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BackgroundCultureTipsTheKindnessofStrangersUnit8GenreAuthorBWTRBackgroundAuthorBWTRThetextisadaptedfromtheoriginalarticlebyMikeMclntyrewhichappearedinReader’sDigest,May1997.GenreBackgroundAShortStoryPlot:TheauthortravelledacrosstheUnitedStatesalonetofindoutifpeoplewerewillingtohelpstrangers.Setting:PeopleintheUnitedStatesseemtohavebecomemoreandmoreindifferenttootherpeople’sneeds.Protagonists:“I”andthepeoplehelped“I”Theme:Whatdoyouthink?BWTRCultureTipsWhereistheGoldenGateBridge?

ItlinksthecityofSanFranciscowithMarinCountytothenorth.Sincethesuspensionbridgeopenedin1937,ithasbeenoneoftheprincipallandmarksofbothSanFranciscoandCalifornia.BackgroundWhereisCapeFear?AhighlongnarrowpieceoflandwhichgoesoutintotheseainsouthernNorthCarolina;onthesoutherntipofSmithIsland,juttingintotheAtlanticOcean,nearthemouthoftheCapeFearRiver.Itwassonamedbecauseofthetreacherouswaterssurroundingit.AprominentlandmarkonCapeFearisitslighthouse.BackgroundCultureTipsWhoisBlancheDuBois?AsouthernwomancharacterintheplaycalledAStreetcarNamedDesire(《欲望号街车》);Attheendoftheplay,shesaidthiswell-rememberedlinebeforesheistakentoanasylum:“Whoeveryouare,---Ihavealwaysdependedonthekindnessofthestrangers.”BackgroundCultureTipsCultureTipsTennesseeWilliamsTheauthorofAStreetcarNamedDesire(Pulitzerwinner);Inthisplays,asinmanyofhisotherworks,Williamsexplorestheintensepassionsandfrustrationsofadisturbedandfrequentlybrutalsociety;ThestoryopenswithBlancheDuBoiscomingtoNewOrleanstovisithersister,thepregnantStella,andthesistershusbandStanleyKowalski.Togettotheirapartment,shehastotakeastreetcarnamedDesire.ThustheDesirestreetcarbecamethemostfamousstreetrailwayintheworld.Background