【外刊专题】2023届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：读书话题.pdfVIP

高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜为什么要读书？这位“罪犯作家”如此回答……

读书的力量究竟有多大？ChristopherBlackwell的经历也许能带给我们一些

启发：20多岁时，他被判处45年监禁；入狱10年后，他开始在狱中接受大学

教育；从2020年开始，他成为了一名作家，作品见诸各大权威媒体。为什么读

书能给他带来如此大的变化？他是如何看待在监狱中读书这件事的？

ReadingWhileIncarceratedSavedMe.SoWhyArePrisonsBanning

Books?

ByChristopherBlackwell

Duringmyfirstdecadeinprison,Ibusiedmyselfwithexercisingandhanging

outinthebigyard.Ihardlygrewasaperson.ItwasntuntilIbegancollegeinprison

thatIstartedtorealizemyfullpotential.

Throughmyjourneyincollege,Ibecameanavidreaderandwriter,strivingto

escapeprisonlifebyexpandingmymindbeyondthetoxicenvironmentsIdbeen

confinedto.Oneconceptthatreallyhithomeformewastoxicmasculinity.Iwanted

tounderstandbetterwhyIhadusedviolencetosolvemyproblems.

Ihavefound,however,thatstrangersstandbetweenmeandmanyofthebooksI

wanttoread.Throughoutthecountry,prisonofficialshaverejectedortriedtoban

booksaboutbiology,theHolocaust,sketching,dragonsandeventhemoon.

Claimingsuchbansarenecessaryforthesafetyandsecurityofprisonsseems

ludicrous.PracticallyeveryauthorIhaveencounteredwhileinprisonhasplayeda

roleinmyeffortstogrowandbecomeabetterperson—someonewhocanlivein

societybyaddingtoit,asopposedtotakingfromit.

Withoutcollegeandwithoutaccesstobooksandmaterialsthatexpandedmy

mindbeyondtherazorwireandtoweringconcretewalls,Imightstillbewastingmy

timeontheyard.Myworldviewwouldstillbedictatedbytoxicmasculinityandthe

violenceandharmthatsurroundit.ThatsnotwhoIwanttobewhenIleavethis

prison.Itsnotwh