Reflections on the fall of giants

After reading a classic, everyone must have a lot of feelings. It's time to write a review and record it. Don't think that you can handle your feelings casually after reading it. The following are my thoughts after reading The Fall of the Giant, which I carefully arranged for your reference, hoping to help friends in need.

Reflection on the Fall of Giant 1 In chronological order, five narrative lines (different families, different classes and different countries) intersect.

Based on the historical background of World War I, it tells fictional short stories, interspersed with 22 real historical figures. No matter from content to form, it is very traditional and grounded, but it is very popular and makes people fondle it, once again confirming that content is king.

In fact, at many moments of reading, readers can anticipate the next plot. For example, Russian farmer Gregory, who has saved enough money to buy a plane ticket, will soon be able to go to the United States. When his brother goes out on business at night, you will know that it's over. Gregory can't leave.

The murderer's brother is waiting for his brother at the dock, and you will know that it is broken. The younger brother may go to America instead of his older brother. Although it is fulfilled one by one, it still does not hinder the reading with great interest, which is also the charm of this book.

Follette's storytelling skills are amazing. His multi-line narrative is compact and comprehensive, and his words are not surprising but extraordinary. I quite agree with some people that he is a "good writer with a full stomach, but it will never make it difficult for readers to find a sense of existence."

Without real talent and knowledge and a mountain of information, it is impossible for countries in World War I to advance so easily. At the same time, it is rare to be unpretentious, and the things written are easy to understand and suitable for all ages. I think the author must be very strict with himself.

Before his novel is published, historians will be invited to read the manuscript, and there will never be any historical mistakes.

So I think all the positive details about the real person in the book will be what he really looks like. For example, the description of King George V of England.

As we all know, George V hates liberals. Monarchs are usually conservative, but some events have aggravated the king's antipathy. He ascended the throne in a political crisis. Against his will, he was intimidated by H.H. Asquith, the Prime Minister of the Liberal Party, who was deeply supported by public opinion, and suppressed the rights of the House of Lords.

If we extract all the descriptions, we will get a general outline of a character, which will be consistent with historical facts.

This is a respectable writer.

The Fall of the Giant by the British writer Ken follett is a novel that people can't put it down. The book is divided into three parts: the eclipse of heaven and earth, the battle of giants and the rebirth of the world. This book has a magnificent layout, which describes many people from different classes in Britain, France, Russia, the United States and Germany. It is an encyclopedia to understand the social status and customs of different countries in the early 20th century.

After reading this book, I personally feel that the biggest gain is that the boring World War I in the history books has come alive. For example, in the history book "After the British Industrial Revolution, the working class went on a large-scale strike because of hard work and bad environment", at the beginning of the book, a Welsh boy aged 14 went underground for the first time, how he got underground and how he worked, and gave a detailed description of the tracks, mules, lighting, ventilation and even the lunch he brought in the mine.

There are several phenomena I don't understand that can be found in this book. For example, the nobility thinks that women need to be supported all the time, and it is shameful for women to work to earn money to support their families; Noisy in foreign parliaments and random referendums; And why the Bolsheviks who pursued equality embarked on the road of autocracy after the revolution. In the book, British aristocrat Fitz and his Russian princess wife Bibi get along well: the husband supports his wife and provides her with a superior material life, and the wife obeys her husband and has children. Fitz, on the other hand, was dissatisfied with his sister Dai Mo, who was born in the same noble family, but actively participated in the free clinic work and broke off the relationship after having an affair with the Germans in Dai Mo. It can be seen that the values of these women who claim to be superior are: I support you and you have to listen to me. The book also describes the establishment of the Labor Party and the process of women's participation in politics, which is also one of my favorite roles in this book-Ethel. Ethel, who was born in a servant girl, made her way to victory step by step by her own efforts after being played by nobles, rejected by her family and having children out of wedlock. She finally became a female parliamentarian, holding her head high in front of those who hurt her. She is really a great and inspiring girl.

Ken follett is really a master of fiction, and the 1 168 page of this book is not too long to read. Although it is a novel, it can be read as the official history of the First World War. And before the novel was published, ken follett invited historians to read the manuscript and never allowed any historical mistakes. No wonder the Associated Press commented on this book: the grand background, structure and story are skillfully intertwined to form a gripping epic.

After reading the Fall of the Giant, there is always the habit of writing something after reading it. About this novel, I want to tell four love stories and one person from the perspective of other readers. The protagonists of the story are Fitz and Ethel, Gus and Rosa, Katrina and Gregory, Walter and Modi, and that person is the American President -28 Thomas Woodrow Wilson.

Before that, I think it is necessary to make a macro evaluation of this book. It is not a masterpiece, which has been praised by readers, and even fails to reach the charming feeling of self-praise on the waist cover of the book, which makes people feel disappointed. But it is still a good book, a story about history, which integrates the whole magnificent world history into some countries, some societies, some classes and some little people without any sense of disobedience. It is these insignificant little people who are pushing the historical process intentionally or unintentionally.

Besides, I even think it is necessary to talk about the relationship between economics and history. Today, when I was listening to Xue Zhaofeng's economics class, I mentioned a very important branch of modern economics school. The Austrian school insists on the basic economic assumption that only human individuals, countries or collectives can really think and act, and organizations themselves do not have the ability to think and act. After reading it, it is meaningful when we say that an organization has taken action and implemented it on a certain person or several people. Otherwise, it is definitely biased and sometimes even very large to analyze the behavior of countries and organizations in isolation without analyzing the specific planners and executors of the behavior.

Observing history from the perspective of economics is a rare experience. The economic base determines the superstructure, which I think is a very correct assertion in Das Kapital. Unfortunately, historians who have a deep understanding and insight into economics are like endangered animals in the country, and most historians lack profound economic literacy.

Back in this book, the fall of giants reflects the contingency and absurdity of human history, or world history, through very microscopic individuals and their contradictory and even naive thoughts. Walter, for example, will not only think about the fate of Germany and the world, but also weigh his relationship with Moday. The most important reason why he tried to stop the war was that he didn't want the war to separate him from Modai. This is the most difficult and valuable view of history in The Fall of the Giants.

Some thoughts on reading The Fall of the Giant.

First, the fall of the title giant obviously refers to the three empires of Germany, Austria and Russia that collapsed after the war, and it is a metaphor for the decline of the aristocratic class and the patriarchal society.

Second, the great destructive power of the war has greatly weakened the power of the rulers. A large number of civilians with guns have gained the right to speak to varying degrees, some have won the right to vote, and some have defected. But a weapon more powerful than a gun is thought. The miners left their hometown for the first time, went abroad and set foot on another continent. Billy even traveled halfway around the world like Fitz. They brought their experiences on the battlefield back to their hometown through letters, and passed on the concept of equal rights to more people.

Third, the structure of this book is similar to Fire and Ice. It skillfully interweaves the stories of Billy, Fitz, Walter, Ethel, Dewar, Gregory and Lev from their perspectives. Fourthly, in terms of characterization, Billy, Walter and Gregory feel a bit like Gao Daquan. The more the author praises them, the more they make me feel unreal. On the contrary, love rat, Fitz and Lev wrote complicated characters. I look forward to the second two parts to write the hierarchy of small demons in ice and fire. Fifth, British people and stories are the best. Whether it is local customs or political anecdotes, we are familiar with the daily life from aristocrats to civilians. Compared with the plots in other countries, it is not so grounded. Finally, talk about Leo. I think this character is particularly like the ancestor of mankind. First of all, he keeps seeds everywhere and has strong reproductive ability. Secondly, Russia-Wales-America-Russia-Canada, full of pioneering and adventurous spirit, can always adapt to every place in the first time. You can call him sinister, but maybe only such a person can survive in a bad environment.

By the way, in Rome, Spain, Britain and the United States, you may find countless such figures during the period of rising national wealth. Perhaps it can be said that these ruthless little people save their old money and let their unscrupulous descendants squander it. I hope the author doesn't write him down in the last two books, but only regards him as a little devil. Stop talking and go on to read the second book.

After reading the Fall of the Giant, I really want to take notes on every book I read before, but the books I read before, especially the novels, are really a bit miscellaneous. At most, I can write some practice notes after reading, and it seems a bit stiff to insist on treating it as "reading notes" So I think it is better to use the feeling of reading the title.

The Fall of the Giant is the first part of ken follett's century trilogy. To be honest, I bought this book because of JD. The home page of COM is recommended too frequently and the advertising language is too dazzling. What "the general global readers read it all night" and what "although it is a novel, it can be seen as an official history" often sit on the throne of sales champion. Although the teacher said to try not to read bestsellers, after reading the introduction, I think this book may be readable. It seems that it uses attractive words to help me understand a certain period of history, so I bought two books, The Fall of the Giant and Winter of the World.

After reading it, I really felt the level I should have as a great writer. Exquisite brushwork and exquisite structure depict the different fates and intersections of five families with different identities in different countries during World War I, and profoundly restore the situation at that time under the background of World War I. This reflects the history by describing the rise and fall of small families, which makes me know a lot of details that I don't know. But I think the evaluation mentioned above should be overestimated. Maybe it's my appreciation level. For foreign literature, I always feel that the translated text lacks a little charm, and there is always a sense of obscurity, which makes me not even addicted to it like reading domestic best-selling novels, which also leads me to talk about World War II after reading The Fall of the Giants. The winter of the world has been left by me at the bedside for a long time. ...

I attribute this reason to the fact that I have read too few books, especially foreign literature, so I am not interested. I wanted to write some words to refine the theme of the story and express my profound sense of history, but I found that I was really not interested. That's it.

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After reading The Fall of the Giant, I finally have time to write a book review. God, I'm not qualified to comment on this book. I was amazed at the author's meticulous description of every chapter and detail.

What scares me most is being blinded by the words of one family. Lenin I met in the textbook was not manic, Churchill was not so cruel and belligerent, and Trotsky was not so cowardly. Of course, the author only wrote their side. They are still great, but they also have some defects like ordinary people. I am just an ordinary person, but I am very hard on myself in some things. That kind of persistence is more often destroying yourself, whether it is mental state or health. I don't allow my failure to be weak. I want to be a perfect person, but where is the perfect person?

I still have annoying people. Olga's stupidity, Fitz's immorality and Olev's immorality make my teeth itch, and the incompetence and selfishness of the leaders have brought millions of lives with them, which makes me even more sad. I am very happy to be born in a peaceful country, and I am grateful for the beauty of life.

After reading the love in this book, I am more cautious about this matter. I envy Modi and Walter, but I worry about their feelings again and again. Will they lose to the attitude of onlookers? Will you lose to daily necessities? They experienced the isolation of war together, so they thanked their sweetheart for being around every day, but this loss of wealth always made me feel a little sad. I like Gus and Rova better, but their mutual appreciation makes me feel more real and beautiful.

The Rise of Little People made me read it heartily! Frank. Jesus Billy said, we don't depend on birth, we should see a clear head, and the future is ours! Ok, I'll try. I will study hard Billy's tenacity, Gerry's forbearance, Ethel's self-improvement, Modi's independence, Meade Rilde's boldness, and so on.

There is a tiger sniffing a rose in your heart, so work hard towards your inner ideal. It took Ethel seven years to re-enter the House of Representatives, and I still have a long time.