Sense and sensibility is a novel written by Jane Austen that was first published in 1811. when talking about Jane Austen, I can say confidently that I have a good knowledge to her. She (16 December 1775-18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics. In her short and glorious life, she wrote about dozens of famous novels, such as sense and sensibility, pride and prejudice, Mansfield park, Emma and so on. When I was a high school student, I had once read the Chinese version of pride and prejudice, through this novel, I have a preliminary understanding of Jane Austen’s vision of love, and realize the life of British girl in that period, but not deep, while, I am really engaged in the style of Jane Austen’s novel, and yearn for a deep understanding of her novel, the era she lived, so when the teacher asked us to read a English novel, I chose sense and sensibility written by Jane Austen.
The story in this book concerns two sister, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood (Elinor represents “sense” and Marianne is “sensibility”). Along with their mother and young sister, they were evict from their residence Norland Park after the death of their father, they moved to a country cottage offered by a generous relative with on other choice.
Before they moved out of their former residence, Elinor fell in love with the gentleman Edward Ferrars who was her sister-in-law’s brother, unfortunately, she was unware of the engagement between Edward and Lucy, after hearing that bad news, instead of anger,despair , she showed her calm and sense, to Edward, she expressed her understanding and belief. Actually, Elinor was a virtuous girl, sense is a kind of inner character of her, she was generous, gentle, calm and polite to all the people around her, including the people who hurted her, such as Lucy. Concerning love, Elinor also zealous in the affair between Edward and her, because of her belief, tolerance and sense, she finally won a happy end, and got married with her lover Edward.
Marianne also was a virtuous, with passion and fansaty, she always dreamed one day that she can marry a handsome gentle and rich man. After their move, Marianne met Willoughby, a dashing young man who leaded her into undisciplined behaviour, so that she ignored the faithful (but a lot older) gentleman Colonel Brandon. Unfortunately, Willoughby was a greedy and unchaste man who finally discarded Marianne then married a rich lady. Marianne was inconsolable, and nearly died, during this time, Colonel Brandon accompanied with her, and faced and conquered every difficulty together. She was eventually moved by Colonel Brandon, and finally realized the he was the person that she can entrust lifelong.
Compared with Elinor, Marianne’s suffering, not only brings agony to herself, but also the people who around and care about her. The reason underlies this consequence is the sensibility exits in Marianne’s inner character. Therefore , we can see transparently that sense is a very important principle in our daily life.
In the real life, abundant emotion should be involved, while it is not equal to acting impetuously, when necessary, our thoughts and emotions should be rational constrained by sense. In the novelist ---Jane Austen’s mind, dealing with a matter cautiously and heart impulse should be well balanced. She respects the view that money can buy elegant life, on the contrary, she pays more attention to interpersonal relationships. In one word, sense is more important than sensibility for Jane herself.
As for us, just as mentioned before, sense should be regarded as a kind of life principle, a habits for consideration.
The road of life is tough, we’ll come across a mass of difficulties when we communicate with our colleagues, friends, also when we dealing with jobs. Facing those puzzles, without the sense, lose temper becomes potluck. This actually do not focus on solving the problems, what’s more, it makes them more complex.
In consequence, refer to the friendship, teammates relationship, and the other complicated polytropic relations, we can think about more rational way to conduct them, it is definitely favorable for us to conquer the problem

Overall Analysis and Themes
The dichotomy between "sense" and "sensibility" is one of the lenses through which this novel is most commonly analyzed. The distinction is most clearly symbolized by the psychological contrast between the novel's two chief characters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. According to this understanding, Elinor, the older sister, represents qualities of "sense": reason, restraint, social responsibility, and a clear-headed concern for the welfare of others. In contrast, Marianne, her younger sister, represents qualities of "sensibility": emotion, spontaneity, impulsiveness, and rapturous devotion. Whereas Elinor conceals her regard for Edward Ferrars, Marianne openly and unashamedly proclaims her passion for John Willoughby. Their different attitudes toward the men they love, and how to express that love, reflect their opposite temperaments.
This dichotomy between "sense" and "sensibility" has cultural and historical resonances as well. Austen wrote this novel around the turn of the eighteenth century, on the cusp between two cultural movements: Classicism and Romanticism. Elinor represents the characteristics associated with eighteenth-century neo-classicism, including rationality, insight, judgment, moderation, and balance. She never loses sight of propriety, economic practicalities, and perspective, as when she reminds Marianne that their mother would not be able to afford a pet horse or that it is indecorous for her to go alone with Willoughby to Allenham. It was during the Classical period and its accompanying cultural Enlightenment that the novel first developed as a literary genre: thus, with the character of Elinor, Austen gestures toward her predecessors and acknowledges the influence of their legacy on her generation. In contrast, Marianne represents the qualities associated with the emerging "cult of sensibility," embracing romance, imagination, idealism, excess, and a dedication to the beauty of nature: Marianne weeps dramatically when her family must depart from "dear, dear Norland" and willingly offers a lock of her hair to her lover. Austen's characterization of Marianne reminds us that she was the contemporary of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Walter Scott, the luminaries of the English Romantic literary scene. Austen's depiction of Elinor and Marianne thus reflects the changing literary landscape that served as a backdrop for her life as a writer.
However, this novel cannot simply be understood as a straightforward study in contrast. Elinor, though representing sense, does not lack passion, and Marianne, though representing sensibility, is not always foolish and headstrong. Austen's antitheses do not represent epigrammatic conclusions but a starting- point for dialogue. Although Austen is famous for satirizing the "cult of sensibility," in this novel she seems to argue not for the dismissal of sensibility but for the creation of a balance between reason and passion. Fanny Dashwood's violent outbreak of feeling towards the end of the novel reveals that too little feeling is as dangerous as too much. Both Elinor and Marianne achieve happiness at the end of the novel, but they do so only by learning from one another: together they discover how to feel and express their sentiments fully while also retaining their dignity and self-control. The novel's success is not a result of the triumph of sense over sensibility or of their division; rather, we remember Sense and Sensibility as a conjunction of terms that serve together as the compound subject of Austen's novel.
参考资料：http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/sensibility/section12.rhtml
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小白兔
　　我养了一只可爱的小白兔，它全身羽毛雪白，蹲着不动时看上去就像是一个白色的小绒球。它的身子摸上去热乎乎的，软绵绵的，舒服极了，会使你忍不住想用脸去亲它。头上高高地竖着两只又大又长的大耳朵，能捕捉到周周很细微的声音。红宝石似的眼睛骨碌碌地转着，小鼻子抖抖地喘着气，“y”字形的小嘴好像永远合不拢似的，露出两排碎玉般的小牙，可爱极了！
　　小兔很好动，一次，它趁我不注意的时候，偷偷地用两只前爪拉兔笼门，一次两次……终于用了九牛二虎之力打开了兔笼门后就溜出来了，它好奇地东张西望着周围的世界，一会儿跑到椅子下转转，一会儿跑到楼梯上，一会儿跳起来用前爪趴在椅子上探头探脑地搜寻着什么。还有一天中午，我和妹妹正在楼上玩就听到刚进门的妈妈生气地大叫：“谁把兰花的叶子剪掉了？”原来，是小兔偷跑出来，大概是饿了吧，把妈妈最心爱的两盆兰花叶子给齐齐咬断了，就像是剪刀剪的一样平，难怪妈妈会误以为是我们剪的，当妈妈看到躲在沙发底下的兔子时真是有点哭笑不得。
　　我的小兔也很贪吃。每次给它喂食时，等不及我把草放进兔笼就赶紧伸出头来抢，“y”字形的小嘴快速地动个不停，不到几分钟就把一大把草吃个精光。每天一放学回来我总要先去看我的小兔，它好像能听懂我的脚步声，知道回来就有吃的似的，赶紧用两只前爪趴在兔栏的横杆上，小鼻子不停地抖着，好像在说：小主人我饿了，快给我东西吃！
　　小兔也很聪明。要是天晴的话，放学回来我就把兔笼提到草地上，门一打开小兔就会从里面一下蹦出来，跑到草长得最旺的地方吃个够，如果我采了它更爱吃的兔草伸给它，它就会先吃我的，好像知道我是主人不会害它一点也不怕。要是陌生的小朋友拿草给它吃它却会跑得远远的，生怕别人拿毒草给它吃似的。我等它吃饱了，把兔笼门打开，它就会乖乖地钻进兔笼。当然有时也会抬着头朝我喘粗气，好像在请求我说：我还没吃够再让我吃一会嘛！ 要我爱小白兔
我养过许多小动物，有小金鱼、小乌龟、小狗、小猫、小鸟……其中最情有独钟的是外公送我的小白兔。
小白兔全身的毛雪白雪白的，茸毛光滑柔软；它的眼睛红红的，像晶莹的红宝石；头上竖着一对长长的耳朵。我想：这么漂亮的小动物，它会不会就是传说中嫦娥的小玉兔呀！
我把小白兔的家安置在小院里，每天早晨都会很早起来，喂它吃最爱吃的胡萝卜和大白菜，刚开始它和我很生疏，远远地盯着我一动不动，慢慢地熟悉了，它会迫不急待地走到我面前，用它那双圆溜溜的眼睛望着我，仿佛在说：“快点，快点，我饿了。”我急忙把食物放在它笼子边，看着它津津有味地吃，它吃完还会用头蹭蹭我，和我撒娇。于是我每天都舍不得跟她分开，就想一直跟它玩，照顾它。
一天放学回家，我急忙来到小院子看我的小宝贝，只见笼子里空空的，我急得像热锅上的蚂蚁团团转，四处寻找，还问了妈妈，没想到它原来钻出笼子在盆景边玩耍呢，像个白色的小毛球，一跳一跳的，可爱极了！
春天来了，小白兔长得很快，想想我上学时，小白兔在家孤怜怜的，怪可怜的，于是我周末总是带着它去公园玩，吸引了许多小朋友，“小白兔，白又白，两只耳朵竖起来……”小朋友还唱起了儿歌，她们兴高采烈地和小白兔做游戏。小白兔也好奇地打量着她们，肯定在想：咦，怎么这么多人看我呀……看到我养的小白兔很招人喜欢，我自然很得意。
我的小白兔不但漂亮可爱，还很文静，是我最忠实的好朋友。
是它很饿了，就会用两只前爪快速地敲打兔笼的横杆，发出“沙沙”的响声，好像在提醒我：该给我吃的了！你瞧我的小兔是不是很聪明呀。
　　多么可爱聪明的小兔呀，它是我的好朋友，天天陪伴我成长。