Name: Lemn Sissay: 国家的孤儿
Uploaded: 2012-10-24T15:00:52Z
Duration: 15 min
Description: 文学作品中充满了大量被领养、收容和流浪的孤儿，从先知摩西、灰姑娘、雾都孤儿、到哈利·波特等等。这些书中人物让我们如此着迷，然而现实却相反，为什么这么多失去双亲的孩子却选择隐藏自己的过去？作为诗人和剧作家的 Lemn Sissay 就此向我们述说了他的感人经历。

文学作品中充满了大量被领养、收容和流浪的孤儿，从先知摩西、灰姑娘、雾都孤儿、到哈利·波特等等。这些书中人物让我们如此着迷，然而现实却相反，为什么这么多失去双亲的孩子却选择隐藏自己的过去？作为诗人和剧作家的 Lemn Sissay 就此向我们述说了他的感人经历。

Lemn Sissay: 国家的孤儿

Society celebrates fictional fostered and orphaned children like Harry Potter and Cinderella, yet real children in care are too often hidden in shame. The journey from state care to adulthood can include isolation, loss of identity, and a struggle for dignity. One vivid story recounts a child shuffled through homes, wrongly imprisoned, and stripped of family roots. The true measure of a democracy is revealed in how it treats its most vulnerable child—the child of the state.