《简爱》英文读后感

　　this is a story about a special and unreserved woman who has been exposed to a hostile environment but continuously and fearlessly struggling for her ideal life. the story can be interpreted as a symbol of the independent spirit

　　it seems to me that many readers’ english reading experience starts with jane eyer. i am of no exception. as we refer to the movie “jane eyer”, it is not surprising to find some differences because of its being filmized and retold in a new way, but the spirit of the novel remains----to be an independent person, both physically and mentally.

　　jane eyer was a born resister, whose parents went off when she was very young, and her aunt，the only relative she had，treated her as badly as a ragtag. since jane’s education in lowwood orphanage began, she didn’t get what she had been expecting——simply being regarded as a common person, just the same as any other girl around. the suffers from being humiliated and devastated teach jane to be persevering and prize dignity over anything else.as a reward of revolting the ruthless oppression, jane got a chance to be a tutor in thornfield garden. there she made the acquaintance of lovely adele and that garden’s owner, rochester, a man with warm heart despite a cold face outside. jane expected to change the life from then on, but fate had decided otherwise: after jane and rochester fell in love with each other and got down to get marry, she unfortunately came to know in fact rochester had got a legal wife, who seemed to be the shadow following rochester and led to his moodiness all the time ----rochester was also a despairing person in need of salvation. jane did want to give him a hand, however, she made up her mind to leave, because she didn’t want to betray her own principles, because she was jane eyer. the film has finally got a symbolist end: jane inherited a large number of legacies and finally returned. after finding rochester’s misfortune brought by his original mad wife, jane chose to stay with him forever.

　　i don’t know what others feel, but frankly speaking, i would rather regard the section that jane began her teaching job in thornfield as the film’s end----especially when i heard jane’s words “never in my life have i been awaken so happily.” for one thing, this ideal and brand-new beginning of life was what jane had been imagining for long as a suffering person; for another, this should be what the audiences with my views hoped her to get. but the professional judgment of producing films reminded me to wait for a totally different result: there must be something wrong coming with the excellence----perhaps not only should another section be added to enrich the story, but also we may see from the next transition of jane’s life that “life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you would get.” (by forrest gump’s mother, in the film “forrest gump”) （1）（2）

　　what’s more, this film didn’t end when jane left thornfield. for jane eyer herself, there should always be somewhere to realize her great ideal of being independent considering her fortitude, but for rochester, how he can get salvation? the film gives the answer tentatively: jane eventually got back to rochester. in fact, when jane met rochester for the first time, she scared his horse and made his heel strained, to a certain extent, which meant rochester would get retrieval because of jane. we can consider rochester’s experiences as that of religion meaning. the fire by his frantic wife was the punishment for the cynicism early in his life. after it, rochester got the mercy of the god and the love of the woman whom he loved. here we can say: human nature and divinity get united perfectly in order to let such a story accord with the requirements of both two sides. the value of this film may be due to its efforts to explore a new way for the development of humanism under the faith of religion.

　　life is ceaselessly changing, but our living principles remain. firmly persisting for the rights of being independent gives us enough confidence and courage, which is like the
beacon over the capriccioso sea of life. in the world of the film, we have found the stories of ourselves, which makes us so concerned about the fate of the dramatis personae.
in this era of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement, both physical and mental effects on us call for a balance. we are likely to find ourselves bogged down in the sargasso sea of information overload and living unconsciousness. it’s our spirit that makes the life meaningful.

　　heart is the engine of body, brain is the resource of thought, and great films are the mirrors of life. indubitably, “jane eyer” is one of them.

　　《简·爱》这本书是一部带有自传色彩的小说，它讲述的是一个爱与尊严的故事，并告诉人们一个人生的真谛。

　　简·爱生存一个寄人篱下的环境，从小就承受着与同龄人不一样的待遇：姨妈的遗弃、表姐的歧视和表哥的侮辱和毒打……也许正是因为这一切，换回了简·爱无限的信心和坚强不屈的性格，一种可战胜的内在人格力量.她坚定不移地去追求一种光明的、圣洁的、美好的生活。

　　当简·爱认识罗切斯特先生，并与罗切斯特互生爱慕之情，即将步入婚姻殿堂之时，却发现罗切斯特早有妻室——一个被囚禁在阁楼里的疯女人。伤心之余，简·爱孤身逃离庄园，四处流浪，后来因为心中一直对罗切斯特念念不忘，又重新回到他身边。这是庄园已是面目全非，罗切斯特也双目失明，但简·爱毅然地和他走到了一起。

　　这部小说情节引人入胜，语言质朴无华，景物描写富有浓厚的地方色彩，许多环境描写也是既真实又典型的。如简·爱在舅母家里的生活、在孤儿院里的遭遇以及她和牧师圣·约翰的关系等，都是对当时英国社会生活的如实描写。而其中最具典型意义的，是对孤儿院的描写。在《简·爱》中，夏洛蒂是用第一人称来叙述的，同时包含着强烈的感情，因此对孤儿遭受摧残的心理状态的描写更为细腻、真实，从而加深了对这一现实的揭示和控诉。

　　简·爱是一代又一代的女性心中最平易近人的偶像，她不会难以靠近，她的影子飘散在我们的周围。简·爱这个艺术形象之所以能够震撼和感染一代又一代各国读者，正是她以自爱和自尊为人生的支柱，才使得自己的人格魅力得以充分展现。倘若把《简·爱》和易卜生的《玩偶之家》做比较，简·爱比那个不愿意活在男人的荫蔽下而选择离家出走的娜拉走得更远、更具有革命性。在《简·爱》中，有这么一段话，是简·爱对罗切斯特说的。“你以为我穷、不美，我就低你一等？你错了。我们是平等的。就像我们同样穿行过坟墓，同样站在上帝的脚跟前，我们是平等的。因为我们的精神是平等的。”女主人对爱情追求发自心底的平等，并带有宗教般的虔诚。这样的话在任何时候都是激动人心的，而出自一个独立人格、自尊心强的女性之口则显得更加有力量。