"Bright Thursday"中文摘要:

Laura是一名私生女，自小和媽媽(Myrtle)及兩個哥哥生活在貧困的家中沒有任何拘束。在Laura九歲時，Myrtle寫了封信給Laura的祖父母，希望兩位老人家能夠在生活上資助Laura，並且開始教導Laura生活上各項禮節。經過一番爭扎與討論，Laura的祖母(Miss Christie)決定將Laura接來撫養。由於祖父母生活環境富裕，Laura反倒因為要學習諸多禮儀而倍感束縛，整個人也都變得較為羞澀沉靜。一方面也因為自己的外貌(諸如膚色、髮型)與照片中父親不相同而產生自卑感。一日，小女孩的父親(Mr. Bertram)寫信說要帶在美國結婚的妻子(Mina)一同回鄉，Laura滿心期待著父親的歸來，但父親回來後卻對Laura相當冷淡，並責怪祖父母為何要浪費時間在一個私生女身上，讓Laura十分灰心。

問題

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"Bright Thursdays":

“”--Questions

•Why is Laura's story not like ours visits of our grandparents? 

•If we divide up the story into the beginning, middle and end, where is the “middle” part in which the action starts? 

•Why does the story have a long introduction?  What does the intro. show about Laura?  Why does she feel alienated from her siblings?  What is she afraid of? 

•What is the significance of the photographs, mirror, the mountains vs. the wide open space, and the clouds? 

•What does the ending mean?