英文讀后感-Marry Money or Marry the One You Love

孫 屹 上海中學(xué)高二（5）班 閱讀書目：傲慢與偏見 Pride and Prejudice （書蟲· 牛津英漢雙語讀物）

Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters.

The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant.) Kitty doesn’t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.

The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen’s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.

The first sentence in this book is impressive. It reads: “It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife”. The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not emotion but possession.

People always think that Austen was an expert at telling love stories. In fact, the marriage in her book is not the result of love, but the result of economic needs. After reading this book, I know the truth is that a poor woman must be in need of a husband, a wealthy man.

I couldn’t forget how eager Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughters. If you want to know why she is so crazy about these things, I must mention the situation in Britain at that time. Only the eldest son had the privilege of inheriting his father’s possessions. Younger sons and daughters who are used to luxurious lives have no choice but marry a man or woman in possession of a large fortune to continue their comfortable lives. Thus, we can see that getting married is a way to become wealthier, particularly for women without many possessions. Jane Austen told us that money and possession determined everything, including marriage and love in her century.

In “Pride and Prejudice”, the sister of Mr. Bingley strongly opposed his plan of marrying Jane because the Bennets don’t have many possessions and their social positions are much lower than them. From this, we can see there are a lot of obstacles for a not very rich woman to marry a wealthy husband. The society, the relatives would not allow them to get married.

In modern society, although the marriages of economic needs have decreased rapidly, the concept of “money determines everything” is still rooted in some people’s mind. A lot of parents try hard to interfere their children’s marriages. Education background, possessions, jobs remains the main reason that may influence one’s marriage. Marry for money is still a big problem in our society. We can’t help thinking: can money determine everything?

Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote “Pride and Prejudice”, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.

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熱門作文成語素材

• 匪夷所思  匪：不是；夷：平常。指言談行動離奇古怪，不是一般人根據(jù)常情所能想象的。
• 阿姑阿翁  阿：名詞的前綴。姑：丈夫的母親。翁：丈夫的父親。指公公婆婆。
• 安如盤石  安：安穩(wěn)；盤石：大石頭。像盤石一樣安穩(wěn)不動。形容非常穩(wěn)固，不可動搖。
• 匪夷匪惠  夷：殷末周初的伯夷；惠：春秋時魯國的柳下惠。既不是伯夷，又不是柳下惠；不具備這兩位賢人的品德。形容才德不高而又駕馭的人。
• 分茅裂土  原指古代帝王分封諸侯時舉行的儀式。后稱分封諸侯。
• 百舌之聲  比喻嘮叨、多嘴。
• 百折不回  折：挫折。比喻意志堅強，無論受到多少次挫折，毫不動搖退縮。
• 誹譽在俗  誹：指誹謗；譽：贊揚；俗：風(fēng)氣、習(xí)慣。誹謗或贊揚在于當(dāng)時的風(fēng)習(xí)。后來引申指風(fēng)氣、習(xí)慣的作用非常大。
• 搬石砸腳  比喻本來想害別人，結(jié)果害了自己。
• 分毫不爽  比喻沒有絲毫差錯。
• 閉門羹  拒絕客人進門叫做讓客人吃閉門羹。
• 飛黃騰達  飛黃：傳說中神馬名；騰達：上升，引伸為發(fā)跡，宦途得意。形容駿馬奔騰飛馳。比喻驟然得志，官職升得很快。
• 飛蛾投火  象蛾子撲火一樣。比喻自找死路、自取滅亡。
• 飛云掣電  掣：閃過。像流云飛和閃電一樣。形容非常迅速。
• 非分之想  非分：不屬自己分內(nèi)的。妄想得到本分以外的好處。