简爱英文版故事情节介绍

小说《简爱》讲述一位从小变成孤儿的英国女子在各种磨难中不断追求自由与尊严，坚持自我，最终获得幸福的故事。

故事大概：

简·爱是个孤女，她出生于一个穷牧师家庭。不久父母相继去世。幼小的简·爱寄养在舅父母家里。舅父里德先生去世后，简·爱过了10年倍受尽歧视和虐待的生活。后来，简被送进了罗沃德孤儿院。

长大后，简·爱成为桑菲尔德庄园家庭教师，庄园主人罗切斯特回来后经常举行家宴。在一次家宴上，简·爱已经爱上了罗切斯特。罗切斯特也已爱上简·爱，当他向简·爱求婚时，她答应了他。

当婚礼在教堂悄然进行时，突然有人出证：罗切斯特先生15年前已经结婚。法律阻碍了他们的爱情，使两人陷入深深的痛苦之中。在一个凄风苦雨之夜，简·爱离开了罗切斯特。

最后简·爱被牧师圣·约翰收留，并在当地一所小学校任教。之后简·爱再次回到桑菲尔德庄园，那座宅子已成废墟罗切斯特也受伤致残。简·爱找到他并大受震动，最终和他结了婚，得到了自己理想的幸福生活。

《简·爱》是英国女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特创作的长篇小说，是一部具有自传色彩的作品。

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《简·爱》是一部具有浓厚浪漫主义色彩的现实主义小说。《简·爱》中的简·爱人生追求有两个基本旋律，富有激情、幻想、反抗和坚持不懈的精神，对人间自由幸福的渴望和对更高精神境界的追求。

《简·爱》的主题是通过对孤女坎坷不平的人生经历，成功地塑造了一个不安于现状、不甘受辱、敢于抗争的女性形象，反映一个平凡心灵的坦诚倾诉的呼号和责难。小说主要描写了简·爱与罗切斯特的爱情。简·爱的爱情观更加深化了她的个性。

主人公简·爱认为爱情应该建立在精神平等的基础上，而不应取决于社会地位、财富和外貌，只有男女双方彼此真正相爱，才能得到真正的幸福。

小说大量运用心理描写是这本小说的一大特色。全书构思精巧，情节波澜起伏，给读者制造出一种阴森恐怖的气氛，而又不脱离一个中产阶级家庭的背景。作者还以行情的笔法描写了主人公之间的真挚爱情和自然风景，感情色彩丰富而强烈。

-简爱

汪培珽所说的第四阶段是指4-5岁的孩子，他们经过比较良好的英文启蒙。

 这一阶段的故事书的主题集中在勇敢、坦诚、感恩等优良品质上。请记住，挑选的是故事而不是英文。选英文故事书是以孩子喜欢、能接受为最高原则，书单只是参考。

汪培珽共推荐了46本英文故事书，分为三大部分，主要是An I can read系列和名家绘本系列。

一、An I can read系列--level 2、3（兰登出版社） 27本

1 The Grandma Mix-up 幽默、祖孙情

2 Zack’s Alligator 幽默、友情、关怀

3 Rollo and Tweedy and the Ghost at Dougal Castle 谁在装鬼的侦探故事

4 A Bargain for Frances 坦诚、不欺瞒

5 The Big Ballo on Race 冒险、勇气、毅力

6 Sam the Minuteman 争取自由、保护家园

7 The Josefina Story Quilt 希望、关怀、感恩

8 The Golly Sisters Go West 吵吵闹闹还是好朋友

9 Hill of Fire 逆境中的乐观

10 The Drinking Gourd 平等、关怀、勇气

11 The Long Way to the New Land 移民的希望之旅

12 Wagon Wheels 万里寻父的勇气之旅

13 The Case of the Scaredy Cats 男女生的友谊、幽默

14 The Case of the Hungry Stranger 天真幽默的侦探故事

15 Kick, Pass, and Run 团队合作

16 Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express 勇气、荣耀，真实故事改编

17 Harry in Trouble 解决问题

18 Emma’s Yucky Brother 领养、亲情

19 The 18 Penny Goose 逆境中的关怀，真实故事改编

20 Daniel’s Duck 嘲笑也是称赞的一种方式

21 The Golly Sisters Ride Again 幽默、友谊

22 A Bear for Miguel 勇气、慷慨

23 Snowshoe Thompson 信任，真实故事改编

24 Small Wolf 印第安人的历史

25 Aunt Tater’s Mystery Halloween 侦探故事

26 Ghosts 鬼故事，幽默有趣

27 In a Dark, DarkRoom "

二、An I can read系列--level 2、3----Lillian Hoban作品系列 9本

“哥哥总是比妹妹强、比妹妹勇敢、比妹妹懂算术、比妹妹会识字。” 这自以为是的猩猩哥哥Arthur和妹妹Violet所发展出来的一系列幽默温馨故事。"

1 Arthur's Birthday Party

2 Arthur's Loose Tooth

3 Arthur's Christmas Cookies

4 Arthur's Honey Bear

5 ArthurCamp-Out

6 Arthur's Great Big Valentine

7 Arthur's Funny Money

8 Arthur's PenPal

9 Arthur's Prize Reader

三、各名家绘本 10本

1 A Day's work 诚实，态度，袓孙情

2 Our Teacher's Having a Baby 爱、安全感

3 The Wednesday Surprice 关怀、祖孙情

4 The Giant Jam Sandwich 消灭蚊子的方法，诙谐

5 Jamaica's Find 良心发现、道德勇气

6 Sami and the time ofthe Troubles 战争，追求幸福

7 Chrysanthemum 自我认同

8 The Amazing Bone 父母之爱

9 The Mysterious Tadpole 没办法养的宠物

10 Marshmallow 友情

扔掉的亚麻的故事

The Hurds

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Once upon a time there was a girl who was beautiful, but lazy and negligent When she had to spin she was so ill tempered that if there was a little knot in the flax, she at once pulled out a whole heap of it, and scattered it about on the ground beside her Now she had a servant who was industrious, and who gathered together the discarded flax, cleaned it, spun it well, and had a beautiful dress woven out of it for herself

A young man had courted the lazy girl, and the wedding was about to take place On the eve of the wedding, the industrious girl was dancing merrily about in her beautiful dress, and the bride said,

Ach, wat kann das Mken springen

in minen Slickerlingen!

Ah, how that girl can jump about,

in my hurds!

The bridegroom heard this, and asked the bride what she meant by it So she told him that the girl was wearing a dress made from the flax which she had thrown away When the bridegroom heard this, and saw how lazy she was, and how industrious the poor girl was, he gave her up and went to the other girl, and chose her as his wife

从前有位姑娘长得很漂亮,但很懒惰又马虎。如果叫她纺织,她总是心浮意躁,麻里有个小结,她就会扯掉一大堆麻,扔在身边的地上。有一个勤快的丫头,把摔掉的麻收拢来,洗乾净,又精心地纺了一遍,用它织成了一件漂亮的衣服。一个年轻人向那懒姑娘求婚,他们很快就要举行婚礼了。在结婚的前一晚,那勤快的丫头穿着她那美丽的衣服,高兴地来他家跳舞,新娘说:

“啊呀,那丫头穿着我不要的东西,

竟来堂而皇之地跳舞!“

新郎听见了,很是迷惑,问新娘说这话是甚么意思。於是她跟他说,那女孩穿的衣服,是她扔掉的麻织成的。新郎听到这话,晓得她懒,而那穷女孩勤快,就毫不犹豫地撇下了她,走到了那勤快的姑娘跟前,选了她做了自己的妻子。

钉子的故事

The Nail

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

A merchant had done well at the fair He had sold all his wares, and filled his moneybag with gold and silver He now wanted to make his way toward home, and to be in his own house before nightfall So he loaded his duffel bag with the money onto his horse, and rode away

At noon made a rest stop in a town When he was about to continue on his way, a servant brought him his horse and said, "Sir, a nail is missing from the shoe on his left hind hoof"

"Let it be," answered the merchant "The shoe will certainly stay on for the six hours that I still have to ride I am in a hurry"

That afternoon, when he dismounted once again and had his horse fed, a servant came into the inn and said, "Sir, a shoe is missing from your horse's left hind hoof Shall I take him to the blacksmith"

"Let it be," answered the man "The horse can manage for the few hours that I still have to ride I am in a hurry"

He rode on, but before long the horse began to limp It did not limp long before it began to stumble, and it did not stumble long before it fell down and broke a leg The merchant had to leave the horse where it was, and unbuckle the duffel bag, load it onto his shoulder, and walk home on foot, not arriving there until very late that night

"All this bad luck," he said to himself, "was caused by that cursed nail"

Haste makes waste

一个商人在集市上生意红火,他卖完了所有的货,钱袋装得满满的。他想天黑前赶到家,便把钱箱捆在了马背上,骑着马儿出发了。

中午时分,他到了一个镇上休息了一会。当他想继续赶路时,马童牵出马来对他说:“老爷,马后腿的蹄铁上需要加颗钉子。”“由它去吧,”商人回答说,“这块蹄铁肯定能撑到走完这六里路,我要急着赶路呢!”

下午时候,他又一次叫人喂马,马童走进房间对他说:“老爷,马后腿上的一块蹄铁掉了,要不要我把它带到铁匠那去呢”“由它去吧!”商人回答说,“这马一定能坚持走完这剩下的几里路,我时间紧着呢!”

他骑着马儿继续往前走,但不久以后马就开始一步一瘸的了,再过会儿就开始踉踉跄跄,最后它终於跌倒在地,折断了腿。那生意人只好扔下他的马,解下钱箱扛在背上,步行回家。等赶回家时已是午夜时分,只听他嘀咕着:“都是那颗该死的钉子把我给害惨了。”

周六组织了孩子的读书会，有个小朋友推荐了一本英文故事书《Mine's  the Best 》，我发现正是汪培珽英文第一阶段的书单，故事很有趣，关于两个孩子争论谁的东西好，吵架后又和好的故事。我当时觉得奇怪，我买的第一阶段怎么没这本书呢？

回家后我把网上购买的I can read系列翻出来，确实没有这本书，一共10本，少了3本。原来电商偷换概念，列出“I can read”第一阶段 汪培珽书单，并不是全部13本。coco看的第一本是《Stanley》，她觉得太难，不愿意看，最后这10本书就束之高阁了。如果我们仔细看汪培珽的书单，就发现她根据出版社、作者划分成几个部分来推荐书目。

今天我整理了汪培珽英文第一阶段书单，方便粑粑麻麻们在网上书店复制搜寻。故事书相比教材和分级阅读，趣味性很重要，是培养孩子对英文产生阅读兴趣的引子。汪培珽书单是从英文启蒙开始的，第一阶段是0-2岁，由家长来亲子共读。这一阶段的书，我觉得很适合刚刚开始英文阅读的小学生，我的提示是按照有一定阅读能力的小学低年级小朋友来做的。

一、An I can read系列--level 1（兰登出版社）  13本书

温馨提示：这系列书中的句子比较长，适合做亲子阅读。《Mine'sthe Best 》则适合小学生自主阅读。网上搜索，有音频。

1  Happy birthday, Danny and the dinosaur 分享友情 

2  Danny and the Dinosaur    冒险、友情

3  Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp      团体生活、幽默

4  The lighthouse children    关怀友情 

5  WhoWill be My Friends    交朋友

6  Captain Cat  友情、幽默 

7  Stanley  勇于改变、爱

8  Grizzwold    努力、冒险、环保       

9  Chester 追求理想不气馁

10 Mine's the Best    炫耀心态、友谊     

11 Oliver  追求

12 Mrs  Brice's Mice  关怀、友谊           

13 Sammy the Seal    冒险、追求理想

二、Penguin Group系列读本（企鹅出版社） 9本书

温馨提示：这9本书比较简单，适合幼儿亲子共读，对于小学生来说，因为简单可以自主快速阅读。网上搜索，有音频。

1  Don't Wake the Baby  关怀、爱、手足之情

2 Benny's Big Bubble  冒险旅程，知名作家Tomiedepaola作品

3 Silly Willy 爱、幽默             

4 The Big Snowball  幽默

5 Otto the Cat  友情、关怀     

6 The Little Engine That Could Helps Out  再试一次的勇气

7 Lots  of Hearts 关怀             

8 Pig Out 欢乐气氛

9 Picky Nicky  营养食物的基本认识

三、各名家绘本  11本书  

温馨提示：这套书有趣幽默，由不同的作者所写，风格不同，适合孩子自主快速阅读。 有些较难，可以亲子共读。

1 Do  You See a Mouse 找找书

2 LittleGorilla  爱、友情

3 My Mother is Mine  还是自己的妈妈最好

4 No Nap 小孩儿都不喜欢睡觉

5 So Many Cats      关怀、数数

6 The Little Red Hen 天下没有免费的午餐

7  Have You See My Duckling  妈妈找小宝宝的趣味书

8  Ten Apples Up on Top 数数，幽默

9  We're Going on a Bear 韵文，亲情

10 Truck  小小孩最爱的车车书

11  Jamberry 充满想象力，构图和色彩都极丰富的冒险旅程

汪培珽：美国纽约圣约翰大学MBA学历，在银行职场工作九年，后决定成为全职妈妈，陪伴一对儿女成长。先后写了《喂故事书长大的孩子》、《培养孩子的英文耳朵》、《还好，我们生了两个孩子》等书。

《小王子》 The Little Prince

《彼得兔和他的朋友们》 Peter Rabbit and Friends

《纳尼亚传奇：狮子、女巫和魔衣柜》 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

《纳尼亚传奇：凯斯宾王子》 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

《纳尼亚传奇：黎明踏浪号》 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

《彼得·潘》 Peter Pan

《小妇人》 Little Women

《安徒生童话》 Andersen's Fairy Tales   

《芒果街上的小屋》 The House on Mango Street

《曾达的囚徒》 The Prisoner of Zenda

《坎特维尔幽灵》 The Canterville Ghost

《绿野仙踪》 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

《奥兹国的格林达》 Glinda of Oz

《奥兹玛公主》 Ozma of Oz

《桃乐茜与魔法师》 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

《通向奥兹国的路》 The Road to Oz

《翡翠城》 The Emerald City of Oz

《碎布姑娘》 The Patchwork Girl of Oz

《滴答人》 Tik-Tok of Oz

《稻草人》 The Scarecrow of Oz

《林基廷克国王》 Rinkitink in Oz

《奥兹公主失踪记》 The Lost Princess of Oz

《铁皮人》 The Tin Woodman of Oz

《奥兹国的魔法》 The Magic of Oz

《廊桥遗梦》 The Bridges of Madison County

《绿山墙的安妮》 Anne of Green Gables

《月亮和六便士》 The Moon and Sixpence

《爱丽丝梦游仙境》 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

《纳尼亚传奇：能言马与男孩》 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse And His Boy

《纳尼亚传奇：魔法师的外甥》 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

《纳尼亚传奇：最后一战》 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle

《纳尼亚传奇：银椅》 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

《微软启示录：比尔·盖茨语录》 Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates In His Own Words

《经济学的N个笑话》 Joke Book on Economics

《人类的故事》 The Story of Mankind

《宇宙简史：起源与归宿》 The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe

《假如给我三天光明》 Three Days to See

《野性的呼唤》 The Call of the Wild

《小公主》 A Little Princess

《歌剧魅影》 The Phantom of the Opera

《理智与情感》 Sense and Sensibility

《黑骏马》 Black Beauty

《八十天环游地球》 Around the World in 80 Days

《汤姆·索亚历险记》 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

《海底两万里》 Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

《月池》 The Moon Pool

《老人与海》 The Old Man and The Sea

《契诃夫短篇小说精选》 Love and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

《四百万》 The Four Million

《剪亮的灯盏——欧·亨利短篇小说集》 The Trimmed Lamp

《隐形人》 The Invisible Man

《美国佬都是骗子》 All Yankees Are Liars

《莫洛博士岛》 The Island of Dr Moreau

《血字的研究（第一部）：华生医生的回忆》 A Study in Scarlet

《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》 The Hound of the Baskervilles

《归来记》 The Return of Sherlock Holmes

《悠游度过一天的24小时》 How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

《嘉莉妹妹》 Sister Carrie

《特务》 The Secret Agent

《三十九级台阶》 The Thirty-Nine Steps

《道林·格雷的画像》 The Picture of Dorian Gray

《虹》 The Rainbow

《大街》 Main Street

《福尔摩斯回忆录》 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

《四签名》 The Sign of Four

《恐怖谷》 The Valley of Fear

《化身博士》 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

《动物庄园》 Animal Farm

《朱莱卡·多卜生》 Zuleika Dobson

《儿子与情人》 Sons and Lovers

《鲁滨逊漂流记》 The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

《吉姆爷》 Lord Jim

《纯真年代》 The Age of Innocence

《青年艺术家的画像》 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》 Uncle Tom's Cabin

《远大前程》 Great Expectations

《神秘岛》 The Mysterious Island

《柳林风声》 The Wind In The Willows

《青鸟》 The Blue Bird

《双城记》 A Tale of Two Cities

《秘密花园》 The Secret Garden

《格兰特船长的儿女》 The Children of Captain Grant

《金银岛》 Treasure Island

《黑暗之心》 Heart of Darkness

《雾都孤儿》 Oliver Twist

《欢乐之家》 The House of Mirth

《莎士比亚十四行诗》 The Sonnets of William Shakespeare

《红字》 The Scarlet Letter

《弗兰肯斯坦》 Frankenstein

《罪与罚》 Crime and Punishment

《呼啸山庄》 Wuthering Heights

《傲慢与偏见》 Pride and Prejudice

《福尔摩斯冒险史》 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

《了不起的盖茨比》 The Great Gatsby

《君主论》 The Prince

大家有什么喜欢的书籍，也都分享出来吧~~

Black Diggers: Study Notes

Synopsis

The broad story presented by ‘Black Diggers’ is one of Indigenous Australian men who fight alongside non-Indigenous soldiers in World War I Its many scenes cover a long time period,from before they join the army, to episodes in the trenches on the Western Front, then topost-war scenes set back in Australia While ‘Black Diggers’ portrays the widely differing experiences of the Indigenous soldiers, it also shows several common factors Forexample, it depicts the desire of many young Aboriginal men to join up in order toparticipate in and receive recognition from a community which otherwise considers themsecond-class It also shows the common experience felt by Indigenous soldiers of a returnto a position of disadvantage and dispossession after the war

黑色的挖掘机:学习笔记

剧情简介

《黑色挖掘者》所呈现的广阔故事是澳大利亚土著居民的一场战斗。

在第一次世界大战中，还有很多与非本地士兵并肩作战，从他们参军之前，到西部前线的战壕里，再到后一段时间的场景。

澳大利亚的战争场面。而《黑色挖掘者》则描绘了迥然不同的景象。

土著士兵的经历也显示了一些共同的因素。例如，它描绘了许多年轻的土著居民为了参与和接受来自于他们认为是二等公民的社区的认可而加入的愿望。它还显示了土著士兵在战后恢复到处于不利地位和被剥夺的地位的共同经验。

Historical Context

Historically, relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians have never been smooth, as ‘Black Diggers’ emphasises throughout From the violence shown in the opening scene, the play depicts ongoing conflict through the characters’ experiences, as well as inthe stories they have inherited from their families and forebears Over time, the conflictbetween Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has taken many forms, several ofwhich are illustrated in the play, including:Physical violence (eg The murders in the opening scene)

Verbal abuse (eg When the Aggressive Private abuses Harry on the ship)

Discrimination and infringement of rights (eg The Indigenous men being deniedentry to the pub, or the fact that land was taken away from Indigenous people andgiven to the returned servicemen

though not necessarily Indigenous ones)

历史背景

历史上，土著和非土著澳大利亚人之间的关系从未如此流畅，正如“黑色挖掘者”在整个过程中强调的那样。从开幕式上展示的暴力现场,德通过人物的经历来描绘持续的冲突，以及他们从家族和祖先那里继承下来的故事。随着时间的推移，土著居民和非土著澳大利亚人之间的冲突已经采取了多种形式，其中有几项在游戏中有说明，其中包括:-。

肢体暴力(例如在开场时的谋杀)-。

口头谩骂(例如，当有侵犯性的私人谩骂时，哈里在船上)。

歧视和侵犯权利(例如，土著男子被拒绝进入酒吧，或土地被从土著人民手中夺走，并给予返回的军人)。

-虽然不一定是本土的

Important Quotes 重要语录

“What are you going to do with itFull-blood, too Unusual Perfect specimen”(Page14) “你打算用它做什么”全血。不寻常的。完美的标本。”14页

“The world – the bigger, grown-up world–is a complicated, difficult place You should enjoy every moment of your childhood Plenty of time for the truth later”(Page 20)这个世界-更大，已经成熟了的世界是一个复杂的，困难的地方。你应该你童年的每一寸时光。未来你会有更多的时间去了解真相 （20页）

“No one mentioned the colour of my skin from the day I enlisted”(Page 55)“从我入伍的那天起，就没有人提到过我的肤色。”(55页)

“No…there’s been a mistake, I should be with my mates” “We are your comrades now”(Page 56) “不是…我犯了一个错误,我应该和我的伴侣一块儿的。“我们现在是你们的同志了。”(56页)

“I can see the big world… I don’t want to join in I don’t belong”(Page 96）“我可以看到大的世界…我不想加入一个不属于我的地方。”(96页）

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An American plantation slave loses his gifted yet headstrong son to a harsh whipping in this powerful, compact rush of a first novel

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一个美国种植园的奴隶失去了他那天才而又倔强的儿子，第一部小说强大的而又紧凑的鞭策。

Guyanese poet D'Aguiar (winner of the TS Eliot Prize and the Guyanese National Poetry Award) uses first-person narrative, poetry, journal entries, and newspaper editorials to reveal this tale full of twisted beauty圭亚那诗人D'Aguiar (TS艾略特奖和圭亚那国家诗歌奖得主)使用第一人称叙述、诗歌、日记和报纸社论来展现这个充满扭曲之美的故事。

The reader runs to each of these devices like to a new window from which to catch a glimpse of the truth每一个这样的装置上的阅读者，就像打开一个新的窗口，让他们看到真相。

That slavery is cruel seems to be the message of the first few pages, which describe the emotional scars Whitechapel still bears many years after the death of his son But deliberate ambiguities make this much more than a catalogue of slavery's devastations

Whitechapel is a dignified man, respected by his peers, and even by his own masters to a degree But his dignity is that of the good slave He accepts his lot and has made the best of it His son, Chapel, is secretly taught to read by the master's daughter, falls in love with her, dreams of running off with her, and even tries But Chapel's father reveals his son's whereabouts to the master with the hope of clemency upon his inevitable capture Chapel's punishment of 200 lashes kills him Whitechapel becomes known as a Judas and, eventually, as just a silly old grandfather But dignified acquiescence and spirited rebellion are strategies that fail blacks equally in this novel, set in the American South in the early 1800s The plantation owner, part tortured Christian soul and part ruthless slaveholder, is a complex if still inexcusable character So are the two generations of sadistic plantation deputies Miscegenation and rape further muddy these waters, and inbreeding ultimately results in oedipally proportioned calamity A small book with the emotional impact of a wide-screen blockbuster, the reasoned progress of a play, and the painful beauty of poetry

奴隶制是残酷的，这似乎是最初几页的信息，它描述了在他的儿子死后多年的情感伤痕。但是故意的模棱两可使得这不仅仅是一份奴隶制的毁灭目录。白教堂是一个有尊严的人，受到同行的尊敬，甚至是他自己的硕士学位。但他的尊严是好奴隶的尊严。他接受了自己的命运，并尽了最大的努力。他的儿子，小礼拜堂，被主人的女儿偷偷地教读书，爱上了她，梦想着和她一起私奔，甚至尝试。但是小教堂的父亲向主人透露了他儿子的下落，希望他能以仁慈的态度抓住他。礼拜堂对200鞭子的惩罚杀死了他。白教堂被称为“犹大”，并最终成为一个愚蠢的老祖父。但是，在这部小说中，有尊严的默许和英勇的反抗是黑人在这部小说中同样失败的策略，在19世纪初的美国南方。种植园主，部分扭曲了基督教的灵魂，部分残忍的奴隶主，是一个复杂的，但仍然不可原谅的角色。这两代虐待狂的种植园代表也是如此。种族通婚和强奸进一步使这些水域浑浊，而近亲繁殖最终导致了一场规模相当大的灾难。一本带着大屏幕大片的情感影响的小书，一部戏剧的理性进步，以及诗歌的痛苦之美。