第一篇：羊脂球 英文讀后感

A Real Noble Person —— Suet Ball

Guy de Maupassant(1850~1893), one of the greatest critical realist writers in the world, is considered as one of three “kings of world short story”.Maupassant created six novels and 359 medium forms during his brief lifetime, engendering a momentous effect on the later literature.And it’s his maiden work, Suet Ball that won him world-wide prestige.In1870, with the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, the real-based story Suet Ball happened.The heroine of the story is a humble harlot called Suet Ball.With a group of French residents of Rouen, recently occupied by the Prussian army, the 11 travelers are on their way fleeing to Le Havre in a stagecoach.In virtue of the appalling weather, the stagecoach moves rather slowly and has just covered a few miles by midday.Initially, those occupants snub Suet Ball whereas their attitudes alters with the emergence of a basket filled with scrumptious food and she caters for those hungry travelers selflessly.The carriage doesn’t stop until they blunders into a Prussian-held territory called T?tes.A Prussian officer detains the coach with no definite reasons.In the next two days, the occupants wait with barely concealed impatience and eventually Suet Ball tells that they will be detained perpetually unless she approves of sleeping with the officer.Out of her patriotism, Suet Ball gives him a point-blank refusal.As it should be, those travelers behave furiously to the officer's arrogance while during the next two days, they exemplify logic and morality in diverse ways to convince Suet Ball of its validity.What a kind-hearted girl!Finally Suet Ball gives up and sacrifices her body for everyone’s freedom.The next morning, they are permitted to leave.But those 'representatives of Virtue' totally neglect Suet Ball, casting scathing sights on the poor young woman while even disdaining talking to her and rejecting sharing their food with her in the same way that she did at the beginning.From their perspectives, Suet Ball turns out to be no more utilizable and should be condemned for her “ashamed” conduct.As the stagecoach travels deeper into the night, she seethes with rage against those hypocrites, and ultimately weeps for her lost dignity.In this story, Maupassant highlighted the intense comparison between Suet Ball and the so-called nobles.Rapacity, hypocrisy, sexuality and nobility intertwine in the spotlight，eulogizing the underclass’ patriotism and lampooning the sham of the aristocracy.Maupassant portrays the inhabitants of the stagecoach in varied disparaging ways.The most luminous character belongs to the two nuns.At first they are portrayed as tranquil and subservient to Lord and demonstrate their fiery patriotic desire to dedicate to their motherland rather than a sordid intention like the other passengers: the nuns profess to haste to a military hospital to heal the wounded French soldiers, hence presenting the argument towards instigating Suet Ball to abandon her resistance.How absurd it is!Nuns are supposed to take strait vows and treat others benevolently.They fill Suet Ball's head with arguments, arguing that it is not morally wrong to sleep with the officer in order to let the travelers leave, and that the longer she waits, the more

young French soldiers will die as the nuns are not there to look after them.Superficially, they claim that it is for the good of the country but indeed they’re just taking advantage of her.Suet Ball's resistance to the officer's sexual advances again indicate her patriotism.Cruel wars have stripped all the external stuffs.In contrast to all of these is Suet Ball, a prostitute, revealed to be the most fiercely patriotic, virtuous, and morally admirable character, which Maupassant contrasts with the hypocrisy and snobbery of the others.It is arguably Maupassant’s most famous short story.The carriage constitutes a microcosm of French society as a whole.And the narrative techniques of this story are rather sophisticated and carefully conceived.On balance, a real noble person like Suet Ball can’t be judged by the appearance or the occupation, his/ her moral quality will glitter when confronting the real ordeal.Consequently, I deem that Suet Ball is worth reading lingeringly, savoring every word.

第二篇：羊脂球英文讀后感

A really noble person

Maupassant(1850~1893)was one of the greatest critical realist writers in the world.During his brief life, Maupassant created six novels and more than 350 medium forms.His literary achievement relied heavily on his short stories, such as necklace, suet ball, beautiful friend, etc.As one of three “kings of world short story”, Maupassant produced a great effect on the later word literature.Maupassant won world renown for suet ball, which was his maiden work.Suet ball was created based on a true story happened at the war between French and Prussia.Suet ball, a humble prostitute, was the heroine of the story.In 1870, several French tried to flee from enemy-occupied area by cottage.Unfortunately, they were detained by a Prussia officer.The officer didn’t let them leave unless suet ball agreed to sleep with him for a night.Out of her patriotism, suet ball gave him a point-blank refusal.However, in order to leave that area, other French, the so-called nobles, flattered suet ball, prayed her to sleep with that officer.Suet ball was so kind that she made a sacrifice for them.Next morning, when suet ball got into the cottage, the nobles, who still smiled at her yesterday, altered their attitudes to suet ball totally.They stayed away from her, cast contemptuous sights at her, and even disdained talking with her.In their eyes, the nasty prostitute wasn’t useful any

more.Through the sharp comparison between suet ball and the so-called nobles, Maupassant put the evil, shamelessness, greed and hypocrisy of the aristocracy in the spotlight, and paid a tribute to the people of lower class for their goodness and patriotism.The so-called nobles were selfish and greedy;they paid their attention to nothing but wealth.So it was impossible for them to concern about the future of their motherland and national honor.When they can take advantage of you, they flattered you, served you like you were god;when they used up you, they discarded you like rubbish.It was just the evil soul that brought power, wealth and status to the nobles.However, suet ball, the prostitute of the lower class, behaved like a real noble person.She returned good for evil: though the nobles humiliated her, she still shared her food with them.She refused to sleep with that officer, because she thought it was a betrayal of her motherland to sell her body to enemy.At that critical time, suet ball showed her patriotism and national honor.To help her compatriots, she would rather sacrifice herself.Suet ball was humbly born, but her soul was noble.In my opinion, the several nobles were disgusting, humble, no matter how much wealth they had, how powerful they were.Suet ball was noble and gracious, though she was a prostitute.Suet ball

helped me to realize that a man with a noble soul is a real noble person.

第三篇：羊脂球 讀后感英文

Suet balls

This week I have read the novel<>,which was written by one of my favorite foreign writer Maupassant.In 1870, when the Franco-Prussian War broke out, the Prussian army took over the city of Rouen and ten people fled in a carriage.The identities of the ten individuals are very special.They are the notorious Mr.Bird and his wife;the big bourgeoisie, the provincial councilor, the provincial;Democrats and a nickname nicknamed “suet balls” The reasons for the departure of the first three couples from Rouen are different, but the plan and purpose are the same—these three couples will not return to Rouen.Among the ten people, the most inactive position is “suet balls”.On the carriage, several women who were identified with the status had a bad attitude towards the fat balls.They whispered that the suet balls was a social shame.The husbands of these wide ladies talked about money, eating and drinking in a tone that looked down on the poor.The carriage bumped the way for most of the day on the road.All cars and soil were hungry.Only the suet balls carried food for three days.Shepherd ball generously invites all people in the car to share her food, and does not care about the disrespect of these rich people before.Soon the food in the basket was split and people were free from the hunger.As a result, people's attitude towards the suet balls changed like a stomach.The previous contempt has become a close friend, and verbal abuse has become a compliment.The carriage continued to travel to the town of Tot, and it was also occupied by the Prussian army.The Prussian officer detained the carriage and proposed to stay with him for the night.The suet balls fell flat against the shameless demands of the invaders, and a fellow car was detained.In addition to the fat balls, the rest of the people were anxious.In order to achieve their own goals and to safeguard their own interests, the nine people tried every means to display their conspiracies and tried to oblige them.In the end, the old nun's “as long as the intention is good, and nothing will anger God” religious teaching has produced quite good results.The fat ball sacrificed itself for the benefit of everyone.The lust of the Prussian officer was satisfied and was released the next day.But instead of not being grateful to the poor girl, we are still avoiding it.The previous praise and intimacy became the original contempt and spurn.This time, everyone prepared their own rich foods.The carriage continued to move forward, and the people in the car took out their food and chewed on it.Only the suet balls shrank in the corner of the car and hungry in the corner of the car.

第四篇：羊脂球的英文讀后感

Readingreport

——Suet ball I’m reading a book named Suet ball, which was written by Maupassant, one of the greatest critical realist writers in the world.He created hundreds of short stories and six novels during his short lifetime.As we all know, he is famous for his short stories, especially the story Suet ball which won him great reputation around the world.Suet ball was based on a true story happened at the war between French and Prussia.This novel tells the sad story of a harlot called suet ball.With several noble French on the carriage, she was on the way leaving her city for her at the point of killing a Prussia soldier.Though she was looked down by these people, she was selfless to share her food with them.Unfortunately, they were detained by a Prussia officer.The officer didn’t let them go unless suet ball agree to sleep with him for one night.At first, she was determined to refuse his unreasonable request.However, these noble people were so selfish that they instigated her to say yes to him, thoroughly giving up their patriotism.So this kind-hearted girl took their advice, selling her body to get in their freedom in return.To our surprise, when the pitiful girl needed food and drink after the torment, nobody among them gave a hand to her and they even

ruthlessly condemned her “shameful” conduct.Suet ball had no choice but to hug herself tightly, sobbing.There is no doubt that these so-called nobles were selfish and greedy, for they only cared about themselves and wealth.When something or somebody is useless, they will abandon them without hesitation, such as suet ball.On the contrast, suet ball, one of the lower class, behaved like a real noble person.She not only gave food to these ugly people but also sell her body for their freedom.The most important thing was that she refused to sleep with the enemy because she regarded it as a betrayal to her motherland.She kept her conscience all the time while others had lost it in cruel wars.She was born in slush but her heart was pure.In my opinion, these people were lousy, and the two nuns were disgusting.Since they were the symbol of God, they should treat everyone equally.Nevertheless, when suet ball was in need of help, they just hid themselves and looked on her coldly.Although a few days ago they also took in her tasty food and fragrant wine.They had totally abandoned their duty and opened the door to help others who were in straits.We can see from the story that everyone is stark-naked in front of wars.Don’t judge one person by his or her appearance or position.Cruel wars will strip all the external stuffs.Those

so-called noble people were actually mean.However, suet ball, a harlot, showed her patriotism and remained faithful and unyielding.I think the author wanted to sing the praises of the courage to resist the enemies and the emotion of patriotism through the character-suet ball.And because of his successful describe, suet ball has become an well-known symbol for her faith and patriotism.In conclusion, this short story is worth reading nowadays, because we will learn to be brave and perseverance.

第五篇：羊脂球的英文讀后感

Reading

report

——Suet ball I’m reading a book named Suet ball, which was written by Maupassant, one of the greatest critical realist writers in the world.He created hundreds of short stories and six novels during his short lifetime.As we all know, he is famous for his short stories, especially the story Suet ball which won him great reputation around the world.Suet ball was based on a true story happened at the war between French and Prussia.This novel tells the sad story of a harlot called suet ball.With several noble French on the carriage, she was on the way leaving her city for her at the point of killing a Prussia soldier.Though she was looked down by these people, she was selfless to share her food with them.Unfortunately, they were detained by a Prussia officer.The officer didn’t let them go unless suet ball agree to sleep with him for one night.At first, she was determined to refuse his unreasonable request.However, these noble people were so selfish that they instigated her to say yes to him, thoroughly giving up their patriotism.So this kind-hearted girl took their advice, selling her body to get in their freedom in return.To our surprise, when the pitiful girl needed food and drink after the torment, nobody among them gave a hand to her and they even ruthlessly condemned her “shameful” conduct.Suet ball had no choice but to hug herself tightly, sobbing.There is no doubt that these so-called nobles were selfish and greedy, for they only cared about themselves and wealth.When something or somebody is useless, they will abandon them without hesitation, such as suet ball.On the contrast, suet ball, one of the lower class, behaved like a real noble person.She not only gave food to these ugly people but also sell her body for their freedom.The most important thing was that she refused to sleep with the enemy because she regarded it as a betrayal to her motherland.She kept her conscience all the time while others had lost it in cruel wars.She was born in slush but her heart was pure.We can see from the story that everyone is stark-naked in front of wars.Don’t judge one person by his or her appearance or position.Cruel wars will strip all the external stuffs.Those so-called noble people were actually mean.However, suet ball, a harlot, showed her patriotism and remained faithful and unyielding.I think the author wanted to sing the praises of the courage to resist the enemies and the emotion of patriotism through the character-suet ball.And because of his successful describe, suet ball has become an well-known symbol for her faith and patriotism.