Thoughts on Great Expectations
During the last month, I have been reading the novel named Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I set up my mind to finish reading it for the simple reason that I have read the Chinese version of this great novel and I was deeply attracted by the story.
The main character in this novel is Pip and the whole story goes like this: Pip was a orphan and was brought up by his sister “by hand”. His sister Mrs. Joe was very strict with him while his brother-in-law treat him kindly. As a result, the two developed a intimate relationship. Since Pip was asked to visit Miss Havishams’s house, his mind and his fate began to change. In Miss Havishams’s home, Pip saw her adopted daughter Estella and fell in love with her at the first sight. Then he was determined to be well-educated and become a gentleman in order to deserve the beautiful girl Estella. And much to his delight, he was given a large sum of money and an opportunity to study abroad by an anonymous person. After a period of time, his great expectations came true and he became a gentleman at last. However, he found out that the money was offered by the criminal he had saved when he was young. He felt ashamed and didn’t want to use the money any more. What’s worse, the criminal Magwitch escaped from prison to visit Pip and was noticed by the police. At last, Magwitch was sentenced to death and Pip led a normal life. The beautiful lady became a widow as her husband died. But Pip still loved her and promised to be friends with her all the same. This ending is a bit reaasuring.
Among those several characters in the novel, my favourite is Magwitch. He was homeless and poor when he was young and he used to be put into prison several times. No one cared about him, so when little Pip saved him by giving him some food, he felt moved. And he bore Pip’s help in his mind. When he was exiled overseas, he was determined to make a lot of money and help Pip become a gentleman. He worked hard and saved every coin he could, and then sent it to Pip. He did all of these secretly in order to prevent little Pip from being embarrassed. After Pip became a real gentleman, Magwitch returned to England in secret only to see whether Pip had led a good life. What we can find from him is deep love for Pip. Although the society has deserted him, he is not deserted by himself. Different from Miss Havishams who is black-hearted, Magwitch is like a father. He showed his love to Pip without any hesitation. He was just like Pip’s father. This is why I admire him very much.
Then when I look back into our society, I find that some parents are not as good as the criminal Magwitch. Cases are that parents push their children to work hard in order to be admitted into the college where they were eager to go when they were young. This usually leads to two consequences. One is that the children are exerted too much pressure and they go to extremes. The other is that their children do as they are told to and don’t have their independent thinking. They lack the comprehensive abilities to cope with fierce competition in today’s society. In other words, they are likely to survive in this competitive world.
God is equal to everyone. When Magwitch knew that Estella was his daughter and had been loved by Pip, he felt relieved. I am also relieved because one good turn deserves another.
篇二：远大前程英文读后感
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens, a famous writer from England. It is the story of the orphan Pip’s life.
The character in this novelgave
me the deep impression was Pip.He fell in love with Estella. Educating himself for the girl,Pip studied as hard as he could.
Why did he love Estella so much? Not for her beautiful face,her treasure . Pip paid out so much for the love.
AlthoughEstella didn't treat him well and even that she didn't respect him at all! She put the food for him as a dog,but he didn't hate her. On the contrary, he left from his home with Pip/s friends. Pip just wanted to be a gentleman.
He abandoned a lot than he got. I can't understand why he do it in this way. I think it's not worth at all. If one person don't like you or not respect you,
you needn't do everything for her. So it made me quite sad.
I feel sorry for Pip. He had a very difficult life... Miss Havisham is also
a character who left me a deep impression .She was a poor lady. Her mother died young. Her farther was very rich and very proud
with only one child, Miss Havisham, is his first wife.
In fact, Miss Havisham should have a nice life,
but her wedding was destroyed by her fiance.
He broke her heart and she was angry.
She wanted to retaliate all men. She was really a kind woman. But she chose a wrong way to continue her life. Miss Havisham wanted to hurt other persons.
And she had done. This was not good for her. Only made her feel a little comfortable but there were also more victims in the world.
The above is what I get from the novel in the textbook and to conclude my opinion in one sentence, I should say that people should not depend on others.
Great Expectations tells the story about a young man called Pip. By telling us the childhood and great expectations of Pip, the author Charles Dickens, who was a famous English writer in 19th century showed us how a young man led a life in capitalistic society.
Pip was born in a poor family. He lost his parents as well as five little brothers in his infancy. As a result, he was brought up by his sister and her husband Mr. Joe Gargery.
Mrs. Gargery was really a strong and respectable woman. Although sometimes she was strict and cruel with Pip, she loved him very much. She was forced to do so by life for she had so heavy a burden on her shoulder to make a man out of a boy. Life was hard to her but she never gave up, otherwise Pip and Joe couldn’t manage to go on with life. That was one reason why her death shocked Joe and Pip so deeply.
Joe, from beginning to end, was a true gentle man. He loved Pip very much and gave a lot of help to him. In Pip’s infancy, they were both brought up by Mrs. Gargery by hands. In Pip’s words, they were fellow-sufferers. He always stood with Pip though thus might offend his wife. When Pip found his great expectation, Joe chose to let Pip loose. He wanted Pop to deal with the good fortune all by himself. He even refused the money Miss Havisham offered him for bringing up Pip. We understand him because we all know that he brought up Pip just for Pip not for money. Joe got married to Biddy at the end of the story . He really deserved happiness.
Pip was the main character of this novel. He had a poor infancy and always sreamt o f becoming rich. He happened to have helped a prisoner who had managed to escape from the prison and needed help badly. Pip might had never thought this would change his life and the prisoner would become
Love is like war… easy to start, difficult to finish, and impossible to forget. 爱情就好像战争一样，容易开始，难以结束，和不可能被遗忘。
优美的英语晚安心语篇一：
别将过去抱的太紧，因为那样你就腾不出手来拥抱现在了。
Don't put the past too tight, because then you can't really embrace now.
真正的勇气不是压倒一切，而是不被一切压倒。
True courage is not overwhelming, but not to be overwhelming.
这个世界上没有不带伤的人，真正能治愈自己的，只有自己。
The world without the injured people, really can cure her, only you.
心累到一定的程度，连生气和计较的力气都没有了
Tired heart to a certain extent, you are too weak to be angry without
永远不要放弃你真正想要的东西，等待虽难，但后悔更甚。
Never give up on something you really want, it's difficult to wait, but worse to regret.
没有人心疼的时候，就自己心疼自己。
No one was distressed, love yourself on your own.
做个悲伤的智者，不如做个开心的傻子。
A sad man, do a happy fool.
人生是一场一个人的旅程，无人可替代，总有人离开，总有人到来。
Life is a personal journey, no one can replace, there is always someone left, someone coming.
有些记忆，注定无法抹去;就象有些人，注定无法替代一样。
Some memories, doomed to not erase; like some people, doomed to the same can not be replaced.
有时候，两个人只有经历分别，才会懂得有多么需要彼此
Sometimes, two people have to fall apart, we will know how to each other
做个善良的女子，心不怨恨则美丽，心存宽恕则圣洁。
As a kind of woman, not resentment, beautiful, forgiveness is holy.
爱情不是轰轰烈烈的誓言，而是平平淡淡的陪伴。
Love is not the strong vow but light company.
人生的大悲剧不是因为人会死，而是因为人会停止爱。
The great tragedy of life is not because people will die, but because people will stop love.
命运如同手中的掌纹，无论多曲折，终掌握在自己手中。
Destiny is like the hands of palm, no matter how tortuous, all in their own hands.
优美的英语晚安心语篇二：
一个人，如果你不逼自己一把，你根本不知道自己有多优秀。
A person, if you don't force yourself, you don't know how good you are.
就让我们继续与生命的慷慨与繁华相爱;即使岁月以刻薄与荒芜相欺。
Let us continue to fall in love with the generosity of life and prosperity, even if the years with the harsh and barren.
很多时候，你不说，我也不说，就这样，说着说着就变了，想着想着就算了。
Most of the time, you do not say, I do not say, so, saying it has changed, thinking about even if the.
不曾酒醉已清醒，不曾深爱已无情。
Never drunk has been sober, not in love is cruel.
Life is full of ups and downs. The trick is to enjoy the ups and have courage during the downs.
人生充满了起起落落，关键在于，在顶端时要好好享受，在低谷时不失勇气。
You may not be the most luminous of people, but as a conductor of light, you are unbeatable.
或许你不是最闪闪发光的那个，但是作为光的传递者，你也一样会举世无双。
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
疯狂就是重复做一件事，并期待不同的结果。
In 10 years, I wonder who is still going to be by my side.
我在想，十年之后还有谁会仍然陪在我身边...
别将过去抱的太紧，因为那样你就腾不出手来拥抱现在了。
Don't put the past too tight, because then you can't really embrace now.
真正的勇气不是压倒一切，而是不被一切压倒。
True courage is not overwhelming, but not to be overwhelming.
这个世界上没有不带伤的人，真正能治愈自己的，只有自己。
The world without the injured people, really can cure her, only you.
心累到一定的程度，连生气和计较的力气都没有了
Tired heart to a certain extent, you are too weak to be angry without
永远不要放弃你真正想要的东西，等待虽难，但后悔更甚。
Never give up on something you really want, it's difficult to wait, but worse to regret.
没有人心疼的时候，就自己心疼自己。
No one was distressed, love yourself on your own.
做个悲伤的智者，不如做个开心的傻子。
A sad man, do a happy fool.
优美的英语晚安心语篇三：
1、Focus on your long-term goal. Good things will soon happen. 专注于你的.长期目标，美妙的事情很快会来到。
2、时间只是过客，自己才是主人。过程和结果，都由自己承受。
3、A true friend is the one who is proud of you when you succeed and doesn’t leave you when you fail.真正的朋友，在你成功时，会引以为豪;在你失败时，会不离不弃。
4、Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.冬天是蚀刻画，春天是水彩画，夏天是油画，而秋天则是三者的美丽交织。
5、Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not. (Ana Monnar ) —— 该发生的总会发生，不管你是否为此焦虑。
6、The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you! ~Coco Chanel 最适合你的颜色，才是世界上最美的颜色。
7、Do not forget, once owned more difficult to get to treasure, not to give up their own, have lost things in memory. —— 曾经拥有的不要忘记，难以得到的更要珍惜，属于自己的不要放弃，已经失去的留作回忆。
8、I'm just a sunflower, waiting for belongs to my only sunshine. 我只是一朵向日葵，等待着属于我的唯一的阳光
9、The respectability of youth lies in their courage and great expectations. 年轻人的可敬之处在于勇气和远大前程。(王小波)
10、All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. 一直以来，成就大事的人都是大梦想家。 —奥里森‧马登
11、Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. 庆祝你所取得的成就，但在每次成功过后，要把标准再拉高一点。 —米娅·哈姆
12、爱情如毒，蛊惑人心，即使痛苦，却每个人都向往，只要你一旦上瘾，就无法再戒掉，甚至致命也会带着一丝微笑。爱情如糖，甜甜蜜蜜，两人共享，熬的时间不能太短又不能太过，短了火候不到，太长就会是过了头的苦。爱情如茧，一根植在宿命里的丝，剪不断，抽不完，岁月残败了年华，思念替代了誓言。
13、Real happiness, not ecstasy, also not pain, it is slow, the big wave.—— 真正的快乐，不是狂喜，亦不是苦痛，它是细水长流，碧海无波。
14、Time can heal a broken heart, but time can also break a waiting heart. —— 时间可以愈合一颗破碎的心，也会伤害一颗等待的心。
15、Life is a palette, you put colors on it. Let your past make you better, not bitter. —— 生活是调色板，每个人自己在上面加上颜色。让你的过去失去你更多成长，而不是增添更多怨恨。
16、谈恋爱吧，男人都是一开始殷勤，越来越偷懒，到最后爱搭不理。而女人正相反，是一开始矜持，越来越黏人，到最后总想管人。所以啊，男人是爱在前面，享福在后面。而女人是享福在前面，辛苦在后面。做男人千万别怕被女人管。爱你才管你，什么时候不管你了，就是不爱了。
17、Go the most urgent, is the most beautiful scenery; Wound deepest, also always the most true feelings. —— 走得最急的，都是最美的风景;伤得最深的，也总是那些最真的感情。
18、If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. 如果你相信你可以，你通常就可以。如果你相信你没办法，你就肯定没办法了。 —丹尼斯·魏特利
19、Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation. 成就主要是逐步提升抱负及期望的结果。 —杰克·尼克劳斯
20、What is courage?Is it making you love me with tears or letting you go with tears? 什么是勇气?是哭着要你爱我，还是哭着让你离开。
21、I love when someone's laugh is funnier than the joke.我喜欢那种笑得比笑话本身还有趣。
22、人和人，别说配不配，合适就好，一块钱的打火机，也能点着1万块钱一包的香烟，几万块钱一桌的菜，还是离不开两块钱一包的盐，人生，哪有事事如意，生活，哪有样样顺心，所以，不和别人较真，因为不值得，不和自己较真，凡事啊，知足就好!
