5. The Chocolate War《巧克力戰(zhàn)爭》1974年
作者:(美)羅伯特·科米爾
[梗概]
杰瑞·雷諾思索著海報上的一行字:我敢不敢撼動這宇宙?在一年一度的?;I款會上,杰瑞拒絕販賣巧克力的行為也許不算激進,但當他與學校里一個叫"守夜會"的秘密學社為敵時,他的抗爭才真正演變成一場全面戰(zhàn)爭。
Jerry Renault ponders the question on the poster: Do I dare disturb the universe? Refusing to sell chocolates in the annual school fund-raiser may not seem like a radical thing to do. But when Jerry challenges a secret school society called The Vigils, his defiant act turns into an all-out war.
[簡評]
--本書有力地說明了,要堅持你所信奉的,即使是一個人在戰(zhàn)斗?!x者凱特
It's a powerful lesson about standing by what you believe in, even if you must do so alone. - Reader Kat
--世界是險惡的,你無法改變這個現(xiàn)實。努力反抗才是你最重要的出路?!緯髡吡_伯特·科米爾
The world is evil and there's nothing you can do about it. Trying to fight against it is the most important thing you can do. - Robert Cormier, author of this book
[精彩片段]
--他厭惡自己的生活以這種方式繼續(xù)下去,漫長的還過得去的日日夜夜——不算好,不算壞,不算偉大,不算墮落,不算激動人心,什么都不算。
He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.
--不在于你的塊頭有多大,而在于你怎樣運用你的身體。
It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.