胡杨

The Moon and Sixpence is a very popular novel which is written by the world famous English writer William Somerset Maugham in 1919.Maugham was adopted by his uncle who was the prototype in another book written by Maugham.Maugham was poor in his early years when he was a medical student so that he spent a long time with the middle and lower classes,which became the material for his novels later in his life.His miserable early life experience endowed him with the ability to play sharp sarcasm.His splendid masterpiece made him the richest and the most famous writer of the twentieth century. In the book the writer discussed an ancient problem:which is more important?sixpence or looking at the moon in the sky far far away. Strckland gave up the comfortable life in London and broke the normal standard of ethical rule,which indeed caused a lot of problems to the people around him.Indeed,Maugham had an inclination of despising women,which I don’t agree with. But Strickland succeeded in purchasing the passion in his deep heart ,which brought tremendous satisfaction to his life.The meaning of life should be like this-to stand on the border of the world,and to broaden the boundary of the human civilization. However,without sixpence in my pocket,it may be a little hard to look at the beautiful moon in the sky.On the other hand,without the moon in the sky,even millions of pence means nothing for me.Both poor life and banal life are unbearable. In conclusion,for most people,Strckland is only a very occasional example,it is wiser to focus more on sixpence in our pockets rather than staring at the moon .Once in a while,we can raise our heads and enjoy the great sight of the moon,but our hands should hold tight on the sixpence .