To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960.
梅岡城故事, 書一出就大受歡迎, 第二年(1961)作者就得普立茲獎. 多年下來, 賣了三千萬本以上.
故事是以Jean Louise Finch (Scout) 第一人稱回想小時侯在Alabama的小鎮Maycomb(梅岡) 發生的事, 所以全書大部分都是以小女孩的口吻說故事. 故事從主人翁6 歲開始, 哥哥Jeremy (Jem) 10 歲. 暑假才來的鄰居Charles Baker Harris (Dill) 7歲. 作者是這麼說Maycomb的:Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it....There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. Finch家從英格蘭的Simon Finch移民到Alabama起, 在Maycomb算old families. Scout的爸爸Atticus不務農是律師: He liked Maycomb, he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch's industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town. 在這樣平靜保守的鄉下地方, 還未從1929年的經濟崩潰後恢復的經濟消條情況下的1930s, Maycomb發生了什麼故事?
全書結構是三波高潮. 先是隔兩家的鄰居, 對小孩來說恐怖屋Arthur (Boo) Radleys家的部分.這一段寫的細膩栩栩如生.後一段Atticus幫黑人Tom Robinson打官司對抗爛白人Ewells, 更是寫得精彩.全書對偏見, 種族問題說得上, 講清楚說明白.書出五十年後的今天, 美國的種族問題還不見顯著的解決. 世界各地越落後的地區越是種族問題嚴重.教育是解決的方法嗎? 如果是, 這就証明教育的政策和執行有問題.
書名大家都認為來自:Atticus said to Jem one day, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
全書讀來好像一個小女孩嚮導領著看書人在小鎮上看著事情的發展.主題當然是夠嚴肅沉重. 還好是以小女孩的口吻角度說這個故事.雖然我個人蠻懷疑一個人能夠把六七歲時發生的事關大人世界的記憶, 記得這麼清楚. 但一路讀來的感覺就是so enjoyable. Have fun.
梅岡城故事, 書一出就大受歡迎, 第二年(1961)作者就得普立茲獎. 多年下來, 賣了三千萬本以上.
故事是以Jean Louise Finch (Scout) 第一人稱回想小時侯在Alabama的小鎮Maycomb(梅岡) 發生的事, 所以全書大部分都是以小女孩的口吻說故事. 故事從主人翁6 歲開始, 哥哥Jeremy (Jem) 10 歲. 暑假才來的鄰居Charles Baker Harris (Dill) 7歲. 作者是這麼說Maycomb的:Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it....There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. Finch家從英格蘭的Simon Finch移民到Alabama起, 在Maycomb算old families. Scout的爸爸Atticus不務農是律師: He liked Maycomb, he was Maycomb County born and bred; he knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch's industry, Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town. 在這樣平靜保守的鄉下地方, 還未從1929年的經濟崩潰後恢復的經濟消條情況下的1930s, Maycomb發生了什麼故事?
全書結構是三波高潮. 先是隔兩家的鄰居, 對小孩來說恐怖屋Arthur (Boo) Radleys家的部分.這一段寫的細膩栩栩如生.後一段Atticus幫黑人Tom Robinson打官司對抗爛白人Ewells, 更是寫得精彩.全書對偏見, 種族問題說得上, 講清楚說明白.書出五十年後的今天, 美國的種族問題還不見顯著的解決. 世界各地越落後的地區越是種族問題嚴重.教育是解決的方法嗎? 如果是, 這就証明教育的政策和執行有問題.
書名大家都認為來自:Atticus said to Jem one day, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
全書讀來好像一個小女孩嚮導領著看書人在小鎮上看著事情的發展.主題當然是夠嚴肅沉重. 還好是以小女孩的口吻角度說這個故事.雖然我個人蠻懷疑一個人能夠把六七歲時發生的事關大人世界的記憶, 記得這麼清楚. 但一路讀來的感覺就是so enjoyable. Have fun.
