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第1篇：格列佛游记英文读后感

Gulliver’sTravels

WhenwritingtheexperienceinthecountryofHouyhnhnms,Jonathan

Swiftsatirizesalotofhideousphenomenaandsocialfigures—lawyers,

doctors,chiefministersandnoblepersonsinchapterVI.

I.Lawyers

Atthebeginningofthischapter,theauthormentionslawyersbyusing

suchwords--perplex,disquiet,wearyandinjustice,totallytheopposite

whatalawyershouldbelike.WhenGullivertriestodescribethereason

whytheydosomanyevilthings,thehorsesjustcan’tunderstand.Ofcourse,

forthosecivilhorseswhodothingsinamannerofjusticeandlaw,how

cantheyunderstandtheseindecentdeeds.Thesharpcontrastbetween

horsesandyahoosstronglysatirizesthedegeneratesocietyinEngland

atthattime,wheretherewasnojusticeandequalityatall.Moneywas

theonlythingthosepeoplechasedthroughouttheirlife.

Thentheauthortalksaboutthemoney,thelustandtheexploitation.By

usinghyperbolethat“Thiswholeglobeofearthmustbeatleastthree

timesgonearound,beforeoneofourbetterfemaleYahooscouldgether

breakfast,oracuptoputitin”tosatiretheluxuriousrichpeople’

sruthlepersecutiononthepoor.HereSwiftmakesalonglistof

crimes—suchasbegging,robbing,stealing,bydoingwhichpoorpeople

canseektheirlivelihood,makingthelifeoflowerclamuchmore

miserable.II.Doctors

Inthefollowingparagraphs,Swifttalksaboutdiseaseswhichhave

killedalargenumberofpeople,someevenpropagatingtolater

generations.Tocurethesediseases,amagictribeemerged.

Justastheso-calledlawyersSwiftmentionsattheverybeginning,

thedoctorsandtheir“miraculous”diagnosticsfollowstobe

satirized.Intheauthor’sdescription,doctorshereneverfailtopredict

theirpatients’diseases,ortheywouldmaketheirpredictionsseemingly

accuratebyallmeans—deadlypoiso