The tragedy of Cop When I was in junior high school, I read several novels (in Chinese) written by O Henry. But 6 years have gone by. I forgot most of the plot in his short stories. This week I read his short novel again, and the novel The Cop And The Anthem leave me a deep impression. In this novel, the leading character Soap has no ambitious destination. Just as the novel described” there were no dreams of Mediterranean voyages, of blue Southern skies or the Vesuvian Bay. Three months on the Island was what his soul desired. “When I read this sentence, I was extremely confused, everyman want to be free, to live a happy life through their work. But Soap just wants to put in prison. Why? There are several reasons. First of all, the fickleness of the American world made people indifferent with other person around them and turn the facts upside down. When Soap wanted to put in jail in Blackwell Island, he tried 6 methods. Such as dined luxuriously at some expensive restaurant, dashed stone through the glass of the shop window, acted as a masher. But the cop just ignored what he has done, but when Soap lay in the iron fence, determine to battle with his desperate fate, the cop arrested him without any reason. Secondly, I think maybe Soap is too lazy. Though at that time, the gap between the rich and the poor are large. But Soap just thought to lead a vagrant life, depend on other people. He was shiftless, everyday, he roamed sacrificial lamb of the typical society

 

第二篇：《警察与赞美诗》读后感

《警察与赞美诗》读后感 -------------------再不说放弃

每一次读欧亨利先生的小说，终会为故事的曲折回荡所折服，为世界的百态众生而慨叹。正如很多人所说的，如果把他的小说作为一场“戏剧”对编剧而言，是个绝佳的情节；对观众而言，算是对得起一张入场票。

小说来源现实，在读者的眼中绽放，凸显它刻画的一切。先生通过短短的篇章，小小的故事，妙笔生花，在人们的心门上叩出无味人生。

有人说《警察与赞美诗》诉诸的是人生中的机遇问题。遇到却不把握，是蠢材；不遇机遇却懂得把握，是人才；既遇机遇又懂得把握，是天才。 那么理所当然，索比上演了一个无知的不知悔过遭人唾弃的小丑，背负起那个时代下芸芸众生相悖于正义和常理的渣滓。不值得同情。而赞美诗的结局便成了点睛般的反衬。当他惊恐地醒悟到自己已经坠入了深渊，堕落的岁月。可耻的欲念，悲观失望，才穷智竭，动机卑鄙变原形毕露。

有人说这是上帝在作祟。索比是这篇小说中的主人公，穷困潦倒，衣不蔽体，他为了进监狱过一个温暖的冬天而故意犯罪，惹是生非多达六次，竟没能达到目的，后来想改邪归正之时，警察却逮捕了他，仿佛是上帝和他开的一个玩笑。上帝很公平，很大方吗？对于索比来说，当他真正想要努力

去做的时候，上帝偏偏又开始吝啬了，反悔了，赖皮了。这里我不禁想起了昆德拉先生所说的，人类一思考，上帝就发笑。在我而言，索比也只是和阿Q的影子罢了。所不同的，是他们的命运，相处两个国度下的命运，两者都是杯具，而后者多少有些上帝和主人公开了一个小小的玩笑的意味了。 还有人说小说接索比的故事讽刺了那个社会。在哪个到处崇尚自由民主的国度中，却终因金钱模糊了正义而纯洁的价值观。“那警察急匆匆地跑去馋一位穿晚礼服的金发高个女士过马路，免得它在两条街以外朝这边驶过来的电车撞着。”警察并不关注苏比与“伞主人”的争执，而去帮助一些或许根本就不需要帮助的人。正是说明了这一点。甚至于在索比丢下第一块石头时，警察惯性的思维讲索比的“梦想”丢在一边，警察的观点代表了那个和谐社会的想法，一切顺理成章。然而当苏比最后在赞美诗的意境中醍醐灌顶，一股强烈的冲动激励着他去向坎坷的命运奋斗的时候，警察却留意了他。这就是不公平给予他的。也正是欧亨利所讽刺的哪个可笑的世界。在那个世界，不公平不仅仅来源于金钱，还来源于社会地位。索比便是那个世界下最为普通的小小的一员，他用他的思想和觉悟，用他笨拙的行为为世界留下淡淡的一笔。 然而我想说的，如今我们也在提倡和谐社会，可至今也许只是空有架子，人们看不到和谐，阿Q思想和索比精神仍然存在，更多的人看不到春天的美好。和谐，和谐，我们需

要做的还有很多。欧亨利先生将这一切告诉众人，便是警示众人，至此，我们努力摒弃那些可笑的观念，慢慢感化这个世界，未来，总是美好的吧。