i have never been to troy, but david maule made me feel as if i were standing on the high wall of troy, watching the fierce war. thanks to this british author, who adapted the famous homer’s poem into a lively story, i found it easier to understand this story. though the story happened over 3000 years ago in a remote place, i was deeply fascinated by it.
the mysterious plot is one of the reasons why i loved the story of troy so much, yet i am more interested in the human heroes of the war.
hector was the eldest son of king of troy, priam. he was not only a real hero of trojan, but was regarded the highest moral hero in greek classic by later historians. the war started because of the mischief of his brother, paris, whom he didn’t appreciate. however, since hector was the commander of the trojan army, he was obliged to fight with all force. it was really a tragedy that such a valiant man died in the duel with another great warrior, achilles.
it is natural to see death in a war. as a famous chinese parable says, “a life can be as slight as a piece of feather, or as weighty as mount tai.” sometimes, one’s glory walks hand in hand with one’s doom. achilles was such a typical person. his personal charm made the story of troy more attractive. he was so crucial because his every appearance in a war encouraged his fellow soldiers and terrified the enemies. actually, achilles was half-god who was almost invincible in people’s mind. that’s why his name was memorized long after his death.
besides the two great men, the wisdom of odysseus also proved him to be a great hero. he didn’t want to attend the war because he was happily married and had a lovely son. however, since his country was allied to mycenae, he had to take the command given by the king of mycenae. i’m quite sure that the story of the wooden horse is widely known, however, few people know who thought of the brilliant idea, that’s why i admired odysseus so much because he was the person who got the idea. thanks to the horse, the ten-year war came to an end at last. if you want to know how the wooden horse worked, just read the book.
the ancient greeks believed that the gods and goddesses also played important roles in the origin, process and ending of the whole story.
the story of the golden apple was such an example. when eris, the goddess of argument and disagreement, threw out the golden apple to a wedding ceremony on mount olympus, a dispute happened. hera, the queen of gods, athena, the goddess of wisdom, and aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, were all involved in the argument for the apple. none of them was willing to give way, so they turned to paris for a final judgment. tempted by aphrodite’s beauty and promise, paris handed the apple to her. to keep her word, aphrodite helped him to get helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, as his wife. that was the cause of the war.
paris’s choice obviously annoyed the other two goddesses. so during the war, they helped the greek alliance army while some other gods, such as apollo and aphrodite, guarded troy. when paris dueled with helen’s former husband menelaus, aphrodite saved paris when he was about to be finished off.
after the duel between those two people, there was a truce between the greek alliance and troy. however, both hera and athena were not happy to see it. hera pursued her husband zeus:“ now, will you send athena to make the troyjans break the peace?”(page 22 then with zeus’s permission, athena went down to start the war again and finally she brought the greeks to success.
from the whole story, we can see that in ancient greeks’ view, gods sometimes played a much more important role in their life. however, with the rapid development of science, we have learned that the greek gods never existed. this is why a recent movie of troy has not mentioned a single god. everything happened due to men’s ambition, love, loyalty or jealousy. with those emotion and people’s effort, we human beings can accomplish wonders and be master of the world.
god are of less importance than they used to be. nonetheless, the gods and goddesses made the story of troy more mysterious and marvelous.
i have learnt from the book more than the wonderful story of history, love and war. i believe that human can determine their destiny by their own. i highly recommend this book to my friends.
对商业地产有多年研究的广州左右地产顾问有限公司总经理周帆认为,北亭广场陷入困境的原因有以下几点:
一是定位问题。定位是商业项目成败的关键。北亭广场位于大学城,以大学生为主要消费对象。在定位上就必须区别于普通的MALL项目,而应该充分考虑大学生的消费目的、消费特点、消费能力,也就是要为大学生度身订造,在这点上,项目显然没有做到,而只是用传统思维做传统MALL。定位不准。
第二是运营问题。商业项目的通常做法是先销售、后招商再运营,这是错误的,而应该反过来,先确定好运营方案,再进行招商,最后才是带租约发售。商业项目最怕的就是可持续发展问题,如果没有做好运营,即使销售、招商很成功,同样败北。许多开发商急功近利,只管眼前,而没有做好开业后的运营,最终惨败。所谓运营,就是在项目开业后,维护、更新项目形象,为项目吸纳、聚焦人气,只是项目人气兴旺,项目才是成功的。北亭广场的运营显然没有做好,也没有提前进行策划、安排。而只是做了简单的商城管理,错把管理当运营。
第三是乱开“承诺支票”。这在商业项目里屡见不鲜,开发商为了把物业租售出去,便随便承诺,比如多少年后原价回购(租、多少年如贬值,则由开发商补回差价人、无理由退房等。类似这些承诺,多年前国家就已经明令禁止,但许多开发商还在使用。北亭广场承诺5年内无理由退租,无异于自设陷阱,商业项目不同于住宅,住宅升值的可预期性比商业强,商业往往会受许多外部因素影响而随时出现逆转,不可控性太大。
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