[《特洛伊传说》英文读后感]

x05x05x05Thanks to this British author,who adapted the famous

Homer’s poem into a lively story,I found it easier to understand

this story.Though the story happened over 3000 years ago in a

remote place,I was deeply fascinated by it.

The mysterious plot is one of the reasons why I loved The Story

of Troy so much,yet I am more interested in the human heroes of

the war.

Hector was the eldest son of king of Troy,Priam.He was not only

a real hero of Trojan,but was regarded the highest moral hero in

GREek classic by later historians.The war started because of the

mischief of his brother,Paris,whom he didn’t appreciate.However,

since Hector was the commander of the Trojan army,he was obliged

to fight with all force.It was really a tragedy that such a

valiant man died in the duel with another great warrior,

Achilles.

It is natural to see death in a war.As a famous Chinese parable

says,“A life can be as slight as a piece of feather,or as weighty

as Mount Tai.” Sometimes,one’s glory walks hand in hand with one’s

doom.Achilles was such a typical person.His personal charm made

The Story of Troy more attractive.He was so crucial because his

every appearance in a war encouraged his fellow soldiers and

terrified the enemies.Actually,Achilles was half-god who was

almost invincible in people’s mind.That’s why his name was

memorized long after his death.

Besides the two GREat men,the wisdom of Odysseus also proved him

to be a great hero.He didn’t want to attend the war because he was

happily married and had a lovely son.However,since his country

was allied to Mycenae,he had to take the command given by the king

of Mycenae.I’m quite sure that the story of the wooden horse is

widely known,however,few people know who thought of the brilliant

idea,that’s why I admired Odysseus so much because he was the

person who got the idea.Thanks to the horse,the ten-year war came

to an end at last.If you want to know how the wooden horse worked,

just read the book.

The ancient GREeks believed that the gods and goddesses also

played important roles in the origin,process and ending of the

whole story.

The story of the golden apple was such an example.When Eris,the

goddess of argument and disaGREement,threw out the golden apple to

a wedding ceremony on Mount Olympus,a dispute happened.Hera,the

queen of gods,Athena,the goddess of wisdom,and Aphrodite,the

goddess of love and beauty,were all involved in the argument for

the apple.None of them was willing to give way,so they turned to

Paris for a final judgment.Tempted by Aphrodite’s beauty and

promise,Paris handed the apple to her.To keep her word,Aphrodite

helped him to get Helen,the most beautiful woman in the world,as

his wife.That was the cause of the war.

Paris’s choice obviously annoyed the other two goddesses.So

during the war,they helped the GREek alliance army while some

other gods,such as Apollo and Aphrodite,guarded Troy.When Paris

dueled with Helen’s former husband Menelaus,Aphrodite saved Paris

when he was about to be finished off.

After the duel between those two people,there was a truce

between the GREek alliance and Troy.However,both Hera and Athena

were not happy to see it.Hera pursued her husband ZEUS:“ Now,will

you send Athena to make the Troyjans break the peace?”(Page 22)

Then with Zeus’s permission,Athena went down to start the war

again and finally she brought the Greeks to success.

From the whole story,we can see that in ancient GREeks’ view,

gods sometimes played a much more important role in their life.

However,with the rapid development of science,we have learned

that the Greek gods never existed.This is why a recent movie of

Troy has not mentioned a single god.Everything happened due to

men’s ambition,love,loyalty or jealousy.With those emotion and

people’s effort,we human beings can accomplish wonders and be

master of the world.

God are of less importance than they used to be.Nonetheless,the

gods and goddesses made The Story of Troy more mysterious and

marvelous.

I have learnt from the book more than the wonderful story of

history,love and war.I believe that human can determine their

destiny by their own.I highly recommend this book to my friends

with the same interest.x05x05x05x05x05x05x05

x05x05　　〔《特洛伊传说》英文读后感〕随文赠言：【这世上的一切都借希望而完成,农夫不会剥下一粒玉米,如果他不曾希望它长成种粒；单身汉不会娶妻,如果他不曾希望有孩子；商人也不会去工作,如果他不曾希望因此而有收益.】