists in his heart. Looking at Charles who was crying because of his father's death, Grandet said: "Young people are really worthless. They value the dead more than money!" This emotionless sentence made the readers' hearts go cold. In order to pursue interests, many people have to live with "masks" every day. On the surface, they are good friends of each other, but privately they are scheming enemies.
In fact, money does not equal happiness. Relevant scientists have conducted a long-term experiment. With the development of society, people have more and more opportunities to make money and have more and more assets. However, people's happiness index has not increased significantly, but has dropped lower and lower. Society is developing, and people's vanity is also developing. They always want to take the best things for themselves, and look contentedly at the envious looks cast by others. For these trivial vanities, people who pursue money are always unsatisfied, and eventually fall into the abyss of money worship, and conflicts with family and friends also begin.
Why not look down on monetary interests and be more satisfied with life. Spend more time with your family instead of ignoring the warm affection; spend more time making good friends instead of adding enemies who pursue interests; spend more time enjoying life instead of being under the pressure of making money. Why not? Thoughts on Reading Eugenie Grandet 2
It’s another winter vacation. The Chinese teacher organized students to participate in a reading activity with the theme of “My Moon”. I read a poem by the famous French writer Balzac. The novel "Eugénie?" "Grandet", the novel tells the story of the pure girl Eugenie, her stingy and cold father, her kind mother and her loyal servant Nanon.
The theme of the story is the competition between people for interests. The rich Mr. Grandet has more than 5 million francs in property, but he only allows his wife and children to live in a house similar to a filthy cellar. , and everyone in the family had to ask him for permission to buy any item. His daughter secretly gave him 5,000 francs to save his bankrupt cousin. When the father found out, he almost kicked his daughter out of the house. In order to establish a relationship with the Grandet family, other families are frantically trying to marry Eugenie into their own family. However, they only want the 5 million francs from the old Grandet, and the old Grandet also wants to bring in other families. The relationship between the royal family and the aristocracy is determined not to allow Eugenie to marry anyone else. This world is really frightening.
After reading this novel, I thought that in today's society, it is inevitable that there will be plots in the novel: employees have a relationship with their leaders, and give gifts in order to ask for help. Balzac took this bad habit in society Narrating it all in words, he severely criticized this phenomenon and warned others.
I think that in real life, people should not regard money as everything in the world. People cannot be immersed in interests forever, forgetting family affection, forgetting the people who still love you in the world, forgetting the meaning of life, forgetting life value. There may be many people in life who have never read "Eugenie?" Grandet", but kind people will always appear, and they will stop this kind of thing, because they have seen through the true face of money and interests.
This "My Moon" activity made me understand a lot from famous novels. I understood the meaning of money and my thoughts when facing benefits while reading. I will continue to read in the future to lay a solid foundation for future Chinese learning. Thoughts after reading Eugenie Grandet 3
He is like a tiger, seizing any opportunity to exchange for money, sparing no effort; he is like a mosquito, quietly sucking a large amount of money. There is no end to wealth; he is like a cheetah, clinging to you just for the wealth in your hands. In his eyes, money is profit.
He is Grandet. He is greedy, cunning, and stingy. He is never willing to buy pork. Every day, meals and candles must be distributed in a rationed manner. He buried the priest to death for money, used bankers to trade public debt in Paris for money, and worked hard for his own inheritance. In the end, he died of old age, illness, and death, leaving 19 million francs, which he could not enjoy. Because of his wealth, he is "respected" by many people, so many people want to marry Eugenie. However, this kind of relationship is only a plump one on the surface. In fact, he is a slave to money in his heart. Originally, with Eugenie on His innocent love went to India for adventure. After he made a fortune overseas, Charles, a swinger, turned into a vain, greedy, and mean aristocratic image. As one of the four misers, as a product of capital society, and as an emerging bourgeoisie, they seem to dominate money on the surface, but in fact they are all slaves to money. Money is their life, and money is all their interests. They lost friendship, family ties, and trust.
Nowadays, more and more people are involved in the robbery of money. They are willing to sacrifice everything in order to maximize their profits. They use gelatin to make capsules without authorization. They use gutter oil to cook food. They idle around all day, working as pickpockets at train stations and buses, just for money. Maximize your money. Little did they know, they lost their credibility and their personal dignity. Their hearts are narrow, indifferent, and selfish, and their hearts are as solid as a rock, as if there is an insurmountable barrier. Money is extremely important to them and cannot be abandoned.
In today's society, the wars have gradually subsided, the society has tended to be stable and peaceful, and people's lives have become more colorful. We should use the money in our lives to benefit mankind and use it to help Those who need them more should give a touch of warmth to others, so that the joy of being alone becomes the joy of everyone, making the society more harmonious and beautiful, reducing the gap between the rich and the poor year by year, and making the motherland more prosperous tomorrow!
Money does not equal interests. Interests do not necessarily require money. Without money, life is still beautiful. Piling up money and energy is actually piling up life. Thoughts on Reading Eugenie Grandet 4
"Eugénie Grandet" is a work written by the French writer Balzac. It depicts France under the capitalist society. At that time, a man named Saud What happens in a desert city.
One of the protagonists, Old Grandet, is the father of Eugenie Grandet, but the author prefers to call him a "cooper" or a "vineyard owner". Why? Because this famous miser used to be a barrel hoist, but later switched to growing grapes, which allowed him to accumulate a part of his capital. Then, through a series of market speculation and fraud-like activities, he attracted millions of francs of his own assets.
But he didn’t use the money himself. He converted the money into gold and piled it in the cellar. He looked at it every day and was satisfied.
He would rather his property turn into piles of dust at home than help the hungry poor before the flour turns into stone. His heart is as hard as the flour in the cellar and as hard as the flour in the warehouse. As rotten as linen, his soul has been cooled to zero by the cold material desire. He only allowed his servant Nanon to put two pieces of sugar in his coffee, and not more. When his younger brother went bankrupt and committed suicide, and his nephew went to India for business, he was only willing to spend a very small amount of money on his nephew's travel expenses...
This miser in Balzac's works was included in the four major misers in the history of literature. One, in terms of time, is the last of the four, but in terms of keeping money, it is no less than the other three. Why does this miser appear? In addition, after his nephew was engaged in the slave trade, why did he not recognize any relatives and only recognize money?
All this is due to Jin’s ideology. Taking money too seriously, to the point of amassing money and keeping money like old Grandet, has perfected money worship. In the novel, the author used a lot of details to describe: when Grandet was ill, his daughter Eugenie put a few gold Louis coins on the table. The old man stared at the same thing like a child who had just learned to see. He stared at the gold louis for several hours; like a child, he smiled with difficulty from time to time. "This thing warms my heart," he murmured, occasionally showing an expression of great comfort. When he was dying, "the priest brought the gilded cross to his lips and asked him to kiss the icon of Christ, but he made a terrifying gesture and tried to grab the cross in his hand. This last effort cost him his life." "
Balzac ruthlessly criticized the emergence of money worship that was rampant at that time. Although he created an exaggerated image of Grandet, it still has practical significance. He told me that our Yes: We can’t take money so seriously that we don’t recognize anything except gold. Thoughts on Reading Eugenie Grandet 5
During the summer vacation of the high school entrance examination, I had nothing to do, so I ran to Xinhua Bookstore to find a few books to read, and cooled down in the air conditioner, so I read them one by one. , looking for the book I like, but in the end I found nothing. Finally, when I was about to give up, I discovered "Eugénie Grandet". I remember the four misers mentioned by the teacher when I was in junior high school about "The Merchant of Venice". , isn’t this book about one of them?
In the bookstore, I quietly leaned against the bookshelf and flipped through the books. "Eugénie Grandet" is a novel, a classic novel that must be savored and read carefully, so I want to buy it home and appreciate it slowly. After reading it, I found that this is a heart-wrenching tragedy without poison, sharp knives, or bloodshed.
The author of the article, Balzac, was a great critical realist writer in France in the 19th century. He was the founder and representative of critical realist literature in Europe. He created ninety-six novels, novels, and short stories in his lifetime. It's called "Human Comedy", and its famous chapters are "Eugénie Grandet" and "Petro Goriot". His works can be found all over the world and have been translated into many languages, making great contributions to the development of world literature and human progress.
The greatest achievement of the novel is to create a vivid image of a miser. The author expresses his character through a series of descriptions. For example, Grandet's gloomy house was in disrepair. The stairs were bitten by moths, causing the maid to almost fall. He also blamed the maid for settling in a place that was not strong enough. He also blamed the maid for settling in a place that was not strong enough, and he had to hand out the candles he lit every day, not more at all. Also, when I was sick in bed, I was not thinking about how to cure her illness, but about whether to spend money on treating my wife in the end. After my wife died, in order to get her daughter's inheritance, the promise of living expenses to her daughter was not fulfilled. And Grandet has an almost pathological obsession with money.
In the article, Grandet is a person who shines when he sees money and has a strong possessive desire for money. He seems to be an ordinary businessman, but his failure lies in his view and attitude that he cares too much about money.
I think if one day he loses all the money and savings he has, he will probably go crazy and commit suicide!
But Eugenie is the kindest and purest person in this novel, and the entire novel is based on her tragic life. Her virtue is shown in the contrast between her painful life and Grandet, Charlie and others. The more suffering they encounter in life, the more prominent the hypocrisy and ugliness of other characters around them, and the more obvious her kindness and tolerance are. She is like a lotus flower among this group of greedy people, rising out of the mud but remaining untainted.
In the field of human emotions, money is powerless. It cannot bring people anything. Too much desire will only make people fall into the quagmire and be unable to extricate themselves. Human language is endless. To support these growing desires, you may want to become a slave to money like Grandet after drinking, so that real happiness has no place to take root. Excessive desires will only produce more pain. They It buries the most basic human life and conscience.
Many people are blinded by money and power, and in the end they are unaware of it. Blind pursuit will only make people ignore true happiness and get lost in the process of realization. Thoughts after reading Eugénie Grandet 6
There are many literary characters that give people sympathy, move people, teach people, give people thinking, and give people inspiration.
Among the famous works I have read, Grandet, the miser image created by the French critical realist master Balzac in "The Comedy Humane", really made me think deeply. In "Eugénie Grandet", the author profoundly reveals "the naked interests and ruthless cash transactions between people at that time." In it, Mr. Grandet is despicable, cunning, greedy, vicious, stingy and vicious. After reading this book, I deeply regret and sympathize with Mr. Grandet. In his eyes, people live to get more money, and the relationship between people is nothing more than money. He is greedy, cunning, and stingy. Money is the only God he worships. Observing gold alone has become his hobby. "He looked at the piles of gold in the middle of the night and was so happy that he was indescribable. Even his eyes were yellow and stained." The brilliance of gold." Before he died, he never forgot to tell his daughter to keep an eye on the gold.
He is an expert in business. He often pretends to be stuttering and deaf, so as to trick the other party into being deceived and he is sure to win. Grandet will use every opportunity to expand his wealth by any means - controlling the market, driving up prices, hurting his peers, doing gold trading, speculating on public bonds, doing stock trading, etc. Just as the article says, "He lay there like a tiger or a giant python. He looked at the captive for a long time before pounced on him, opened his bloody money bag, and poured in a lot of gold and silver. Then he was peaceful and peaceful. He slept on the ground, and in Somo City, everyone was scratched cleanly by his steely claws. "In short, he is a heinous economic dealer. He has no friends. His so-called friends are just people he uses in business. At home, he was harsh and harsh on his servants. The servant Nanon's annual salary was only 60 francs. She worked hard at Grandet's house for 30 years. It was only on the 20th year that Grandet made up his mind to reward her with an old watch, which she got. the only gift. Mr. Grandet disowned his relatives because of money: the pocket money he gave to his wife did not exceed 6 francs at a time; the total amount of money he gave his daughter as a dowry over the years was only five or six hundred francs, and usually his daughter only ate water bread; his brother was bankrupt and he Indifferent; his nephew begged him, but he ignored him.
His family is extremely wealthy, but he saves money on expenses. He personally distributes the food for every meal and the candles he lights every day. The fire was only lit in the room at the beginning of November every year and had to be extinguished a month later, regardless of the cold spring or autumn. He never bought meat, vegetables and fruits, which were all brought to his home by his tenants. He saves everything, even his movements. There are countless examples of Grandet's stinginess. For example, the stairs were extremely weak and his family almost fell down. He actually said: "You guys, you wouldn't put your feet on the corners that are still strong!" This is really nonsense. The history of Mr. Grandet's wealth is undoubtedly a microcosm of the bloody plunder and criminal history of the bourgeoisie. Remember "Life is a transaction" is a famous saying of this miser.
What is sad is that there are also people like this in our real life. They say that they should take more and work more, take less and work less, and they even suggest that everything should be "moved forward". As a result, many strange things happened: someone fell into the water, and the person who rescued the person had to negotiate the price on the shore first; someone paid huge sums of money, and famous actors did illegal advertising without any scruples... This kind of transaction even penetrated into campus, The farce of paying someone to do your homework for one dollar is no longer news.
Is life really a transaction? The answer is simply no. Even in capitalist countries where money is paramount, there are many noble people who do not want to be slaves to money and work hard to realize their ideals. For example, Marie Curie resolutely refused the opportunity to become a rich man, disclosed the method of refining radium to the world, and made practical efforts to realize the ideal of benefiting mankind with science. I think such a spiritual state is incomprehensible to those who are obsessed with money, and will never be achievable. Thoughts after reading Eugenie Grandet 7
"Money is neither a right nor a comfort. Why do people always take money so seriously?" This is what I read after reading "Money is neither a right nor a comfort. Why do people always take money so seriously?" My feelings after reading the book "Eugénie Grandet".
During the winter vacation, I read the novel "Eugénie Grandet" and was very moved. The author of the novel is the French writer Balzac. This book mainly tells what happened to a family in Saumur, France, and also reflects the human nature of French society at that time. He used exaggeration to portray a funny and ridiculous image of a miser.
In Saumur, a remote town in France, there is a family, the Grandet family, the richest man in Saumur, with a fortune of millions. Speaking of Grandet, maybe everyone is still a little unfamiliar. He is a complete miser, and his daughter Eugenie is a very simple person and his pawn. There are two other families in the city. Of these two families, one wants their son to marry Eugenie; the other wants their nephew to marry Eugenie, but these two families are only interested in Grandet's family property. In order to achieve their goals, the two families fought openly and secretly, scrambling to please Grandet. Grandet only wanted to marry Eugenie to a very rich man, and would never allow her to marry the down-and-out Charles, whom his daughter liked very much. From these three families, we can see that French society at that time was a purely money society.
When Mrs. Grandet was critically ill, Grandet originally dismissed her. Later, out of consideration that the inheritance issue would be unfavorable to him if she died, Grandet tried every means to treat her illness. When Grandet was critically ill, he forced himself to sit in a wheelchair and asked his servants to push him to the door of the secret room where all his property was stored. He guards the secret room every second, always worried that someone will steal his money.
What is said above alone is enough to show how important people at that time were to money. But being stingy is even better. Even family ties and friendships are driven by money.
Their actions are both surprising and hilarious. These people are willing to lose family, friendship and other human beauties for money. They are simply zombies who are crazy about money. They are the same alive and dead, and have not made any contribution to people.
However, Grandet’s approach is even more laughable. He has been running around for money for most of his life, and he only needs to squander it slowly in the future. However, even if Grandet died, he did not take any money to his grave. It is really puzzling.
Money can only satisfy some of people’s desires, but cannot buy family or friendship at all. If you regard money as everything in your life, then you are a hopeless person.
Hey, "The greatest pain in life is: when a person dies, the money has not been used up" - why bother! Thoughts on reading Eugénie Grandet 8
In the history of European literature, there are four great misers, Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice", Abagon in "The Stingy", and "Dead Souls" Polyushkin in "Eugénie Grandet" and old Grandet in "Eugénie Grandet" are both misers who regard money as life.
Grandet in the book "Eugenie Grandet" is an out-and-out stingy and shrewd person who regards human kindness, dignity, and face as worthless, and doesn't even care. His own flesh and blood, relatives and friends are just tools for him to make money. For him, the most important thing in the world is gold, and the meaning of everything in his life is to be profitable. In the business world, no matter how meager a small profit is, he will use the most despicable means to extract it. In his daily life, he is unwilling to consume even a penny and only wants to exploit others. He is also very domineering and mean to his wife and children. He holds all the supplies in the house tightly in his hands. The key to the storage room is hung on his waistband and no one can touch it. His wife and children's food, clothing, housing and transportation can be reduced as much as possible, even if he sees his wife. He didn't feel any pity for his son who was hungry and cold.
I really don’t understand why a wealthy businessman with so much money could bear to let his wife and children starve and freeze, especially his daughter, who is growing and cannot withstand the torture. In addition, I think his wife is too cowardly and incompetent. Why not stand up and resist? Why not take over the financial power of the family? Why live such a humble life... If I had a father like this, I would definitely try my best to do his ideological work and let him change his view on money so that the family can live a happy life.
I can’t understand the life of the old Grandet family. Such a rich man is not worthy of being a rich man at all. If he were a poor man and his wife and children were hungry and cold, maybe everyone would sympathize with them. Will also lend a helping hand. But if a rich man's wife and children starve and freeze, they will be spurned and looked down upon by everyone.
No matter who you are, you must achieve a balance between spiritual and material aspects, and have a good balance between wealth and kindness. Old Grandet's stinginess and ruthlessness may be due to the darkness and ruthlessness of the society at that time. Thoughts after reading Eugenie Grandet 9
Money is wealth, which is understandable. No one can deny it, and no one can live without it. Because it is it that brings us a prominent position, it is it that gives us a rich life, and it is also it that adds a little filth to our harmony. And these feelings intensified after I watched "Eugénie Grandet".
I was moved by Eugenie’s kindness and tolerance. She devoted everything she had to letting her beloved Charles develop his career. Even though she was waiting for a heartless man, she repaid him with kindness and paid off the huge debt for Charles's father. I was surprised by Grandet's stinginess, cruelty, and attitude towards the future. The madness of money. He is not a good husband or a good father, but he is a qualified miser. As long as he can look at gold, he will be satisfied even if he dies. I am angry at Charles for his greed for fame and fortune and his betrayal. For the sake of power and his own interests, he completely ignores the sadness of others. Here, all the idyllic relationships of feudal families have been replaced by the domineering upstarts and the ubiquitous power of money. The idea that money is everything is gradually becoming more and more ingrained. However, one thing is certain: money is not everything. Although it can bring power to people, it cannot buy happiness! Grandet worked hard all his life and "saved" his life. Even though he had a fortune of millions, his life was just like that of a commoner. After his death, he could not take a cent to his grave. What else did he have besides an illusory sense of satisfaction?
The answer is no.
Some people have worked hard and calculated carefully all their lives, even taking bribes and bending the law to amass huge amounts of wealth. However, how little do people really need in this life? Is it just for the so-called wearing of gold, silver, silk and satin, or for enjoying all the delicacies of mountains and seas? What about other than that? Just let those piles of value symbols slowly rot in their oily hands?
I am fortunate that there are only a few people who are stubborn after all. People like coopers cannot have a broad market after all. I am glad that that filthy atmosphere will not be able to control the progress of our motherland. I believe that victory always favors justice. If a country becomes a country where money is supreme, then this country will become a slave to money, without emotions, without thoughts, and as ruthless as a walking zombie. In such a country, money will dominate everything.
Over time, people's personalities will mutate into a "giant python" that only collects money, like old man Grandet. I'm afraid this tragedy will happen more commonly.
As high school students, we should learn from Ougenie’s kindness and generosity, use tolerance and sincerity to correct people’s distorted concepts of money, and form a social atmosphere full of humaneness rather than money first. By then our society will be more harmonious and prosperous.
Famous books not only tell exciting or heartbreaking stories, but also profound thoughts, strong warnings, and social realities. We should read more famous works. In the profound and meticulous thoughts of the authors, we will become wiser and more mature. Thoughts on reading Eugenie Grandet 10
The ordinary life has accompanied her through more than 20 years. She grew up in the spring and autumn, until she met the heart-warming him in her blooming season. Eugenie's life was broken by Charlie, and the seeds of love sprouted in her heart. She learned to be calm and resist for him. But just like the flowers in the countryside, Eugenie's heart was too pure and beautiful, and she thought the world was as simple as herself. Because she was not tainted by the world, not bound by money, and not too gloomy in the city, she easily dedicated her life's love to this Parisian libertine and waited for him for several years.
Charlie succeeded. He had a family fortune, and although it was very dirty, he didn't mind it at all. What little conscience I had left in my youth was consumed by the hardships of life. For the sake of money, fame and status, he had already left behind the rose that bloomed for him in the harsh winter at all costs. In the end, due to self-righteousness, he got a dumbfounding result.
Fate is always fair, and God is always watching everything in the world. Just when everyone was trying their best to take away all the gold in Eugenie's life, God took them to heaven early and threw a lot of gold to the woman who only yearned for heaven. Eugenie was alone, lonely and noble, sitting in the desolate hall.
Perhaps some people think that she is unfortunate because of emotional betrayal, father's stinginess, mother's death - fate seems to have been playing tricks on this poor girl. But I say she is lucky. The passing of love made her sober. Her father's stinginess made her learn to be thrifty. Her loving but unfortunate mother taught her how to live honestly under faith.
She lost a lot, but she gained more. On the tortuous road of life, she changed from ignorance to fearlessness, from ordinary to noble. Her soul was not stained with a trace of dust on the bumpy road to heaven. Instead, it became purer and nobler because of the angel's light.
She donated generously: building schools, allocating funds for charity------dedicating the money that her father regarded as her life to public welfare undertakings, and bravely moved forward with a series of good deeds. The greatness of her soul offsets the vulgarity of her education and the harshness of her habits.
Smooth sailing is people’s wish, but that is not real life; safe journey is people’s expectation, but there will always be someone who goes before us. Don't ask for a life without wind and waves, because that is the desire of cowards; don't pray for a life that is as plain as water, because that is the wishful thinking of the ignorant.
We must learn to fight in the wind and waves, move forward in the heavy rain, and become strong in the twists and turns of life.
Let us, like Eugenie, ride the ship of the soul, raise the white sail of faith, ferry with the soul, and tell the vivid and brilliant story with twists and turns.