"A Walk to the Jetty"中文摘要:

敘事者(Annie John)回憶自己十七歲要離開安地卡到英國唸書的當日，文中提及當日起床時她對自己房間所擁有的種種回憶，並表達因看到父母兩人年紀的婚姻懸疏而不想結婚的觀感，以及對母親一些虛偽行為的排斥。透過和父母親一同步行到防波堤坐船到巴貝多轉機的路程，敘事者回憶和各店家及一些熟人的所發生過的往事，諸如小時候幫母親到商店買東西被母親稱讚、在裁縫店當學員時被挑剔，以及母親因為眼科醫師說喝胡蘿蔔汁對她視力有幫助而每天榨汁給她喝等諸多回憶。最後提到自己到達防波堤和雙親離別時的空虛感與對未來的嚮往，隨著船行漸遠，眼望著母親與自己過往的一切也跟著遠去。

問題

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"A Walk to the Jetty":

1. Is Annie’s separation from her family and the past inevitable and absolute? e.g. 130-131 “never” 133-34 “for the last time”

2. Is it appropriate for Annie to criticize her parents? Are you sympathetic with her hatred of the mother?  Pp. 133

3. What does she reject in leaving the place?  Can you relate to her need to leave the place forever?  pp. 144-148

4. Walking away from the past (memories, education and transitional objects) cannot deny the mother’s good intention in educating her; do we need to reject things we are no longer interested in or people who are no longer on a par with us?