亲爱的

作为一个白人女孩成长于肯塔基州东部,这是美国历史上第一位黑人作家我曾经接触过。这并不是我们的主要课程的一部分,我抓住了AP的阅读列表作为我的一个“自我选择”(老实说,暗讽,“性”就是吸引我),但它应该是。的人认为这对高中生来说太图形1)自欺欺人是高中生在做什么;和2)不知道丫书中的内容孩子阅读;和3)都没抓住要点。亲爱的是我第一次“看见”从黑人奴隶制的观点。直到心爱的,每一节课都是一个字面上的“白色”描绘美丽的种植园,大师和简单、洒脱的“工人”。这是不现实的。告诉孩子这是现实不保护他们,只是买了短暂的舒适的同理心。撇开奴隶制的重要和有意义的描述,这本书的语言很漂亮。 Besides depicting a black protagonist, this is one of the few books I read at school that was written from a female perspective. This book is a great segue from “safe” and entertaining children’s stories into adult literature. The conversations sparked by this book will help students understand each other. Please don’t be dissuaded by screechy school-board moms who want to drag literature into a political agenda. The only people with something to fear from this book are racists.

首先,在这里没有乱伦。回顾在这里说,没有,所以他们可能没有读这本书,就想出来了。这不是图形。托妮·莫里森,她从来没有写关于鞭打或直接强奸。事实上这些话可能不是。相反,她使用符号来描述影响。而不是“他们鞭打我的背,直到流血,”这本书害羞地描述第一次看到伤口在背部“野樱桃树”“开花”和“红色的。”而不是“我不想让这些人强奸女儿”这是“避免(奴隶主)入侵(我)女儿的私处。“她是一个熟练的作家。这是关于奴隶制的主观的和集体的情感影响。这本书是惊人的。故事发生在1870年代美国南北战争后以及闪烁回到1850年代,当时在美国有340万非洲奴隶。 No, this book is not an exagerration. Yes, only around 25% of white people were slave owners at the time- but 3.4 MILLION Africans were enslaved. This book is creepy for sure. It revolves around an escaped enslaved woman who kills her infant daughter when her evil “masters” found out where she was hiding to avoid the little girl growing up being enslaved, raped, and treated like shit by these men. The ghost of the baby comes back to wreak havoc and question the morality of the decision. The characters deal with the changing times. YES, this happened, YES this is based on a true story, YES it was common, and YES it paints a lush picture of black pain and black joy in the 1800s America. A teenager definitely can “handle” this. I read graphic memoirs about the Holocaust when I was 14, and it lit up my empathy and brought me up to speed on the true state of history. Teenagers can handle this- trust me, it’s way more about morality than the video games they’re playing, the graphic rumors about sex they’re hearing, and whatever else they may be looking up on the Internet. There’s a reason this book won the Pulitzer. On top of being elegantly woven between two times and multiple storylines, the symbology, the complex syntax make it an enjoyable read, and the content would serve those well who want to explore the picture of the black people of 1800s that made America what it is today.