Forrest Gump is a novel written by American writer winston groom. The book satirizes American social problems in an absurd style through the perspective of a fool Forrest Gump.
Forrest Gump is a retarded and idiot in the eyes of ordinary people, but his kind and simple nature, coupled with his unique talent, made him a college football star, a Vietnam War hero, a world-class table tennis player, a wrestler, a chess master and a business tycoon, received by President Kennedy, decorated by President Johnson, and even inadvertently discovered the truth of Watergate.
Forrest Gump's "vigorous" legendary life seems absurd, but in fact it is the epitome of American history and society in the 1950s and 1970s. Through Forrest Gump's eyes, we can also see this sinister, complex and vulgar world and feel the value of sincere humanity.
2. The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption is a novella and masterpiece of American writer Stephen Edwin King. It is included in the novel collection "Four Seasons of Qitan" with the subtitle "Hope in Spring".
The background of this novel is the 1930s. At that time, "political corruption in the United States has spread to businessmen" and even to prisons. In the story, Andy, a young banker, was sentenced to life imprisonment because his wife and her lover were killed. Because of the corruption in the prison, he still can't get the truth, but suffered all kinds of mental and physical destruction in Shawshank prison.
However, Andy was not destroyed by his ill-fated fate. After 10 years of unremitting excavation, he finally climbed out of a 500-yard sewage pipe on a thunderstorm night, regained his freedom and lived a free life on the Mexican coast.
3. "How steel was tempered"
"How Steel was Tempered" is a novel written by Nikolai ostrovsky, a writer of the former Soviet Union, at 1933.
By narrating Pavel Colta King's growth path, the novel tells people that only by defeating the enemy and himself in the hardships of revolution and linking his pursuit with the interests of the motherland and the people can he create miracles and grow into an iron warrior.
In April, 2020, it was included in the junior middle school part of the "Reading Guidance Catalogue for Primary and Secondary School Students (2020 Edition)" of the Basic Education Curriculum and Textbook Development Center of the Ministry of Education.
4. A hundred years of loneliness
One Hundred Years of Solitude is a novel by Colombian writer Garcia Marquez, and it is also a representative work of Latin American magical realism literature. Known as "a masterpiece that reproduces the historical and social picture of Latin America."
The work describes the legendary story of seven generations of Buendia family and the centenary rise and fall of Macondo, a small town on the Caribbean coast, and reflects the changeable history of Latin America in the past hundred years. The works are mixed with myths and legends, folk stories, religious allusions and other mysterious factors. , skillfully combines reality and illusion, shows a magnificent imaginary world, and becomes one of the important classic literary masterpieces in the 20th century.
5. The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner is the first novel by Khaled Husseini, an Afghan-American writer. It was translated by Li Jihong and published by Shanghai People's Publishing House in 2003. In 2005, it was the third best seller in the United States.
This book revolves around the story of kites and two teenagers in Afghanistan, a rich teenager and a domestic servant, as well as the betrayal and redemption of human nature.
6. "If you give me three days of light"
If you give me three days of light is the masterpiece of contemporary American writer Helen Keller.
Helen Keller turned out to be a healthy and lively little girl. When she was 0/9 months old, she became blind, deaf and aphasia due to an acute illness. From then on, little Helen Keller became irritable, headstrong and lonely. Until the age of seven, she walked out of the darkness and loneliness under the loving and patient guidance of Sullivan, a nearly blind teacher who was only 20 years old at that time.
I feel the mystery of language and the magic of knowledge. From then on, Helen Keller was hungry for knowledge, and with amazing perseverance, with Sullivan's education and help, she completed her four-year study at Harvard University with excellent results, becoming the first blind and deaf person in human history to obtain a bachelor's degree in literature.
In the 20th century, a unique life shocked the world in a brave way. Helen Keller, a deaf-mute and blind woman, lived in the dark but brought light to mankind. Her book "If Give Me Three Days of Light" has influenced millions of people in the world. This book is the autobiography of Helen Keller.
7. "How steel was tempered"
"How steel was tempered (masterpiece of youth edition)" was written by ostrovsky; Zhao Shuhua's world famous works.
Written in 1933. About Paul? Kochakin's story changed from an ignorant teenager to a Bolshevik soldier loyal to the revolution, and then to a blind but indomitable novel, becoming a strong steel (referring to his spirit).
The author is Nikolai, a former Soviet writer? Ostrovsky, an autobiographical novel, praises the spirit of being firm and unyielding in a desperate fate and challenging it, lashes the ugliness of capitalists and capitalist society who can only bully the weak and fear the strong, and shows the struggle spirit of the proletariat against the oppressed fate represented by the author at that time.
The novel passed. Paul? Kochakin's growth path tells people that only by defeating the enemy in the hardships and hardships of the revolution can we defeat ourselves, and only by linking our pursuit with the growth of the motherland and the interests of the people can we create miracles, grow into steel fighters and become "steel". Revolutionaries are tempered into steel in struggle, which is an important theme of the novel.
8. robinson crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by British writer daniel defoe. The book was first published on April 25th, 2009, and its telephone number is 1765438.
Daniel defoe (Daniel Defoe1660-1731), a British writer, was the founder of realistic novels in the English Enlightenment period and was known as the "father of novels". Robinson Crusoe, his masterpiece, is famous all over the world, and Robinson has become a typical example of struggling with difficulties, so he is regarded as one of the pioneers of English novels.
Robinson Crusoe had a great influence at that time, and it is still a masterpiece that appeals to both refined and popular tastes. Daniel defoe was born in 1660. 1640, the British bourgeoisie gained political power through violence, but in the year when Defoe was born, the Stuart royal family representing the feudal reactionary forces was restored in Britain. Defoe was born in the family of a small oil candle merchant.
Belonging to the middle and lower bourgeoisie, he politically opposed the feudal rule of Stuart's royal family. When Defoe was 28 years old, that is, 1688, the bourgeoisie drove out the Stuart royal family and regained power. While doing business, he engaged in political activities and wrote many pamphlets.
9. Ordinary world
Ordinary World is a million-word novel by China writer Lu Yao. This is a novel with a panoramic view of China's contemporary urban and rural social life, consisting of three books. First published in February, 1986.
This is a novel that shows the contemporary urban and rural social life in China in a panoramic way. This book has three parts. In the past ten years, the author has created many images of ordinary people from all walks of life through complex contradictions and entanglements.
Labor and love, frustration and pursuit, pain and joy, daily life and huge social conflicts are intertwined, which profoundly shows the difficult and tortuous road that ordinary people have gone through in the historical process of the great era. In particular, the hero's spirit of hard struggle in the face of difficulties still has a great influence on people today.
The novel centers on the fate of Sun, Tian and Jin in Shuangshui Village on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, and reflects the broad social outlook from the late Cultural Revolution to the early reform.
10, Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo (also known as The Love and Hatred of Monte Cristo) is an outstanding work by the French writer Dumas. This paper mainly tells the tragic experience of a first mate named Edmund Donders who was framed in the19th century, and the story of his successful revenge as the count of Monte Cristo.
The story is full of twists and turns and surprises. The rapid development of the story, clear and complete structure, vivid and powerful language, flexible and witty dialogue make it a classic in Dumas' novels. The main plot of "The Count of Sister Mountain" is ups and downs, with twists and turns, from which several secondary plots have evolved.
The episode is compact and wonderful, but it does not usurp the role of the host; The plot is bizarre, but it doesn't go against the truth of life. As far as structure is concerned, this novel leads to several main characters. The story of the protagonist being framed was written in front, and how to get revenge was written in the back. The venation of revenge is clear, and the clues cross without clutter. Only after maintaining a certain degree of independence can they meet.