故事简介
To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother, Jem, in 1930's Alabama. Through their neighborhood meanderings1) and the example of their God-like father, Atticus, they grow to understand that the world isn't always fair and that prejudice is a very real aspect of their world no matter how subtle it seems.
Through the events of those two years, Scout learns that no matter their differences or peculiarities2), the people of the world and of Maycomb County are all people. No one is lesser or better than anyone else because they're all people. She realizes that once you get to know them, most people are good and kind no matter what they seem like on the outside.
《杀死一只知更鸟》是一个关于斯库特・芬奇和她哥哥杰姆的成长故事,故事发生在20世纪30年代的亚拉巴马州。通过他们与邻里间的各种曲折经历和他们神一样的父亲亚蒂克斯的榜样行为,他们逐渐明白,这个世界并不总是公平公正的,偏见也是他们生活的世界中十分真实的一部分,无论它看起来有多么的不起眼。
通过那两年间发生的种种事件,斯库特认识到,人们的差异或特性无关紧要,这个世界上的所有人,还有梅科姆镇上的所有人,都是一样的。没有人比其他任何人卑微和优越,因为他们都是人。她认识到,一旦你了解了他们,你就会发现大部分人都是好人、善良的人,无论他们外表看起来如何。
推荐理由
何为教养?你一定也认同它跟出身无关,但是不是一个人衣着得体、在餐桌上举止得当就可以被看做有教养?不全是。当你看到书中的父亲阿蒂克斯为人宽厚善良、正直无私、谦逊绅士;当你看到他以身作则,潜移默化中影响着斯库特和杰姆两个孩子,教他们宽容、***、勇敢、坚强、尊重他人;当你看到一位父亲对孩子们永远秉持的耐心、温和、包容与宠爱;当你看到一位父亲与孩子们一起面对偏见、不公、误解甚至报复,你一定会明白为什么杀死一只知更鸟是一种罪恶,你也一定会相信如他们一般拥有一颗文明高贵的心才是真正的教养。其实这部小说探讨的主题远不止于此,但时隔四年,我再次读这本书,仍旧被这一主题吸引,仍被这样一位刚柔并济的父亲打动,仍为两个孩子的成长感到欣慰,仍忍不住“老泪”纵横。
经典语句
*Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. 知更鸟只做一件事情,那就是为我们唱歌来供我们欣赏。它们不会吃光人们的花园,不会在玉米仓里筑巢,它们只会做一件事情,那就是用心为我们歌唱。这就是为什么杀死一只知更鸟是一种罪过。