英文小說閱讀體會
❶ 英語小說讀後感（英文）
聖誕歡歌英文讀後感
This story represents a very original forces, the boss is very stingy done in a Christmas dream, then he changed his views and see how to use their money to help others, charity! I hate that mean the original owner, since he has so much money, but not always help others. Although money is very important, to live in this world money is totally unacceptable and if the money can live a life on, let the world, more people happy, they should spend the money to, because it values. Fortunately, the boss wake up later, the others will be happy to know the truth themselves happy to help a disabled child, for their family and their assistants together after a happy Christmas!
《朝花夕拾》
i read the book written by luxun .it is called zhaohuaxishi. it includes 10 short articles about the writers stories .they are based on his own experience , when i read this book ,i feel very happy to see luxuns childhood. it was diffrent from ours,so we may find it intersting and exciting. luxuns langange is very great but maybe difficult to understand . but through his words ,we can find his happiness in his heart .
《潘德爾的巫師》
17th century English related witchcraft superstition is extremelyserious, many everybody because are accused but to suffer in vain forthe sorcerer the fatal disaster. This small story is Zhan Nite abouther whole family pitiful bitter experience narration. Zhan Niespecially told this story the time is in 1634, at that time her onlythen 9 years old, because are actually accused to imprison for thesorceress in the Lancaster castle jail. Before this her maternalgrandmother, the mother and elder brother are all treated as thesorcerer to execute.
❷ 求：英文小說讀後感
In this summer holidays, I read a book called < Great Expectations>, it was written by Charles Dickens, one of the most famous English writers. He wrote lots of wonderful novels. This book is one of his compositions. People always like to compare with their friends. It is a big foible of all the people. If other people have a lot of money, we also want to be rich. If all the people around us are poor , we never mind that we are very poor, too. we will not ashamed because of our folly. This is a social problem. If we never possess anything, we will not mind we lost some thing. Since we don』t want to be very rich ,we will not feel despond because poor. 在這個暑假，我讀一本書叫做「遠大前程」，它是由查爾斯狄更斯，最著名的英國作家寫的。他寫了大量精彩的小說。這本書是他的作品之一。 人們總是喜歡比較他們的朋友。這是一個全體人民的大怪癖。如果其他人有很多錢，我們也想致富。如果所有的人圍著我們是窮人，我們從來沒有記住，我們是非常差，太。我們不會感到羞恥，因為我們的愚蠢。這是一個社會問題。 如果我們永遠不會擁有任何東西，我們不會介意，我們失去了一些東西。由於我們不想很有錢，我們不會感到沮喪，因為窮人。本小說的主角是點子（韓德爾）。他的父母去世時，他是一個嬰兒。他的姐姐給他帶來了'手'。他的妹妹嫁給喬Gargery，村鐵匠。他們沒有太多的錢，和Pip沒有去學校學習。但他往往是非常高興。由於他的朋友們都喜歡他。這是不是很不幸的他們來說，這是他們的生命。但到了一個機會，皮普幫助一個犯人，他給了他太多的食物。然後，他會見了吳Havisham，一個很奇怪的老太太，她也十分豐富。 4年後，吳Havisham希望皮普要離開他的家和作為一個受過教育的紳士誰希望繼承的財富時，他長大。在聽取了。皮普開始瞧不起他的窮朋友。他甚至感到羞愧，因為他與這個可憐的人住。皮普的'寄予厚望毀掉了他的生命。這本小說告訴我們，我們不能與別人比較。一點也不覺得別人的錢羨慕。如果有一天，你很有錢，請不要輕視你的窮朋友。
❸ 英文短篇小說讀後感
綠野仙蹤的英文讀後感After reading this wonderful story, I can feel love, brave, deep friendship and some other good spirits in the people.
The Scarecrow wanted some brains, but on the way to the Emerald City, he thought out of a way to cross the river. The Cowardly Lion wanted to be brave, but when they met the river, he carried other friends to jump across it. And the Tin Man wanted a heart, he said he couldn』t love, but he didn』t want to hurt any animal.
In fact, they all have the things they want: the Scarecrow is clever, the Cowardly Lion is brave and the Tin Man is kind-hearted<<簡愛>>英文讀後感The novel tells us that the best people to increase the dignity of life is love. Novels by the end of the row that this is such a life. Although I think this kind of outcome is too perfect, so perfect .. a little superficial, but I
still respect this author The ideal of a better kind of life. ------- Is to increase the dignity of love /
In modern society, few people will like Jane Eyre, for the love for the character and abandon all, and without looking back.'s Whole-hearted pursuit of pay, and pure like a glass of ice water ....... 《潘德爾的巫師》
17th century English related witchcraft superstition is extremelyserious, many everybody because are accused but to suffer in vain forthe sorcerer the fatal disaster. This small story is Zhan Nite abouther whole family pitiful bitter experience narration. Zhan Niespecially told this story the time is in 1634, at that time her onlythen 9 years old, because are actually accused to imprison for thesorceress in the Lancaster castle jail. Before this her maternalgrandmother, the mother and elder brother are all treated as thesorcerer to execute.
❹ 英文版小說閱讀讀後感
《愛麗絲鏡中奇遇記》該書描寫了一個著名的童話故事。通過講述愛麗絲在鏡子中的種種有趣的經歷，以引起孩子們的興趣。該書故事內容豐富、情節曲折有趣，文字通俗易懂，實是兒童必不可少的伴侶之一。(這是較詳細的中文簡介)
以下是簡潔的中英文簡介:
小說中講述了愛麗絲在奇境里的故事，年輕的愛麗絲尋找歸家之路，在這期間，探索了一塊瘋狂的、被施過魔法的大陸並且巧妙地躲過了試圖傷害她的人。
Through the Looking Glass. Lewis Carroll. In the novel that follows Alice in Wonderland，young Alice seeks to return home while exploring a mad，enchanted land and dodging those who seek to do her harm.
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❺ 英文小說的讀後感
故事發生在1864年.蘇格蘭貴族格雷那萬爵士是鄧肯號遊船的船主.他從海上的漂流物里獲得一份文件,從中得知兩年前在海上遇難失蹤的蘇格蘭航海家格蘭特尚在人間,於是便毅然帶著船長的女兒瑪麗和兒子羅伯特等人駕駛自己的遊船雲尋找營救.他們到達南美洲並橫穿美洲大陸,竟然發現船長遇難地點其實在澳大利亞海岸.他們又經過千辛萬苦到達澳大利亞後,遇見船長原來的水手艾爾頓,上了這個海盜頭子的當,在穿越澳洲大陸時,被土人俘獲陷入絕境.接下來險象叢生,奇遇不斷,他們逃脫後決定把艾爾頓丟棄在太平洋荒涼的塔博爾島上,不斷在島上巧遇格蘭特船長,於是一起勝利回到故鄉蘇格蘭.
《格蘭特船長的兒女們》一至十四章讀後感
這是一個滿腹激情與神秘的故事。格里那凡爵士拾獲的「天平魚」（是一種海中極兇猛的鯊魚）腹中那神秘的漂流瓶，是失事船隻的求救信還是航海者無聊時寫的打油詩？是信！是三章分別用英文，法文和德文寫的求救信，這三張被海水侵蝕得殘缺不全的求救信引起了航海者們極大的探索興趣。他們分別把信上所能看清的詞彙翻譯了出來，然後匯集成一種語言連猜帶想的把這封求救信填補全了，是的，的確是一封求救信！是格蘭特船長的求救信。他在一個緯度37.11』的地方被印第安人逮捕。機智的格里那凡爵士，慈祥溫柔的海倫夫人，深沉穩中的麥克那布斯少校，粗心大意卻精通地理學的巴加內爾地理學家，還有格蘭特船長兩個堅強的兒女：堅毅剛強的格蘭特小姐和勇敢的小羅伯爾，精通航線的孟格爾船長以及奧斯丁這充分值得信賴的老水手。他們乘坐著鄧肯號，走向拯救格蘭特船長的冒險之路……
這是一個引人入勝的故事，我很佩服凡爾納的文學功底和豐富的知識，當你讀這本小說時彷彿你也深入其中，你會為他們的一舉一動感到興奮或著急。他們是多麼勇敢與樂於助人啊……一個從鯊魚肚中發現的漂流瓶讓他們走上這條艱苦的冒險之路，換位想一想，如果是你經歷這樣的情況呢？你會不會推辭道：「嗨，這已經是老事了，信紙都被海水給侵蝕了，說不定人都已經死了，我們還為什麼要賣力去就一個生死未卜的人呢？」我承認，如果是我，我也不一定會像這群勇敢的人們，為了一個素不相識的人而放棄一切踏上這條旅程。這是一種精神，雖然這個故事是作者虛構的，但每一個故事的靈魂都是要告訴人們一些我們知道，但不一定能夠辦到的精神……
格蘭特船長會得救嗎？這群勇敢的志者會遇到危險嗎？大家會不會中途放棄呢？這一切的一切都是一個未知……而我們的人生，不也是等待著一個一個未知的成功與失敗的到來嗎……
《格蘭特船長的兒女》之讀後感——
長跑·毅力·人生
暑假期間，我有幸拜讀了法國著名科學幻想小說家儒勒·凡爾納筆下的著名三部曲：《格蘭特船長的兒女》、《海底兩萬里》、《神秘島》中的第一部——《格蘭特船長的兒女》。
這部小說描寫了蘇格蘭籍遊船「鄧肯」號的船主格里那凡爵士在一個悠然的機會而到了兩年前因海事遇難失蹤的蘇格蘭航海家哈里·格蘭特發出的求救漂流瓶，他請求英國政府派遣船隊去尋找。可英國政府對蘇格蘭人一直很歧視，竟拒絕了爵士的請求。格里那凡爵士對英國的這種態度感到異常氣憤，於是他依然組織了一支小型旅行隊，親自帶隊去完成尋找格蘭特船長的任務。他帶著格蘭特船長的一雙兒女，沿著南緯37度穿越了南美洲的高山和草原，橫貫了澳大利亞和紐西蘭，環繞了地球一周。一路上，他們經歷了無數的艱難險阻，終於在太平洋的一個荒島上找到了格蘭特船長。
小說中，最令人敬畏的是格里那凡爵士無比的毅力和他那克服困難的勇氣。也正是文中所體現出的堅強的毅力震撼著讀者的心靈。
「咬定青山不放鬆，立根原在破岩中，千磨萬擊還堅韌，任爾東西南北風。」清朝著名書畫家鄭板橋所言足以看出毅力對於成功的重要性。
小說中的故事，讓我對毅力這個詞有了更深刻的領會，不禁讓我想起那些站在運動場上，站在領獎台上的長跑冠軍，使我對他們有了百倍的敬意。也許有人會問：你為什麼偏偏敬佩的是長跑冠軍呢？很簡單，因為在我眼中，他們不僅是長跑的冠軍，長跑的強者，更適於小說中格里那凡爵士一樣，都是人生競技場上的強者！
其實，我們的人生就如長跑，從長跑中我們不但可以感悟人生，更能享受人生。
你別小看了開始起跑的那一兩圈，別以為那是多麼輕松、舒坦，它關系著你以後的跑速，這正如我們小時侯養成的習慣，好的，將來終生受益，壞的，必然抱憾終生。
中間的那幾圈，有點吃力了。腳上像灌了鉛似的，每跨越一步，都在考驗一個人的毅力和意志，望望前面還有那麼幾圈，此時，在你後面的人漸漸追了上來，或者超越了你，這正如我們人生中所遇到的挫折，許多人不堪一擊，一頭躲進了「避風港」，躲進了「蝸牛殼」，不理世事，難怪有人會說：「我活得太累了……」從此，他們原諒了自己，不再拼搏，不再奮斗，可他們卻殊不知，從此，生活拋棄了他們，幸福之神也不見光顧。
最難熬，最辛苦的要數人生的最後幾圈，也就是沖刺的那幾圈。那時，人的題寧以超越了極限，唯一支持他們得知有必勝的信念。這使得他們，非但沒有鬆懈下來，而且，憑著一股頑強的毅力，驚人的毅力，贏得了最後的勝利，成為全國人民的驕傲！
再回過頭來，看看小說中的格里那凡爵士一行人，他們為了營救格蘭特船長，在茫茫無際的大海上前進，驚濤駭浪，暴風驟雨考驗著他們。他們全然不顧自己的生命，與生命搏擊，與毅力較量，最後終於在一個荒島上找到了船長。
這個故事一直流傳至今，值得人們頌揚。
❻ 關於讀英語小說後的讀後感
Jane Eyre — A Beautiful Soul（簡愛）
Jane Eyre, is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. After we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, Jane Eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think:
We remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past.
We remember her pursuit of justice. It』s like a companion with the goodness. But still, a virtuous person should promote the goodness on one side and must check the badness on the other side.
We remember her self-respect and the clear situation on equality. In her opinion, everyone is the same at the God』s feet. Though there are differences in status、in property and also in appearance, but all the human being are equal in personality.
We also remember her striving for life, her toughness and her confidence…
When we think of this girl, what she gave us was not a pretty face or a transcendent temperament that make us admire deeply, but a huge charm of her personality.
Her story makes us thinking about life and we learn much from her experience, at least, that is a fresh new recognition of the real beauty.
Learn to love and care（霧都孤兒）
Here I am sitting on a couch alone, thinking about what I have just finished reading with tears of sadness filling my eyes and fire of indignation filling my heart, which revived my exhausted soul that has already been covered by the cruelty and the selfishness of the secular world for a long time. It is truly what I felt after reading Oliver Twist, written by the prominent British author Charles Dickens.
The resonance between me and the book makes me feel not only the kindness and the wickedness of all the characters in the novel, but what this aloof society lacks, and what I lack deep inside. These supreme resources I』m talking about right now are somewhat different from minerals, oil that we usually mention. They』re abstract like feelings, and some kinds of spiritual stimulation that all of us desire anxiously from one another —— love and care.
Those charitable figures whom Dickens created in the novel are really what we need in life. They showed love and care to others, just as the gentle rain from the sky fell upon the earth, which was carved into my heart deeply.
Mr. Brownlow is one such person.
The other day he had one of his elaborate watches stolen by two skilled teenage thieves, Artful Dodger and Charley Bates, and thought naturally it was Oliver, who was an orphan and forced to live with a gang of thieves, that had done it because he was the only one near by after the theft had taken place. Being wrathful, he caught Oliver, and sent him to the police station where the ill-tempered, unfair magistrates worked. Fortunately for him, Oliver was proved innocent by one onlooker afterwards. With sympathy, Mr. Brownlow took the injured, poor Oliver to his own home. There Oliver lived freely and gleefully for some months as if he were Mr. Brownlow』s own son. One day, however, Mr. Brownlow asked Oliver to return some books to the bookseller and to send some money for the new books that he had already collected. The thief Oliver once stayed with kidnapped him. After that he disappeared in Mr. Brownlow』s life. Searching for a while, Mr. Brownlow had to believe the fact that he had run away with his money. But dramatically, they came across each other again a few years later. Without hesitation, Mr. Brownlow took Oliver home for the second time not caring if he had done something evil.
Perhaps most of us would feel confused about Mr. Brownlow』s reaction. But as a matter of fact, this is just the lesson we should learn from him. Jesus said in the Bible. 「Forgive not seven times, but seventy-times seven.」 Why is that? Because forgiveness is our ability to remove negative thoughts and neutralize them so our energy may be spent on doing what we came here for. We cannot move forward in our future if past issues cloud our thinking. Stop put Mr. Brownlow into the list of your models. Always give people a second chance no matter what they might have done. That』s also a substantial part of loving and caring others.
Charles Dickens said:「Love makes the world go around.」 These immortal words have inspired and will keep on inspiring us to chant the melody of love and to say the prayer of care forevermore. Let us, therefore, enjoy life and treat other people lovingly. These principles are the roots and foundations of beliefs supporting this article and our mission together.
Pride and Prejudice （傲慢與偏見）
Many people simply regard Pride and Prejudice as a love story, but in my opinion, this book is an illustration of the society at that time. She perfectly reflected the relation between money and marriage at her time and gave the people in her works vivid characters.
The characters have their own personalities. Mrs. Bennet is a woman who makes great efforts to marry off her daughters. Mr. Bingley is a friendly young man, but his friend, Mr. Darcy, is a very proud man who seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughters in Bennet family are very different. Jane is simple, innocent and never speaks evil of others. Elizabeth is a clever girl who always has her own opinion. Mary likes reading classic books. (Actually she is a pedant.) Kitty doesn』t have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister, Lydia. Lydia is a girl who follows exotic things, handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate. When I read the book, I can always find the same personalities in the society now. That is why I think this book is indeed the representative of the society in Britain in the 18th century.
The family of gentleman in the countryside is Jane Austen』s favourite topic. But this little topic can reflect big problems. It concludes the stratum situation and economic relationships in Britain in her century. You can find these from the very beginning of this book.
Austen left this problem for us to think. The genius of Jane Austen lies in this perfect simplicity, the simplicity that reflects big problems. Although Austen was only 21 when she wrote 「Pride and Prejudice」, her sharp observation of social lives makes the style of this book surprisingly mature and lively. The plots in her works are always very natural. The development of the plot is as inevitable as a problem in mathematics. I think the depth of Pride and Prejudice is the reason that makes this book prominent and classic. Today, her book still can be the guide telling us the economic relationships both at her time and in modern time.
❼ 英語小說的英文讀後感
Call of the WILD
Buck's father was the beloved St. Bernard that belonged to Judge Miller in the pastoral hills of the Santa Clara Valley in California, and his mother was a great German Shepherd. Judge Miller owns a huge mansion complex with other dogs, horses, stables, vineyards. Buck loves this calm existence, carrying the Judge's grandchildren on his back and serving as the Judge's faithful companion, as his father had been before him. However, one summer day in 1897, the Judge's gardener unjustly sells him for a meager price, and from there the brave dog begins a long journey ending in Dyea, Alaska. Buck is sold away to a Canadian pair named Perrault and Francois in need of sled dogs. Arriving on the mainland, Buck encounters many obstacles in this cold, icy place quite unlike where he grew up. Among these obstacles is the cruelty of many humans, other vicious dogs, and the cold weather itself. With these two Canadians, Buck forges a relationship of respect, pulling them from the Yukon Territory where the Klondike Gold Rush is raging, to Alaska, since Perrault is a special messenger for the Canadian government.
After Buck sees his dog friend Curly torn to pieces by the other sled dogs, he learns that life now is a basic matter of day to day survival. As Buck becomes wiser as a sled dog, he plots his revenge against another bully dog named Spitz, eventually killing him in battle. Perrault makes Buck the new sled team leader, until the Canadians receive new orders, leaving this sled team behind. The dogs are instead put to work at Dawson City hauling mail from the miners. This is much harder work, and Buck quickly grows tired of it, as do the other dogs, since they do not get any rest at all. Finally arriving in Skaguay, Alaska after traveling for thousands of miles without any rest at all, Buck's sled team comes under new ownership yet again, this time to three inexperienced American pioneers named Charles, Hal, and a woman, Mercedes.
These people know nothing about traveling through the Northland, and they badly mistreat Buck. Fortunately, Buck is saved by John Thornton after a terrible beating from Hal because he is too tired to pull the sled any more. Hal, Charles, Mercedes, and the surviving dogs in the sled team all drown as the trail beneath them collapses suddenly. Thornton then gives Buck exactly what he has been yearning for: a long rest. Nursed back to health, Buck grows strong again as spring arrives, filled with love for this man who saved his life. He goes on many travels with John, saves him from drowning in a wild river, and eventually wins him a large sum of money. Thornton invests this award in an expedition to the north to discover a secret gold mine. Buck happily accompanies him, excited to be exploring a new frontier, and this journey ends when John Thornton locates a stream where the gold glistens "like yellow butter."
At this point, Buck becomes very restless. Thornton and his partners are busy mining the gold, so Buck ventures out to explore the forest himself, following an inner voice within him that is the "call of the wild," encouraging him to hunt prey just like his wolfish ancestors. Yet his love for John Thornton is stronger than the call of the wild, pulling him away from the forest periodically, as on one occasion when he befriends a wild wolf, running with him through the trees, and as he runs back to Thornton's camp, the wolf howls mournfully for him to stay. More time passes, and Buck decides to hunt the largest moose in a passing herd, spending days on this expedition, waiting patiently for the proper moments to attack, until finally the monstrous beast is pulled down. Buck stays for awhile, munching the carcass and resting, before he returns to the camp as he had done so many times before. This time, however, everyone in the camp, including John Thornton, has been murdered by the Yeehats. Flying into a rage, Buck ravages these men, tearing their throats and roaring with madness.
Buck wonders what to do next now that John is dead, while nevertheless gloating over the fact that he has killed men. A nearby wolf howl captures his ears, and he follows the sound to an approaching wolf pack, battling several of these creatures to prove his worth, and is accepted as one of their own. He is reunited with his old wolf friend and runs into the forest, wild once more after generations of oppression at man's hands. Buck becomes a legend, murdering hunters and Yeehats in the forest, referred to as the "Evil Spirit" and the "Ghost Dog," spawning a new breed of wolf. Overall, The Call of the Wild conjures up a lost world, filled with people and place names that were so common at the turn of the twentieth century, but which have since faded away into history, lost and forgotten. It is by reading Buck's story that one can once more remember life as it was, digging up this hidden wealth from deep caves of time.
❽ 急！！！求一篇英文小說的讀後感
剛剛看到，怎麼還是這道題，是不是對我答的有不滿意？有疑惑可以站內聯系我，希望能幫到你。
補充：提交後才看到提問日期，原來是昨天同時問了兩次啊，400分就不要了，文章有不滿意處隨時聯系我！
❾ 急!!!!!求一篇英文小說的讀後感
你好，我用五篇"Little Brother"讀後感中的段落，重新進行了排版，銜接，完成了下面的文章。在word里試了試，用12號字 double space ，正好4頁。（標題可以大點字體，沒辦法，要求的頁數太多了，呵呵），希望對你有所幫助。
reader response:
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
One of the things that I love most about science fiction is its ability to look at trends in contemporary society, extrapolate them to their most extreme ends, and then use those extremes to reveal a fantastic analysis of our world and the directions that we are heading down. Good science fiction is the type that makes you step back when you finish and take a closer look at our own lives. With Little Brother, Cory Doctorow has crafted just such a novel. The fact that this is a book whose intended audience is young alts makes it all the more powerful.
The story focuses on Marcus Yallow, a technically gifted teenager who, in between rounds of an alternate reality game he plays, finds new and interesting ways of harnessing technology to his needs. At the start of the book this is mostly by getting around the surveillance that his high school has in place for tracking students, ostensibly for their safety. All that changes once terrorists destroy the Bay Bridge and Marcus finds himself captive of the Department of Homeland Security. Tortured and interrogated for the small infraction of demanding a lawyer, Marcus is eventually released and sent home.
The home he returns to bares little resemblance to the one he had initially left. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is busy installing more and more RFID sensors, monitoring the internet, and surveilling everyone that falls outside their very thin definition of normal behavior. Outraged at his treatment at the hands of DHS, Marcus begins throwing monkey wrenches into the system in an attempt to point out to all the ludicrous nature of the surveillance state and its complete ineptness at tracking or catching any real terrorists.
The writing is clear and simple, particularly in the sections where Doctorow is explaining the technical ins and outs of a particular tool that Marcus is using. He offers up some of the most easily understandable descriptions of cryptography and Linux operating systems that I have come across, and does so in a way that makes what could be a dreadfully boring description very interesting and informative.
What really pushed this book over the cusp, for me, is that all of the applications that Marcus and the DHS use in their war against one another already exist. Anyone with some basic knowledge and tools could build a hidden camera locater. Anyone who wanted to could download and install the Linux build that Marcus employs throughout the book. Doctorow makes it even easier by including a Further Reading section at the end of the book where he points readers toward resources they could use to delve further into the worlds opened up in the book.
This is a book with everything. A fun and fast-paced story, realistic teenage characters, technology that piques the reader's interest, and a political message that desperately needs to be imparted to younger generations. The state of American democracy is in their hands and depends very strongly on the lessons that they receive. Unfortunately, I'm not sure whether schools are as dedicated as they should be toward creating free thinking pupils who value the intent of the Constitution over blind dedication to the flag and whoever the current occupant of the White House may be. Part of the fascination of this book is its plausibility. Doctorow takes his plot to logical extremes, and all of the digital subversion the teens participate in is based in real technology and theory.
As with The Disreputable History, I was impressed with the way the author's argument was presented. While it's clear where Doctorow and his main characters stand on the issues, he presents the arguments of the other side and allows his characters to argue smartly, even eloquently for their side. We sometimes see the opposing characters as bumbling or moronic because they are seen through Marcus' eyes, but Doctorow doesn't take any shortcuts explaining his side of the argument.
It's also a great example of another trend I've been seeing in YA lately — authors giving their intended audience a great deal of credit. These books treat their teen audience as near-alts who think and decide for themselves, which is as it should be.
Doctorow also takes this opportunity to provide readers an ecation of security systems and computer programming. In what easily could have been some of the driest portions of the novel, Doctorow is able to give the reader some insight and knowledge, which may leave you curious to pursue more information on the inventors and security methods.
On its most superficial level, it functions as a fast-paced action novel that's impossible to put down. But you don't have to scrape very far beneath its surface to appreciate its truly subversive nature. For the more technologically inclined, it offers the tools to stage a techno-revolution, and for the more politically inclined, it offers the impetus for wanting to do so.
Doctorow is something of an Internet celebrity, having revolutionized the marketing of his novels through taking advantage of on-line distribution. He's grown as a writer since his debut in "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" and with "Little Brother," while he's writing for a young alt audience, he's found a new level of mature and assured writing that makes "Little Brother" one of the more remarkable and haunting books I've read this year.
I really liked this book. I especially liked all the nuts and bolts behind the actual story line and back history of the technology used. I feel like I read a good piece of fiction and learned about computers and the history of the internet and modern computers at the same time. Highly recommend!