История запрещенных книг.
1960
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird is about the trial of a black man, Tom Robinson, who has been falsely accused of raping a white woman in a small town in Alabama in the 1930s. The protagonist, Scout Finch, is a young girl whose father is the lawyer for the defendant. As the story develops, Scout learns about inequality and racism. Towards the end, Robinson is found guilty by the racist jury and shot while trying to escape from custody.
Since it is told from a child’s perspective, To Kill A Mockingbird is often viewed as a children’s book, and it is frequently used to teach young people about American history, segregation, and racism. However, while the novel is true to the place and times in which it is set, there are questions about how relevant it is today. There are frequent calls, sometimes successful, for its removal from the curriculum, for a variety of reasons: the sexual assault; the implication that women lie about being raped; the racist language, including use of the N-word; and its treatment of racism.
In recent years, the book has been criticized for its “white saviour” complex, as the plot revolves around a white lawyer helping a Black man. This reason was cited by an Edinburgh school that removed it from its curriculum in 2021. Some critics argue that the book, which is by a white author, should be removed in order to make space for more works by Black writers.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. ”
Harper Lee, in To Kill a Mockingbird
Слова:
pulitzer prize-winning [ˈpʊlɪtsər praɪz ˈwɪnɪŋ] — лауреат Пулитцеровской премии
falsely accused [ˈfɔːlsli əˈkjuːzd] — ложно обвинённый
raping [ˈreɪpɪŋ] — совершение изнасилования
protagonist [prəˈtæɡənɪst] — главный герой (протагонист)
defendant [dɪˈfendənt] — подсудимый
inequality [ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti] — неравенство
racism [ˈreɪsɪzm] — расизм
guilty [ˈɡɪlti] — виновный
racist jury [ˈreɪsɪst ˈdʒʊəri] — расистски настроенное жюри присяжных
custody [ˈkʌstədi] — содержание под стражей
child’s perspective [tʃaɪldz pəˈspektɪv] — детская точка зрения (перспектива)
segregation [ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn] — сегрегация
true to the place and times [truː tuː ðə pleɪs ænd taɪmz] — правдиво отражающий место и время
relevant [ˈreləvənt] — актуальный (релевантный)
frequent calls [ˈfriːkwənt kɔːlz] — частые призывы
removal [rɪˈmuːvl] — удаление (исключение)
curriculum [kəˈrɪkjələm] — учебная программа
variety of reasons [vəˈraɪəti əv ˈriːznz] — множество причин
sexual assault [ˈsekʃuəl əˈsɔːlt] — сексуальное насилие
implication [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn] — подтекст (скрытый смысл)
n-word [en wɜːd] — «слово на букву Н» (эвфемизм для расистского оскорбления)
treatment of racism [ˈtriːtmənt əv ˈreɪsɪzm] — трактовка темы расизма
criticized [ˈkrɪtɪsaɪzd] — критикуемый
white saviour complex [waɪt ˈseɪvjə ˈkɒmpleks] — комплекс «белого спасителя»
plot revolves around [plɒt rɪˈvɒlvz əˈraʊnd] — сюжет вращается вокруг
cited [ˈsaɪtɪd] — упомянутый (цитируемый)
make space for [meɪk speɪs fɔːr] — освободить место для
consider things [kənˈsɪdə θɪŋz] — рассматривать вещи (ситуации)
point of view [pɔɪnt əv vjuː] — точка зрения
climb inside of his skin [klaɪm ɪnˈsaɪd əv hɪz skɪn] — залезть (влезть) в его шкуру
