看《喜福会》小说后的英文读后感

第一篇：看《喜福会》小说后的英文读后感

The Reading Report about The Joy Luck Club

Reading the novel is not the first time of my knowing The Joy Luck Club.When I watched the film , the meaning of the title , the theme of the novel , the reason for the arrangement of stories from four mothers and their daughters and other important things were all unknown to me.But I knew that was my type for it is about feelings between mothers and daughters , and especially chinese speaking Eglish.Amy Tan , a Chinese American writer , is the author of the book in which she explors the mother-daughter relationships.Originally , the relationships between mother and daughter seem to be quite complex in a family but in Amy Tan's work , it is perfectly typical for its portrayal of conflicts between the traditional Chinese mothers speaking shabby English and the open wholly Americanized daughters who just wear a Chinese face but speak fluent English.I never think it is richly dramatical , and instead these kinds of conflicts , in fact , truly ecists in many Chinese immigrants' family.The novel is written impressively and deeply especially , I think , in understanding of mothers' love for their daughters for reasons that the previous experience of her with her mother provided the basis for her novel.It is said that the exprience of anthor is similar to that of Jingmei woo.Maybe , the novel implies the deep and complex feelings of auther for her mother and her closest relatives in China.It gives me a greatly deep impression that the book is begun with Feathers From a Thousand LI Away.It penetrates the mothers' hope and love for their daughters through a swan's feather.Through the old woman's words “In America I will have a daughter just like me.But over there nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husband's belch.Over there nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak only perfect American English.And over there she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow!She will know my meaning, because I will give her this swan—a creature that became more than what was hoped for.” and the mothers' former tragic sufferings , we will find that all the mothers are in hope of their daughters never suffering from their sufferings.And the mothers waited, year after year, for the day , they could tell their daughters it is their hope through a feather of the swan in perfect American English.At first , it is a little difficult to understand the

reason for these words.However , through the whole novel , in fact , you will find the old woman represents the four mothers , the feather of swan embodies the hope of mothers for their daughters.These sentences show implicitly the feelings of author and her understandings for mothers.In fact , in the Joy Luck Club , the feather indeed is gained by Jingmei Woo.And from the beginning to the end ,the feather has been existing.Only if one high-quality novel , like a perfect verse , needs you spending much time reading once more , you will understand something.I thought that the novel is loosely plotted and is in disorder.But the fact verifies that I am wrong.Through the whole story , the novel begins with the death of Jingmei's mother and ends in Jingmei visiting China to see the twin-half sisters whom her mother had been forced to abandon when the Japanese attacked China many years ago.What's more , in detail , the stories of four mothers and four daughters have relative connections in theme about love between them and the mothers' hope for their daughters.And the theme shows the comflicts and harmonization between different cultures.Then I think why the author titled the novel “ Joy Luck Club ”.I am puzzled by it and the purpose of writer.The name of club made mention of by Jingmei's mother.And the author directly titling the novel the name of their meeting implies her feelings for her mother.I can guess that the title originated from a kind of hope or belief.According to mothers' former sufferings , they were not happy.Even at the present , all of them hides the previous tragic experiences.Maybe , the club is a place where they can pretend to be happy or avoid the past memory or worries or even the shock of culture.Reading the novel is as we are reading our life and then think our past , present and futere.Especially , the conflict between Waverly Jang and her mother impresses me most.Waverly is a woman who is quite independent-mined and intelligent , but her mother's constant criticism is terribly annoying.She once had a gift for international chess.however , when she realized her mother taking advantage of her achievement and talent to show off in public , especially to the strangers , she felt terribly ashamed and annoyed.She shouted to “ you can not make me ”.From then on , her mother felt cold at Waverly and were particularabout her favorite things.In

fact , I think Waverly felt sacred subconsciously at letting her mother down and something that she did was aimed at flattering her mother.When waverly brought her boyfriend , Rich , to her families , her mother just smiled but she still was particular about Rich's appearance , having many spots on his face.Description about the conflicts of manners between Chinese tradition and American notions has given me a greatly deep impression and quite interesting.These words of “ And then he had helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas , not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful, until everybody had had a morsel.” vividly express the American character of being casual which counts as discourtesy in China.The part of Rich criticizing her mother's cooking is quite funny and impressive.Our Chinese habit of making disparaging remarks seems to be extremely common.Being modest and avoiding showing off are parts of Chinese traditional manners.Her mother complaining about “ This dish not salty enough , no flavor ” , in fact , was a cue to eat some and proclaim it it the best she had ever made.But the Rich did not understand.From the following description of her mother being horrified , I judged that her mother was strongly objective against Rich and even their marriage.Waverly also had such an opinion.But I am wrong and from their conversation I understand something more important.Mother is the only one that understands their daughters or sons in the world.And none of the mothers do not love their children.And the heaty conversattion can make a strong bridge between the different generation or even the peonple from the different cultures.I find that if you would not like to tell your hearty words out , others are not able to know what you are and what you think.People each have different opinions about the same things.Waverly had thought that her mother disapproved of her marriage and hated her Rich.However , her mother's meaningful words surprised Waverly and even me.Just be particular about who I really care for and love.It occured to me that whoever we hurt is always who we really love for reasons that others would not care for our complaint.Yes , who will care for those who you do not love ? The answer is known by us fron the beginning to the end.It is the love for Waverly that her mother has been showing her.Waverly , a wholly Americanized girl , never trully knew her mother and was ignorant of the love

for her.Indeed , the language and the culture did make a great difference in the exchange of feelings , which is a terribly high barrier between Waverly and her mother , also between other three mothers and their daughters.But love and understandings , finally will prevail over others.Personally , through the whole novel , the conflict between mothers and daughters , virtually , is that of the cultures between the East and the West.Mothers represent the classic, traditional Chinese culture but the daughters are the symbol of just , free , open and modern American one , which are two kinds of contradictory elements.However , through the whole novel , it is easier to find that finally they can understand each other and be in harmony.When Jing-Mei saw her twin-half sisters , she was surprised at this kind of familiarity.“And now I also see what part of me is Chinese.It is so obvious.It is my family.It is in our blood.After all these years, it can finally be let go.” shows that Jing-Mei understood her mother's stubbornness and love and was struck by mother's greatness.The resolution of the contradiction shows that the cultures of the East and the West can be in harmony with each other.

第二篇：看《喜福会》小说后的英文读后感

The Reading Report about The Joy Luck Club Reading the novel is not the first time of my knowing The Joy Luck Club.When I watched the film , the meaning of the title , the theme of the novel , the reason for the arrangement of stories from four mothers and their daughters and other important things were all unknown to me.But I knew that was my type for it is about feelings between mothers and daughters , and especially chinese speaking Eglish.Amy Tan , a Chinese American writer , is the author of the book in which she explors the mother-daughter relationships.Originally , the relationships between mother and daughter seem to be quite complex in a family but in Amy Tan's work , it is perfectly typical for its portrayal of conflicts between the traditional Chinese mothers speaking shabby English and the open wholly Americanized daughters who just wear a Chinese face but speak fluent English.I never think it is richly dramatical , and instead these kinds of conflicts , in fact , truly ecists in many Chinese immigrants' family.The novel is written impressively and deeply especially , I think , in understanding of mothers' love for their daughters for reasons that the previous experience of her with her mother provided the basis for her novel.It is said that the exprience of anthor is similar to that of Jingmei woo.Maybe , the novel implies the deep and complex feelings of auther for her mother and her closest relatives in China.It gives me a greatly deep impression that the book is begun with Feathers From a Thousand LI Away.It penetrates the mothers' hope and love for their daughters through a swan's feather.Through the old woman's words “In America I will have a daughter just like me.But over there nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husband's belch.Over there nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak only perfect American English.And over there she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow!She will know my meaning, because I will give her this swan—a creature that became more than what was hoped for.” and the mothers' former tragic sufferings , we will find that all the mothers are in hope of their daughters never suffering from their sufferings.And the mothers waited, year after year, for the day , they could tell their daughters it is their hope through a feather of the swan in perfect American English.At first , it is a little difficult to understand the reason for these words.However , through the whole novel , in fact , you will find the old woman represents the four mothers , the feather of swan embodies the hope of mothers for their daughters.These sentences show implicitly the feelings of author and her understandings for mothers.In fact , in the Joy Luck Club , the feather indeed is gained by Jingmei Woo.And from the beginning to the end ,the feather has been existing.Only if one high-quality novel , like a perfect verse , needs you spending much time reading once more , you will understand something.I thought that the novel is loosely plotted and is in disorder.But the fact verifies that I am wrong.Through the whole story , the novel begins with the death of Jingmei's mother and ends in Jingmei visiting China to see the twin-half sisters whom her mother had been forced to abandon when the Japanese attacked China many years ago.What's more , in detail , the stories of four mothers and four daughters have relative connections in theme about love between them and the mothers' hope for their daughters.And the theme shows the comflicts and harmonization between different cultures.Then I think why the author titled the novel “ Joy Luck Club ”.I am puzzled by it and the purpose of writer.The name of club made mention of by Jingmei's mother.And the author directly titling the novel the name of their meeting implies her feelings for her mother.I can guess that the title originated from a kind of hope or belief.According to mothers' former sufferings , they were not happy.Even at the present , all of them hides the previous tragic experiences.Maybe , the club is a place where they can pretend to be happy or avoid the past memory or worries or even the shock of culture.Reading the novel is as we are reading our life and then think our past , present and futere.Especially , the conflict between Waverly Jang and her mother impresses me most.Waverly is a woman who is quite independent-mined and intelligent , but her mother's constant criticism is terribly annoying.She once had a gift for international chess.however , when she realized her mother taking advantage of her achievement and talent to show off in public , especially to the strangers , she felt terribly ashamed and annoyed.She shouted to “ you can not make me ”.From then on , her mother felt cold at Waverly and were particularabout her favorite things.In fact , I think Waverly felt sacred subconsciously at letting her mother down and something that she did was aimed at flattering her mother.When waverly brought her boyfriend , Rich , to her families , her mother just smiled but she still was particular about Rich's appearance , having many spots on his face.Description about the conflicts of manners between Chinese tradition and American notions has given me a greatly deep impression and quite interesting.These words of “ And then he had helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas , not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful, until everybody had had a morsel.” vividly express the American character of being casual which counts as discourtesy in China.The part of Rich criticizing her mother's cooking is quite funny and impressive.Our Chinese habit of making disparaging remarks seems to be extremely common.Being modest and avoiding showing off are parts of Chinese traditional manners.Her mother complaining about “ This dish not salty enough , no flavor ” , in fact , was a cue to eat some and proclaim it it the best she had ever made.But the Rich did not understand.From the following description of her mother being horrified , I judged that her mother was strongly objective against Rich and even their marriage.Waverly also had such an opinion.But I am wrong and from their conversation I understand something more important.Mother is the only one that understands their daughters or sons in the world.And none of the mothers do not love their children.And the heaty conversattion can make a strong bridge between the different generation or even the peonple from the different cultures.I find that if you would not like to tell your hearty words out , others are not able to know what you are and what you think.People each have different opinions about the same things.Waverly had thought that her mother disapproved of her marriage and hated her Rich.However , her mother's meaningful words surprised Waverly and even me.Just be particular about who I really care for and love.It occured to me that whoever we hurt is always who we really love for reasons that others would not care for our complaint.Yes , who will care for those who you do not love ? The answer is known by us fron the beginning to the end.It is the love for Waverly that her mother has been showing her.Waverly , a wholly Americanized girl , never trully knew her mother and was ignorant of the love for her.Indeed , the language and the culture did make a great difference in the exchange of feelings , which is a terribly high barrier between Waverly and her mother , also between other three mothers and their daughters.But love and understandings , finally will prevail over others.Personally , through the whole novel , the conflict between mothers and daughters , virtually , is that of the cultures between the East and the West.Mothers represent the classic, traditional Chinese culture but the daughters are the symbol of just , free , open and modern American one , which are two kinds of contradictory elements.However , through the whole novel , it is easier to find that finally they can understand each other and be in harmony.When Jing-Mei saw her twin-half sisters , she was surprised at this kind of familiarity.“And now I also see what part of me is Chinese.It is so obvious.It is my family.It is in our blood.After all these years, it can finally be let go.” shows that Jing-Mei understood her mother's stubbornness and love and was struck by mother's greatness.The resolution of the contradiction shows that the cultures of the East and the West can be in harmony with each other.

第三篇：小说《喜福会》读后感

小说《喜福会》读后感

今天晚上花了两个多小时，把《喜福会》（The Joy Luck Club）这本小说看完了。之所以看这本书，其实只是因为公选课需要读这本书的关系，但是当我读完了之后，发现这本书其实还是很不错的。虽然在公选课的经典书单里面这本书不那么经典，但是我觉得比起其它的书可能这一本反而要更加接地气一点。

这本书里面设定了四对母女，而书中的故事基本上就是围绕着母女之间因为代沟产生的矛盾展开的。这些故事之中有的关于成长，有的关于婚姻，但是我觉得这些故事无疑都围绕着一个关键，那就是女人的幸福。书中的四位母亲，都是成长在战争年代，有的富有有的贫穷，但是都因为机缘巧合有了人生的转折，来到了美国。她们不懂得怎样说一口流利的英文，但是却希望自己的女儿们能够在这里走向成功，获得幸福，不会走母亲们的老路。这种强烈的、带有中国传统色彩的愿望，与从小成长于美国文化的女儿们身上产生了巨大的碰撞。女儿们大都能够理解母亲们的苦心，然而却不能够接受他们母亲的想法。以至于他们都陷入了困境，然而在母亲的帮助下，又再次收获了幸福。

书中给我印象颇为深刻的大概是母亲们的故事。比如说琳达拥有对自己的强烈追求，而用自己的智慧获得了自由；又比如安梅见证母亲的命运而对自己的命运有着强烈的掌控欲望，这种不向命运屈服或者更直接的说不向男人屈服的特质最终遗传到了她的女儿露丝身上。而祖孙三代，也代表了从屈服、觉醒到抗争的三个阶段。比起女儿们的故事，母亲们的故事更加奇异更加特别，也更加发人深思。

然而这本书也并非完美。在我看来，作者采用了分镜头的方法，每一章都可以看做一个简单的故事，而所有的故事又隐隐有一条线索穿行其中可以让它们联系在一起。这样的写法现在渐渐流行了起来，比如说非常热门的《冰与火之歌》。分镜头的写法固然可以让故事不断切换到第一视角，让故事叙述更加方便而真实，但这种方式也造成了读者阅读的困难。尤其是其中有一些事件发生的时间并不明确，导致了故事间的因果也不甚清晰。所以这也可以说是这本书的一点瑕疵。

除此之外，对于我来说，或许还有一点不满意的就是这本书的中译本。这译本给人的感觉过于生硬，感觉译者对中美文化间的差异与相似没有深入了解，翻译技巧也有一定的不足。导致不少语言上的妙处需要注释来点出，损失了原文的趣味。当然，我还是很愿意再读一读这本书的原文或者其他的译本。

第四篇：喜福会 英文读后感

The Joy Luck Club

I spent nearly a whole afternoon to read “The Joy Luck Club” which I think is a little sorrowful, but very attractive.Through out the story, there are conflicts, hardship, hurts, torture and so on.“The Joy Luck club”tell us the story of four immigrant mothers and their children that were raised in America.The four Chinese women immigrated to America because of their own reason such as escaping from the war, from the unfortunate marriage and so on.From the four mother’s experience of leaving their motherland, there remain a lot of things that desire our thinking.The war made people lose their home and their family.The traditional Chinese feudal ethics forced everyone to follow.So they leave their hometown to pursue freedom and hope.It seemed a new start to settle in America, but their life was still full of conflicts between the old generations and the young generations with different cultural background.Maybe, it was the culture conflict made them quarrel a lot, for they have different sense of value, family background and education.“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me.They have clung to me all my life” written by Abraham Lincoln.Mother love is the most altruistic love in the world.Whatever they do is just to ensure

their children’s bright prospect.In this novel, children didn’t understand their mothers’behaviour.The misunderstanding of love hurt them both.They need more tolerance and understanding in their life.What impressed me most is women’s struggle for gender inequlity, and their seeks for self-confidence.I appreciate this book very much, it tells me a lot of things that I can never learn from text books.

第五篇：喜福会英文观后感

My Reflection of The Joy Luck Club

I wonder that when seeing the name The Joy Luck Club most people would treat it as a story filled with happiness and love.In fact, besides love, it is also about the cultural conflicts between four daughters and their mothers.The film is based on the best seller by Amy Tan of the same name.It shows us the lives of four Chinese women who were immigrants to America during the 1950s.As a mother, each of them has a lot of problems with their daughter because of cultural conflicts.The misunderstanding of love between the mothers and their American-raised daughters, the clash between the generations and cultures, and the struggle for the women to fight for equity touch every audience’s heart.Though I was also attracted by something with extensiveness——I want to talk about some points about the language.I had learnt that what are high context communication and low context communication and what is different between them.The former is one in which most of the information is internalized in a person, while very little in the coded, explicit, transmitted part of the message——we must guess what the real meaning of the words is;while the other is the opposite.Chinese just the stands for the former and English is the representative of the latter.An interesting scene in the movie just shows us this.When Waverly’s boyfriend Richie had a dinner with Waverly’s big Chinese family for the first time, he made some stupid mistakes.He brought his typical American habit when the they were eating and he couldn’t understand what Lindo(Waverly’s mother)mean when she said “ He has an appetite”.When Lindo brought a dish which she was very proud of, as a Chinese, she still said some formulae that the dish was not salty enough and it was too bad to eat;that suggested that everyone around the table should speak highly of her dish after their first degustation;while Richie didn’t understand that Chinese all like to be modest and he criticized Lindo’s cooking, just saying what he thought in his mind directly.What Richie did led to a very embarrassing atmosphere in the dinner and made Lindo very disappointed and

disgraced.The misunderstanding of a different culture and a different language is the mainly reason causing the awkward occasion.If Richie had known what he had faced with was a group of people with different culture and saying a high context language, and had done some preparation for that different traditional Chinese dinner, he could have avoid to making so many foolish mistake.To understand what a Chinese mean you could not just follow the superficial message transmitted by his words, instead, you should connect those words to his cultural background and the situation you are in.By appreciating the movie we could realize the culture of a people from their language.In this movie the cultural conflicts between the mothers’ traditional Chinese concept and the daughters’ up-to-date American concept are fully described by their dialogues and soliloquies.In conclusion, a language is really the mirror of a culture;and if we want to understand the marrow of a culture we could appreciate its language.