Friday, July 16, 2010

接骨师的女儿讨论问题

1. 为什么露丝(Ruth)会选择在每年的八月失声一个星期?
2. 为什么茹灵(LuLing)会开始记录下自己的过去?
3. 你认为宝姨(Precious Auntie)对茹灵隐瞒她的真实身份对吗?为什么宝姨会保守这个秘密那么多年?
4. 宝姨,茹灵和露丝这三个女性她们各自的性格特征是什么? 有什么共性吗?
5. 茹灵是怎样反叛母亲宝姨的?露丝和茹灵在这方面有什么相同之处吗?
6. 露丝的童年记忆怎样影响她的生活?母亲茹灵的记忆又是怎样影响她对露丝的行为的?
7. 出于什么目的露丝决定找人翻译并阅读母亲的回忆录?
8. 为什么妹妹高灵(GaoLing)比姐姐茹灵更容易融入美国的生活?
9. 在茹灵和女儿露丝矛盾爆发最激烈的时候,发生了一件什么事情差点要了茹灵的性命?
10. 你认为造成茹灵和露丝母女之间矛盾冲突的最终原因是什么?
11. 露丝和亚特(Art)的关系陷入一种什么样的困境?结局如何?
12. 你最喜欢小说的哪一部分?
13. “接骨师的女儿”和我们之前读过的“喜福会”相比在描写母女关系这一主题上有什么不同?
14. 你认为什么是打开母女之间感情交流之门的钥匙?
15. 家里有女儿的谈谈你们和女儿有矛盾时是如何解决的?

12 comments:

雪 said...

紫罗兰太厉害了,一眨眼就出来了这么多的‘问题’,等着听大家分享最后的两题, 太需要答案了。

悠游读书会 said...

做作业啦!

7. 出于什么目的露丝决定找人翻译并阅读母亲的回忆录?

--After Ruth was confirmed that her mother had dimentia one day she went through her mother's things and found a stack of papers written in Chinese. Realizing she would loss her mother very soon, in a desperate attemt to understand her mother better and to gain insight into her Chinse legacy Ruth decided to have the documents translated.

五嶽獨尊 said...

9. 在茹灵和女儿露丝矛盾爆发最激烈的时候,发生了一件什么事情差点要了茹灵的性命?

Ruling jumped from the window sill and broke her shoulder.

五嶽獨尊 said...

11. 露丝和亚特(Art)的关系陷入一种什么样的困境?

The relation between Ruth and Art is a happying ending story. Did the author start out by telling us what the problem is? The happy ending comes too easy for :-)

姥姥 said...

1. 为什么露丝(Ruth)会选择在每年的八月失声一个星期?
第三年的八月,露丝决定不再被动地等待失声发作,而是事先跟朋友和客户解释说,她计划进行为期一周的沉默冥修。“我每年进行一次这种静修仪式,”她说,“为了对语言和词句的感觉更加敏锐。”她的客户中有一个崇尚新时代哲学的心理医生认为,这种主动的沉默冥修“简直绝妙”,并且决定自己也身体力行,然后把他们亲身体验的发现写到他们合作的新书里,作为一种沉默疗法,或者用以辅导家庭互动交流出现问题的人。

竹林子 said...

Margie, you have all hard questions and I am glad some of them are already answered. I will go with an easy one, no. 12, what part of the fiction is your favorite.

I'd say I like the part best when Ruth learned she inherted lots of money from her mom, who bought stocks. Mom's decisions to buy or sell were, unknown to Ruth, based on Ruth's response from the sand box. Ruth was trying to manipulate ( probably too strong a word) her mother by saying Auntie Precious said this or that. Innocent responses worked as sign to Luling. I thought that was fun part.

五嶽獨尊 said...

"失声"这个问题问得很好. 作者用此必有用意. 从"失声"到"复生", 谁能讲一下你是如何理解的?

雪 said...

不知为什么没有贴上去,打了半天字,还头痛呢!:)

12. 喜欢Ruth 小时候在学校摔了后只写不说那部分, 尤其在家和她妈的“power" struggle, I can see that from Sophie too.:) 怕失宠而装不能说,特别是生病的特殊待遇会消失,不过,也真的是可以学习从孩子的角度来看问题,来反省自己。

紫罗兰的问题都太有深度了,留着大家抢答,我得抓紧时间赶快把它读完。

大雁 said...

我喜欢“坐在尿盆上就会怀孕的情节“描述,特别童心无知。 
也反应出来她们母女之间的沉默,距离,畏惧。

孩子不愿意都给父母交流的原因是不是共病? 

大雁 said...

听听大家的,好好学习。

五嶽獨尊 said...

还是让沉默的人群先说吧!

竹林子 said...

Hey Xiaokang and Xiaoying,
thank you for leading the conversations; learned more about the book than when I first read it. Definitely a gaining, wonderful meeting!

Thanks Xiaoying for plotting our future reading. Everyone may participate at her own pace and intensity, but reading is always good. And thanks for keeping us in your reading prayers.