To Kill a Mockingbird 梅岡城的故事 (經典文集,五歲到70幾歲都可以閱讀)
Every adult should read before they die.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old.
The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explains the novel's impact by writing, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism.
**If anyone finds a work here that doesn't yield immediately to their understanding ..your own potential
VOC:
Boo 嚇鬼的聲音
postage stamp(n. 名詞)郵票[C]
How do you handle letters without postage stamps on them in your country? 你們國家是如何處理不貼郵票的信件的?
presidential (Medal of freedom)
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act ofU.S. Congress—the highest civilian award of the United States. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".[3] The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded tomilitary personnel and worn on the uniform.
It was established in 1963 and replaced the earlier Medal of Freedom that was established by President Harry S. Truman in 1945.
Bildungsroman成長小說,教養小說; 教育小說(描述主角心理成長及道德教育的小說)
In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German: "novel of formation/education/culture"),[1] novel of formation,novel of education,[2] or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),[3] and wherein character change therefore is extremely important.
for example:
- Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (2000)[36]
- The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd (2002)[37]
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (2003)[38]
- Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)[25]
spooky:movie中的狂犬病的狗
cross examine交叉詰問
retire 退下去 (your father doesn't know how to teach)
mockingbird=weaker/ defendless
Southern Gothic
Southern Gothic is a subgenre of Gothic fiction unique to American literature that takes place exclusively in the American South.
Common themes in Southern Gothic literature include deeply flawed, disturbing or eccentric characters who may or may not dabble in hoodoo,[1] ambivalentgender roles and decayed or derelict settings,[2]grotesque situations, and other sinister events relating to or coming from poverty, alienation, racism, crime, and violence.
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1.Tom boy 穿著像女孩的男孩
2.All men are created equal
The quotation "All men are created equal" has been called an "immortal declaration", and "perhaps [the] single phrase" and popularized as "theory of prediction" of the United States Revolutionary period with the greatest "continuing importance".
Humanism is a movement of philosophy and ethics that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers individual thought and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over established doctrine or faith (fideism).
Lesson 1: Put yourself in order people's shoes.
Lesson 2: Don't kill mocking birds.
Lesson 3: Keep fighting even if you know you'll lose.
Lesson 4: The world is very unfair.
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