Book Report on Gullivers Travels格列佛游记英文读后感

第一篇：Book Report on Gullivers Travels格列佛游记英文读后感

Book Report on Gulliver’s Travels Recently, I have read a book named “Gulliver’s Travels”.Gulliver’s Travels is a fairy tale written by Jonathan Swift.It’s a very interesting story full of imagination.Besides, the description is vivid and appealing, when I read it I feel like I’m traveling with the Gulliver in the story.The author, Jonathan Swift, was born in Dublin, Ireland, but his father was a British who settled in Ireland.He was a posthumous child, dependent adult by his uncle.His masterpiece “Gulliver's Travels,” published in 1726, was regarded as children's literary works, but it actually attacked the British social degradation and corruption of religion and prejudice of scholar authority.Swift died in 1745, and he said in his testament that he would give all his property to the charity.Gulliver’s Travels tells a story of Captain Gulliver’s unique experience.And this book contains four parts.The author, Jonathan Swift, built a magical world through the fairy tale of fantasy, and because of the accurate, exquisite, fitting description, people can hardly feel it’s fictional.The first time, Gulliver’s boat encountered a storm and he swam to the shore.When he woke up he found himself surrounded by small men who were only six inches tall, twelve times smaller than the normal human beings.Later he realized he had come to the country “Lilliput”, which was a country of small men.In the country, Lilliputians treated him

very friendly, they gave him food and drink and wine.He lived happily and he was nice to them as well.Then, he was presented to the emperor, who was entertained by Gulliver.At first, the royal family liked him and gradually set him free, which turned out a scheme to use him in the war against the people of Blefuscu, whom the Lilliputians hated for differences concerning the proper way to crack eggs.Gulliver helped to defeat Blefuscu but things changed when he refused to destroy that country.Finally, he was convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with his urine and was announced to be shot in the eyes with poisoned arrows.The emperor eventually pardoned him and he went to Blefuscu, where he was able to repair a boat he found and set sail for England.The second time, Gulliver undertook his sea voyage again, which took him to a land of giants called “Brobdingnag”.A farmer discovered him and treated him as a little animal there, keeping him for making money.Finally, the farmer sold Gulliver to the Queen.The Queen liked him very much and had him dine with her every day.So Gulliver lived comfortably here, but underwent several dangers from fighting with bees, a monkey and even a frog.In the process, he also explained the political system of Britain to the royal members, but they did not understand and often doubted its correctness.In the end, Gulliver left Brobdingnag when his cage was plucked up by an eagle and dropped into

the sea.Then, Gulliver set sail again and, after an attack by pirates, arrived at Laputa, where a floating island inhabited by theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi.The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seemed totally to be impractical, and the residents too appear out of touch with reality.Gulliver took a short trip to Glubbdubdrib, and witnessed the conjuring of calling out figures from history, such as Julius Caesar and other military leaders, whom he finds much less impressive than in books.After visiting the Luggnaggians and the Struldbrugs, which were immortals, senior but unwise, he was able to sail to Japan and from there back to England.On his fourth journey, Gulliver set out as captain of a ship, but after his crew mutiny, he arrived at an unknown land, on which lived Houyhnhnms, rational horses who ruled, and Yahoos, immoral humanlike creatures who served the Houyhnhnms.Gulliver began to learn the horses’ language, and when he could speak he told his voyages to them and explained the constitution of England.He was treated with kindness by the horses and gradually adored their noble culture.He wanted to stay with the Houyhnhnms, but the horses still thought that he was very much like a Yahoo, and he was banished.He made his way to a nearby island, where he was picked up by a Portuguese ship captain

who treated him well, though Gulliver could not help seeing the captain—and all humans—as Yahoolike.Gulliver then concluded with his narrative that the lands he had visited belonged to England, as her colonies, even though he questioned the whole idea of colonialism.After reading the whole book, I am impressed with Jonathan’s peculiar imagination and the vividness of his description of Gulliver’s travels in the story.For example, when Gulliver is in the Lilliput, he is regarded as a giant by Lilliputians who are afraid that Gulliver may trample on them.Besides, when in Brobdingnag, Gulliver becomes a Lilliputian.He is cautious of his life all the time, because even a small insect can kill him.The most interesting thing in this book is that Gulliver fights with bees for food in Brobdingnag.That sounds ridiculous!However, Jonathan’s interesting imagination brings me a world of pleasure, while his accurate description make it appear to be a true adventure, the combination of which gives me an exciting experience of adventures in the wonderful lands.In addition, by describing Gulliver’s travels in four places----Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the flying island of Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms, Swift bitterly satirizes the petty, envious, selfish, foolish, and cruel characteristics of humanity and its corrupt institutions, especially government.For example, in Lilliput, the candidates compete for a great employment by entertaining his majesty and the court with a

dance on the rope and whoever jumps the highest without falling succeeds in the office.I think this is a satire of the political institution, especially the hereditary nobility system in Britain.They do not get the position by their wisdom and noble morality but by entertaining the royalty.And China also has the same situation.Some government officials get their position through entertaining the higher officials.I believe this is unfair for those who have made contributions to the country but failed to be government officials.Another satire is that the former king of Lilliput publishes an edict, commanding all his subjects to break the smaller end of their eggs just because his son happens to cut his finger breaking the larger end, while the emperors of Blefuscu approve that all true believers shall break their eggs at the convenient end.This leads to the most abstinent war between the two countries.It may seem very absurd, but it is exactly the fact of the religious oppression in Britain.There are many more bitter satires on human’s evil, degeneration, like the envious and wicked dwarf in Brobdingnag and the selfish, foolish, and cruel Yahoos.These phenomena are worth pondering for us.I envy Gulliver lucky enough to Houyhnhnms, where is the ideal region which we pursue and yearn for, in this place you don't have to worry whether others' words are true or not.But in the realistic society, some people swindle others' hard-earned money with the honeyed

words;some people kidnap and sell the child to seek the sudden and huge profits;some people even abandon their birth parents for money…I am hoping one day our society can be like Houyhnhnms, so there is no anxiety in children's eye, meanwhile, the education and the reality are unified.I hope everyone can try their best to make our society more harmonious.As far as I am concerned, the great satire work “Gulliver’s Travels” still has its current significance for the modern society and there are many things in it deserving our deep thinking.So I strongly recommend it to all of you and I am confident you will never regret.

第二篇：格列佛游记英文读后感

格列佛游记英文读后感

One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on the other hand they are the butt of Swift's satire.In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for us to take them seriously as the proper way to act? If we look closely at the way that the Houyhnhnms act, we can see that in fact Swift does not take them seriously: he uses them to show the dangers of pride.First we have to see that Swift does not even take Gullver seriously.For instance, his name sounds much like gullible, which suggests that he will believe anything.Also, when he first sees the Yahoos and they throw excrement on him, he responds by doing the same in return until they run away.He says, “I must needs discover some more rational being,”even though as a human he is already the most rational being there is.This is why Swift refers to Erasmus Darwins discovery of the origin of the species and the voyage of the Beagle-to show how Gulliver knows that people are at the top of the food chain.But if Lemule Gulliver is satirized, so are the Houyhnhnms, whose voices sound like the call of castrati.They walk on two legs instead of four, and seem to be much like people.As Gulliver says, “It was with the utmost astonishment that I witnessed these creatures playing the flute and dancing a Vienese waltz.To my mind, they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court, even more dextrous than the Lord Edmund Burke”.As this quote demonstrates, Gulliver is terribly impressed, but his admiration for the Houyhnhnms is short-lived because they are so prideful.For instance, the leader of the Houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of Charles Dickens, and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the Kings and Queens of England up to George II.Swift subtly shows that this Houyhnhnms pride is misplaced when, in the middle of the intellectual competition, he forgets the name of Queen Elizabeths husband.Swifts satire of the Houyhnhnms comes out in other ways as well.One of the most memorable scenes is when the dapple grey mare attempts to woo the horse that Guenivre has brought with him to the island.First she acts flirtatiously, parading around the bewildered horse.But when this does not have the desired effect, she gets another idea: “As I watched in amazement from my perch in the top of a tree, the sorrel nag dashed off and returned with a yahoo on her back who was yet more monstrous than Mr.Pope being fitted by a clothier.She dropped this creature before my nag as if offering up a sacrifice.My horse sniffed the creature and turned away.” It might seem that we should take this scene seriously as a failed attempt at courtship, and that consequently we should see the grey mare as an unrequited lover.But it makes more sense if we see that Swift is being satiric here: it is the female Houyhnhnm who makes the move, which would not have happened in eighteenth-century England.The Houyhnhm is being prideful, and it is that pride that makes him unable to impress Gullivers horse.Gulliver imagines the horse saying, Sblood, the notion of creating the bare backed beast with an animal who had held Mr.Pope on her back makes me queezy.A final indication that the Houyhnmns are not meant to be taken seriously occurs when the leader of the Houynhms visits Lilliput, where he visits the French Royal Society.He goes into a room in which a scientist is trying to turn wine into water(itself a prideful act that refers to the marriage at Gallilee).The scientist has been working hard at the experiment for many years without success,when the Houyhnmn arrives and immediately knows that to do: “The creature no sooner stepped through the doorway than he struck upon a plan.Slurping up all the wine in sight, he quickly made water in a bucket that sat near the door”.He has accomplished the scientists goal, but the scientist is not happy, for his livelihood has now been destroyed.Swifts clear implication is that even though the Houyhnhmns are smart, they do not know how to use that knowledge for the benefit of society, only for their own prideful agrandizement.Throughout Gullivers Travels, the Houyhnhms are shown to be an ideal gone wrong.Though their intent might have been good, they don't know how to do what they want to do because they are filled with pride.They mislead Gulliver and they even mislead themselves.The satire on them is particularly well explained by the new born Houyhnhm who, having just been born, exclaims, “With this sort of entrance, what must I expect from the rest of my life!”.

第三篇：格列佛游记英文读后感

Don’t be a Yahoo Originally accomplished by an English writer Jonathan Swift in 1726, and later on adapted for a film by Charles Sturridge and a cartoon by Peter R.Hunt, Gulliver’s Travels is such a famous satirical novel that influences both adults and children.The editionI read is one of the adaptations, published by Oxford University.I was completely absorbed in its fantastically designed plot and the deep meaning it conveys to my mind.The author, Jonathan Swift, is an English satirist, statesman and poet.He was born in a poor family in Ireland and was brought up by his uncle.When he grew up, he became a private secretary in Moore Park with other’s help.The master of the park was an experienced politician and philosopher.There’s no doubt that he gave a huge impact on Swift.During those years, Swift went through so much that after he left the park, he spared no effort to fight for freedom and independence for Irish people.The Gulliver’s Travels, wrote by the year 1726, exposing the darkness of the society at that time.The leading character—Gulliver, who travels to the imaginary lands of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the country of the Houyhnhnms, had experienced much during the expedition.All of these four voyages brought new opportunities and future to Gulliver’s life, and these are also for satirizing the way of the English.The first voyage is to Lilliput where people are extremely small, so Gulliver is a giant to Lilliputians.Lilliputians seem friendly but actually they are very ridiculous and stupid, the king even wanted to kill Gulliver because he made water to put out a fire to save the queen’s life.The second voyage is to Brobdingnag which is absolutely different from Lilliput.Gulliver is like a Lilliputian in Europe and he began to understand how a very small creature feels before a giant.Luckily, his master is very kind to him.But the king laughed at his country, which is famous for its beautiful places, its brave and honest people and criticized its inhuman, cruel ideas about murdering people.The third voyage is to Laputa.Laputans are strange-looking and their main interests are music and mathematics.They pay little attention to others, so it’s very difficult to talk with them.Gulliver also went to the Glubdugdribb and Luggnagg nearby.In a visit to Glubdugdribb, Gulliver was able to call ghosts to answer his questions.In Luggnagg, he learnt something about Stuldbrugs, who are miserable for their long lives with poor heath.The last voyage is to the country of Houyhnhnms, which is controlled by horses.Gulliver felt happy with these sensible, gentle creatures, which never lied or stole, in a country which had no disease, no crime, and no wars.But at last, he had to leave.On returning to England, Gulliver felt disappointed with other humans, including his children and wife.He found himself is so stupid to think that he could bring reason and truth into their lives and thoughts.So he told others to keep away from him.As the narrator said “human are all Yahoos and Yahoos they will remain”.Yahoo, described as an ugly animal, is a reflection of human beings.Yahoos had human faces and they also so violently fond of the pieces of gold or silver that they dig for days to get them out of the ground, and hide them jealously from other yahoos.This is really an action of human.I don’t like people who are always thinking about how to attack other countries and kill tens of thousands of people who have never hurt them.They do these only with the purpose of conquering more lands.As far as I’m concerned, if we think like the horses in Houyhnhnms, don’t let lies, crimes and wars exist, our world would be more beautiful and peaceful.In a word, don’t be a Yahoo!

第四篇：格列佛游记英文读后感

Gulliver’s Travels

When writing the experience in the country of Houyhnhnms, Jonathan Swift satirizes a lot of hideous phenomena and social figures—lawyers, doctors, chief ministers and noble persons in chapter VI.I.Lawyers

At the beginning of this chapter, the author mentions lawyers by using such words--perplex, disquiet, weary and injustice, totally the opposite what a lawyer should be like.When Gulliver tries to describe the reason why they do so many evil things, the horses just can’t understand.Of course, for those civil horses who do things in a manner of justice and law, how can they understand these indecent deeds.The sharp contrast between horses and yahoos strongly satirizes the degenerate society in England at that time, where there was no justice and equality at all.Money was the only thing those people chased throughout their life.Then the author talks about the money, the lust and the exploitation.By using hyperbole that “This whole globe of earth must be at least three times gone around, before one of our better female Yahoos could get her breakfast, or a cup to put it in” to satire the luxurious rich people’s ruthless persecution on the poor.Here Swift makes a long list of crimes—such as begging, robbing, stealing, by doing which poor people can seek their livelihood, making the life of lower class much more miserable.II.Doctors

In the following paragraphs, Swift talks about diseases which have killed a large number of people, some even propagating to later generations.To cure these diseases, a magic tribe emerged.Just as the so-called lawyers Swift mentions at the very beginning, the doctors and their “miraculous” diagnostics follows to be satirized.In the author’s description, doctors here never fail to predict their patients’ diseases, or they would make their predictions seemingly accurate by all means—deadly poison or something like that.All in all, anyone who has been unluckily sentenced death by those doctors will soon die.“They are likewise of special use to husbands and wives who are grown weary of their mates, to eldest sons, to great ministers of state, and often to princes.” In this sentence, here “they” refer to those death-like doctors.With the special help of them, people with some evil thoughts can achieve what they desperately expect.Very cleverly, by criticizing the doctors’ immorality, Swift also satirizes the social ills like disloyalty between couples, betrayals among brothers and offices.III.Chief Ministers

In the next paragraph, Swift turns his sharp nib to the chief ministers.Those people are so hypocritical and deceptive that they discard all their human feelings, but to chase power, wealth and titles—as Swift directly points out.No one can guess their true feelings.Here Swift uses several antitheses to show their hypocrisy.Truth for lie;lie as truth.Both praise and deformation are bad omens.What’s more, their promise resembles the curse.Then the author jokingly offers three methods about how to become a chief minister.That’s where the highlight is.“First, by knowing how with prudence to

dispose of a wife, a daughter, or a sister;the second, by betraying or undermining his predecessor;and the third is, by a furious zeal in public assemblies against the corruptions of the court.” shows that only by betrayal, conspiracy and something immoral can one become a chief minister.“The palace of a ’chief minister’ is a seminary to breed up others in his own trade.” By using metaphor, the author ironically criticizes the English chief ministers, who are dirty and corrupted.IV.Noble Persons

Last but not least, Jonathan Swift reveals the true figures of the nobility.The author takes Gulliver himself—who is much healthier and cleaner than those Yahoos but born the lower class as an example to satire the noble persons.With odious diseases derived from lewd females and terrible personality caused by being spoiled, they regard their unhealthy complexion as grace, and mock those robust persons instead.Their twist and reverse values actually reflect the deformed social value system at that time.Money worship leads them to marry those they don’t love, even to give birth to malformed children.How ridiculous!

“Without the consent of this illustrious body no law can be made, repealed, or altered, and these have the decision of our possessions without appeal.” At the end of the this part, the author again uses irony to mention that all the society is under the control of those both physically and psychologically ill persons, as implicates that the whole society is in the darkness of sickness.V.Conclusion

Jonathan Swift is a genius in sarcasm.Reading his novel—Gulliver’s Travels, one can find that every page is filled with his sharp sarcasm and irony.

第五篇：格列佛游记英文读后感

Gulliver's Travel格列佛游记英文读后感（原创，人格保证）

“When bending my eyes downward as much as I could, I perceived a human not six inches high!” I haven't read this book since I read it as a child, and it was amazing how much of it had stuck with me, and how vividly.Gulliver's Travels is one of the most exciting adventures novels.I like reading the adventure stories ,and I read many books,but Gulliver's Travels is one of the most exciting fantasy adventures ever written.Gulliver's Travels are broken up into four parts.The first two parts are the most famous, where Gulliver visits is a land in which he is a giant and another in which it is filled with giants。

When Lemuel Gulliver sets off from London on a sea voyage, little does he know the many incredible and unbelievable misadventures awaiting him.Shipwrecked at sea and nearly drowned, he washes ashore upon an exotic island called Lilliput-where the people are only six inches tall!Next he visits a land of incredible giants called Brobdingnagians.They are more than sixty feet tall!He travels to Laputa, a city that floats in the sky, and to Glubbdubdrib, the Island of Sorcerers.His final voyage brings him into contact with the Yahoos-a brutish race of subhumans-and an intelligent and virtuous race of horse, the Houyhnhnms.After I have read this book，I admire for Gulliver's Wisdom , courage and Spirit taking risks very much，He is a man different from the rest.As soon as he see the sea ,he could not keep his impetuous of adventure.As a doctor，he often took the travelling ship to everywhere.thought that the crew sees a doctor for the excuse to travle around the world and everywhere risk.This is the spirit being bold in making innovations.By the Gulliver's Travels ,the writer not only satirized the United Kingdom system at that time，but also made a hero who like taking risks.We should learn the spirit being bold in making innovations ,don’t afraid of difficulty and dangerous , just like Gulliver.I have been enchanted when reading this book.Seem to be that I and he adventure together.And I admired him for his resourceful and brave.