After reading a book, I believe you will have a lot of thoughts in your heart. You might as well sit down and write down your thoughts after reading it. So do you really know how to write a review? The following is my collection of reading impressions of "Carmen". You are welcome to learn from and refer to it. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Thoughts after reading "Carmen" 1
This is a famous saying of the ancient Greek poet. I disagree with it. If you say that, wouldn't a woman's life be too miserable? However, the heroine Carmen created by Mérimée is such a person. She is sexy and beautiful, with bronze skin and black and shiny hair. She is unruly and unruly. She is proficient in witchcraft and good at fortune telling. Don José has fallen in love with her since he first laid eyes on her, the mysterious Bohemian woman who bursts into the conservative world.
She maintained her extravagant life near Gibraltar by robbing passing merchants, laughing loudly in front of her lovers, and using her sweet words to confuse the upper class. Mérimée did not admire French women who were elegant to the core according to worldly standards, but created such an unruly foreigner. The pursuit of freedom is the most shining part of her character, and she would rather die than surrender. When the conservative Don Jose threatened her to leave with him, she said the following shocking words: "Joseph, this can't be done, I don't love you anymore, but you still love me. Because of this, you want to kill me. I can continue to lie to you, but I don't want to bother anymore. As my Roma (meaning husband in Bohemia), you have the right to kill your Roma. Secret (meaning wife in Bohemian language). But Carmen is always free. She was born as a Garry and died as a Garry ghost."
This passage serves as Carmen's deathbed monologue. When I read it, I felt irritated. I think of Belikov who shrinks his head and wishes to isolate himself from the world in the high school text "The Man in the Box". He and Carmen are really different.
In the middle are ordinary people in the gray area, who are restrained by visible and invisible shackles all day long and dare not boldly pursue what they really want. In addition to "house slaves", "card slaves", and "car slaves", I also want to make up my own word "heart slaves". Such people are actually defeated by themselves. They look forward and backward, weigh repeatedly, and are afraid of this and that. When I was taking a management class in my freshman year, the teacher said, "You should work hard when you are young. You have no fame, wealth or status now, so you have nothing to lose. Youth is the greatest capital." The above is what I read My thoughts on this book are nothing more than that. Thoughts after reading "Carmen" 2
During the holiday, I finished reading the classic work "Carmen" by the French writer Mérimée. Mérimée's novels are very beautiful, and to borrow a popular word, they are very "stimulating". For a century and a half, it has always been favored by readers. He was a contemporary of Hugo and Balzac, and was equally famous in the literary world at that time.
However, judging from the number and depth of works, if the works of Hugo and Balzac are compared to "large supermarkets", then Mérimée's novels are like "boutique cabins". Mérimée's novels are not long in length and are not numerous in number. They reflect the depth and breadth of society and are far inferior to the works of Hugo, Balzac and Stendhal. However, they still show the eternal artistic charm and become " Mérimée Phenomenon”. With only more than ten short and medium-sized novels such as "Carmen", "Colomba" and "Venus of Ile", he ranks among the immortal writers, among which he naturally has his unique features. As far as "Carmen" is concerned, it became a classic as soon as it was published in 847. The opera "Carmen" composed by Bizet has also become a classic of Western opera.
My impression of Mérimée’s novel can be roughly described by this passage in “Carmen”: “A few minutes after the bells for vespers rang, a large group of women gathered by the river to pray. Under the high embankment, no man dared to get in among them. When the evening prayer bell rang, it was dark, and when the bell struck the last time, all the women took off their clothes and entered the water, and there was a lot of laughter and joy. The man's eyes are wide open, admiring these bathing girls from the heights of the embankment, but he can't see anything. However, the shadowy white figures on the dark blue river make people with poetic imaginations think about it. It is not difficult to think about it a little. Imagine the scene of Diana and the fairies bathing..."
This impression is neither as real as watching Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" nor as vivid as watching Balzac's "Comedy Humane" Clearly, but hazily, I saw the longing white shadow of the bathing girl, as if the hunting goddess and fairies were taking a bath. It can also be said that it is as if it happened at an unusual time and place, like a myth. It is not a myth, but happens on the edge of life. You don’t have to read all of Mérimée’s novels. Just look at this anthology and you will find that the settings of these stories are not the familiar metropolises such as Paris, nor are they places with dense crowds. Although they cannot be said to be isolated from the world, they are also outsiders. The Christmas story of "Rocky the Bear Man" took place in Lithuania, which seemed very distant and unfamiliar at the time. Another example is Mateo's righteous murder of his relatives, and Colomba's revenge plan, which was all done by the Corsican people. It should be noted that Corsica was merged into the French territory from Italy not long ago. The entire island is self-contained and has its own language, culture and customs. , has a unique Corsican spirit and is an alien place of French civilization. Even the French natives on the island are foreigners classified as fourth-class citizens.
Most of the island is covered with wild jungles, covered with high mountains and ridges, and is also controlled by primitive and powerful forces. Raw power, this is what Mérimée prefers. He wrote in "Venus of Iler": "Power, even if it is embodied in evil desires, can always arouse our wonder and involuntary appreciation." However, the original motivation of character, in modern civilized society It no longer exists, and can only be found at the edges of society and time and space. Mérimée's first novel wrote about a legendary character like Mateo. He lives on the edge of the jungle where bandits are infested. He is full of loyalty and resolves all problems with swords and guns. He is a hero who is respected by all the heroes in the forest, and even the military and police dare not provoke him. However, it happened that his only son, the son on whom he had great hopes, became a robber who was chased and injured by the military and police for the sake of a gold watch. When Mateo learns the inside story, he is both novel and impressive, which is exactly the stimulating temptation for people living mediocre lives in modern society.
Literary critic Bolanx said that Mérimée was very disgusted by some writers who, in order to entertain the public, analyze the half-truth and half-false feelings that are prevalent in themselves, "unrestrainedly satisfying the needs of the vulgar masses" "The curiosity of low-level taste", he intentionally challenges the popular taste and chooses themes that have as little connection with modern civilized society as possible. Mérimée did not want to look for rare phenomena by describing the edges of life around him like Balzac, looking for strange people and strange things that have a deafening impact and can make the sentimental citizens' blood boil. Following this orientation, he abandoned the rules and formed his own circle, and created two mythical female images, Colomba and Carmen. Colomba is a girl from the countryside, but in the words of a peasant woman at the end of the novel: "That girl is extremely beautiful, but I dare say she has a pair of poisonous eyes." And these poisonous eyes are exactly those of the goddess of revenge. Window of the heart. She seems to have only one purpose in her life: to avenge her father and get rid of her enemies. For this reason, she tried every means to make her brother Oso, a retired military officer, submit, and finally used Oso's hands to kill the two sons of her enemy. In the end, she did not even let her enemy go crazy because he could not bear the blow, and went to see him in person. The pitiful look of suffering. In Colomba's view, society, law, civilization, and morality are all meaningless. She has only done one major thing in her life, and it doesn't matter whether she lives or dies. The original motivation of this kind of character is more important than life. Anyone who dares to touch it will be unlucky and may even die together. Unlike Colomba's wild beauty, Carmen's beauty has an evil nature. "When she laughs, everyone is smitten." Beauty, her witchcraft, and cunning are all her weapons. She used her beauty to lure Don Jose into the water and became a robber and murderer. Don Jose called her a "goblin", and she also called herself a "devil" - "I will do whatever I am not allowed to do immediately." When she no longer loved Don Jose, no matter how much he begged or even drew a knife to threaten him, it was useless. She never changed her words or begged for mercy. She was hit twice by the knife and fell down without saying a word. Carmen unscrupulously despises and resists any constraints from society and others: "I would rather burn the whole city down than spend a day in jail." Even at the risk of her life, she must maintain the freedom of individuality and maintain her true nature.
These characters in Mérimée's works have no mission at all and have nothing to do with the destiny interpreted by the world; they are on the edge of human affairs, separated from society, like weeds in the wilderness and weeds in the jungle. With birth and death. Whether they live or die, it doesn't matter whether it's tragic or not, it doesn't matter whether it's logical or not, it doesn't matter whether it's meaningful or not, and it cannot be judged by ordinary people's common sense. All they have is the desperate rush and the dazzling brilliance of life. The endings of these Mérimée stories are all bloody scenes and ruthless destruction, such as the groom Alphonse being strangled to death by Venus, and Rocky the Bear-man tearing the bride to pieces on the wedding night; "Colomba" and "Carmen" "How many people died tragically in "... However, Mérimée did not write this tragic theme as a tragedy, at least not in the true sense. This is indeed his unique ingenuity. Thoughts after reading "Carmen" 3
"Peter Carmen Blue" is a famous work written by Hesse when he was 27 years old. On the yellow cover, behind the green lawn, the golden woods are lush and green, full of warmth and vitality.
In this book, Hesse describes the first half of Kamenzin's life, his friendship, love and family, as well as his thoughts on the meaning of life.
Carmen Qing finally sighed, "After going through so many tests and wasting so much youth, what have I gained?"
Looking back, Carmen Qing read a lot of books when he was young. Wandering around and making a living by submitting articles and writing; he experienced the loss of friendships and frustrated love; he abandoned the so-called social circle and looked for warmth among ordinary people; when his father was old, Kamenqing returned to his hometown surrounded by mountains and participated in the renovation of houses in the village. , and the repair project of two dams; he once "did not like to get along with others, and reluctantly interacted with others, and his attitude was always full of ridicule and contempt." After going through hardships, he worked hard to become "calm, humble and mature, and his heart More vibrant.”
In this way, it can be said that Carmen Qing got the hope of becoming a literary giant, beautiful and touching experiences, and friends she once met.
It seems different from our youth? Don’t you have to work hard to go to a good university and find a good job? Is our understanding of the world unreal?
I think of my father who never went to college, but he told me that if you get into a good university, you will be free! I didn’t go to college at that time, but I really believed it and couldn’t wait to go to the free world he described.
During my three years in high school, I was once curious, why were all my classmates unhappy? There are so many people (including me) who are looking forward to the day when the college entrance examination ends, ruthlessly tearing up all the textbooks and throwing them into the unreachable sky.
But on that day, when we rushed out of the examination room, the tragedy and loneliness of our youth were left behind, everyone seemed to have forgotten about tearing up the book again. Maybe we are worried, what if we tear up the book and need to read it again? In short, what I once looked forward to so much suddenly doesn’t matter anymore. Looking back on the journey, I felt a little melancholy. Fortunately, everyone has been admitted to college, and we can move forward.
On the first day of college, I looked at a round-faced and honest classmate and said, let’s go to the library to read every day from now on!
I imagined in my mind that after four years of studying hard, on the day of graduation, I would bid farewell to the campus with extraordinary temperament. I am so excited about such an ambitious self, such a youthful ideal. At that time, I was still under the sun at seven or eight in the morning. Unfortunately, I didn’t know that that time was also the pinnacle of my college life and the apex of the parabola of my youth.
Four years passed by, and I occasionally stopped in the library, read "The Qin Empire", watched "Prison Break", a few Hong Kong dramas whose names I can't remember, and pieced together a few "essays" from CNKI ". When I graduated, my thesis advisor took the time to meet with me on the Gulou campus. He was very worried that I would not be able to graduate with my thesis.
Regarding this, I think of a friend of mine who wrote a paper the night before graduation. During the thesis defense the next day, the department chair asked him: Do you know who copied your paper? My friend was confused and said he didn’t know. The head of the department slapped the table: It's mine!
As graduation was approaching and our jobs were settled, my friend invited me to climb Mount Tai. On the winding mountain road, mist was thick, and he told me this story. I had a vague feeling that the Mount Tai at my feet did not offer a panoramic view of all the mountains. The world of university is not what my father described, and it is far from what I imagined. Even the understanding is different from that of the thesis advisor. He may not know that I submitted the paper without revision in the end.
I also asked myself like Carmen Qing: "After going through so many tests and wasting so much youth, what have I gained?"
A diploma, a livelihood work, and the regret that youth was not spared from being wasted? Oh, by the way, there is also the round-faced classmate. At my suggestion, he studied and studied every day until the day of graduation.