红字英文版读书报告[优秀范文5篇]

第一篇：红字英文版读书报告

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classical novel in American literature in the 19th century.Since the first Chinese translation of The Scarlet Letter appeared in the 1950's scholars and readers in this country have shown an ever-increasing interest in his works.Its immortal enchantment lies in not only its condemnation of the negative impact of Puritan society on people's spirit, but also its affirmation of goodness.The novel aims at criticizing severely Puritanical asceticism, suggesting Hawthorne's further thinking over the “original sin” “good and evil” “soul salvation” “total depravity” by analyzing the four main characters in the novel.The novel concerns the consequence caused by the sin and people's attitude towards sin rather than the sin itself.He believes man can do good deeds to get rid of evil in his heart.The introduction of the author: Hawthorne was born in 1804, the town of Salem, Massachusetts, a decline of family.His Puritan ancestors had participated in the persecution of heretics was an event.Hawthorne's father was a captain, in his death at age 4.1821, because of Hawthorne relatives is funding into the Institute of Hakata.He graduated from the school in 1825.Back to the Salem Town he works in writing.Hawthorne's short stories are mostly drawn from the New England history or real life, focusing on the fate of humanity and human problems.“The Scarlet Letter” was written in 1851.A reasonable description of marriage by the young woman bound for the Calvinists are guilty of adultery was prohibited public display, exposed the system was under the rule of colonial politics and religion in some of the darkness.19th-century novel reveals the era of capitalist development, the United States Code, the law of social cruelty, religious deception and moral hypocrisy.The story is followed like this: The protagonist of the novel was a young woman named Hester who was punished to wear the scarlet letter “A” to signify that she was an adulterer.Her husband,Chillingworth,was a scholar much older than her.He sent her to America but he himself failed to arrive.While waiting for her husband,Hester fell in love with a local young minister named Dimmesdale.She had an affair with him and later gave birth to Pearl.Although she was shamed publicly on the town scaffold,she still refused to reveal her lover’s identity.In order to punish her,people forced her to wear the scarlet letter.Since then,she and her daughter Pearl lived in a cottage at the edge of the forest and was alienated by the rest of the community.However,this put her in a special position to observe and think about the society.Her lover,the young minister,lacked courage to confess his sin publicly,felt guilty and tormented himself both mentally and physically.And this gradually ruined his health.At the same time,Chillingworth disguised himself as a doctor and stayed in Dimmesdale’s home.For the sake of revenge,he tried very hard to find out the connection between the minister’s anguish and Hester’s secret.Later,Hester revealed Chillingworth’s true identity to Dimmesdale and asked him to escape to Europe together.While the plain was destroyed by wicked Chillingworth.In the end,Dimmesdale confessed his adultery with Hester in his last sermon.He tore away his ministerial garments and revealed his breast,on which there was a same mark as the scarlet letter.People were totally shocked and the minister fell onto the scaffold and died.After his death,Chillingworth was left with no object for his revenge,he wasted away and soon died.Later,Hester and Pearl disappeared.This made the story of scarlet letter grow into a legend.Many years later,Hester suddenly returned to the town and resumed her charity work.Until the time of her death,she still wore the scarlet letter on her breast.Whereas,it was no longer the symbol of shame but the symbol of able and angle.The analysis of the novel: The Scarlet Letter also has literial and symbolic meanings,and its meaning shifts as time goes by.Originally,it intends to mark Hester as an adulterer,it’s a symbol of shame.But at the end of the story,it becomes a powerful social identity of Hester.She changed the meaning of the scarlet letter in people’s mind through her own effort: accepting the assigned identity and reconfrigurating it with quiet perseverance and inner strength.The main characters of the novel that the author figures elaborately all have special functions.Hester,the heroine of the novel,is an intelligent,strong-willed and kind-hearted young woman who accepts her sin bravely and finally changes her unfair fate.Dimmesdale,an admirable and respectful minister of the town people,functions mainly as a contrast to Hester.Toward their sin,Hester chooses to accept it and reconfigurate herself.While Dimmesdale doesn’t dare to confess it publicly,it makes him feel guilty and suffer endless physical and spiritual torment,death is the only thing that can relieve him.Through the different fates of Hester and Dimmesdale,we can see the central idea that the author wants to present to us,namely ,the relationship between sin and humanity.Sin stands for the social-defined identity of people,while humanity is our self-defined identity.The way in which the society defines a person is often at odds with the way that individuals define themselves.In fact,sin itself is both guilty act and an act of affaction,it's a problematic combination of love and evil.Through the connection and conflict of sin and humanity,we understand the moral strength of human beings.Understanding of the novel:

From the story, we can see that the heroes live a “rather-die-than-live” life, and understand the meaning of living and death in Hawthorne' mind that is to living is to suffering and to atone for crimes while to die is to get relief from sins and rebirth in other world.In our society, the term “evil” has been replaced by terms such as “madness” or “insanity”.People seem to feel the need to understand the minds of perpetrator of evil acts.In a society without a single and solid morality system , we human beings are endowed with exceptional freedom in conscious and behaviour, but we should also take more responsibility for ourselves and the others in the society.

第二篇：红字英文读后感

The Scarlet Letter offers an extraordinary insight into the norms and behavior of the 17th century if American Puritan society.The basic conflicts and problems of its main characters, however, are familiar to readers in the present.The female protagonist, has borne a child out of wedlock and has been jailed for over three months and sentenced to wear a symbol of her adultery, a scarlet “A” on her dress at all times.It concerns about the moral, emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general.It’s not simply a love story or a story of sin.The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society, showing how they brand sinners for life.The story happened in Boston about 200 years ago.It narrates love affairs between three persons.The punished woman.Hester Prynne and his husband.Who called himself Roger Chillingworth.He is an old misshapen man and a doctor.Hester does not love him at all.Another man is a young minister, Dimmesdale, who has a high position among ministers and is highly respected among his people in town.Hester and Dimmesdale love each other.But their love is forbidden in that time.It is sinful.Due to this,Hester is punished by society with a letter A on her chest, which considered an evil, a shame.In this novel, the mainline seems to be around the letter A.Hester is brave enough to face the cruel reality.She is always with a mind of courage.She has been alone with her child for so long , with litter communication.Shame!Hopelessness!Loneliness!Hester has to wear the letter A day after day, seven years as for punishment and ill fame.When a woman has lived through a difficult experience, her character changes a great deal.If she be all tenderness, she will die.If she survive, the tenderness will leave her.Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community.The letter on her chest represents her work on earth , always helping others, without expecting any thanks.Never afterwards, does that scarlet letter leave her chest.The townspeople no longer view the letter as a punishment , but rather as representing her great strength and bravery and thy say it means “Able”.But Arthur Dimmesdale, his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight.He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven.He is too weak to admit his sins.He suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress.What’s worse, he is an advisor to the townspeople about their sins.After Mr.Dimmesdale’s death , no one changes more in appearance than Roger Chilling worth.All his strength and energy has been used to harm his patient.This unhappy man has made his aim in life to add to the suffering of the young minister.When the evil old man no longer has such a purpose, the devil takes him back to the hell.It is a curious subject of observation, however, whether hatred or love are not of the same place.Each takes a great deal of emotion from one person.The two feelings seem basically the same, expect that one is smiled upon by God, while the other is worshipped by the devil.The two lovers has ever decided to flee to Europe, where they can live with their dauthter Pearl as a family.They feel a sense of release there.However, their plan fails…… When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale.The two share a single tombstone, with a deep colored letter A shining brightly.通知：明天十点至一月四日晚上十二点选课。我们07级的 译文赏析，圣经与英美文学，统计理论与实践，英语惯用法，这几门课因没有老师上课不要选！

Hester Prynne: Boston settler who commits adultery and bears a child while awaiting the arrival of her husband from Europe.Authorities require her to wear a piece of red cloth in the shape of an A(standing for adulteress)on the bodice of her dress to identify her as a sinner.She refuses to identify her partner in sin.Hester is named after the title character of an Old Testament book.In that book, Esther–a Jew who marries the King of Persia, Ahasuerus(Xerxes I)–and her cousin Mordecai persuade the king to spare the lives of Jews previously singled out for annihilation.The Jewish festival of Purim, also called the Feast of Lots, celebrates their deliverance from the Persian sword.Pearl: Hester’s child.As her name suggests, she is something good that came from sin.She is also a constant reminder–to Hester and to the townspeople–of Hester's sinfulness.At times, she is an unruly child, a burden to her mother.But Hester loves her just the same

第三篇：红字读后感英文

Review of The Scarlet Letter(1)

Mengyan Li, Oct 13

The story is based on the colony times of America.It shows the cruelty of the law and the deceit of religion.It happens in Boston about 200 years ago.The author narrates love affairs between a woman and two men.The beautiful and intelligent young woman, named Hester Prynne, has been led from the town prison with her infant baby in her arms, and on her chest is a rag of cloth which has a scarlet letter “A” on it.The scarlet letter “A” represents a symbol of her sin and for all people to see.The husband of the punished woman, who called himself Roger Chilling worth, is an old misshapen man and a doctor.He is elder than Hester and no one knows his real name.Hester doesn’t love him at all.He sends Hester to America but he does not arrive in Boston.While Hester is waiting for her husband, she fall in love with Dimmesdale and she lead a birth to their baby.Dimmesdale is a scholar and has a high position and is highly respected by people in that town.In that age, according the law and religion, their love is sinful and forbidden.Due to this, Hester is punished by the society with a scarlet letter “A” on her chest, which considered a big shame.Facing the terrible punishment, Hester refuses to give her lover’s name away to protect him.Hester is brave enough to face the cruel reality.She is always with a mind of courage.But Arthur Dimmesdale, his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight.He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven.He is too weak to admit his sins.

第四篇：《红字》英文读后感

《红字》英文读后感

The Scarlet Letter offers an extraordinary insight into the norms and behavior of the 17th century if American Puritan society.The basic conflicts and problems of its main characters, however, are familiar to readers in the present.The female protagonist, has borne a child out of wedlock and has been jailed for over three months and sentenced to wear a symbol of her adultery, a scarlet “A” on her dress at all times.It concerns about the moral, emotional and

psychological effect of the sin on people in

general.It’s not simply a love story or a story of sin.The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society, showing how they brand sinners for life.The story happened in Boston about 200 years

ago.It narrates love affairs between three persons.The punished woman.Hester Prynne and his husband.Who called himself Roger Chillingworth.He is an old misshapen man and a doctor.Hester does not love him at all.Another man is a young minister, Dimmesdale, who has a high position among ministers and is highly respected among his people in town.Hester and Dimmesdale love each other.But their love is forbidden in that time.It is sinful.Due to this,Hester is punished by society with a letter

A on her chest, which considered an evil, a shame.In this novel, the mainline seems to be around the letter A.Hester is brave enough to face the

cruel reality.She is always with a mind of courage.She has been alone with her child for so long , with litter communication.Shame!Hopelessness!Loneliness!Hester has to wear the letter A day after day, seven years as for punishment and ill fame.When a woman has lived through a difficult

experience, her character changes a great deal.If she be all tenderness, she will die.If she survive, the tenderness will leave her.Hester’s charitable deeds and quiet humility have earned her a reprieve from the scorn of the community.The letter on her chest represents her work on earth , always helping others, without expecting any thanks.Never afterwards, does that scarlet letter leave her

chest.The townspeople no longer view the letter as a punishment , but rather as representing her great strength and bravery and thy say it means “Able”.But Arthur Dimmesdale, his sin against Hester and Pearl is that he will not acknowledge them as his wife and daughter in the daylight.He keeps his dreadful secret from all those under his care in the church for seven years for fear that he will lose their love and will not be forgiven.He is too weak to admit his sins.He suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress.What’s worse, he is an advisor to the townspeople about their sins.After Mr.Dimmesdale’s death , no one changes more in appearance than Roger Chilling worth.All his strength and energy has been used to harm his

patient.This unhappy man has made his aim in life to add to the suffering of the young minister.When the evil old man no longer has such a purpose, the devil takes him back to the hell.It is a curious subject of observation, however, whether hatred or love are not of the same place.Each takes a great deal of emotion from one person.The two feelings seem basically the same, expect that one is smiled upon by God, while the other is worshipped by the devil.The two lovers has ever decided to flee to Europe, where they can live with their dauthter Pearl as a family.They feel a sense of release there.However, their plan fails„„ When Hester dies, she is buried next to Dimmesdale.The two share a single tombstone, with a deep colored letter A shining brightly.0920031637

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周扬琳

第五篇：英文读书报告

Class: 08本二班

Name：李秀清 NO：200841010234 page: 1

Afterthought of “Shuang Leng Chang He”

Friendship

Recently, I read a book named „Shuang Leng Chang He‟which is written by Yu Qiuyu.There are some essays about philosophic theory of human life in this book.However, I was attractive by the essay of friendship for I was told the essence of friendship and learnt how to make friends with others.Friendship is an eternal theme we examine and explore.But what is friendship? What is the real meaning of friendship? As we know, friendship is a life-long treasure.With friends, we share our joys and tears.Friendship is not a commodity with a price, nor should we alienate our friends by questioning or judging their virtues.In traditional culture of China, most of the literary men admire the friendship between Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi.They hold the point that mountain stream with a knowing ear is the luckiest thing and looking forward to this kind of friendship in their whole life.However, a bosom friend is not easy to find in the real world.It usually comes that the person is your friend today, and tomorrow would be your enemy.Even more, when a person was deceived or betrayed by his friends, he would never trust any friends.Usually, people will try their best to help their friends, even their lives when needed.However they find it hard to forgive the friend who betrayed them.Hence, how to establish friendly relationship is very important and necessary for human beings.There is a Chinese saying goes, you depend on your parents when you stay at home, and you depend on your friends when you go out.This kind of saying indicates that the importance of friends, at the same time it means the value of friends is for dependence.Therefore, will you make friends with a person who has no use for you? Or anyone helped you can become your friends? What do we expect from our friends? From my point of view, a real friend does not care your background, your wealth, your appearance.The truest friend of all is one that reads your very soul, one who is always there when needed.A real friend does not expect something from their friends or depend on his friends.Friendship is an in-depth relationship combining trust, communication, and understanding.Some people hold the idea that finding a friend is like coming home.When you come “home” to a friend, you can relax;unbosoming you pains and sorrows and you needn‟t pretend or act tough.But do not forget one point that is keeping distance between you.Most people of China are likely to ignore this kind of problem, which sometimes causes some unnecessary troubles.From my point of view, we should better keep proper distance with our friends if you want keep a stable relationship.Generally, as a Chinese, people would rather receive excessive kindness than say “NO‟‟ to their friends.In their opinion, a good friend should not turn down their friends, if this happened, their friends would be regarded that they were looked down by their friends and felt loosing face.For example, one of your friends is afraid of exam and he asks for your help during the examination.What would you do? To be or not to be? Even though you are unwilling to cheat in the exam, you still promise to offer help and endure the suffering yourself from treating.Every man alone is sincere.At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.Emerson said “A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.I do not wish to treat friendship daintily, but with roughest courage.” From these words, we know that friendship is built on sincerity, and sincerity is based on equality of personality.Without sincerity and equality of personality, people will not trust others and make friends with others in heart.In addition to this, Aristotle also said that wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.Maybe it only takes one second time to be friends, but you will spend more time to establish friendly relationships.Pure friendship without judgment can enrich our life.We have our own judgments on our friends according to their virtues.Though you find virtues in your friends, he was your friend before you found them.If you choose your friends on the ground that you are virtues and want virtuous company, you are no nearer to true friendship than of choosing them for commercial reasons.Though you may choose the virtuous to be your friends, they may not choose you as a friend.Nevertheless, without judgment does not mean that you should ignore what is right and wrong to support you friends without condition.Unquestioning support will bring disaster finally.From this article, people may feel that it is not easy to find a real friend.In fact the problem is we require too much from friendship, such as the sense of belonging, obligation and other virtues.If we get rid of this kind of demand and fetter, we will understand the friendship clearly and enjoy it completely.Friendship is just like a seed which we should look after carefully.Cherish is a virtue.A friend is a friend;you should cherish the relationship maintain it with hearts.What‟s more, we should

learn how to keep distance, how to keep the independence of spirit and personality;learn to distinguish what is right and what is wrong and make the exact choice.Person whom possesses his own idea and character would win the real friendship.Last but not least, no matter how eager we are to make friends with others, we should not forget the point, that is, action is one of the best ways of expression of your sincerity.Beautiful words do not give any sense.An action is better than thousands words.2011年 3月20日