The Bean Eaters They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. Dinner is a casual affair. Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, Tin flatware. Two who are Mostly Good. Two who have lived their day, But keep on putting on their clothes And putting things away. And remembering... Remembering, with twinklings and twinges, As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths, tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes. Gwendolyn Brooks 其实她还算有名了。^^ 回到你的报告：不知道现在回这篇还来不来得及……不过既然你的主题是 The Bean Eaters，那重点就应该是它（甚至我觉得 Gwendolyn Brooks 可以不提， 因为她不是你的报告主题──当然如果老师觉得要提比较好就另当别论）。 又因为你没办法知道作者在想什麽，所以你的感想、诠释才是重点， 读诗是很主观的，不要认为主观是不好的。:) 至於切入点──贫穷很容易，也很不错。 这是两位好人，也很认真地生活过──「做好事」和「认真生活」 不都是常听到的 life advice 吗？那为什麽他们还那麽贫穷？ 作者以第三者的角度很平静地叙述两个人吃晚餐的情况 背後会不会让你觉得社会好像那里出错了？ 晚餐的食物是豆子──以豆子当主食代表什麽？ 可以说的还满多的，祝报告顺利。 -- ╭─────────────────────────╮ │"When there is pain, there are no words. All pain│ │is the same." -- Toni Morrison │ ╰────────────◇ http://distract.org/ ◇╯ --

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