What do you feel after reading a book? You can’t just read it, write a review after reading it. So how should we write our thoughts after reading? The following is a sample essay (selected 5 essays) that I carefully compiled after reading "Sense and Sensibility". You are welcome to share it. After reading "Sense and Emotion" 1
When I gently opened the book "Sense and Emotion" in my hand, my mind was slowly immersed in and swayed by the lines of words exuding the fragrance of ink. The author of the book is Jane Austen, a great British female writer at the end of the eighteenth century. Like Jane's consistent literary style, the author uses her meticulous observation perspective, exquisite and subtle story conception, and her unique delicate and wise writing style as a woman to vividly show us the various groups and people of the British rural middle class in the eighteenth century. Their emotions and daily life scenes. Read between the lines quietly. The sentences in the book may not be so gorgeous, or even simple and trivial, but they are fresh and meaningful, like a breeze blowing through your heart. The superficially trivial narrative is quite intriguing to read, and it is more like the author himself. The information in the article is told to you like a childhood bedtime story, and suddenly, the profound emotions in it are clear to your heart.
The plot of the story revolves around the mate selection activities of sisters Eleanor and Marianne. There are many representative characters with distinctive personalities in the article: Marianne, a girl with rich emotions, enthusiasm and simplicity; Willoughby, a selfish, ruthless, morally corrupt young man; Colonel Brandon with noble character, sincerity and stability; John, a hypocritical and powerful little man? The heroine of Mrs. Dashwood is the kind and thoughtful, mature and sensible Ellie. Various characters took turns to stage for us the ugly fashion of trading emotions and human rights with money and status that was prevalent in the 18th century. At that time, a British man also struggled painfully in the process of pursuing love, but in the end he was facing the loss of his own soul. A romantic story about finding true love under the guidance of moral reason, loyalty and emotional responsibility to your lover, relatives and friends.
Gently close the book, whether it is the book’s cry of resistance to free love and equal human rights, or the wise writing of the work that praises truth, goodness, and beauty and lashes out against falsehood, ugliness, and evil. It triggered cheers and cheers in my heart. However, there is another thought that deeply touches the softest place in my heart, prompting me to keep thinking and exploring, and that is the spirit of love - the balance between reason and emotion. In relationships, especially for both parties in love, "reason" and "emotion" may seem contradictory but they are both necessary in the process of love. If you want to manage a relationship well, you cannot do without the investment of "emotion", and this "emotion" should also be restricted by "reason", and it is by no means a blind rampage based on a heart in love. Just like Marianne in the book, she has little reason but plenty of emotion. The passion in love blinded her eyes, making her no longer able to look at everything rationally. Therefore, she was deceived by the emotional liar Willoughby, which laid the fuse for a series of misfortunes and pains thereafter. Although the author praises people who cherish their emotions in the book, he also satirizes their intellectual deficiencies from time to time.
Its good intention is to warn people not to close their rational eyes even when facing seemingly the most passionate emotions in the world, and to carefully grasp the balance between reason and emotion and appreciate the spirit of love. My favorite character in the novel is Eriello. She does not forget her reason in addition to emotion, and there is no lack of emotion in her reason. When feelings come, be brave enough to understand them, don't dodge, and don't care about gains and losses. This is love that you can afford and an attitude that is loyal to your own emotions. Being able to turn around resolutely when feelings have passed away quietly, and still being polite and calm when meeting again is a matter of letting go and a choice that follows reason. In the end, Elinor reaped the great joy of regaining her lost love with this "spirit of love". The feelings supported by the "spirit of love" must be eternal. There is no need to worry that one day, when the passion fades away, all that will be left is a cold, empty shell filled with boredom. This kind of emotion is just like the "oak-like emotion" described by Shu Ting - "If I love you, I will never be like a climbing flower in the sky, showing off myself on your high branches; if I love you, I will never imitate an infatuated bird. The green shade repeats a monotonous song. I must be a kapok tree next to you. The leaves are touching each other in the clouds.
Cold wave, wind and thunder, thunderbolt, we enjoy the mist, mist, and rainbow. It seems that we are separated forever, but we are always dependent on each other. This is a great relationship." This kind of relationship is close, trusting and dependent on each other, but also independent. His personality and soul are not only full of sincere emotions, but also shine with the brilliance of reason. Is there a way to have both peace and security in this world? If you don’t live up to the Tathagata, you won’t live up to your Majesty. To maintain mental clarity in an intoxicating relationship is not only to be loyal to one's own value and life, but also to be loyal to the relationship itself. Throughout the ages, the balance between reason and emotion has been the important spirit of love. Only when it is blended with emotion can it exude a deeply moving brilliance. After-reading "Sense and Sensibility" 2
Jane Austen wrote her first novel "Sense and Sensibility" in an anti-ironic way, but her writing skills are quite skilled. Every plot and character description in the story is very real and delicate, making people sincerely admire Jane Austen's insight into human nature. The plot revolves around the mate selection activities of the two heroines, exposing the British capitalist society at that time. Marriage was a custom for women to seek economic security and improve their economic status. It was an ugly fashion that focused on family status and ignored the feelings and rights of children.
As the title of the book shows, the entire story focuses on the conflict between "reason" and "emotion".
Marianne lacks reason but has more than enough emotion; John Dashwood and his wife have more than enough reason but not enough emotion; and Willoughby is very hypocritical emotionally, appearing to be very emotional on the surface, but actually indifferent. Ruthless and utterly selfish. In the story, Jane Austen praises the characters who cherish their emotions, although she also satirizes those who are lacking in reason from time to time; however, she shows extreme contempt for those who lack emotions and are only rational or emotionally hypocritical. manner. What Jane Austen admired most was Eleanor, because she was both emotional and rational. This also explains Jane Austen's views on this issue, that is, one cannot be emotionless or too rational. The heroines in the story all pursue equal communication and exchange of thoughts and feelings with men, demand equal rights in social status, and insist on the freedom to choose a partner. This would have been an act of rebellion in Britain at the time.
Reason and emotion are like a double-edged sword. If you insist on reason, you may hurt your emotions. If you care for your emotions, you may lose your reason. It is of course best to be able to handle emotions rationally and stay rational within a certain range of emotions. This is the best way to use this double-edged sword. However, in real life, when faced with a choice, are you more rational than emotional? Or is it more emotion than reason? Or like Mr. Willoughby, who is very emotional on the surface but very selfish on the inside. Therefore, may each of us be able to control our own reason and emotions instead of being enslaved by them. After reading "Sense and Sensibility" 3
After reading Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility", to be precise, it should be said to be a rewritten version. But it was enough for me to understand and understand the overall story content of the book. This is an interesting novel about love, and the dramatic ending makes people even more imaginative.
The protagonist of the story, whether it is Eleanor who is full of reason and self-control, or Mariana who is emotional, lively and lovely, have experienced a lot in the journey of love, and in the end they have gained their own of happy love and marriage. The various characters surrounding the protagonist all have distinct personalities, and are more or less mixed with unpleasant but real human weaknesses. The various marriage roles they play, and the seemingly happy ending in the end, It unveils a corner of the veil of marriage and love in this world for us.
Love and marriage are not as harmonious in reality as people imagine. There are various weights on the back of marriage, and love is just one of them. Love, property, status, future...the difference between them may lie in the different roles and plays they play on the stage of marriage. When love dominates, such a marriage seems to be like the prince and princess in the fairy tale, living happily together forever, and the occasional unexpected joy will make this happiness and sweetness more lasting and stable, thus becoming the ideal of beautiful love in the world. The sustenance and role model, just like the pair of Eleanor and Edward!
When other weights play the leading role, people will also give them a certain degree of certainty from a secular and realistic perspective, based on the theory that existence is reasonable. understanding and even a hint of sympathy. And this kind of situation often fulfills the old saying: "Everyone has their own love for radish and green vegetables!" This can be said to be the first win in the marriage field, but compared to the first win in the marriage field, compared to the first win with a handsome man and a beautiful woman, This kind of "*** win" seems a bit mean, but it is not despicable enough. However, such a combination is more realistic and common, so it can gain the understanding and acquiescence of ordinary people. Otherwise, many people will undoubtedly shoot others in the foot and themselves, just like Willoughby in the story. With Miss Grey, Willoughby covets Miss Gray's property, while Miss Gray is fascinated by Willoughby's beauty. Of course, this is at a general level "the turtle has fallen in love with the mung bean", but at a higher level it is a congenial personality and temperament. The reason why we use the word "similar", of course, refers to the weakness and flaws of human nature, just like the couple John Dashwood and Fannie Dashwood, who are equally stingy, snobbish and selfish. However, the former is reserved and not overt, while the latter is fierce in appearance, explicit in appearance, self-righteous and complacent.
Therefore, the wife's unabashedly selfish suggestions will immediately receive the husband's high and firm approval. They are truly a "model couple" in which "the wife sings and the husband follows suit". But such a marriage does not lack emotion. Although emotion plays a minor supporting role, adjusting cocktails like a servant, it occasionally adds a bit of passion and ambiguity to the tense marriage. But if marriage can satisfy the goals of both parties, and both parties can feel comfortable and soothed emotionally and physically, it will be natural to fulfill the mission and obligations of love in marriage despite boredom. There is a saying that goes like this: "Love can be cultivated slowly in marriage." Although it originated from the traditional Chinese kidnapping marriage of "parents' orders and matchmaker's words", although it is different from modern scientific research on the power of love. The conclusion of the Bido Diminishing Law is somewhat contradictory (perhaps the two are not talking about exactly the same thing, but I believe there must be some overlap), but there are many fruits of free love in the world and the two parties who cultivate this fruit together, They all practice this ancient maxim without hesitation.
From this, we have to be surprised to discover an interesting phenomenon: when people's love and marriage are kidnapped by external forces, everyone fights tenaciously and unyieldingly, and when people regain the free choice of love and marriage, most people Most people suddenly fall into confusion and don't know the way back to love. After a period of chaotic and confused "playing with dragons and phoenixes", he willingly threw himself on the rope of fame and fortune and restrained himself.
If someone says: "Every relationship I have experienced is sincere, and I once thought that the relationship I was hugging in my arms was the only one in my life. Oaths of eternal love, eternal love, but..." I believe that he is an honest person, "but", just like the turning point in his words, I can understand it with the thinking of a secular person, but I will never understand it. This kind of love is celebrated. And, what I want to say is, please don’t abandon the paradise of love too far, otherwise, marriage will not be able to cultivate love, and what you will reap in the end is likely to be the bitter fruit of sin.
Perhaps the perfect combination of love and marriage or the contradictory sexual union of the two are extreme accidents in a very small proportion of love stories in the world. Even the omnipotent dialectics will not recognize the legitimacy of the two extremes. , so in most cases it is somewhere in between. Once you enter the siege of marriage, you must find ways to add stones to consolidate and defend the city of homosexuality. To complete this project, you need an organic combination of hardware and software, which is the so-called management of love and marriage. Unless love and marriage are not the real purpose, but hooliganism.
Managing marriage and protecting love are eternal topics that every couple has never tried but have to plan for, and every couple has faced but must sincerely explore. All the marriage lesson plans in the world will vaguely show you that marriage requires passion and emotion, but also reason and wisdom. The former is a lubricant and the latter is a stabilizer. Love can be enjoyed exclusively by two people, but most marriages go far beyond the scope of the world of two people (a syllogism is used to prove it here: love is at least a matter of two people, and people are the sum of all social relationships, so love Or marriage is not just about two people). It is precisely because of the particularity and reality of marriage that it requires more reason and wisdom. This kind of reason and wisdom is to try to lengthen and broaden love in the running-in of life and in the dimension of time and space, transforming the initial passion and enthusiasm into mutual dependence, support and trust, and transforming the past that has passed by each other. The beautiful encounters in the past have accumulated into an eternal family love that is thicker than water. Love plans the encounter, acquaintance, and love between two people, while marriage truly condenses this fate and love into eternal mutual love.
Reason and emotion are the lovely twin sisters in human nature. In marriage and love, no matter which aspect of your personality you have more, whether in love or marriage, reason and emotion will always be by your side. It seems that in real life, emotions are always at a disadvantage, because life teaches people to restrain their emotions rationally, but maybe this is a misunderstanding. The real purpose of life is to expect to achieve a balance between the two, or to exert them in moderation. What we need to practice is to learn to deal with corresponding life scenes with appropriate reason and emotion. Thoughts after reading "Sense and Sensibility" 4
I finally finished reading "Sense and Sensibility" today. How should I put it, I felt empty and a little lost. Just like a person who has been chasing something, and suddenly that thing is missing, this is how I feel at this time.
Let’s talk about this novel, which discards feelings, family ties, friendship, and human hearts in the context of that society. Although it is a comedy ending, it also gives people a lot of pressure. The novel revolves around the "triangle" of emotions between two sisters, Eleanor and Marianne. Eleanor loves Edward, but is blocked by her sister-in-law, who believes that her brother wants to marry a wealthy aristocratic lady. After hearing about Edward's relationship with status and even Lucy, who was inferior to Eleanor, was so angry that she fainted when they were engaged. This is that society, where human value is measured by money, and feelings are nothing. Mrs. John is obviously a typical representative who has more than enough reason but not enough emotion. Mr. John, on the other hand, was even less affectionate. He promised his late father to take care of his widowed mother and two younger sisters, but in the end he kicked them out in order to save money. When you open your mouth or shut up, it means "money".
Edward had an affair with Eleanor even though he was already engaged to Lucy, which later caused great pain to Eleanor. But Lucy was a cunning girl. When she heard the news that Eleanor was in love with Edward, she deliberately made friends with her, pretended to trust her, and told her the fact that she was engaged to Edward. Rubbing salt into Lenore's wounds. Lucy shows off extremely in front of Eleanor under the guise of friendship. At the same time, she also exposed her ignorance, power, and clever words. Although Eleanor is a person whose reason overrides her emotions, she controlled her emotions very well and did not let her family worry, but she was undoubtedly in pain. Therefore, it is difficult for people to love a girl who is too rational, precisely because she makes people feel distressed.
On the contrary, sister Marianne is full of romantic fantasies about relationships and believes that life is incomplete without a romantic relationship. In her relationship with Willoughby, she gave all her feelings to him. After learning that she had been abandoned, she fell into a difficult situation, avoiding people and hiding in corners all day long.
For a romantic girl, reality will undoubtedly make her grow up quickly. Only by experiencing pain can she realize that the world is not the ivory tower in her heart. Willoughby has always been idle and squandering money. Finally, under the pressure of bankruptcy, he married a wealthy girl. He only has a beautiful appearance, but he is empty inside.
The lives of all the people in the story are self-chosen, and their values ??are gradually formed under the influence of this social environment. Should we condemn their ruthlessness and hypocrisy or should we condemn them? Sympathy for them? How to choose between reason and emotion?
British scholar Walpole has a famous saying: "This world is a comedy if understood by reason, but a tragedy if understood by emotion." As far as this novel is concerned, it is undoubtedly in line with the theme. Yes, but in real life I disagree. If life can only rely on rational constraints and lacks impulsive passion, then life will lose a lot of fun. A person's life does not depend on its length, but on whether it is lived happily. Sanmao also said, "When I grow up, I want to be a rag picker... The garbage dump under the eyes of a rag picker is the most beautiful garden in the world. Because of this profession, not only can I breathe fresh air , and at the same time can walk around and play in the streets and alleys, work and play at the same time, feel as free and happy as the birds in the sky. More importantly, people often unknowingly throw away and pick up many good things that can still be used as garbage. The happiest moment for a shabby person is to rediscover these good things that have been covered with dust. This..." Such a free and easy life and mentality can never be understood by a rational person. After reading "Sense and Sensibility" 5
"Sense and Sensibility" has created a series of characters, each with their own unique personality. However, the ones that readers are most exposed to and the author wants to focus on, that is Counting the two Dashwood sisters.
Elinor is the eldest daughter of the Dashwood family, an emotional and rational girl. From the beginning of the story, it is shown that she is more intelligent and rational than her mother and sister. Elinor was meticulous, thoughtful, and spoke wisely. Whether it was Edward, whom he admired, or Lucy, whom he hated, she could treat each other with courtesy in front of everyone. Moreover, no matter what topic Elinor is curious about, likes or dislikes, when everyone discusses it together, she can always maintain the necessary calmness and thinking mind, neither showing abnormal excessive concern nor letting everyone talk about it. Feeling like a disappointing protagonist. Elinor was always so measured and appropriate in everything she did.
In addition, Elinor is also a kind girl, good at discovering the advantages in others and good at thinking about others. For Mrs. Jennings, although her behavior fully demonstrated her lack of brains, Elinor always talked about her enthusiasm, generosity and justice in front of her brothers, sisters and sister. And in order for Mrs. Jennings to spend her time comfortably in her home in London without being ridiculed and indifferent by Marianne, and also for Marianne not to do too much and hurt herself, even if she is not willing. , still agreed to accept the invitation and accompany his sister. All the above show that Elinor has a rational mind, but it does not mean that she is a lack of sensibility.
On the contrary, Elinor, like her sister, has an emotional heart, but she is better at controlling this emotion. Her love for Edward never changed no matter what happened to him. She did not abandon Edward because of his poor speech, dull and melancholy behavior, and the accusations against him. She valued his integrity, honesty, stability, and tolerance, and expressed her dissatisfaction with the unfair treatment he received at home. , expressing sympathy for his unfortunate first engagement. And he is always thinking about Edward and working hard to improve his situation. Even after hearing the news that Edward was already engaged, Elinor still fell in love with him. Even though she tried her best to hide the news, it was not difficult to see the huge blow the news had on her. It can be seen that her feelings for Edward are strong, loyal, practical and unchanging. This proves that Elinor is not only rational, but also has an emotional heart. And have a clear and rational mind to always remind her to restrain some unnecessary emotional impulses. Reason, kindness, and wit are her unique charms.
Compared with Elinor, who has developed rational thinking, her sister Marianne is much more emotional. Comparing the two heroines in the famous Chinese novel "A Dream of Red Mansions", if Elinor is compared to Xue Baochai, then Marianne is undoubtedly Lin Daiyu. Smart and clever, but too sentimental. Seeing the fallen leaves and desolation in autumn, Marianne will feel a kind of sadness lingering in her heart, just like Daiyu who buried the flowers. Marianne always had romantic fantasies about relationships, always wanted to marry a man with "outstanding character and charming demeanor", and always pursued relationships with vigor and romance. His expression of feelings was also very straightforward and obvious, so much so that he was teased by Mrs. Jennings many times. Unlike Eleanor, Marianne has a very similar view of emotions to her socially. She is very enthusiastic and caring towards the people she loves, but it is difficult to treat even the most basic courtesy to those she does not love, and she always treats the people she loves. Cold and hot, sarcastic, giving an indifferent face.
This kind of emotion may have been the most respected view of emotion at that time, but Jane fully demonstrated the inappropriateness of this view of emotion with the help of Marianne. Marianne was finally abandoned by Willoughby and fell into the abyss of pain under the control of their proud emotional outlook. She was unable to extricate herself and almost lost her life, which also brought inescapable pain to her brothers, sisters and family. This is the disadvantage of being too emotional. But aside from Marianne's shortcomings of "more emotion than lack of reason", she is also a very good girl. Marianne is smart, witty, and has a sense of justice. She always responds immediately and unceremoniously to the attacks of selfish and cunning powerful people. fight back. She loves reading and has a rich and thoughtful mind, unlike ordinary people who lack common sense. Marianne loved her mother and sisters very much. No matter whether she was overly emotional or she later learned a lesson and finally became rational, she did not want her brothers and sisters, especially her relatives, to feel pain and discomfort because of her. And, after becoming rational, try your best to make up for the damage caused by being too emotional. As the story says, "Once Marianne realizes that she has done something wrong, she will use all her actions to make up for her mistakes." He is indeed a good girl, isn't he?
After talking about the two heroines in the story, let’s talk about a girl who also has a pretty face and a rational mind. She is Lucy. Steele, a relative of Mrs. Jennings and Edward's first engagement. This young lady is neither rich in emotions like Marianne, nor has a rational and kind heart like Eleanor. Emotionally she is impoverished, and "intellectually" she can only be called rich. She is a cold and selfish person. He is very clever in his actions. He seems to be very rational and emotional, but in fact he is full of crooked ideas and false feelings. She didn't have much property. In order to live a prosperous life, she was first engaged to Edward. When Edward was deprived of the right to inherit property because of her, he abandoned her and married Edward's brother instead. At the same time, he always maliciously slandered Elinor to satisfy his own jealousy, and on the surface he pretended to be extremely pitiful and innocent. Fortunately, Elinor was able to fight back with neither humility nor arrogance every time, preventing Lucy from succeeding, which was really satisfying to watch. Lucy is good at flattery and has won the favor of many people and is regarded as the apple of their eye. But when it came to asking her who she loved and admired, I thought of money and no one else.
Through these three people, the author must have expressed his views very clearly. People should have rich emotions, but they should not act emotionally. It should be restrained by reason when necessary. Jane believes there should be a constant balance between prudence and inner impulse. She respects the idea that money can buy an elegant life, but what is more important to Jane is the relationship between people. This work is developed around reason and emotion. In fact, it is also extended around the theme of maintaining self-integrity and meeting the requirements of society. It focuses on explaining that although people are emotional individuals, they also need to integrate into society. . To be a concrete social person, one must have one's own unique emotions and personality, but also have the necessary rationality to restrict it so that it can be harmonious with society, so that one can gain real pleasure.
This is the ending where lovers finally get married. At the moment when reason overcomes emotion, everyone gets the joy they deserve...