杀死一只知更鸟英文简介课件.ppt

To Kill a Mockingbird《杀死一只知更鸟》
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Introduction
To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the American lifespend the summer with his ,the children devise plans they hope will get their reclusive(隐居的) neighbor,Arthur “Boo” Radley,to come out of his home.
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They have heard rumors about his life, and they begin to make up stories of their own. When Atticus learns that the children are bothering the Radley family, he encourages them to stop, but their fascination with Boo never diminishes. Boo also becomes interested in them. He leaves them small gifts in the knothole(树洞) of a tree, mends(修补) Jem’s pants when they are caught in a fence, and surreptitiously(秘密地) covers Scout with a blanket while she stands watching fire consume a neighbor’s home. As the novel progresses, the children’s image of Boo slowly evolves from that of an oddity to that of a human being capable of love.
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At Christmas,Scout and Jem are given air rifles and a dictum: “Shoot all the bluejays you want,if you can hit ’em,but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”. Their father later explains that mockingbirds only make music and sing their hearts out for also tells Scout and Jem that it is evil to take advantage of people who are disenfranchised(被剥夺公民权的).
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The second part of the novel reveals the children’s growing maturity as they watch the events unfold when Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson,a black man who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell,a poor, white woman. Atticus tells Scout, “I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man,” suggesting that it is his Christian duty to help those in need regardless of their race or class. When Scout and Jem visit Calpurnia’s church,they learn that segregation(种族隔离) extends to religious practices though Calpurnia maintains that whites and blacks serve the same God.
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Atticus clearly proves Tom Robinson’s innocence by arguing that a left-handed person abus