论《一个人的朝圣》有关爱的失去与回归_英语论文

A Brief Discussion of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry about the Loss and Recovery of Love

摘要

《一个人的朝圣》英国资深剧作家蕾秋·乔伊斯的小说处女作。故事主要叙述了退休的哈罗德收到一封患有癌症的老友的信之后长途跋涉的故事。本课题着重描写哈罗德心灵朝圣的起伏，并说明一个有关爱的失去与回归的理念。本文从主人公的性格变化和在旅程中遇到出乎意料的事情等来描述爱的自我救赎和爱的回归。本文想通过对平凡人朝圣的深度剖析来唤醒现代人回归自我，回归初心，忘掉庸俗的凡事，一路坚持。本文在一定程度上批判了社会现状：浮躁、失去自我。朝圣本就是一个信念，是爱，让信念更加强大。

关键词： 朝圣； 痛苦； 爱；回归

Abstract

A personal pilgrimage" is the debut novel of the senior British playwright Rachel Joyce. The novel mainly tells about Harold who receives a letter from his friend who has caught cancer and then travels a long journey. This paper mainly describes Harold's ups and downs of spiritual pilgrimage, and tries to show the idea of love loss and return .Not only does this paper discuss love from the character of the hero's self salvation and return , but also from encountering unexpected things in the journey . This paper analyzes the pilgrimage of the ordinary ,and wants modern people to wake up and return to themselves, to their heart and forget the trouble of struggling, adhering all the way .The paper, to a certain extent, criticizes the social status: being impetuous and self losing .Pilgrimage is faith and love, making it more powerful. 

Keywords: pilgrimage; pain; love; recovery

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 3

3.The Journey about Loss and Recovery of Love 4

3.1 The journey about loss4

3.2 The journey about love 5

3.3Analysis of Harold’s tragic lifestyle 6

3.4 Analysis of Harold’s multiple personality . 7  

3.5 Value and Significance. 8

4. Conclusion 9

Works Cited.10