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在《喜福会》中,沉默的主题似乎无处不在,但又仿佛是作者在漫不经心中流露出来的。书中的女性不仅是沉默的受害者,也是将沉默锻造成一把锋利无比的剑去互相伤害的杀手。小说中的琳多和魏芙丽这对母女就是最典型的代表。女儿魏芙丽少年时代很有下棋的天赋,每逢与人对弈都犹如有神人在暗中相助,无往而不胜。她在学校和市、州级的比赛中都捧回过奖杯,这令做母亲的颇为自豪。她走在街上,逢人便拿出登有女儿照片的杂志封面向人炫耀。这引起了女儿的反感。争吵之后,母亲一连几天缄口不语,对女儿下棋的事情不闻不问。最后,女儿沉不住气了,主动与母亲讲和,又继续参加比赛。然而,奇怪的是从此以后她身上的那股神奇的力量不见了。她一输再输,()直到最后不得不放弃了下棋,从一个天才的棋手变成了个“普通人”。这不能不说是一种超现实的描写。女儿身上神奇的力量自然是母亲所赋予的,而母亲的沉默竟永远地夺去了她的天赋。在母亲的眼中,女儿的生活是透明的,一切都逃不出她的眼睛。但是,当女儿带着她参观自己新布置的住所,希望间接地告诉她自己已再婚的消息,并迫切希望得到她的首肯与祝福时,母亲却作出一副充耳不闻、事不关己的样子,或者顾左右而言它,或者干脆不予理睬,把女儿悬在了沉默的半空中,使她受到了比来自话语更加深重的伤害。对这一点女儿有着切肤的体会:“我妈妈懂得怎样让人痛苦,这种痛苦比任何其他形式的痛苦都更加深重”。这位母亲能让“白色变成黑色,黑色变成白色”,让女儿经过精心调整、自以为满不错的新生活――包括新婚的丈夫、自己的女儿与新继父之间和谐的关系、丈夫送她的贵重礼物裘皮大衣、精心布置的家;一切的一切都变得一无是处、毫无价值可言。母亲利用沉默这把利剑把女儿戳得鲜血淋漓、体无完肤,而更可悲的是女儿从母亲身上继承来的那不可救药的心理情结(非要得到别人的肯定才能生活得心安理得)。一个非要不可,一个执意不给,这场不见硝烟的沉默战争使母亲和女儿都身心交瘁,伤痕累累,在双方感情上造成了本不该有的深深的伤害。一天,当女儿下定决心要去找母亲说个清楚时,她才在母亲睡熟的时候霍然发现,自己那强大的“敌人”原来不过是一个毫无攻击力,甚至是不堪一击的老妇人,这是多少年来她第一次发现母亲的真实面孔。经过一番母女间推心置腹的交谈。女儿终于认识到:
真的,我终于懂了,不是懂了她刚才所说的话,而是那些原本就是真实的事情。
飞鸿早期的片子看得不多,多半都是从这里的视频中看个片段。出於各种原因,对大多数角色印象不深。今天看了喜福会,终於看到了飞鸿表演里程上的闪光点。
盈盈这个角色本身并不讨喜,却有着很多挖掘和发挥的空间。飞鸿也仅仅出演了她的青年时代,在我看到的飞鸿为数不多的片段中(也许已是她所有的出场次数了),她将盈盈几个不同阶段的心态表现得淋漓尽致:少女情怀的朦胧和克制,(顺便提一下,她的少女装扮十分清丽,惊艳!)遭遇激情时的幸福与盲目,接受婚姻不幸后更为复杂的心理:克忍,反抗,直至麻木和绝望。在对白不多的情况下,飞鸿用她的`眼神,表情和肢体语言将这一系列的变化刻划得丝丝入扣,令人赞叹。飞鸿在校时能演到这个水平,实在可以让现在很多所谓的大腕明星们汗颜。再说一下这部片子里飞鸿的造型,这里并没有仅仅从唯美的角度出发,有些造型乍看之下还难以接受,但十分吻合人物的阶段状态。
认识飞鸿是从王纯开始。的确她成功地塑造了一个前所未有的第三者形像,我个人认为也可以说是后无来者,之后徐静蕾和苏瑾的同类形像毫无新意,乏善可陈,这个问题已经有人讨论过,在此不加赘述。但是,“王纯”的成功有一多半存在于飞鸿本人和角色的相似度,气质,个性,处世态度等等的接近使得飞鸿事半功倍。难怪飞鸿在看了剧本之后自己要求将角色从夏小雪换为王纯。换句话说,在<牵手>里,飞鸿用的是本色表演。而对盈盈的塑造上则大为不同,盈盈的生活年代,人生阅历,知识层面都与飞鸿本人的无法相提并论。飞鸿能将与她本人反差以及角色自身反差极大的人物演绎得入木三分,证明了她的表演功力。牵手>
然而自<牵手>之后,飞鸿没有能够接到什么能够与前两者媲美的作品。所拍电视作品中的角色缺乏表演上的突破口,人物类型大同小异,现代片中清一色的白领成功女性,感情生活中有些起伏,如此而已。古装片中全部为经历坎坷的绝色美女,其实和现代片是换汤不换药,只不过古时无白领,反正她没演过生活在底层的平庸人物。偶尔人物性格略有差异,实在不值一提。飞鸿有时也会出现拿捏不准,表演过火的情况。多数时候我认为这些人物是对飞鸿表演的浪费。牵手>
作为一个专业演员,应该能够演绎人生百态,而不是千人一面。同时演员这个职业有自己的特殊性,它要求好的从业人员有较高的综合素质:观察能力,模仿能力,自身的爆发力,以及文化艺术修养,各方面知识的积累。当下许多影视明星仅凭着一些外在的东西来吸引公众的注意力,而忽略了他们最应该做的事情。在这方面,我更欣赏容貌虽不出众,但是表演功力深厚的演员,如奚美娟,斯琴高娃,王刚,焦晃等老演员。
作为她的影迷,我希望已经具备了良好的自身条件和素质的飞鸿能够有进一步提高,做颗影坛的常青树,我也希望能够更多的看到飞鸿演绎出的象盈盈这样或者比她更好的角色。
今天晚上花了两个多小时,把《喜福会》(The Joy Luck Club)这本小说看完了。之所以看这本书,其实只是因为公选课需要读这本书的关系,但是当我读完了之后,发现这本书其实还是很不错的。虽然在公选课的经典书单里面这本书不那么经典,但是我觉得比起其它的书可能这一本反而要更加接地气一点。
这本书里面设定了四对母女,而书中的故事基本上就是围绕着母女之间因为代沟产生的矛盾展开的。这些故事之中有的关于成长,有的关于婚姻,但是我觉得这些故事无疑都围绕着一个关键,那就是女人的幸福。书中的四位母亲,都是成长在战争年代,有的富有有的贫穷,但是都因为机缘巧合有了人生的转折,来到了美国。她们不懂得怎样说一口流利的英文,但是却希望自己的女儿们能够在这里走向成功,获得幸福,不会走母亲们的老路。这种强烈的、带有中国传统色彩的愿望,与从小成长于美国文化的女儿们身上产生了巨大的碰撞。女儿们大都能够理解母亲们的苦心,然而却不能够接受他们母亲的想法。以至于他们都陷入了困境,然而在母亲的帮助下,又再次收获了幸福。
书中给我印象颇为深刻的大概是母亲们的故事。比如说琳达拥有对自己的强烈追求,而用自己的智慧获得了自由;又比如安梅见证母亲的命运而对自己的命运有着强烈的掌控欲望,这种不向命运屈服或者更直接的说不向男人屈服的特质最终遗传到了她的女儿露丝身上。而祖孙三代,也代表了从屈服、觉醒到抗争的三个阶段。比起女儿们的故事,母亲们的故事更加奇异更加特别,也更加发人深思。
然而这本书也并非完美。在我看来,作者采用了分镜头的方法,每一章都可以看做一个简单的故事,而所有的故事又隐隐有一条线索穿行其中可以让它们联系在一起。这样的写法现在渐渐流行了起来,比如说非常热门的《冰与火之歌》。分镜头的写法固然可以让故事不断切换到第一视角,让故事叙述更加方便而真实,但这种方式也造成了读者阅读的困难。尤其是其中有一些事件发生的时间并不明确,导致了故事间的因果也不甚清晰。所以这也可以说是这本书的一点瑕疵。
除此之外,对于我来说,或许还有一点不满意的就是这本书的中译本。这译本给人的感觉过于生硬,感觉译者对中美文化间的差异与相似没有深入了解,翻译技巧也有一定的不足。导致不少语言上的妙处需要注释来点出,损失了原文的趣味。当然,我还是很愿意再读一读这本书的原文或者其他的译本。
一直以来很少有机会看电影。这次完整地看了一部荣获柏林电影节银熊奖的《喜福会》,让我深受感染,华裔导演与演员,也可算是中国式的好莱坞片吧。
影片讲述了四对母女的命运与生活,纯真的自我心理剖析让听了很了然。四个苦命的中国女人在国内历经磨难分别去美国,再跟美国人创造的第二次婚姻后又有了各自的女儿。恰好,四个女人也成了多年的朋友,各自情谊都很深,影片开始真正切入主体是母亲对各自女儿谈起早年的时光,悲惨的命运,吃人的礼教,薄薄的人情,不公正的婚姻,赤―裸裸的封建压迫与惨昧的性,把整个近代中国社会刻画得淋漓尽致。总之,个个故事都是悲喜交加,从母亲的母亲再到婆家的家史,从逃沦的岁月到安逸的晚年,从中国的重庆到美国的旧金山,画面不停地在两地之间转换,故事也一个比一个更惨,更出人意料,把整个人的心都和剧中人物连接了起来,这她们担心,为她们惋惜,为中国的过去悲哀,也为人性感到惨淡,剧中的光线也跟周围环境谐调的很好,明就亮的出奇,像一面镜子,暗时凄凉可怕,病态的中国也许就是这样吧!
这四个母亲都是在中国出生成长的,在中国遭到不平等待遇,有的是公婆家的劣待,有的是娘家的排斥,有的是亲丈夫的暴力对待,在这样一个大黑锅下容易使人的性格变质,温柔的也会变为严酷的,渐渐地,她们觉得自己不适合这个时代,这个环境,于是走上了逃亡与流浪之路,从中国一直漂到美国,再也不回中国,把自己的后半辈寄托在他乡,把自己的生命延续到了异乡。她们不能让自己的后代重蹈自己的前辙,于是当她们的女儿长大成人时,母亲对女儿的婚姻格外观注,生怕女儿会走错。母亲毕竟走过坎坷比女儿多,于是第二段故事就出来了。女儿的不幸与母亲的担忧构成了一网他乡的浪清,更是对资本主义社会加以揭露,人情与金钱,善恶与美丑,挚热与冷漠,从面构勒出现代社会的不幸,现代人之间的沟壑,这种不幸的生活遭遇达到一定程度就会爆发的资本主义社会的弊端,终究会穿过极限,整个影片也加以预示,最后在一片亲人的眼泪中结束了影片。
这是一部生活性戏剧,揭露性十分强烈的影片。
飞鸿早期的片子看得不多,多半都是从这里的视频中看个片段。出於各种原因,对大多数角色印象不深。今天看了喜福会,终於看到了飞鸿表演里程上的闪光点。
盈盈这个角色本身并不讨喜,却有着很多挖掘和发挥的空间。飞鸿也仅仅出演了她的青年时代,在我看到的飞鸿为数不多的片段中(也许已是她所有的出场次数了),她将盈盈几个不同阶段的心态表现得淋漓尽致:少女情怀的朦胧和克制,(顺便提一下,她的少女装扮十分清丽,惊艳!)遭遇激情时的幸福与盲目,接受婚姻不幸后更为复杂的心理:克忍,反抗,直至麻木和绝望。在对白不多的情况下,飞鸿用她的眼神,表情和肢体语言将这一系列的变化刻划得丝丝入扣,令人赞叹。飞鸿在校时能演到这个水平,实在可以让现在很多所谓的大腕明星们汗颜。再说一下这部片子里飞鸿的造型,这里并没有仅仅从唯美的角度出发,有些造型乍看之下还难以接受,但十分吻合人物的阶段状态。
认识飞鸿是从王纯开始。的确她成功地塑造了一个前所未有的第三者形像,我个人认为也可以说是后无来者,之后徐静蕾和苏瑾的同类形像毫无新意,乏善可陈,这个问题已经有人讨论过,在此不加赘述。但是,“王纯”的成功有一多半存在于飞鸿本人和角色的相似度,气质,个性,处世态度等等的接近使得飞鸿事半功倍。难怪飞鸿在看了剧本之后自己要求将角色从夏小雪换为王纯。换句话说,在<牵手>里,飞鸿用的是本色表演。而对盈盈的塑造上则大为不同,盈盈的生活年代,人生阅历,知识层面都与飞鸿本人的无法相提并论。飞鸿能将与她本人反差以及角色自身反差极大的人物演绎得入木三分,证明了她的表演功力。
然而自《牵手》之后,飞鸿没有能够接到什么能够与前两者媲美的作品。所拍电视作品中的角色缺乏表演上的突破口,人物类型大同小异,现代片中清一色的白领成功女性,感情生活中有些起伏,如此而已。古装片中全部为经历坎坷的绝色美女,其实和现代片是换汤不换药,只不过古时无白领,反正她没演过生活在底层的平庸人物。偶尔人物性格略有差异,实在不值一提。飞鸿有时也会出现拿捏不准,表演过火的情况。多数时候我认为这些人物是对飞鸿表演的浪费。
作为一个专业演员,应该能够演绎人生百态,而不是千人一面。同时演员这个职业有自己的特殊性,它要求好的从业人员有较高的综合素质:观察能力,模仿能力,自身的爆发力,以及文化艺术修养,各方面知识的积累。当下许多影视明星仅凭着一些外在的东西来吸引公众的注意力,而忽略了他们最应该做的事情。在这方面,我更欣赏容貌虽不出众,但是表演功力深厚的演员,如奚美娟,斯琴高娃,王刚,焦晃等老演员。
作为她的影迷,我希望已经具备了良好的自身条件和素质的飞鸿能够有进一步提高,做颗影坛的常青树,我也希望能够更多的看到飞鸿演绎出的象盈盈这样或者比她更好的角色。
小说《喜福会》读后感
小说《喜福会》读后感今天晚上花了两个多小时,把《喜福会》(The Joy Luck Club)这本小说看完了。之所以看这本书,其实只是因为公选课需要读这本书的关系,但是当我读完了之后,发现这本书其实还是很不错的。虽然在公选课的经典书单里面这本书不那么经典,但是我觉得比起其它的书可能这一本反而要更加接地气一点。
这本书里面设定了四对母女,而书中的故事基本上就是围绕着母女之间因为代沟产生的矛盾展开的。这些故事之中有的关于成长,有的关于婚姻,但是我觉得这些故事无疑都围绕着一个关键,那就是女人的幸福。书中的四位母亲,都是成长在战争年代,有的富有有的贫穷,但是都因为机缘巧合有了人生的转折,来到了美国。她们不懂得怎样说一口流利的英文,但是却希望自己的女儿们能够在这里走向成功,获得幸福,不会走母亲们的老路。这种强烈的、带有中国传统色彩的愿望,与从小成长于美国文化的女儿们身上产生了巨大的碰撞。女儿们大都能够理解母亲们的苦心,然而却不能够接受他们母亲的想法。以至于他们都陷入了困境,然而在母亲的帮助下,又再次收获了幸福。
书中给我印象颇为深刻的大概是母亲们的故事。(www.fwsir.Com)比如说琳达拥有对自己的强烈追求,而用自己的智慧获得了自由;又比如安梅见证母亲的命运而对自己的命运有着强烈的掌控欲望,这种不向命运屈服或者更直接的说不向男人屈服的特质最终遗传到了她的女儿露丝身上。而祖孙三代,也代表了从屈服、觉醒到抗争的'三个阶段。比起女儿们的故事,母亲们的故事更加奇异更加特别,也更加发人深思。
然而这本书也并非完美。在我看来,作者采用了分镜头的方法,每一章都可以看做一个简单的故事,而所有的故事又隐隐有一条线索穿行其中可以让它们联系在一起。这样的写法现在渐渐流行了起来,比如说非常热门的《冰与火之歌》。分镜头的写法固然可以让故事不断切换到第一视角,让故事叙述更加方便而真实,但这种方式也造成了读者阅读的困难。尤其是其中有一些事件发生的时间并不明确,导致了故事间的因果也不甚清晰。所以这也可以说是这本书的一点瑕疵。
除此之外,对于我来说,或许还有一点不满意的就是这本书的中译本。这译本给人的感觉过于生硬,感觉译者对中美文化间的差异与相似没有深入了解,翻译技巧也有一定的不足。导致不少语言上的妙处需要注释来点出,损失了原文的趣味。当然,我还是很愿意再读一读这本书的原文或者其他的译本。
喜福会英文读后感
Reading the novel is not the first time of my knowing The Joy Luck Club . When I watched the film , the meaning of the title , the theme of the novel , the reason for the arrangement of stories from four mothers and their daughters and other important things were all unknown to me . But I knew that was my type for it is about feelings between mothers and daughters , and especially chinese speaking Eglish .
Amy Tan , a Chinese American writer , is the author of the book in which she explors the mother-daughter relationships . Originally , the relationships between mother and daughter seem to be quite complex in a family but in Amy Tan's work , it is perfectly typical for its portrayal of conflicts between the traditional Chinese mothers speaking shabby English and the open wholly Americanized daughters who just wear a Chinese face but speak fluent English . I never think it is richly dramatical , and instead these kinds of conflicts , in fact , truly ecists in many Chinese immigrants' family . The novel is written impressively and deeply especially , I think , in understanding of mothers' love for their daughters for reasons that the previous experience of her with her mother provided the basis for her novel . It is said that the exprience of anthor is similar to that of Jingmei woo . Maybe , the novel implies the deep and complex feelings of auther for her mother and her closest relatives in China .
It gives me a greatly deep impression that the book is begun with Feathers From a Thousand LI Away . It penetrates the mothers' hope and love for their daughters through a swan's feather . Through the old woman's words “In America I will have a daughter just like me. But over there nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husband's belch. Over there nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak only perfect American English. And over there she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow! She will know my meaning, because I will give her this swan―a creature that became more than what was hoped for.” and the mothers' former tragic sufferings , we will find that all the mothers are in hope of their daughters never suffering from their sufferings . And the mothers waited, year after year, for the day , they could tell their daughters it is their hope through a feather of the swan in perfect American English . At first , it is a little difficult to understand the reason for these words . However , through the whole novel , in fact , you will find the old woman represents the four mothers , the feather of swan embodies the hope of mothers for their daughters . These sentences show implicitly the feelings of author and her understandings for mothers . In fact , in the Joy Luck Club , the feather indeed is gained by Jingmei Woo . And from the beginning to the end ,the feather has been existing .
Only if one high-quality novel , like a perfect verse , needs you spending much time reading once more , you will understand something . I thought that the novel is loosely plotted and is in disorder . But the fact verifies that I am wrong . Through the whole story , the novel begins with the death of Jingmei's mother and ends in Jingmei visiting China to see the twin-half sisters whom her mother had been forced to abandon when the Japanese attacked China many years ago . What's more , in detail , the stories of four mothers and four daughters have relative connections in theme about love between them and the mothers' hope for their daughters . And the theme shows the comflicts and harmonization between different cultures .Then I think why the author titled the novel “ Joy Luck Club ” . I am puzzled by it and the purpose of writer . The name of club made mention of by Jingmei's mother . And the author directly titling the novel the name of their meeting implies her feelings for her mother . I can guess that the title originated from a kind of hope or belief . According to mothers' former sufferings , they were not happy . Even at the present , all of them hides the previous tragic experiences . Maybe , the club is a place where they can pretend to be happy or avoid the past memory or worries or even the shock of culture .
Reading the novel is as we are reading our life and then think our past , present and futere . Especially , the conflict between Waverly Jang and her mother impresses me most . Waverly is a woman who is quite independent-mined and intelligent , but her mother's constant criticism is terribly annoying . She once had a gift for international chess.however , when she realized her mother taking advantage of her achievement and talent to show off in public , especially to the strangers , she felt terribly ashamed and annoyed . She shouted to “ you can not make me ” . From then on , her mother felt cold at Waverly and were particularabout her favorite things . In fact , I think Waverly felt sacred subconsciously at letting her mother down and something that she did was aimed at flattering her mother . When waverly brought her boyfriend , Rich , to her families , her mother just smiled but she still was particular about Rich's appearance , having many spots on his face . Description about the conflicts of manners between Chinese tradition and American notions has given me a greatly deep impression and quite interesting . These words of “ And then he had helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas , not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful, until everybody had had a morsel . ” vividly express the American character of being casual which counts as discourtesy in China . The part of Rich criticizing her mother's cooking is quite funny and impressive . Our Chinese habit of making disparaging remarks seems to be extremely common . Being modest and avoiding showing off are parts of Chinese traditional manners . Her mother complaining about “ This dish not salty enough , no flavor ” , in fact , was a cue to eat some and proclaim it it the best she had ever made . But the Rich did not understand . From the following description of her mother being horrified , I judged that her mother was strongly objective against Rich and even their marriage . Waverly also had such an opinion . But I am wrong and from their conversation I understand something more important . Mother is the only one that understands their daughters or sons in the world.And none of the mothers do not love their children . And the heaty conversattion can make a strong bridge between the different generation or even the peonple from the different cultures . I find that if you would not like to tell your hearty words out , others are not able to know what you are and what you think . People each have different opinions about the same things . Waverly had thought that her mother disapproved of her marriage and hated her Rich . However , her mother's meaningful words surprised Waverly and even me . Just be particular about who I really care for and love. It occured to me that whoever we hurt is always who we really love for reasons that others would not care for our complaint . Yes , who will care for those who you do not love ? The answer is known by us fron the beginning to the end . It is the love for Waverly that her mother has been showing her . Waverly , a wholly Americanized girl , never trully knew her mother and was ignorant of the love for her . Indeed , the language and the culture did make a great difference in the exchange of feelings , which is a terribly high barrier between Waverly and her mother , also between other three mothers and their daughters . But love and understandings , finally will prevail over others .
Personally , through the whole novel , the conflict between mothers and daughters , virtually , is that of the cultures between the East and the West . Mothers represent the classic, traditional Chinese culture but the daughters are the symbol of just , free , open and modern American one , which are two kinds of contradictory elements . However , through the whole novel , it is easier to find that finally they can understand each other and be in harmony . When Jing-Mei saw her twin-half sisters , she was surprised at this kind of familiarity . “And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood. After all these years, it can finally be let go. ” shows that Jing-Mei understood her mother's stubbornness and love and was struck by mother's greatness . The resolution of the contradiction shows that the cultures of the East and the West can be in harmony with each other .
喜福会英语读后感
The first time I saw the title of the film, the Joy Luck Club, I thought that it would be a film filed with joy, luck and happiness. However, out of my expectation, in the film, I saw many unpleasant thingsconflicts, hardship, disappointment, sorrow, hurt, torture etc. Of course there were some moving parts, and fortunately, it was a happy ending. Anyway, I enjoyed it very much. It made me have a penetrating thinking.
The Joy Luck Club tells about the conflicts between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-raised daughters and their struggling to understand each other. The film shows us these topics: the misunderstanding of love between the mothers and the daughters, the clash between the generations and cultures, and the struggle for the women to fight for equity. Now I am going to show you my understanding of them, emphasizing on the first topic.
In many cases, we and those we love are easy to hurt each other because of the misunderstanding of love, the conflicts in generations and culture background, or unconsciousness.
Take Jingmei and her mother Suyuan as an example. When Suyuan demands the little Jingmei to play piano, Jingmei shouts to her mother, You can’t make me! Even Jingmei cried that she wish she isn’t Suyuan’s daughter and Suyuan isn’t her mother, and that she wishes she were the dead like the babies Suyuan abandoned in China. The sad expression on Suyuan’s face indicates that she is hurt deeply by her daughter’s innocent words.
This reminds me of my similar experience. Once I hurt my mother as Jingmei did. I didn’t mean to hurt her, but those wounding words just slip out of my mouth unconsciously. Often, we hate that why our parents don’t know my feelings, why they like to make us be something and totally unaware that what their children are. While the parents don’t know why all their sacrifices to the children can’t be paid off, even incite hatred. Actually, this is the generation gap that causes the misunderstanding. We don’t know the hardship our parents underwent before. They can’t understand what we are thinking. So misunderstandings appear.
Maybe as a child, Jingmei cannot comprehend what her remarks mean to Suyuan, and just want to show her grudge. But another main reason is the different backgrounds of Suyuan and Jingmei bare. Chinese parents always like to put all their hopes on the next generation for they are the generation full with hardship and pain. All they do just want the children to be better, but they ignore that whether their children can accept or not, not along a child born in America, influenced by the American’s individual freedom and knowing little about Chinese culture. The generation gap and culture conflict cause the misunderstanding of the mother and the daughter.
The other example is Waverly and her mother Lindo. Waverly tries her best to please Lindo in everything. Whether her mother approves or not becomes the master of all her choice. Even Waverly marries a Chinese man because Lindo likes Chinese, while she doesn’t love. Waverly doesn’t understand why Lindo disapprove or criticize whatever she has done. On the other side, Lindo thinks that her daughter is ashamed of her, which is her continual internal injury after Waverly’s winning that chess contest, when Waverly shouted to Lindo if Lindo wanted to show off, won the chest by herself. Every time, Lindo’s disagreement with or indifference to Waverly directly results from the thought that Waverly feels it shameful to be her daughter. Both of them deeply love each other, but in the meantime, they hostile and hurt one another. This is the way them get along with each other. Fortunately, they clear up their misunderstandings and discover themselves by communicating.
I am deeply moved by this scene:
Waverly Jong says to Lindo, sobbing,, You don“t know, you don”t know the power you have over me. One word from you, one look, and I“m four years old again, crying myself to sleep, because nothing I do can ever, ever please you. And after a short period of silence, Lindo smiles to Waverly with tears in her eyes, Now, you make me happy. Then they laugh heartily, teary-eyed with happiness.
Seeing the old Lindo bursts out laughing, like a child, and Waverly laughs joyfully, I sincerely feel delighted for them. Love needs communicating, understanding, and tolerance, which is what I learn from them.
Along with above mentioned, the struggle for the women to fight for equity is also brought to the surface. For instance, Ying-ying encourages her daughter Lena to escape an unhappy marriage, not repeating the same mistakes she made in her first marriage. And An-mei tells her daughter Rose to learn to shout at the unfair fate, and express her own will because Rose has lost herself in her marriage. These two cases reveal that the women begin to release themselves from the restrains of being oppressed by the men and the old-fashioned thoughts as well as some Chinese traditional characters. Eventually, the women find their true value and win their own happiness.
View from the whole film, the title, the Joy Luck Club may just be the old generation’s hope of better life for the next generation. On the whole, this is a movie made specifically for women. It is worth our appreciation.
喜福会英文读后感
Reading the novel is not the first time of my knowing The Joy Luck Club. When I watched the film, the meaning of the title, the theme of the novel, the reason for the arrangement of stories from four mothers and their daughters and other important things were all unknown to me. But I knew that was my type for it is about feelings between mothers and daughters, and especially chinese speaking Eglish.
Amy Tan, a Chinese American writer, is the author of the book in which she explors the mother-daughter relationships. Originally, the relationships between mother and daughter seem to be quite complex in a family but in Amy Tan”s work, it is perfectly typical for its portrayal of conflicts between the traditional Chinese mothers speaking shabby English and the open wholly Americanized daughters who just wear a Chinese face but speak fluent English. I never think it is richly dramatical, and instead these kinds of conflicts, in fact, truly ecists in many Chinese immigrants“ family. The novel is written impressively and deeply especially, I think, in understanding of mothers” love for their daughters for reasons that the previous experience of her with her mother provided the basis for her novel. It is said that the exprience of anthor is similar to that of Jingmei woo. Maybe, the novel implies the deep and complex feelings of auther for her mother and her closest relatives in China.
It gives me a greatly deep impression that the book is begun with Feathers From a Thousand LI Away. It penetrates the mothers“ hope and love for their daughters through a swan”s feather. Through the old woman“s words In America I will have a daughter just like me. But over there nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husband”s belch. Over there nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak only perfect American English. And over there she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow! She will know my meaning, because I will give her this swana creature that became more than what was hoped for. and the mothers“ former tragic sufferings, we will find that all the mothers are in hope of their daughters never suffering from their sufferings. And the mothers waited, year after year, for the day, they could tell their daughters it is their hope through a feather of the swan in perfect American English. At first, it is a little difficult to understand the reason for these words. However, through the whole novel, in fact, you will find the old woman represents the four mothers, the feather of swan embodies the hope of mothers for their daughters. These sentences show implicitly the feelings of author and her understandings for mothers. In fact, in the Joy Luck Club, the feather indeed is gained by Jingmei Woo. And from the beginning to the end,the feather has been existing.
Only if one high-quality novel, like a perfect verse, needs you spending much time reading once more, you will understand something. I thought that the novel is loosely plotted and is in disorder. But the fact verifies that I am wrong. Through the whole story, the novel begins with the death of Jingmei”s mother and ends in Jingmei visiting China to see the twin-half sisters whom her mother had been forced to abandon when the Japanese attacked China many years ago. What“s more, in detail, the stories of four mothers and four daughters have relative connections in theme about love between them and the mothers” hope for their daughters. And the theme shows the comflicts and harmonization between different cultures.Then I think why the author titled the novel Joy Luck Club . I am puzzled by it and the purpose of writer. The name of club made mention of by Jingmei“s mother. And the author directly titling the novel the name of their meeting implies her feelings for her mother. I can guess that the title originated from a kind of hope or belief. According to mothers” former sufferings, they were not happy. Even at the present, all of them hides the previous tragic experiences. Maybe, the club is a place where they can pretend to be happy or avoid the past memory or worries or even the shock of culture.
Reading the novel is as we are reading our life and then think our past, present and futere. Especially, the conflict between Waverly Jang and her mother impresses me most. Waverly is a woman who is quite independent-mined and intelligent, but her mother“s constant criticism is terribly annoying. She once had a gift for international chess.however, when she realized her mother taking advantage of her achievement and talent to show off in public, especially to the strangers, she felt terribly ashamed and annoyed. She shouted to you can not make me . From then on, her mother felt cold at Waverly and were particularabout her favorite things. In fact, I think Waverly felt sacred subconsciously at letting her mother down and something that she did was aimed at flattering her mother. When waverly brought her boyfriend, Rich, to her families, her mother just smiled but she still was particular about Rich”s appearance, having many spots on his face. Description about the conflicts of manners between Chinese tradition and American notions has given me a greatly deep impression and quite interesting. These words of And then he had helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas, not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful, until everybody had had a morsel. vividly express the American character of being casual which counts as discourtesy in China. The part of Rich criticizing her mother“s cooking is quite funny and impressive. Our Chinese habit of making disparaging remarks seems to be extremely common. Being modest and avoiding showing off are parts of Chinese traditional manners. Her mother complaining about This dish not salty enough, no flavor , in fact, was a cue to eat some and proclaim it it the best she had ever made. But the Rich did not understand. From the following description of her mother being horrified, I judged that her mother was bly objective against Rich and even their marriage. Waverly also had such an opinion. But I am wrong and from their conversation I understand something more important. Mother is the only one that understands their daughters or sons in the world.And none of the mothers do not love their children. And the heaty conversattion can make a b bridge between the different generation or even the peonple from the different cultures. I find that if you would not like to tell your hearty words out, others are not able to know what you are and what you think. People each have different opinions about the same things. Waverly had thought that her mother disapproved of her marriage and hated her Rich. However, her mother”s meaningful words surprised Waverly and even me. Just be particular about who I really care for and love. It occured to me that whoever we hurt is always who we really love for reasons that others would not care for our complaint. Yes, who will care for those who you do not love ? The answer is known by us fron the beginning to the end. It is the love for Waverly that her mother has been showing her. Waverly, a wholly Americanized girl, never trully knew her mother and was ignorant of the love for her. Indeed, the language and the culture did make a great difference in the exchange of feelings, which is a terribly high barrier between Waverly and her mother, also between other three mothers and their daughters. But love and understandings, finally will prevail over others.
Personally, through the whole novel, the conflict between mothers and daughters, virtually, is that of the cultures between the East and the West. Mothers represent the classic, traditional Chinese culture but the daughters are the symbol of just, free, open and modern American one, which are two kinds of contradictory elements. However, through the whole novel, it is easier to find that finally they can understand each other and be in harmony. When Jing-Mei saw her twin-half sisters, she was surprised at this kind of familiarity. And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood. After all these years, it can finally be let go. shows that Jing-Mei understood her mother“s stubbornness and love and was struck by mother”s greatness. The resolution of the contradiction shows that the cultures of the East and the West can be in harmony with each other.
生活就是一部很长的故事,有喜,有怒,也有离合,却没有大气的导演,也没有著名的编剧,就像你永远把握不了命运的航行,控制不了剧情的发展;却时而要被无谓的琐事所缠绕,包括母亲的唠叨与期望。或许,这些琐碎更像断了线的珠子,唯有母亲的双手将其穿起,穷尽一生,装扮你美丽的嫁衣,还以世人……
对于母亲的往事,我们多半是不去理会的。偶尔碰巧当她和旁人谈及于此,我便会放下手中的工作侧耳倾听,分享她久违的欢乐,时而高扬,时而阴郁,更多的感动之中包杂着些许无奈。
时光飞逝,鬓发渐白。也许真如邓肯所说,“母爱是多么强烈、自私,狂烈地占据着我们整个心灵的感情”。君,一个普普通通的女孩,从小在母亲期望的困扰中成长、挣扎、释放、反抗。在这些所谓的哀怨之下,掩盖的是未知、迷茫、陌生。希望,让彼此间的距离疏远,她也无法及时体会到母亲心里附加的伤痛。在卑劣的环境下,每个人都是一只鸭子,她们渴望自由、独立、尊严,渴望成为一只无拘无束的白天鹅,过着属于自己的,拥有自我灵魂的生活。在现实中,所有的苦难倘若化为一场战争,那么女人的选择只有离开。也许母亲恨的不是女儿的平庸,而是自己曾经对生命的`放弃,对两个孩子希望的放弃。
是的,母亲最后成为了一只天鹅,拥有了自己向往的生活,而那根仅留在箱底的天鹅毛,至死也没敢送给女儿,她觉得自己做得不够好。
当爱已无声的时候,我们还能错过什么?打个电话,送个平安,说声妈妈,我爱你!
高一时买了《喜福会》以来,我已经看了不下五遍。
这本书是以四个中国女人逃难到美国并开始新生活为背景而展开的,讲述了她们以及她们四个女儿的故事。本书内容基于复杂的时代背景,复杂的文化环境所,引起了我的诸多感悟,特别是“童养媳”江林多的故事,触发了我最多最深的思考。
江林多是一个太原普通人家的女儿,早在她两岁时家人给她与姓黄的一大户人家定了婚事,所以从她小时开始,母亲就把她当做“黄家媳妇”来看待。十几年过去了,由于汾河发大水,把江家冲毁了,于是她们家只能把她提前嫁去黄家。她为了信守父母的承诺,不给父母丢脸,从一名棘手、倔强、有自己想法的女孩变成一名只会尽心尽力的服侍着挑剔的婆婆和丈夫的乖媳妇。后来婆婆因她不能为她那14、15岁的丈夫生出孩子而故意刁难她,正是因为这样,使她发现自己就算无论尽多大的努力也无法讨好自己的婆婆,于是她突然觉醒了,发现了自我的价值,远赴美国开始新生活。
看完这个故事梗概,想必很多人都会感叹江家父母的狠心以及江林多的寻找自我的不易。在我看来,这个故事正是中国上个世纪父母的真实写照。他们会为了孩子的未来而狠心放弃一些东西。林多的母亲狠心地很早就为自己的女儿定下娃娃亲,从小当别人的女儿一样来养她。看似狠心母亲,其实也是这个世界上最爱她的人:即使留下丰厚的嫁妆,但在临别时还是不听丈夫的劝阻把祖传的珍贵的赤璋留给女儿。而给她留下的最后的话是:好好听黄太太的话,别丢我们家的脸。母亲的初衷只是想让女儿能嫁个好人家,安安分分的生活。可是正是因为这句话,让林多失去了自我,为了母亲的期望,为了母亲的想法而生活。
古往今来,母爱的伟大是不容置疑的。可是,卧冰求鲤这类故事也体现了孩子对父母的付出。母亲与女儿,父母与孩子,不是仅仅表面看到的只有单方面付出的关系,而是相互依赖、反哺的。就像很多当代的单身青年一样,面对父母的催婚而苦恼,其实他们大可以任性一把,对父母说“我的婚姻不用你们操心。”可实际上这么做的又有几个呢?因为他们知道,父母总是”养儿一百岁,常忧九十九“,已经在上学时为他们担忧学习,毕业时为他们担忧工作了,所以只能乖乖去相亲以求快速解决父母的忧虑。牺牲自己的幸福来换取父母的快乐,这可以说是很多人的做法了。
这个做法是对是错,其实并不重要。为了所爱的人牺牲的人,才是最勇敢的人。
电影《喜福会》(The Joy Luck Club)以插叙的方式和细腻的手法将四对华裔母女的故事缓缓道出。四位母亲,她们生长在中国,准确的说是生长在解放前的旧中国,而她们每一位的心中都深藏着一些不幸的遭遇和或多或少悲痛的回忆。四个女儿,她们生长在美国,接受美国的教育和文化,竭力融入美国社会,她们一方面抗拒母亲的施加给她们的希冀,另一方面身上已经不可避免地带有了母亲潜移默化对她们的影响。
片头的独白说“老妇人记得多年前于上海,曾花费不菲买下一只天鹅。??旅途中,她告诉天鹅说,在美国我会有个像我的女儿,在那儿,她无需仰仗丈夫鼻息度日;没人会看低她,因为她将说得一口流利的英文;我要她成为一只比期望中还要好上一百倍的天鹅。??这羽毛虽不值钱,却是来自遥远的国度,一直载负着我的期盼。” 这一根鹅毛承载的是母亲沉甸甸的期盼,她不希望发生在自己身上的悲剧重演,希望女儿不像她一样是只不起眼的鸭子被人驱赶,她希望女儿成为一只高贵的天鹅自由自在。母亲希望女儿能承袭她的愿望和期盼,能过上母亲理想中的天鹅般的生活。
“她们忧心忡忡,虽然女儿们已经说得一口流利的英文,但却轻忽了她们来到美国的梦想。”女儿们在这一场文化冲突和交融中艰难地寻找属于自己的文化身份而不得。同时这一场文化冲突和交融集中表现为四对母女在相处中的矛盾、误解以及沉默。女儿们想极力摆脱中国式的文化模式,但最终还是无法超越自己的文化之根,仍落入与母亲相似的命运中去了。“我们宛如上楼梯,一步又一步,或上或下,永远重复着相同的命运。”所幸,最终母女们能坦诚地交流,女儿们理解了母亲们的苦心,母亲们也卸下了心中的担忧。这一场跨文化的交流终于有了好的结果。
这是一部改编自华裔作家小说,由华裔导演执拍,由华裔演员主演的好莱坞电影。因此整部戏处处可见跨文化交流、传播以及冲突中的真实细节。首先是语言,影片以英语为主,母女间的对话也都是英语,主人公君还要求阿姨们不许讲中文以防她们打麻将作弊。因为君(包括其他的女儿们)听不懂中文、看不懂中文,也不会说中文。语言有很多种作用,包括交际、情感表达、表达身份,还有区分文化。母亲和女儿语言上的隔阂也是造成她们多年来交流失语的一大重要因素。并非母语的英语或许难以传达母亲们的良苦用心,更难以向女儿们传递传统的文化。其次是喜福会,喜福会是君的母亲苏一手操办起来的,是每周联络起四个母亲的一场重要的聚会。母亲们在喜福会里寻找文化的认同和慰藉,在这里她们可以打麻将,可以做中国菜,可以用中文拉家常。这一种聚会的形式和意义类似于同乡会。这是外国人所没有的。每一个中国人都或多或少有一点乡土情结,他们的根深深地种在中国的土地里,种在家乡的土地里。不管走得多远,那一缕的乡思也会牵扯着出门在外的游子,引他们频频回望故乡。中国人对族群文化很看重,有很强的过去时间导向,所以不仅是海外,国内的各个省市也都有大大小小的同乡会存在。一群有相近文化背景的人能够通过同乡会寻求陪伴和慰藉,也能更好地保存下他们的传统文化。然后是高低语境,当安美阿姨端出她的拿手菜——蒸鱼时,她说“这道菜做的不好,味道有些淡,请包涵”,这是中国人表示礼貌的自谦,或者说是极其含蓄的自夸。而不懂中国文化的理查则理解为蒸鱼的确味道不好,自作主张地帮安美阿姨倒了许多酱油在菜里。当然后果是非常尴尬的了。这一场景很充分地表现了不同文化间的高低语境。在高背景文化中,一条信息的语言部分所包含的信息比较少,而大部分信息隐含在沟通接触的过程中,涉及到参与沟通人员的背景、所属社团及其基本价值观,比如亚洲国家和拉丁美洲国家。而在低背景文化中,信息表达比较直接明确,语言是沟通中大部分信息的载体,比如美国、德国和斯堪的纳维亚国家。所以处于低背景文化的理查自然不会领会处于高背景文化中的安美阿姨所说的那些自谦的话语。
影片中幼年的女儿们跟母亲的回忆,让我想起一份研究,关于在美国的父母的认可对孩子的影响。研究者观察了孩子对父母认可的重视度,当研究者告诉孩子们测试的成绩将会告诉他们的父母时,亚裔孩子明显会更加努力希望展现更好的成绩,而美国孩子则几乎没有任何变化,反而他们会问:“So What?!”可以看出,即便这些华裔的孩子成长在美国,接受美国教育,与美国人交流,而且或许也能进入美国上流社会,但是那些文化里的烙印是磨不去,那些家庭中潜移默化的影响也是挥之不去的。而且他们与生俱来的东方面庞以及烙印在骨子里的传统价值观使他们在美国圈子里又被排斥为“他者”。
值得一说的是,这些家庭里两代人的交流的确存在很大的问题,因为上一代人往往持有中国式的文化,而下一代人往往既不愿承袭老一辈的文化又不能完全进入到西式文化圈内。这样艰难的家庭交流是东西方跨文化交流的一个缩影,可以看出东西方文化在思维模式、言行风格等都有巨大的差异。但是也正如影片最后那样,要跨越这样的隔阂必须双方都坐下来坦诚地交换意见,相互谅解、求同存异。
此次阅读《喜福会》并不是我首次接触到这本小说,我曾经也观看过同名电影,但是当我看这部电影的时候我并不了解题目的意思,也不清楚小说的主旨,更不了解故事中的四位母亲与他们的女儿间的种.种故事。但是我却对这部作品产生了浓厚的兴趣。可能这部作品中讲述的母亲和女儿间的故事使我联系到了自己与母亲间的种.种。尤其是故事中的华人母亲和其出生在西方的女儿们之间的故事使我控制不住想要一探究竟。
这部作品的作者是美国华裔女作家谭恩美,她在这部作品中主要传达了土生土长的移民母亲们和她们出生在美国,讲着一口流利英语的女儿们之间的文化冲突。母亲们还保留着她们作为中国人的传统思维,而女儿们虽然长着一张中国人的脸,但是骨子里却完全被西方的文化渲染着长大。她作品中的人物和事件并不使我觉得夸张或者说戏剧化,因为这些冲突真真切切的存在于很多中国移民家庭中。而这部作品的故事来源据说也是作者自己的亲身经历,据说故事中吴精美的故事就是作者的影射。作者通过作品来表达了自己与母亲之间千丝万缕的冲突与温情。
故事以《千里送鹅毛》为开篇,通过一根鹅毛来传达母亲们对女儿们的希望与关爱。文中母亲提到“我移民后,我会有我自己的女儿,但是她会是一个独立的人,她的价值不会以她丈夫的声名来判定,她会讲一口流利的英语,没有人会看不起她,也不会处处忍气吞声”。从母亲的这段话中我们可以看出,她们是多么不希望自己的女儿再遭受她们曾经遭受过的苦难。而通过对文章更深入的阅读我发现,鹅毛是一种象征,是母亲对女儿们所抱希望的象征。
一本好的小说需要你花时间反复阅读,这样才能够真正体会其中的深意。一开始我以为这本小说写的比较混乱,但是事实证明我是错的。故事以吴精美母亲的去世为开端,而以吴精美回中国看望其母亲在抗日战争时期走散的与她同母异父的双胞胎妹妹为结局。文中通过母亲与女儿的冲突凸显了两种文化间的冲突。而对于喜福会这标题我也曾产生过疑问,其实喜福会是四位母亲经常聚会的一个组织,这个组织的名称是由吴精美的母亲提出的,而作者以这个组织的名称命名很可能是源于对自己母亲的一种希望和信仰。文中提及的四位母亲们之前的经历是不愉快的,甚至移民后她们还是尽量在隐藏着她们的痛苦经历,或许只有在喜福会这个地方,他们才能感到放松,才能暂时忘却过去的痛苦记忆,才能暂时躲避文化差异带给她们的冲突。
阅读这本小说就像是在阅读我的生活,我眼前会闪现自己的过去、现在和将来。微莉和她母亲的故事尤其打动我。微莉是一个相当有主见又聪明的女人,但是她母亲对她的持续不断的挑刺批评很恼人。微莉在下棋方面很有天赋,但是当她得知自己的母亲很喜欢在别人尤其是陌生人面前炫耀的时候,她觉得很没有面子很讨厌,她曾问母亲:若你这么喜欢炫耀,为何不是你去下棋呢?没想到母亲是永远有办法克她的。母亲竟然对她的离家出走完全不在乎,一点都没把她放在眼里。而当她把男朋友带回家时,母亲也只是微微一笑,表现的很冷漠,还对男友的长相诸多挑剔。 对中国传统礼仪和美国观念间的冲突的描写我觉得很妙。母亲是世上最了解女儿或者儿子的人,没有一个母亲不爱自己的孩子. 但是如果缺少沟通的话好事可能会变成坏事。微莉一直以为母亲对她的婚姻很失望并且讨厌自己的男友,但是她母亲的一段话道出了其真心感受。我们可能会在无意间伤害我们爱的人,因为对于无关紧要的人我们不会与其争吵。这就是微莉的母亲展示给我们的她对女儿的爱。微莉从没有真正了解过自己的母亲,也从不知道母亲对她的爱有多深。而语言和文化上的冲突确实是妨碍母女感情交流的一个绊脚石,但是最终理解和爱还是获胜了。
文中通过母亲和女儿间的冲突和差异影射出了东西方文化的差异。母亲代表了典型的传统的中国文化,而女儿代表了平等自由开放的新时代美国女性的形象。但是故事最终他们还是可以理解对方并和谐相处。当故事结尾吴精美看到自己的同母异父的双胞胎妹妹时,她仿佛看到了自己在中国的影子,了解到了妹妹们在中国的生活,她终于理解了母亲性格中为什么会有那么倔强坚强的成分。她也坚信流着中国血液的美国人,可以协调好中西方文化的冲突。
全片以旅美的四对华裔母女为中心,分别描述她们几个家庭在近百年来的遭遇,从而对比出中国女性从受尽辛酸屈辱的祖母辈逐渐成长为具有独立人格和经济地位的新一代女性。主要情节是温明娜饰演的琼原来跟母亲有很深的误会,但当她代替已去世的母亲回中国大陆探望两个当年在抗战逃难时被遗弃的姊姊时,却深深感受到上一代的苦难和割断不了的亲情。
书中的四个中**亲,都是1949年离开中国大陆来到旧金山的,她们每个人都将自身的一部分,永永远远地遗留在中国大陆了。然而,她们不得不入乡随俗,以美国的生活方式过日子:她们信奉上帝,也畏惧海龙王,在一次仿效美国生活方式的海边野餐中,他们中的一个家庭丢失了一个儿子。在一个完全陌生的国度,她们只觉得危机四伏,险像环 生。母亲们为着给自己家庭争得安宁之地,几乎天天与某种说不出的惊恐在抗争,担心着某种祸患成为现实,避免着种.种暗礁旋涡,犹如古代受凌退之罪的犯人,一刀一刀地承受着痛苦,直到离开这个世界才得到解脱。母亲们最不放心的,是自己的女儿。女儿身上,寄托着她们种.种未遂的心愿,她们希望生在异国的女儿,能成为一只华贵的天鹅。然而事实却令她们失望:这些女儿们是“根本没见过世面的美国出生的傻瓜”,母亲们只能“无奈地看着这些女儿们长大成人,生儿育女”,从而发出“我与女儿隔着一条沟,我永远只能站在岸的这边观望她”的悲叹。 美国女儿也有她们难言的隐痛:她们自认是美国人,但母亲却用中国人的准则去要求她们,而社会又将她们排在“少数民族”之列、正宗的美国人之外,这种偏见,甚至影响了她们的婚姻。更令她们苦恼的是,那流在她们体内的中国血液。她们有着天生的中国式的谦虚、温顺,这使她们对自己的真正美国丈夫、纯美国式的家庭生活方式束手无措,迷惑不已,从而导致了婚姻上的危机甚至完全的失败!母亲们为了与女儿沟通,苦口婆心地给她们讲述自己以及自己母亲的故事,让她们都有了自己的新的生活。电影的结局,她终于与她失散多年的同母姐姐在在大陆相见,不论美国女儿还是中国大陆女儿,双方都共有一个伟大的中华母亲!
观看《喜福会》有感
一向以来很少有机会看电影。这次完整地看了一部荣获柏林电影节银熊奖的《喜福会》,让我深受感染,华裔导演与演员,也可算是中国式的好莱坞片吧。
影片讲述了四对母女的命运与生活,纯真的自我心理剖析让听了很了然。四个苦命的中国女人在国内历经磨难分别去美国,再跟美国人创造的第二次婚姻后又有了各自的女儿。恰好,四个女人也成了多年的朋友,各自情谊都很深,影片开始真正切入主体是母亲对各自女儿谈起早年的时光,悲惨的命运,吃人的礼教,薄薄的人情,不公正的婚姻,赤裸裸的封建压迫与惨昧的性,把整个近代中国社会刻画得淋漓尽致。总之,个个故事都是悲喜交加,从母亲的母亲再到婆家的家史,从逃沦的岁月到安逸的晚年,从中国的重庆到美国的旧金山,画面不停地在两地之间转换,故事也一个比一个更惨,更出人意料,把整个人的心都和剧中人物连接了起来,这她们担心,为她们惋惜,为中国的过去悲哀,也为人性感到惨淡,剧中的光线也跟周围环境谐调的很好,明就亮的出奇,像一面镜子,暗时凄凉可怕,病态的中国也许就是这样吧!
这四个母亲都是在中国出生成长的,在中国遭到不平等待遇,有的是公婆家的劣待,有的是娘家的排斥,有的是亲丈夫的暴力对待,在这样一个大黑锅下容易使人的性格变质,温柔的也会变为严酷的,渐渐地,她们觉得自己不适合这个时代,这个环境,于是走上了逃亡与流浪之路,从中国一向漂到美国,再也不回中国,把自己的后半辈寄托在他乡,把自己的生命延续到了异乡。她们不能让自己的后代重蹈自己的前辙,于是当她们的女儿长大成人时,母亲对女儿的婚姻格外观注,生怕女儿会走错。母亲毕竟走过坎坷比女儿多,于是第二段故事就出来了。女儿的不幸与母亲的担忧构成了一网他乡的浪清,更是对资本主义社会加以揭露,人情与金钱,善恶与美丑,挚热与冷漠,从面构勒出现代社会的不幸,现代人之间的沟壑,这种不幸的生活遭遇到达必须程度就会爆发的资本主义社会的弊端,终究会穿过极限,整个影片也加以预示,最后在一片亲人的眼泪中结束了影片。
这是一部生活性戏剧,揭露性十分强烈的影片。
《喜福会》是一部关于女人的电影,是一部关于女人对幸福的追求的电影,是一部关于女人灵魂的自由的电影。
电影中人物很多,但是人物背后却始终是三种主角支撑:奶奶、母亲和女儿。奶奶在中国经历她的人生,母亲从中国移民到美国,女儿在美国长大并成家立业,三者连成一条完整的文化迁移链条。奶奶主角身上有十分强烈的晚清妇女观念残留:社会地位低、遭遇指腹为婚、在婚姻中永远处于弱势、自卑、容易满足、隐忍等等……然而她们表现的出的对自己女儿的爱,哪怕是在那个将女人当成传宗接代的生育工具的社会中,这种爱和世界上任何一个国家的女人对自己骨肉的爱没有丝毫不同,没有丝毫的卑微。母亲主角因为战乱因缘际会来到美国,重新拥有家庭,开始另外一种文化寄居的人生,她们到老年的时候已经喜欢聚餐、抽烟、打麻将,讲着一口近乎流利的美国英语,但是每一个在美国过着快乐晚年生活的母亲主角的背后,都深深埋藏着在中国所经历的一切关于婚姻的痛苦回忆。女儿主角已经是另外一块大陆文化的产物,她们只能在老照片里、书信里、或者他们的母亲的皱纹里才能稍微想象在那个遥远的陌生的国度里,有自己的根。
尼古拉斯凯奇在《战争之王》里的画外独白,让画面的魅力散发的更加彻底,在《喜福会》里也不例外。叙事线索的切换在超多旁白女声的连续中显得格外流畅,虽然线索很多,但是却梳理的很清晰。里面出现的种种文化符号,都或多或少让我们熟悉、震撼:农村妇女和富家女主人坐着定下自己幼小女儿的未来婚姻;母亲跪坐着紧抱自己淹死的孩子;“makeatoast”式的ABC聚会;死者回魂观念对生者的威慑力;玉坠的代际传承;一夫多妻;没来由的性……绝大部分的符号,都在表现女人在那个时代的所代表的价值和地位。
血脉亲情是电影表现的一大主题,但是电影还探讨了另外一个隐性主题:婚姻。虽然我没结过婚,好像说婚姻会显得自己很幼稚,也许本来就很幼稚。但是正是这样,我才能以局外人的身份来看待婚姻这个东西。从电影里倒是不难提炼出婚姻的价值共识:尊重、沟通、理解、给彼此自由。毋庸置疑,在电影中,几乎所有女人的命运都是以婚姻为转折点的。奶奶主角在中国为人妻,在婚姻中的地位是和自己孩子的性别捆绑在一齐的,生儿子和生女儿将意味着母亲在婚姻中的方位千差万别;母亲主角来到美国,一边是自己在中国的残破婚姻,转过头来却还要寻找对婚姻的延续;女儿主角呢,则已经完全具备了美国婚姻观,男女间没有了敬畏和未知,他们交谈更彻底,却同时也为这种彻底付出代价。电影里出现的婚姻男性大都是强势、胜利者、不用承担职责和痛苦煎熬的.主角。有人说婚姻中男女的地位的这种天生不平等是以性为起点的,那就是说它是与生俱来的?(这个探讨能够写本书了)它甚至直至这天仍然强烈的影响我们的观念以及我们这些年轻人在讨论未来时不自主所具备的立场……女权主义在上个世纪二三十年代的滥觞也与此不无关系,但是我个人仍然坚持男女平等。婚姻是一个旅程,我们规定了和期望着它要和生命同时走到尽头,所以在开
始旅程时我们总要满怀信心。
曾梅最后见到自己两个孪生姐姐的镜头,昭示着叙事链条的首尾相接,算是圆满的结局,她的姐姐梗咽着喊出“妹妹”的时候,我也跟着梗咽。女人的灵魂自由有多么重要,此刻又有多少人会在意这一点呢?
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