Cô ấy có nói gì trước khi chết không? “Anh ta hỏi.” Vâng, “Bác sĩ phẫu thuật nói.” Cô nói, ‘Hãy tha thứ cho anh ta’ ” cô ấy. ” Tìm Gerald và đánh anh ta đến chết. Tôi nghĩ rằng mẹ tôi đã giúp anh ta. Tôi nghĩ rằng tôi cũng sẽ giúp anh ta. Nhưng bà tôi muốn chúng tôi tha thứ cho kẻ giết cô ấy.
Did she say anything before she died?” he asked.”Yes,” the surgeon said. “She said, ‘Forgive him'””Forgive him?” my father asked.”I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her.”Wow.My grandmother’s last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love and tolerance.She wanted us to forgive Gerald, the dumb-ass Spokane Indian alcoholic who ran her over and killed her.I think My Dad wanted to go find Gerald and beat him to death.I think my mother would have helped him.I think I would have helped him, too.But my grandmother wanted us to forgive her murderer.Even dead, she was a better person than us.
Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian