The experience of reading a bookstore on the island; Model essay 1
People do have different opinions and preferences at different times. We are doing our own thing all the time, doing what we think is right, at least in our eyes at that time, it seems to be unimpeded and correct. In fact, it is better to say that what we are doing conforms to our view of time, life, world and values at that moment. Maybe what we love at this moment will even be disgusted, disgusted and rejected at the next moment. What I do at this moment, I will feel really stupid at the last moment. We all are, so we are always changing. Because we are creatures. We have brains, and the most important thing is that we can think. Don't ignore its power. The biggest difference between people and ordinary animals is whether you can think. So this is why we humans rule the world. In fact, sometimes the mystery of a series of events in life is related to time.
Because I am keen on foreign literature translation recently, I read a novel "The Bookstore on the Island" which is famous in the new york Times list. In the book, Sheriff Lan Buys said, "Almost every bad thing in life is the result of bad timing, and every good thing is the result of just right timing." He didn't read much, but this was always remembered in his police career. Although the vernacular spoken by China people is just so much, it is meaningful to wander in the depths with emotional memories. Actually, I still think the original English version will be more profound. Sometimes when I look at foreign translated works, I will read them with English thinking. In other words, when you read Chinese, you think about how to write this sentence in English. Over time, it can not only improve reading efficiency, but also improve English level. This will make you feel that words are not so boring. At first, the book was really impatient, so I picked it up and read it for a few pages before I put it down.
I thought it was because I lost my desire for literary reading under heavy study. It turns out that the plot is too dull for me, and there are no ups and downs. In fact, it is better to say that my experience is not enough to make a sound with the increasingly decadent brushstrokes of the protagonists in the previous chapters of the author. Those dark moments and difficult moments may be imaginable by an underage child, but the following article is enough to attract me and let me see many mysteries and some truths that the author tries to warn readers. A.j.' s life is getting better and better. It turns out that life can be less bad, he thought. As the sentence at the entrance of his bookstore said: no one is an island, and a book is a world. As Gasstein commented, this book reminds us that the ability to love and be loved and the willingness to give and receive can save us from loneliness and despair. A wonderful and touching story about the redemption and transformation of life can reverberate in your heart for a long time. As Irving Aiya said: This is an imperfect and glorious love for human nature.
Reading Bookstore on the Island and Feeling Model Essays II
When I first saw the introduction of this book, I was already attracted by it. On an isolated island, there is a bookstore. The beloved wife of the hero A.J. dies, the bookstore is in crisis, the only valuable treasure is stolen, and waves of suffering come. At this time, an irresponsible mother deliberately left her daughter in the bookstore and asked for asylum. A.J., who is not rich and will not take care of the children, chose to raise her instead of giving up the children. While saving the child's life, he also unexpectedly saved A.J., who was in a lonely and desperate situation, which brought a turning point to his life.
This book is a bit suspenseful. Reflected in the little girl Maya's life experience, Timur was stolen and foreign women committed suicide by jumping into the lake. But this book is more of a love novel. The harshness of the hero left a bad first impression on the heroine Amelia. The opposition of the heroine's mother and the betrayal of the heroine's current boyfriend finally brought them together. But the ending was not very happy. The hero has a tumor in his brain, which greatly reduces his language expression ability. Sheriff Lan Bias doesn't mind being betrayed by her husband. He had to deal with San Xiao himself, so he chose to steal Timur to Ismail, San Xiao, and finally they took over the operation of the bookstore on the island together.
In this book, it is inseparable from books. The protagonist runs the only bookstore on the island, so that the residents on the island have books to read; Raised a Maya who loved reading since childhood; Guide sheriff LAN to later prefer to love books; I got married because the book was attached to the heroine.
In this book, I think the better quotation is:
"Stealing is an acceptable social loss, and death will isolate people."
"Because we are afraid from the bottom of our hearts that we are not worthy of being loved, we are lonely, but it is because of loneliness that we think we are not worthy of being loved. One day, you don't know when, you will drive on the road. One day, you never know when you will meet him or her. You will be loved, because for the first time in your life, you are really not alone. You will choose not to be lonely. "
"The difficulty of a person's life is that no matter what kind of mess you make, you have to clean it up yourself. No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are sad. "
"Remember, Maya: what we have at the age of twenty may not necessarily produce * * * at the age of forty, and vice versa. Books are like this, so is life. "
No one is lonely, every book is a world.
Thoughts on Reading Bookstore on the Island 3
I read many novels last semester, but gabriela impressed me the most? Wen Ze's bookstore on the island.
Introduce the author first! Gabriela. Wen Ze, an American writer, graduated from the Department of British and American Literature of Harvard University. In 20 14, her book Bookstore on the Island was selected as the first book selected by American independent booksellers with the highest number of votes.
Of course, the reason why I wanted to read this book at first was not because it was the name of something, but because of a sentence on the cover: "No one is an island." At that time, I just entered the university and left my high school classmates and close partners who had been together for three years, just like being abandoned by the world on an island. So, why does the cover of this book tell everyone who sees it: "No one is an island." And then what?
With such doubts and some expectations, I read this book.
This book tells the story of a middle-aged man, A.J. Fickley, who runs a unique bookstore on an island. However, fate never took care of the death of his beloved wife. The most valuable book in the family was stolen by a thief, living in poverty and nobody cares about it, like an island full of weeds. At this moment, an abandoned baby girl broke into his life, blowing away the haze of Fekley's life bit by bit, and closely linking the fate of people around him. In the end, Fekri walked out of the predicament of life and had a new life of his own.
When I saw Feckley raising a baby girl, he kept asking his relatives how to take care of the baby, change Maya's diapers, teach her to read and raise her. In this process, he walked out of the shadow of his wife's death and met his true love. He never felt depressed when he finally learned that he was terminally ill and dying. Just because of the arrival of the baby girl Maya, Fekley learned to love, to pay for one person, to pursue the love he wanted, and finally walked out of the trough of life. At the same time, Maya also attracted the attention of everyone on the island and gave this little life care. Then, when your life is the most difficult, will you accept the sudden "burden" like Feckley and give others care and true love in the process of tossing and turning? When you see others fall to the bottom of life, will you listen to others' voices and hug them with the softest warm cloud in human nature? Library Daily commented: "This is a novel about life, redemption and a second chance. Interesting, gentle and touching, reminding us of the reasons for reading and falling in love from time to time. " When a person is sad and depressed, when a person is deeply lonely, what can really get him out of the haze may be love and determination to continue living, rather than blindly feeling sorry for himself and being unhappy. When the people around you are sad, no matter whether that person knows you well or not, as long as you give him even a little care and understanding, not only can he be redeemed, but you will find that even your life begins to brighten up.
To love and be loved are human rights. Everyone wants to be concerned and eager for others' understanding. Just because we want to get love, we must first learn to generate love from our own hearts and learn to give first. Sooner or later, we will finally get something.
Each chapter of this book is named after a short story, which shows the author's love for books. In the novel, because of the boss and the girl, more and more people, including the sheriff who never read books before, are gradually immersed in the world of books. Books are friends of people's hearts. Everyone can find their own shadow in a book, or see their dreams and find comfort in their hearts. Perhaps this is what the author wants to tell readers and make them feel. Finally, it ends with a sentence in the book: "No one is an island, and a book is a world."