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1、TheScarletLetter(紅字)HawthorneHesterPrynne,theunmarriedprotagonist,commitsadulterywiththeReverendDimmesdale.Achild(Pearl)isbornoutofwedlock.TheReverendDimmesdalekeepshisaffairwithHestersecretfromthePuritancommunityheministersto.Heisconsumedwithguiltandsham
2、e.Hissecretslowlydevourshimfromtheinside.Aspunishmentforhersins,thecommunitysentencedHestertowearascarlet"W(foradulteress)embroideredonherdress.Althoughshunnedbythecommunity,Hesteropenlyacceptsherfateandtransformsherpersonality.Sheworksdiligentlytomakeher
3、selfaproductivememberonthefringesofsocietyanddoingneedleworkforthelessfortunateandtendingtoherchild.Intheend,herselfless,charitableworkendearshertothePuritancommunity.CivilRightsMovement(Time:1955-1968)(民權(quán)運(yùn)動)In1955RosaParksrefusedtogiveupherseatonthebusto
4、awhiteperson.Althoughshewasarrestedandjailed,herbraveeffortsinspiredtheMontogomeryBusBoycottwhichlastforoverayear.MartinLutherKingwasinspiredbyherexampleandbecameknownasoneofthemostadmiredfiguresoftheCivilRightsMovement.Heorganizedhundredsofnon-violentpro
5、testsandgaveanunforgettablespeechentitledThaveadream?MartinLutherKingandRosaParkshelpedgettheCivilRightsActof1964passed.Unfortunately,thesocialprogresswasaccompaniedbyatragicsacrifice:theassassinationofDr.Kingbyasouthernmadman.In1960,atarestaurantinGreen
6、sboroofNorthCarolina,4blackcollegestudentssitstillindefianceofthemaliciousbehaviorofthewaite匚Respondedwarmlybyblackstudentsinthesouth,thisactionquicklydevelopedintoalargescalesit-inmovement.Finally,nearly200restaurantsinthecitywereforcedtoabolishtheracial
7、segregation.MartinLutherKing(馬丁路德金)MartinLutherKing,J匚(January15,1929一April4,1968)wasanAmericanclergyman,activist,andprominentleaderintheAfrican-AmericanCivilRightsMovement.HeisbestknownforbeinganiconicfigureintheadvancementofcivilrightsintheUnitedStatesa
8、ndaroundtheworld,usingnonviolentmethodsfollowingtheteachingsofMahatmaGandhi.KinghasbecomeanationaliconinthehistoryofmodernAmericanliberalism.ABaptistminister,Kingbecameacivilrightsactivistearlyinhiscareer.Heledthe19
