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1、Lee,Harper—ToKillaMockingbird1960TOKILLAMOCKINGBIRDbyHarperLeeDEDICATIONforMr.LeeandAliceinconsiderationofLove&AffectionLawyers,Isuppose,werechildrenonce.CharlesLambPARTONE1Whenhewasnearlythirteen,mybrotherJemgothisarmbadlybrokenattheelbow.Whenitheal
2、ed,andJem’sfearsofneverbeingabletoplayfootballwereassuaged,hewasseldomself-consciousabouthisinjury.Hisleftarmwassomewhatshorterthanhisright;whenhestoodorwalked,thebackofhishandwasatrightanglestohisbody,histhumbparalleltohisthigh.Hecouldn’thavecaredle
3、ss,solongashecouldpassandpunt.Whenenoughyearshadgonebytoenableustolookbackonthem,wesometimesdiscussedtheeventsleadingtohisaccident.ImaintainthattheEwellsstarteditall,butJem,whowasfouryearsmysenior,saiditstartedlongbeforethat.HesaiditbeganthesummerDil
4、lcametous,whenDillfirstgaveustheideaofmakingBooRadleycomeout.Isaidifhewantedtotakeabroadviewofthething,itreallybeganwithAndrewJackson.IfGeneralJacksonhadn’truntheCreeksupthecreek,SimonFinchwouldneverhavepaddleduptheAlabama,andwherewouldwebeifhehadn’t
5、?Wewerefartoooldtosettleanargumentwithafist-fight,soweconsultedAtticus.Ourfathersaidwewerebothright.BeingSoutherners,itwasasourceofshametosomemembersofthefamilythatwehadnorecordedancestorsoneithersideoftheBattleofHastings.AllwehadwasSimonFinch,afur-t
6、rappingapothecaryfromCornwallwhosepietywasexceededonlybyhisstinginess.InEngland,SimonwasirritatedbythepersecutionofthosewhocalledthemselvesMethodistsatthehandsoftheirmoreliberalbrethren,andasSimoncalledhimselfaMethodist,heworkedhiswayacrosstheAtlanti
7、ctoPhiladelphia,thencetoJamaica,thencetoMobile,anduptheSaintStephens.MindfulofJohnWesley’sstricturesontheuseofmanywordsinbuyingandselling,Simonmadeapilepracticingmedicine,butinthispursuithewasunhappylesthebetemptedintodoingwhatheknewwasnotfortheglory
8、ofGod,astheputtingonofgoldandcostlyapparel.SoSimon,havingforgottenhisteacher’sdictumonthepossessionofhumanchattels,boughtthreeslavesandwiththeiraidestablishedahomesteadonthebanksoftheAlabamaRiversomefortymilesaboveSaintStephens.HereturnedtoSaintSteph