杀死一只知更鸟｜To Kill a Mockingbird

原著作者｜哈珀·李 Harper Lee Have you ever wondered why a good person would kill a mockingbird America in the nineteen thirties Maycomb a small sleepy town in the South Six year old Scout lives with her brother Jem and their father Atticus Atticus is a lawyer with gray hair and gold rimmed glasses speaking slowly and calmly He tells his children there is something more important than human nature and that is conscience But in this town conscience doesn't seem worth much There's a young black man named Tom Robinson He's accused of raping a white woman Everyone knows he's innocent but everyone also says he's a dead man Atticus steps forward saying he'll defend Tom That night a group of white men come to the jail They want to lynch Tom Atticus sits at the jail entrance holding a book He doesn't bring a gun he brings his conscience Scout and Jem arrive too and a little girl runs to the crowd She says I know you my father fought you in court The men freeze then they scatter On trial day the courtroom is packed Atticus asks the white woman which hand did Tom use to hit you She says the right hand Atticus asks Tom to stand his left arm is disabled Everyone sees it Tom's left hand is shriveled he couldn't possibly have hit anyone Atticus says the real attacker is the woman's father Because his daughter seduced a black man he was furious The evidence is clear Tom is innocent But the jury finds him guilty That night Scout asks her father why did this happen Atticus says because they're human and humans have prejudice Tom refuses to accept it he tries to escape The guards say he's running they shoot and kill him Dead an innocent person just like that Scout doesn't understand why do good people die and bad people live Atticus tells her mockingbirds don't do harm They don't eat crops they don't destroy gardens they just sing for us with their hearts So killing a mockingbird is a sin Tom was a mockingbird He did nothing wrong he just lived and he was killed The story isn't over There's a strange man in town named Boo Radley He hasn't left his house in twenty years the children say he's a monster Scout and Jem always wonder what does Radley look like But Radley never appears He just occasionally leaves small gifts for the children in a tree hollow Until one day Scout and Jem are walking home The white woman's father appears with a knife He says it's all Atticus's fault he lost face He's going to kill these two children Jem is knocked unconscious Scout screams Suddenly a hand reaches out from the darkness It's Radley He kills the white man and saves the two children The sheriff arrives he says the white man fell on his own knife Atticus understands the sheriff doesn't want Radley on trial Because Radley is a good person and good people don't need to be put in court Scout walks Radley home She stands at Radley's door looking back She suddenly understands Radley is also a mockingbird He did nothing wrong he just lived quietly and people called him a monster She remembers her father's words Killing a mockingbird is a sin Some birds are meant to be left alone they just sing for us with their hearts This is To Kill a Mockingbird A story about prejudice about conscience about growing up Atticus teaches us with his life True courage isn't holding a gun It's knowing you'll lose but still doing what's right Because there's something more important than winning or losing And that is not letting your conscience be stained前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动