[杀死一只知更鸟].Harper.Lee.-.To.Kill.a.Mockingbird

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1、“ToKillaMockingbird”ByNelleHarperLee2PartOneChapter1Whenhewasnearlythirteen,mybrotherJemgothisarmbadlybrokenattheelbow.Whenithealed,andJem’sfearsofneverbeingabletoplayfootballwereassuaged,hewasseldomself-consciousabouthisinjury.Hisleftarmwassomewhatshorterthanhisright;whenhestood

2、orwalked,thebackofhishandwasatrightanglestohisbody,histhumbparalleltohisthigh.Hecouldn’thavecaredless,solongashecouldpassandpunt.Whenenoughyearshadgonebytoenableustolookbackonthem,wesometimesdiscussedtheeventsleadingtohisaccident.ImaintainthattheEwellsstarteditall,butJem,whowasfo

3、uryearsmysenior,saiditstartedlongbeforethat.HesaiditbeganthesummerDillcametous,whenDillfirstgaveustheideaofmakingBooRadleycomeout.Isaidifhewantedtotakeabroadviewofthething,itreallybeganwithAndrewJackson.IfGeneralJacksonhadn’truntheCreeksupthecreek,SimonFinchwouldneverhavepaddledu

4、ptheAlabama,andwherewouldwebeifhehadn’t?Wewerefartoooldtosettleanargumentwithafist-fight,soweconsultedAtticus.Ourfathersaidwewerebothright.BeingSoutherners,itwasasourceofshametosomemembersofthefamilythatwehadnorecordedancestorsoneithersideoftheBattleofHastings.AllwehadwasSimonFin

5、ch,afur-trappingapothecaryfromCornwallwhosepietywasexceededonlybyhisstinginess.InEngland,SimonwasirritatedbythepersecutionofthosewhocalledthemselvesMethodistsatthehandsoftheirmoreliberalbrethren,andasSimoncalledhimselfaMethodist,heworkedhiswayacrosstheAtlantictoPhiladelphia,thenc

6、etoJamaica,thencetoMobile,anduptheSaintStephens.MindfulofJohnWesley’sstricturesontheuseofmanywordsinbuyingandselling,Simonmadeapilepracticingmedicine,butinthispursuithewasunhappylesthebetemptedintodoingwhatheknewwasnotforthegloryofGod,astheputtingonofgoldandcostlyapparel.SoSimon,

7、havingforgottenhisteacher’sdictumonthepossessionofhumanchattels,boughtthreeslavesandwiththeiraidestablishedahomesteadonthebanksoftheAlabamaRiversomefortymilesaboveSaintStephens.HereturnedtoSaintStephensonlyonce,tofindawife,andwithherestablishedalinethatranhightodaughters.Simonliv

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