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1、《黑駿馬》英文讀后感 “Animalsdeserveourkindness,sympathyandunderstanding,”thatiswhatAnnaSewell-theauthorofBlackBeauty-wantedtoconvinceherreaders.ThankstoSewell,Inowthinkabouttheanimal-h(huán)umanrelationshipfromboththehumanandtheanimal’spointofview. TheinspirationforAnnaSewell’snovelwasdrawnfromh
2、erownrelationshipwithhorses.AnnaSewellwasbornonMarch20th,1820inNorfolk,Englandandwascrippledwhilestillveryyoung.Duetoherdisability,shereliedonhorse-drawncarriagesandgrewtolovehorsesasaresult.Shealsobecameappalledbythecarelessandcrueltreatmenthorsesoftenreceivedfromhumansanddetermine
3、dtowriteabook..Inthesecondyearofworkonthebook,shewastoldthatshehadonlyeighteenmonthstolive,butsheperseveredinorder“toinducekindness,sympathyandanunderstanding[ofthe]treatmentofhorses.”Fiveyearslater,shewasstillworkingonBlackBeauty,heronlybook.Unfortunately,Sewelldiedafewmonthsafterp
4、ublicationandneverlearnedofthebook’shugesuccess.BlackBeautyformedanimpassionedpleaforanimalrightsatatimewhensuchanotionhadbeendismissedasridiculous. ThenovelportrayedtherealconditionofworkinghorseslivinginBritainduringtheVictorianEra.Inthattimeperiod,thewealthythoughtthattheirhorse
5、sweretreatedwellbecausetheyneversteppedintothestable.Inordertocallpeople’sattentiontohorses’hardlife,Sewelltellsthestorythroughthefirst-personnarrativevoiceofahorse.Thisinnovativepersonificationofananimalmadethebookarealsuccess.Readersheardthestoriesstraightfromthehorse’smouth,liter
6、ally,asananimalspokeofextremesofjoyandsuffering.Peoplewereshockedbythetruthexposedbythenovelandchangedtheirattitudestowardsanimals. Sewellformedthenovelwiththreekindsofcharacters:BlackBeauty,Gingerandotherfarmanimals.Throughtheirdifferentexperiences,Isawsimilarlypainfullivesledbyth
7、eanimals.Thismethodmadetheearnestappealforanimalrightsbecomemoreandmorepersuasive. Asadomesticanimal,BlackBeautywascontinuouslysoldfromonefamilytoanother.OvertheyearsBeautyenjoyedgoodmastersbutalsoenduredmeanones.Sometimes,hewascaredforandatothertimestortured.Intheend,everythingtur
8、nsoutallrightinasto