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1、MyWoodE.M.ForsterEdwardMorganForster(1879-1970),Englishessayist,novelist,biographer,andliterarycritic,wroteseveralnotableworksoffictiondealingwiththeconstrictingeffectsofsocialandnationalconventionsuponhumanrelationships.ThesenovelsincludeARoomwithaView(1908),HowardsEnd(
2、1910),andAPassagetoIndia(1924).Inaddition,hislecturesonfiction,collectedasAspectsoftheNovel(1927),remaingracefulelucidationsofthegenre.In“MyWood”takenfromhisessaycollectionAbingerHarvest(1936),Forsterwriteswithwitandwisdomabouteffectofpropertyuponhumanbehavior---notablyh
3、isown.AfewyearsagoIwroteabookwhichdealtwithinpartwiththedifficultiesoftheEnglishinIndia.FeelingthattheywouldhavehadnodifficultiesinIndiathemselves,Americansreadthebookfreely.Themoretheyreaditthebetteritmadethemfeel,andachequetotheauthorwastheresult.Iboughtawoodwiththeche
4、que.Itisnotalargewood----itcontainsscarcelyanytrees,anditisintersected,blastitbyapublicfootpath.Still,itisthefirstpropertythatIhaveowned,soitisrightthatotherpeopleshouldparticipateinmyshame,andshouldaskthemselves,inaccentsthatwillvaryinhorror,thisveryimportantquestion:Wh
5、atistheeffectuponthecharacter?Don’tlet’stouchtheeconomics;theeffectofprivateownershipuponthecommunityasawholeisanotherquestion----amoreimportantquestion,perhaps,butanotherone.Let’skeeptopsychology.Ifyouownthings,what’stheireffectonyou?What’stheeffectonmeofmywood?Inthefir
6、stplace,itmakesmefeelheavy.Propertydoeshavethiseffect.Propertyproducesmenofweight,anditwasamanofweightwhofailedtogetintotheKingdomofHeaven.Hewasnotwicked,thatunfortunatemillionaireintheparable,hewasonlystout;hestuckoutinfront,nottomentionbehind,andashewedgedhimselfthiswa
7、yandthatinthecrystallineentranceandbruisedhiswell-fedflanks,hesawbeneathhimacomparativelyslimcamelpassingthroughtheeyeofaneedleandbeingwovenintotherobeofGod.TheGospelsallthroughcouplestoutnessandslowness.Theypointoutwhatisperfectlyobvious,yetseldomrealized:thatifyouhavea
8、lotofthingsyoucannotmoveaboutalot,thatfurniturerequiresdusting,dustersrequireservants,servantsrequirein
