《警察与赞美诗》英文梗概.doc

《警察与赞美诗》英文梗概.doc

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A New York City hobo named Soapy,who sets out to get arrested so he can avoid sleeping in the cold winter as a guest of the city jail.

Soapy'sploys伎俩includeswindling诈骗arestaurantintoservinghimanexpensivemeal, breakingtheplate-glasswindowofaluxuryshop,repeatinghiseateryexploitatahumble简陋的diner, sexuallyharassing ayoungwoman,pretendingtobepublicly intoxicated喝醉tomaketroubles,andstealinganotherman's umbrella.

However,alloftheseattemptsarequicklyexposedasfailures.Basedontheseevents,Soapydespairsofhisgoalofgettingarrestedand imprisoned.

AsO.Henrydescribesevents,thesmallchurchhasaworking organ机构andapracticingorganist风琴演奏者.AsSoapylistenstothechurchorganplayan anthem圣歌,heexperiencesaspiritual epiphany 神灵显现thenheresolves决定tocease停止tobehomeless,endhislifeasa trampafflicted苦恼with unemployment,andregainhis self-respect.

AsSoapystandsonthestreetandconsiderstheplanforhisfuture,however,apolicemantapshimontheshoulderandaskshimwhatheisdoing.WhenSoapyanswers“Nothing,”hisfateissealed未知:

hehasbeenarrestedfor loitering闲荡.Inthemagistrate’s法官courtonthefollowingday,heisconvicted定罪ofa misdemeanor行为不端andissentencedtothreemonthsin Blackwell'sIsland,theNewYorkCityjail.