"The Circling Hand"中文摘要:

敘事者(Annie John)追憶兒時與父母親在一起的快樂生活，文中敘事者提及和母親一同沐浴、一同上市集、一同準備午餐的親密場景，講述母親如何離家從多明尼哥來到安地卡，以及母親如何珍視她小時後成長的點滴，並提到父親對自己講述有關小時候父母離鄉後和祖母在一起的生活和祖母的死亡。然而如此天堂般的生活在敘事者十二歲時頓時改變，敘事者提到母親如何不再和她穿相同樣式的服飾，如何厭棄她不好好學鋼琴，變成了一個她完全不認識的人，敘事者也深刻地感受到她和母親間的親密關係也從此終結了。

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"The Circling Hand":

uOne central question: What makes Annie change her views about her family and esp. her mother?  e.g. pp. 18-19; 136

u Mother-Daughter Relationship:

1. What kind of gender model does the mother offer Annie? e.g. p. 13-14; 25

2. What role does the father take in this part?

3. What's the significance of the trunk?  P. 20

4. What do you think about the mother’s way of teaching Annie? 

u What does the title mean?  What “finishes” her happy childhood and love for the family (p. 32).