月亮和六便士匯編

1、William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965) was a famous English author,novlist and playwright(兒童游戲?qū)＜?.Many of his stories are about human weaknesses.He is considered to be one of the best writers of short stories in the English language. SummarynStrickland is a well-off,middle-class stockbroker（股票經(jīng)紀(jì)人）in Lo

2、ndon.nOne day,he abandoned his wife and children to Paris to pursue his dream. So he lived a poor and chall-anging life there as an artist(especially a painter).nDirk Stroeve recognized Stricklands genius and helped him from the life-threatening condition in Paris. But Stroeve didnt know his wife ab

3、andoned him for Strickland.In order to pursue the Art and Beauty Strickland also abandoned Stoeves wife and came to Tahiti（an island) alone.He lived here for a few years and had a native wife and two children here. Finally he died of poverty (貧窮）貧窮）and leprosy（麻（麻風(fēng)病）風(fēng)?。﹉ere.In this island he left ma

4、ny paintings, but his magnum opus(巨作）巨作）,which he painted on the walls before his death was burnt down after his death by his wife by his dying order.BackgroundThe novel is a reflection of the famous France painter Gau-guins life.But Strickland in the novel is much more crazy than Gauguin. Although

5、they all abandoned their home to pursue the art. But they are just simmaliar in this experience not all the same.In the novl, Striland is crazy and immoral，He never feel sorry to his wife and his childrenwhom he had abandoned And also never feel sorry to Stoeve who helped him a lot but he hurted bad

6、ly.He is just crazy in paniting in spite of the privation(貧窮）貧窮）and disease.He is such a crazy man that beyond our unders-tanding ThemeAccording to the novel, we can see the conflictions btween reality and the art.So some people say that the tittles moon stands for the beautiful and wonderful dream(

7、or the art),and the six pence stands for the decayed（腐朽的）（腐朽的）real life.So it tells us that sometimes we must abandon something in our life to pursue our own ideas or our dreams. nEach one of us is alone in the worldnYes,in our life,everyone have his/her own idea.We couldnt meet a same peopple like ourself.So dont afraid of it,just follow your heart.We couldnt eliminate the loneliness but we must learn