'Suppose you [Bigger Thomas] wake up some morning and find your sister dead? What would you think then?' She asked. 'Suppose those rats cut our veins at night when we sleep? Naw! Nothing like that ever bothers you! All you care about is your own pleasure! Even when the relief offers you a job you won't take it till they threaten to cut off your food and starve you! Bigger, honest, you the most no-countest man I ever seen in all my life!' (查看原文)
He [Bigger] shut their voices out of his mind. He hated his family because he knew that they were suffering and that he was powerless to help them. He knew that the moment he allowed himself to feel to its fullness how they lived, the shame and misery of their lives, he would be swept out of himself with fear and despair. So he held toward them an attitude of iron reserve; he lived with them, but behind a wall, a curtain. And toward himself he was even more exacting. He knew that the moment he allowed what his life meant to enter fully into his consciousness, he would either kill himself or someone else. So he denied himself and acted tough. (查看原文)
It was totally an accident that I encountered this book, which was when I watched the movie American History X and this book was there as the son was talking to his father over the dinner. It always fasincates me when I come across with black race, Jew, etc...
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0 有用 今天饭量也很大 2020-12-13 17:23:08
全文很急促、压抑。最后检察官勃克利和麦克斯律师在法庭上的大段对白很精彩!别格作为一个接受教育程度不高的黑人年青人,他想说的难以通过语言表达,表达的都是愤怒、恐惧和恨,还有自豪与战栗。在监狱里他懵懵懂懂的在与麦克斯的谈话中感到喜悦和犯罪行为的最终原因,他无药可救又无可奈何。不过赖特认为,白人女性文学和黑人男性文学的进步无疑都会对黑人女性起到积极作用而忽视本族女性的作用,这是他之后其他作家的进步之处。
1 有用 Chris-tin-a 2011-03-07 15:14:54
我只能用破坏宣布我的存在与自由。
4 有用 dinosaurs 2006-10-08 14:45:25
平生最爱,之一.太他妈有劲儿了这本.高二那会儿,看得直出冷汗.
0 有用 昨日之岛 2016-01-22 12:40:06
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0 有用 每天要开心哟 2020-03-30 23:22:02
《土生子》不是一个凶杀故事。小说想表达的是,比格是生存环境的产物,他贫穷、没有受过教育、有暴力倾向,最重要的是被社会忽略。一开始,白人读者并不喜欢这部小说,里面的字字句句仿佛都在证明他们对非裔美国人的看法。但赖特这部著作的性质颠倒了这个概念,比格如此不习惯白人的善意,这个事实让读者们认识到,那些超出比格控制的社会因素让他的人生起了个坏头。小说结尾,他和曼克斯先生成了朋友,这也在暗示,如果比格有合适... 《土生子》不是一个凶杀故事。小说想表达的是,比格是生存环境的产物,他贫穷、没有受过教育、有暴力倾向,最重要的是被社会忽略。一开始,白人读者并不喜欢这部小说,里面的字字句句仿佛都在证明他们对非裔美国人的看法。但赖特这部著作的性质颠倒了这个概念,比格如此不习惯白人的善意,这个事实让读者们认识到,那些超出比格控制的社会因素让他的人生起了个坏头。小说结尾,他和曼克斯先生成了朋友,这也在暗示,如果比格有合适的生存环境和基础,是可以受到教化并在为时已晚之前进行自我表达的。 (展开)
0 有用 叁小丁点儿 2023-09-29 19:33:07 贵州
《土生子》是一部美国黑人作家创作的反映美国黑人身上的人性恶的小说。当别格将玛丽的尸体肢解、塞入火炉中焚烧、有计划地写敲诈信、用砖头残忍地杀害自己的女友蓓西时,这些行为已经完全不能用种族歧视来解释了,这完全就是活脱脱的人性恶。
0 有用 理性今晚值夜班 2023-04-11 15:27:35 陕西
恐惧、仇恨和内疚是这出戏的基调!
1 有用 AhFloyd 2022-04-04 12:32:16
今年到此最投入的一部小说,赖特没有让所有的白人成为野兽,而是指出他们所有的罪恶是在于对人本身的无知。主人公别格也绝非被冤枉的傻黑甜,是一个为非作歹的确杀过人的罪犯。因此他拒绝被认同,他要求我们也坐在陪审席,最后高潮的法庭戏的角逐雄辩而平衡,但指向了一切罪恶的根源,“动机”——“在白人眼里每一个黑人都是有罪的”,正如麦克斯所言“从某个意义上说,美国的每个黑人今天都在那儿受审。”太振聋发聩了。
0 有用 仍安 2021-01-14 21:48:02
阴天读这本种族主义小说好压抑,历时3天。先看电影,后补原著,差异比较大。本以为麦克斯可以为别格扳回一城,结果依旧是将死的命运。蓓西的死不过是一件证物,道尔顿小姐的死不过是一种象征,而别格的死才是真正的众矢之的。有一种“天叫我亡,我不得不亡”的悲壮。没有什么计划周密的谋杀,不过是人走投无路时的正当防卫罢了。
0 有用 今天饭量也很大 2020-12-13 17:23:08
全文很急促、压抑。最后检察官勃克利和麦克斯律师在法庭上的大段对白很精彩!别格作为一个接受教育程度不高的黑人年青人,他想说的难以通过语言表达,表达的都是愤怒、恐惧和恨,还有自豪与战栗。在监狱里他懵懵懂懂的在与麦克斯的谈话中感到喜悦和犯罪行为的最终原因,他无药可救又无可奈何。不过赖特认为,白人女性文学和黑人男性文学的进步无疑都会对黑人女性起到积极作用而忽视本族女性的作用,这是他之后其他作家的进步之处。