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Reflections on Gulliver's Travels
After reading a book, I believe everyone has a lot to share. It's time to take time to write it. So, can you write it down? The following are my thoughts on Gulliver's Travels, collected for you. Welcome to share.

After reading Gulliver's Travels 1 When my sister put a big pile of books on my desk, I was so excited that I immediately opened them to meet my "friends".

When I opened the first book, I seemed to be attracted by the magic magnet and stared at the book. What lilliputian country, adult country, flying to heaven, the country established by Ma M ... these can only be seen in the fairy tale world, and Jonathan. Swift's works really gave me a taste in the world where reality and virtual integration exist!

Gulliver's Travels tells some wonderful things that happened in a strange country after Dr Gulliver was killed at sea. Among them, what impressed me the most was that he was greatly insulted by the king of Great Britain in his lovely and noble motherland. Among them, I have opinions about Gulliver and the King of Great Britain. The king of great Britain is almost perfect by virtue of the strength of his country; Rely on your quick thinking; Rely on your erudition; Riding on their own size and arrogance, laughing at weak countries and people; However, Gulliver should not cover up his country's mistakes in every way, but should accept them with an open mind and make his motherland better. After all, no one is perfect, nothing is perfect, and the country is not perfect!

There is another thing that happened in Gulliver's Little Country, which I will never forget. When Gulliver drifted to Lilliput, he was completely bound by the residents of Lilliput. When I didn't look at the picture, I thought: How can such a small person tie up a big man? Where did they get such great strength? Even if they can tie Gulliver up, how can they pull Gulliver down ... A lot of questions are filling my brain, almost exploding! Who knows, after I saw the pictures, I finally understood the wisdom of the people in Lilliput and finally felt the unity spirit of the people in Lilliput. I can't help but respect them and let me understand that "difficulties are like a spring." Weaker and stronger, weaker and stronger. " Therefore, I will not be afraid of difficulties in the future, I will learn to overcome them, I will have the spirit of unity and cooperation, I will study hard, think hard and work hard!

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Close the book, close your eyes, I meditate for a long time. ...

Gulliver's Travels 2 read a very meaningful book today, called Gulliver's Travels.

This book is mainly about Gulliver's strange travel in a country.

Gulliver took the Adventure to sea again. Unfortunately, he was caught in a storm and the ship was blown to Brobdingnag. Gulliver was caught by a farmer who was twenty meters high. Farmers took Gulliver to exhibitions in major cities all over the country, and finally came to the capital and sold Gulliver to the king. Everything in a big country is contrary to that in a small country, and everything is twelve times bigger than Gulliver's world. Gulliver was very popular in the court, but he was often attacked by rats, birds and other animals. The reason for the adult country exceeds the reason for the "villain". Gulliver strongly advocated the virtues and strengths of Britain and recommended gunpowder and artillery, but the king denied them one by one. Adult countries practice an idealized and educated monarchy.

There are many typical plots in this book, such as:

Next to him was his youngest son, a naughty boy of about ten years old, who grabbed my leg and lifted me into the air, making my limbs tremble. His father snatched me from his hand, severely hit him on the left face and ordered him to be taken away from the table. This slap is enough to hit a European cavalry. I'm afraid the little boy will hold a grudge, but I clearly remember how we abused sparrows, rabbits, kittens and puppies in the seawall era. I knelt down and pointed at the boy, trying to make my master understand what I meant. I hope he can forgive his son. His father agreed and the little boy returned to his seat. I immediately went up and kissed the little boy's hand. My master took his hand and let him touch me gently.

After reading this book, I was deeply touched. I think people in big countries are born to sacrifice the interests of others for their own interests. When they lose the value of interests, they will be mercilessly abandoned, satirizing the ugliness of human nature. By the mouth of the King of Great Britain, the author expressed his thoughts on attacking and governing the country, expressed his doubts and denials, and expressed his anger and contempt for human beings using the power of gunpowder to wage war, plunder wealth and kill similar people.

Reflections on Gulliver's Travels 3 This summer, in Jonathan. With Swift's imaginative and interesting writing, I followed Gulliver's footsteps, experienced four dangerous maritime disasters, and traveled to the wonderful lilliputian country, adult country, flying island country and wisdom country.

The most interesting thing is Adventures in Lilliput. To the people of Lilliput, the hero is a monster. If you want to walk in the street, you must inform people in advance to hide in your house. When people are unprepared, boys and girls dare to play hide-and-seek in Gulliver's hair, just like playing in a big black grass. It's really interesting. Funny words also faintly reveal the author's disgust and ridicule. In order to compete for high positions, ministers are hanging by a thread and dancing, so that their arms or legs are broken; The cause of the protracted war is actually whether to eat eggs at the big end or at the small end. The trivial matters show the absurdity of war and the ignorance of the rulers. The absurdity of the government, political corruption and flattery of officials are strikingly similar to the author's social reality at that time, which can be said to be a scaled-down modern metropolis.

The most unforgettable thing is the nobility and purity of Hui Hui country horses. They have no words about "lying" or "suspicion", and barbarism and poison do not exist. They are honest with each other, live in harmony, and friendship and kindness are their virtues. But in today's society, how many people can do this? Many people sold their personalities for profit and did many things that hurt others and themselves. We may not be as good as an ordinary horse, but we can compete with wild foxes. We should wake up, feel from it and look for the beauty of human nature. I hope that one day, our society will be like a country of wisdom.

After reading Gulliver's Travels, I often listened to my parents telling stories about lilliputian countries and big countries when I was a child. I listened to it with relish at that time, and I didn't know it was fake until I grew up. When I grew up, I read Gulliver's Travels and came into contact with "big country" and "small country" again, but this time, it was bitter irony.

This book is about 1699. Gulliver, a surgeon, sailed in the South Pacific with the ship and was unfortunately in distress. Gulliver narrowly escaped death and drifted to the coast. When he woke up, he was surprised to find himself tied by a thin rope, surrounded by "little people" twelve times smaller than him. It turned out that he came to Lilliput. Later, he saw an "adult" with a knowledge of 20 meters and a height of 20 meters, a "wizard" who can summon ghosts, an ugly and selfish "wild tiger" and a smart and noble "Huisui" ... These novel stories criticized and satirized the chaotic political platform of Britain at that time from all angles.

Greed, partisanship, hypocrisy, treachery, cruelty, anger, madness, resentment, jealousy, insidiousness and ambition have made me realize the evil side of human nature again. People have done many appalling things for their own benefit. In Lilliput, jealousy occupied the minister's heart, so some unwarranted charges were added to the hero. This not only makes the hero chilling, but also makes us angry. This is such a small country that its internal decline and war will destroy itself one day.

The peace and well-being of a great country reflects the decadence of Britain. Although the host praised Britain's offensive power, he was speechless when he asked the emperor-after all, this is a fact! He courted the giant there with his little gold coins; He used a knife and sword to show his bravery; He and the queen's favorite dwarf are full of contradictions and scheming. But it is really necessary for him to please his protector-because he may be hurt by any external force at any time. This point, in order to show the British vanity, has ulterior motives.

Guo, he met a horse instead of a person, but it set off the ignorance of the British.

Why, the weakness of human nature is undoubtedly exposed again, because human nature is like this. Because people know too much, they lose more.

Reflections on Gulliver's Travels 5 Summer vacation is a good time to relax. In this leisure summer vacation, picking up Gulliver's Travels and reading those funny and thrilling stories carefully can really bring people into Swift's travel world. ...

Gulliver, the hero of the book, is a traveler. He is eager to travel around the world and go to every corner of the world. Perhaps it is his fearless spirit of exploration that allows us to appreciate these four strange countries.

I think Lilliputian and Brobdingnag, that is, Lilliputian and Adult, are familiar stories. Although the residents of Lilliput are all people as big as the palms of ordinary people, they are very diligent and clever. Gulliver made a lot of efforts for this country, but in the end he was impeached by the court and forced to leave this country. This also reflects from a certain angle the gloom of the British government at that time, the struggle between various parties and the war with France, which fully shows the author's superb writing skills. In the country of adults, Gulliver looked up at human beings from the perspective of dwarfs and satirized some bad habits of human beings.

I was deeply impressed by the flying island in the third part. People on Bird Island only pay attention to music and mathematics, but they didn't expect to develop in all aspects to make the country strong. There are also those who devote themselves to some strange experiments, such as using cobwebs as defense lines, distinguishing colors with smell and touch, and reducing feces to original food. These experiments are stupid, and some of them are not even beneficial at all, but they are still keen on doing these experiments instead of building better houses or growing better food, which makes the land barren, and then they don't take it seriously. It's really puzzling. The author satirizes those researchers who can only talk on paper, and satirizes the madness and evil of human beings. With the progress of history, human nature further degenerates and goes to the abyss.

This novel truly depicts a picture of Gulliver's trip, which makes readers see the perfect side of society and the dark side, thus causing a lot of thinking.

I have read Gulliver's Travels for six long holidays and Gulliver's Travels by British writer jonathan swift. The novel describes Gulliver's passion for sailing adventures with bitter satire and humor, bizarre imagination and exaggerated techniques. He has traveled around the world four times and experienced thrilling and interesting adventures.

The bizarre stories about lilliputian and adult countries in travel notes deeply attracted me. What impressed me the most, however, was Gulliver's voyage in North America in 17XX, and he visited an Yin Hui country on a desert island and got to know Yin Hui with the virtues of kindness, honesty and friendship. There are no such words as "lying" and "cheating" in the languages of Yin Hui countries, and people don't understand their meanings. They don't know what "doubt" and "distrust" are. Everything in their country is true and transparent.

Gulliver had a wonderful time in the countryside of Yin Hui. He was completely integrated into this society, which was in sharp contrast with Yehu, a metaphor for human beings, because they always looked at his honesty with suspicion, which made him feel lost and had a great dislike for human beings.

I envy the hero in the article for being lucky enough to be in the countryside of Yin Hui, which is the ideal place we pursue and yearn for. Here you don't have to worry about whether what others say is true or not, but in the real world, there are too many things that we don't want to see: some people cheat others of their hard-earned money with sweet words, some people sell it, children make huge profits, and even some people abandon their parents for money. No wonder our teachers and elders have taught us to be vigilant and not to be deceived since childhood. This is difficult to be unified with our advocacy of helping others and caring for others. When I met someone in trouble and wanted to lend a helping hand, I hesitated; I dare not accept that others help me out. All these make me feel painful, contradictory and at a loss. It not only prevented me from "loving" others, but also missed the "love" of others. Aren't you sad now?

I look forward to the day when our society, like Yin Hui countries, is unquestionable in everyone's eyes, and education and reality are unified.

Reflections on Gulliver's Travels 7 Gulliver's Travels is fictional, but it also severely satirizes the darkness of society at that time. Among them, the chapter "Great Britain" triggered my reflection.

Gulliver accidentally came to the adult kingdom and was taken in by a kind-hearted resident. At first, Gulliver hesitated too much to adapt to everything, but a kind-hearted little girl became Gulliver's faithful nanny. Because of his master's crooked mind, he is going to make money by Gulliver's "strange" vivid street performers. Later, the richer he got, the more greedy he became, and Gulliver was tired. He is getting thinner and thinner.

Let's start with Gulliver's master. He is an extremely selfish and greedy person. Gulliver was grateful to Gulliver for taking care of everything, but he was moved by the word "money". Can I use him to make money? His choice, of course, is: yes! Before Gulliver became ill, he performed many street arts every day. There are many people in society who "have more money, the better". They don't use their own strength to win the appreciation of others, but play tricks to deceive others. Such a greedy person is not worthy of our attention.

Let's talk about the queen and ministers in the palace! The atmosphere has changed since Gulliver was in his own palace. Because Gulliver is very kind, people in the palace like him very much and take care of this "little guest". No matter what danger Gulliver met, the people there tried their best to help him. This is a spirit worth learning. Helping others will not cause conflicts with the outside world, but also help us to better cultivate our own character.

This is my heartfelt feeling when I read The Adventures of a Great Country, and I also learned various philosophies of life from it!

Gulliver's Travels Comment 8 Do you believe in people the size of palms? Have you ever imagined that you would be played with like a toy? Have you ever seen a man with only one eye? Believe if you don't believe it. This is what Gulliver saw and experienced.

Lei Mier Lu Gulliver, the hero of Gulliver's Travels, is a surgeon. He worked on a ship and has been on many voyages. Once, unfortunately, I was killed in Sumatra and drifted to Lilliput Island. All islanders are only about six inches tall, so compared with him, he is really huge! Later, he set sail again, but ran aground on the giant island-Bro Pouderoux Nak Island. The king there was sixty feet tall, and now Gulliver is a "villain". Soon after, he came to Feidao, which is an isolated world and people's minds are closed. After staying on the island for a few days, he set out to browse the sea and went to Japan. Gulliver finally sailed to a place where people are like horses, with high intelligence, self-control and grace, as if living in a dreamland. He knows that they are Hui people and they are very disgusted with human beings. After living on the island for a while, he returned to his hometown that he missed very much, but he couldn't adapt to life there.

After reading this story, I feel very relaxed: Gulliver finally returned to his hometown, and I am happy for him. But I am ashamed that there are so many unfairness in our life. Everyone seems to have put on a mask of hypocrisy and don't trust others at all. This society is simply indifferent to the extreme. Those appeals and declarations are even more nonsense. How many people have done it? We should reflect on ourselves. Let's look at the citizens of Huizhi country. They are fair, just, hardworking and brave, and they are our role models. How much I yearn for life in Huizhou, and I really want to take risks there.

After reading this book, I sincerely hope that our country, like Hui Hui countries, has no evil, only goodness and justice. We should start from scratch, from ourselves, to make the society more caring and better.

Gulliver's Travels 9 Gulliver's Travels was written by the famous British writer Swift. It tells the story of a surgeon Gulliver drifting to one wonderful country after another: lilliput country, adult country, flying island, smart Malaysia country, and one wonderful story after another.

My favorite two chapters are about lilliputian country and adult country.

People in Lilliput are timid and bear grudges, but they are different from Gulliver. When the king of Lilliput knew that Gulliver was not terrible, he spent manpower and material resources to feed Gulliver and use him to attack other Lilliput, but the king finally wanted to kill Gulliver because he was afraid of Gulliver's ability!

When a farmer in England just found Gulliver in the grass, he took him home and took good care of him. But after earning the first bucket of gold from Gulliver, he used Gulliver to make money day and night. When Gulliver was ill, the farmers didn't take money to ask for a doctor, but they wanted to earn it again from him and sell it to the king at the price of 1000 gold coins! This is the greedy man!

Gulliver's Travels not only has profound ideological content, but also has a relatively perfect artistic form. Swift described the reality of Britain at that time with fictional plots and fantasy, and at the same time, he created a colorful fairy-tale fantasy world according to the reality of Britain at that time. Swift's fantasy and reality are harmonious and unified. Gulliver's experiences in Lilliput, Adult, Flying Island and Malaysia are different, but they are all arranged reasonably and without flaws. Every time he goes to a fantasy country, he is treated differently and vividly, which makes his works have artistic realism and great appeal, thus achieving a high degree of satire. This kind of writing is worth learning, and the stories in the book are very lively and interesting, which is worth reading!

After reading Gulliver's Travels 10, when I opened Gulliver's Travels, I was immediately attracted by its contents: lilliputian country, adult country, flying island country ... These words seemed to have infinite magic and aroused my curiosity.

Gulliver's Travels is an excellent satirical novel in England in the18th century. The writer is jonathan swift. In the form of travel notes, he wrote down his travel notes in lilliputian country, adult country, flying island country and wisdom country. In a series of travel notes, the author made up one fantastic and vivid fantasy world after another with bold strokes, and made a spicy and wonderful satire on the ugliness of British politics and human nature through the adventures of Gulliver, the hero in the story.

I was deeply attracted by the bizarre stories of lilliputian and adult countries in the book, but Gulliver's trip to the country of wisdom impressed me the most. There are no such words as "lying" and "cheating" in the language of Hui Zhuan, and people don't understand its meaning.

In Hui Hui countries, you don't need to worry about the truth of what others say at all, but in the real world, our teachers and parents have warned us to be vigilant and not to be deceived since childhood. Because there are too many things that we don't want to see often happen: some people cheat others of their hard-earned money with sweet words, some people use the help of good people to extort money, and some even abandon their biological parents for money ... In ordinary life, when people in need need need our helping hand, I hesitate; When I need help from others, I dare not accept it. This not only made me unable to care about others, but also missed the selfless help of others. This makes my heart feel very painful and contradictory. Isn't this a kind of sadness in the real world?

I look forward to one day, our living atmosphere can be the same as wisdom, with no doubt in our eyes. Our society is only sincere, not hypocritical.

Reflections on Gulliver's Travels 1 1 I recently read a book called Gulliver's Travels, which is a close-up of Jonathan Svida, a famous British writer.

This book is mainly about Gulliver's four maritime adventures. He has been to Lilliput, a big country, a flying island, Ma Hui and other foreign countries, and has encountered different experiences. What impressed me most was in Lilliput, because in Lilliput, he was tied up by soldiers in Lilliput. Later, he did many good things for Lilliput, for example, Gulliver went to help Lilliput during the war. He was not timid at all. He was very brave and fought bravely against Lilliput's enemies. Finally, he defeated the enemy, and Lilliput won. Gulliver was later entertained by Lilliput. Some young people cooked many delicious meals, while others built Gulliver a big house that was warm in winter and cool in summer, so that he could sleep more comfortably at night.

After reading these, I understand that doing more good deeds can not only bring happiness to others, but also bring happiness to myself. Since then, like Gulliver, I have always taken the initiative to help others, no matter how others treat me. I remember once, my classmate Grain Rain used to scold me or hit me from time to time, so I had a bad relationship with him. Once, I heard him borrow something from my deskmate, but he wouldn't lend it to me. Then I remembered Gulliver, so I took the initiative to go up and asked kindly, "Grain Rain, you didn't bring anything today, so I'll lend it to you." He blushed and said softly, "I didn't bring my eraser today." I lent it to him as soon as he said, and we have been inseparable friends ever since.

Students, in order to have more good friends, let's act together to help others! I believe you will be happier!

Reflections on Gulliver's Travels 12 I read a novel called Gulliver's Travels these days, which brought me into a strange artistic conception with clear words and described a muddy society with humorous and ironic language. After reading it, the spiritual pleasure it brings is like a lingering sound, lasting for three days.

Of course, the twists and turns of the plot also make me jumpy. However, what impressed me most was the hero's experience in Lilliput.

In the past, the two countries, the Brefuscu Empire and Lilliput, which had close and friendly relations, fought against each other and launched wars driven by greed and ambition. The hero helped Lilliput defeat the invasion of Blefuscu Empire and got a rich reward. Later, because of his own justice, the hero directly rejected the unreasonable demands of other monarchs, but the monarch could not understand them. From then on, he planted the seedlings of hatred in the heart of the monarch. In addition, officials secretly vilified the hero, and his image in the eyes of the monarch suddenly became an angelic devil, so that he and individual court officials wanted to put the hero to death.

It's like the book says that great achievements are nothing in the eyes of kings. If you refuse to satisfy the king's extravagant hopes for a while, even if you have made great achievements before, you will never be forgiven.

When I read this moment, I trembled all over, and I couldn't help shivering. The so-called advice when most needed is least heeded, loyal ministers naturally don't like this. The villain's suspicion of the gentleman is naturally to denigrate the image of the gentleman. Thinking of this, I can't help but sigh how many loyal ministers in history were finally treated well by the king. But at least the hero is almost one of them.

This reflects the spirit of resistance everywhere from the implied ridicule and contempt described by the author. The social outlook of Britain at that time reflected in the travel notes also made me understand that misfortune and thorns are often behind the progress of the times, but in any case, this is life after all, and this novel can be described as mixed.

Gulliver's Travels 13 This summer vacation, I followed Gulliver, a famous British writer, to Lilliput, Adult and Ma Huiguo.

Speaking of lilliputian countries and adult countries, everyone is no stranger. Although the residents of Lilliput are only as big as our palms, they are hardworking and intelligent, and they are better than many of us. Gulliver did a lot for this country, but Gulliver had to leave this country because the king's cronies were jealous of Gulliver, and the king was partial to his cronies. This is the epitome of the British Empire at that time. The perennial struggle and foreign war between British Conservative Party and Whig Party are essentially internal struggles of politicians in some departments and have nothing to do with the national economy and people's livelihood. In adult countries, the author's desire for an ideal monarch is manifested in his justice, good governance, contempt for power and advocating peace.

The flying island in the third part is a developed country, and the designers of the flying island have invented many excellent creations, such as language connectors and hairless sheep. These all express the author's expectation for the development of science and technology.

I envy Gulliver for going to Ma Hui. In the Kingdom of Ma Hui, Ma Hui is the leader, and the clever horse is driven by a wild animal similar to a human figure. The former is rational, fair and honest. The latter is greedy, aggressive and lazy, and likes to look for and compete for a shiny stone in the field. I find it incredible that in the Kingdom of Ma Hui, there is no language to express lies, deception, hypocrisy and sin. There, every clever horse is true, honest and fair. Compared with Britain at that time, it was a paradise. Yes, who doesn't want to live in a place where there is no quarrel, no struggle, and no need to consider whether others are cheating?

Look around us, cheating others, selling officials and titles, even killing and setting fires, and abandoning parents for money. These have never appeared in the Kingdom of Ma Hui, which is an unhealthy social phenomenon. If we want to live in a society like the Kingdom of Ma Hui, we must combat and resist these unhealthy phenomena.

Let's start from now on, starting from everyone, and strive to turn our society into a Malik Hui society without deception, suspicion, cunning, framing, conspiracy and bribery ... so that our children and grandchildren can live in a society full of happiness and happiness.

In Gulliver's Travels 14, China impressed me the most, and its ethnic policy puzzled me. If you steal someone else's tools and are found to be Gulliver's Travels-Gulliver's Travels, you will be put to death. If you commit some crimes, you will have to gouge out your eyes and break your kneecaps. It is described in the book that the king's palace caught fire and the owner used a lot of buckets of water, but none of them were famous for the fire. Gulliver, the servant, spilled urine here and caught fire. But because he urinated in the park, he was sentenced to death, which made me feel very guilty. Gulliver spilled urine in it, but he helped the master light a fire. If Gulliver hadn't stopped it, the quality evaluation would have gone up in smoke. What's going on!

But the ministers inside the king thought that if Gulliver was killed, his body would rot and form a huge plague in China, which was difficult to design later. Another minister suggested gouging out his eyes. But they thought: after all, blind people will have more food, Gulliver will eat all the food in their country, and it will be scarce in the countries behind. At this time, I can't help looking at the king's machine stupidly, but I really can't do anything he does.

After I opened the original Gulliver's Travels, I was deeply attracted by the contents in the book. After reading one page, I can't help turning to the next page. The interesting content in it fascinated me at once, and I was lost in the original. My servant and I traveled all the way to various countries, and I had all kinds of strange jobs.

Gulliver's Travels is a travel novel, in which the author writes with fictional fantasies of various exotic countries and states the British society at that time. I feel that the author is generous and describes the social environment in an expressive way. It is easy for me to describe the policies of various countries from time to time in my book.

Servants have been to many countries, and the policies of each country are very different. In the book, the author manipulated the policies of various countries, described the wars of various groups in Britain at that time, and also had some opinions on this indecent idea, which made me feel that I was in a different era of British society without losing readers' reading pleasure. This is a bad book that we must read.

When I first saw Gulliver's Travels, I thought it was a novel similar to Robinson Crusoe. But when I opened the book and read the preface, I realized that it was a satirical novel full of fairy tales. But the fairy tale color of the novel is only superficial and partial, and the sharp and profound irony is its soul.

As the saying goes, "read it a hundred times, and its meaning will show itself." After reading a book once, you can only know a general meaning. Only by reading it several times can we deeply understand all the contents in the book.

In this book, it is the adventure story of Gulliver, the hero. In Lilliput, he became a monster, swallowing dozens of scalpers in a row, but still unable to fill his stomach; In the giant's kingdom, he became a giant's doll and was played in the palm of his hand; Later, he came to the mysterious flying island country, where people used the power of natural magnets under birds and magnets under the sea floor to move at will. It is a strange country that can summon ghosts to talk at any time and specialize in some research. There is also a country of shame of wisdom. There are many incredible stories in this world where men and women are upside down. Reading and reading, I seem to have walked into that fantastic world with Gulliver. I think the most special thing is the residents of the flying island country. Their eyes are on one side, and they are a people who love musical instruments, and they also have their favorite musical instruments on their clothes. The attendants there must always knock the ministers on the head, otherwise they are always whimsical. ...

I think this book is very interesting, and I admire Gulliver's brave spirit. He is a man who dares to take risks. I want to take risks and overcome difficulties like him. This book has brought us a lot of inspiration. Books are the ladder of human progress. Let's read more books together and understand the truth!