If you can learn a simple little trick, you can get along well with all these people.
Unless you think about it from someone else's point of view – you will never really get to know someone before you get into someone else's body and wander around
After you finally get to know them, you will find that the vast majority of people are good people
- Atticus
Originally was to see Gregory. Pike starred in the movie of the same name, and then found the original book to watch. It is said that because of Parker's classic appearance, many young people in the United States decided to pursue a career as a lawyer; and his almost perfect father image of a benevolent, wise, fearless, righteous prophet almost made him a national icon in the United States.
The author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is the famous American writer Harper Lee, who won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize. The novel has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies to date. Its positive guidance for shaping a child's correct outlook on life makes it one of two books that Obama specifically recommended to his children.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 story overview</h1>
The story takes place in a small town in the American South, during the Great Depression of the 1930s. One historical context that must be mentioned is racial discrimination: although Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, the actual situation of blacks has hardly changed. The Oscar-winning film Twelve Years of Slavery, a few years ago, took place in the 1850s, only then it was more primitive and barbaric than the Great Depression in the book. During the Great Depression, racial discrimination remained an overwhelmingly universal idea. Therefore, the identity of the protagonist Atticus as one of the very few righteous awakeners in that era is particularly precious.
The author first takes us through the eyes of a child to appreciate everything in the town. The little girl's father was an honest and gentle lawyer, a two-year-older brother, and as a white family, a loyal and well-behaved black man hired as a nanny because of his righteous father. The neighbor's wife who is angry with everyone, and the mysterious "weirdo" who attracts children all the time.
The whole story can be divided into two main and dark threads: the main straightforward clue is the case of Tom Robinson, a black man; and the other metaphorical secondary clue is the girl's mysterious neighbor, Arthur Radley.
The opening chapter tells the absurd legends of the strange man Radley in the town. The nature of the children makes them both scared and curious, always wanting to find out. At the instigation of their good friend Deere, they have some intersection with Radley, a strange man who has never seen anyone, and their intersection, though scattered, almost lasts to the end. The mysterious Radley hides in the darkness because of worldly prejudices, but in the dark he pays attention to the children with gentle eyes all the time. Give them small gifts, help them, and even come forward to save them in the end.
Meanwhile, the quiet town is undercurrents over a rape involving black people. What the lawyer father did with the case as an advocate for the black defendants, and the impact it had, was another thread of the story.
Atticus, as one of the very few people of his time who had awakened too early for equality, defended the Negro, doomed to failure and intolerable to the world. He knew that the pressure was heavy, but he still had no hesitation to defend the black man, so that his conscience would not be blamed and that he could face his children calmly. His generous statements and reasoned statements in court have made the truth known to the world, but they still cannot withstand the prejudices of the times. The jury and most of the white people, in order to maintain the so-called "dignity of white people", disregarded the facts and insisted on killing innocent people. The reckless escape of tom, black tom, who was later shot and killed, was also the cold reality of that era.
Here, add a court statement from Atticus, which is one of the best of the book:
"In this country, there is a way to make all men equal—there is a human social opportunity that can make beggars equal to Rockefeller, fools equal to Einstein, and ignorant people equal to the presidents of any university. Such a body, gentlemen, is the tribunal. It can be the supreme federal court of the United States, it can be the most basic magistrates' court, or it can be your court of law that you are now serving. Like any social institution, our courts have their flaws, but in this country our courts are the greatest egalitarians. In our courts, all men are born equal."
In the end, Radley saved the two children, which made Radley show his true face for the first time. Radley reminds me of Quasimodo, the bell ringer of Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris, whose appearance is even ugly, but whose hearts are crystal pure and immaculate. At this point, the two lines blend together, perfectly interpreting the theme of the novel: don't kill a robin that doesn't get in the way.
Court Defense
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the meaning of the 02 robin</h1>
The novel seems to describe everyday life in the town throughout. In this way, an era and a piece of history are presented to the reader through the eyes of an innocent child. There are no obscure words, no complex psychological descriptions, but there is a heroic breath, silent and gentle to awaken our souls.
"The robins just hum beautiful music for people to enjoy and don't do anything bad. They don't eat the flowers, fruits and vegetables grown in people's yards, nor do they nest in the barn, they just sing for us. So killing a robin is a crime. ”
One of the really explicit robins in the novel is Radley the Geek, and the other is Tom, a black man.
Black Tom is Atticus's "robin", whether he is black or white, he only knows that this is a good, distressed "robin" and that he has the right to be saved. When Tom dies, he is like a righteous lone wolf, thinking about what he has done wrong, and he wants to protect the "robin", not the crowned blue crow. He therefore agreed with Mr. Tate and protected Radley.
He once said to Kuster:
"When you grow up a little longer, you will find that white people cheat on black people every day, but I will tell you one thing, you must keep in mind that a white man is a scum who does such a harmful thing to a black man, no matter who he is, no matter how rich he is, no matter how noble he comes from." 」
In terms of symbolism, the robin runs through the entire work, and it is not difficult to find that the robin symbolizes innocent and kind people. When you kill a robin, it's like killing a good and innocent person. All men are created equal, but one night a black robin tried to break free of its cage and fly to freedom, but fell under a white bullet, and it was human prejudice that killed him.
Atticus and the children
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 Aside from narrow prejudices, the truth may be beautiful</h1>
On the title page of the book is a quote from the British writer Charles Lamb: "The lawyer, I thought, was also a child."
In this case, Heysan's poem also has it: Hitler when he was a child, I think/, must also be very cute.
Is this pride and prejudice? To mention Hitler is to be a demon, and to mention a lawyer is to be righteous. But for better or worse, they were all children at birth, so cute, don't be partial. Such views are almost ubiquitous in the book, and they are also one of the inferior natures of people throughout the ages. It's like white prejudice against black people, neighborhood prejudice against Radley, Orthodox prejudice against Monnonites, and so on. These prejudices are created by the times and are rooted in everyone's heart, as if they are taken for granted but they do not know it.
Just as Mrs. Caroline would have been indignant at Hitler's prejudice against the Jews, she herself had the same deep-seated prejudice against blacks; radley, a strange man who had not been out of the house for more than twenty years, had become, in the rumors, a terrifying man who "ate dead rats, would come out at night, and always had a pair of scissors in his hand." It was only then that he was the kindest man he had ever been; Raymond, a white man, was treated like an alcoholic by the inhabitants and looked drunk all day. Only later did he find out that his bottle was Coke and that he didn't drink at all. The reason he keeps pretending to be "drunk" is only because he thinks it's funny. Mrs. Dubos insults the Atticus family for defending the Blacks, angering her brother Jem, who angrily smashes her beloved camellia. Atticus asks Jem to read to Mrs. Dubos every night to atone for his sins. It wasn't until Mrs. Dubos died that Atticus told the siblings that Mrs. Dubos was suffering from the great torture of quitting morphine addiction, and that was the real bravery.
Prejudice is a very powerful thing, it blinds us and closes our five senses, as the book says:
"People usually see what they want to see, and what they hear is what they want to hear."
It is stubborn and terrible, and some people, when they see the first person, give others a reckless definition, regardless of what the facts are. Even "what we see with our eyes is not necessarily the truth." And in our present, such things are not uncommon:
"He's from Henan, he's definitely not reliable."
"To become an executive at such a young age, there must be a relationship behind it"
"Women wear so little, they are not serious girls at first glance"
Another example is today, when the epidemic is raging, facing Wuhan people stranded in other places.
In fact, many of them did not maliciously flee, some returned to their hometowns for the New Year, some returned home on holidays, some went out for tourism, and some did not break out when they left. However, when the epidemic broke out, everyone talked about tigers and even grass and trees, they were exiled, deported, discriminated against, and even some people's mobile phones were exploded, and the phones were full of insults. Foreign countries are discriminated against, and domestic smoke is also a wolf smoke.
In fact, our common enemy is the virus, not the people of Wuhan. Many people forget that we are all Chinese. As Triptych Weekly put it:
Suffering that happens to one innocent person can also happen to all people.
How to eliminate prejudice? The solution is simple:
"If you want to understand a person, you have to put yourself in his shoes and think about the problem from his point of view, otherwise, you can't really understand him." 」
Let's tear that veil open and see what's inside?
Are Henan people unreliable? In the fight against the epidemic this time, the hard-core measures of Henan people have been recognized by the people of the whole country, from the rescue of medical teams to the enthusiastic donation of materials by ordinary people, and henan people can be seen everywhere. Every year, the top ten models are indispensable to Henan people. In the construction of civilization in any field, Henan has not been left behind!
Becoming an executive at a young age is the result of hard work behind it. Behind every success, there is sweat that ordinary people can hardly imagine. Where is there so much filth? It is gold that always shines, and there is always a reward for paying!
Women are not serious when they wear less? What old ideas? In today's society, there is personality, ability, blooming self, for self-confidence and publicity, people will always only appreciate and admire!
"Do not do to others what you do not want" Although simple but easy to do, we must always give our children justice and humility.
May we always not run away from the pure gaze of our children and give them light. So that they can face the thorns of life's path. Because we all want to be fathers like Atticus, guiding our children forward.
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