The title of "Admit Your Wrong" is mysterious, about the meaning of forgiveness

Author: Jennifer. Thomson, Ronald. Carton, Erin. Jennifer Thompson, Ronald Cotton, Erin Torneo
Translators: Cai Weifang, Cai Weian Publisher: Guerrilla Culture

" Confession " is not a novel, but it has a novel-like plot and a real story.

■ The title of the book is mysterious

Don't say I'm a thunderbolt, the subtitle of the title - Confessions of Sexual Assault Victims and Wronged Persons - has already explained the content; it happened in 1985, the victim 's name was Jennifer, and she later made a wrong identification , she "admitted" the wrong person, causing a black male Ronald to be unjustly imprisoned. This level is 11 years (there are more plots than the bells in the middle)... Fortunately, DNA identification technology came out later, and he was innocent. .

With the help of Erin, a text worker, to let her meet him again after 11 years, Jennifer mustered up the courage to "admit her wrong" to the other party. Does Ronald accept this feeling?

I really like the Chinese translation of the title of the book " Admit Your Mistakes "! Double entendre.

Next, explore the original title of the book, Picking Cotton.

You might be thinking, how come the picked object is not Ronald but Cotton? After all, Ronald was the wronged person's first name, and Cotton was his last name.

Some people may have guessed that the word Cotton alludes to the bloody history of " black slaves picking cotton " in the United States in the 19th century, all kinds of racial discrimination, oppression and unfair treatment of black people. This treatment (description is detailed and exaggerated) also On the wronged person who happens to have Cotton in their name, another pun.

And the subtitle Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption tells us that this is a "memoir".

The book is divided into three parts. In the first two blocks, Jennifer and Cotton describe this experience from a "first-person" perspective, so readers can get two monologues that point directly to the depths of their hearts for the same case, which is a precious reading experience ; The last module is Erin's "God's perspective" to record the interaction between the two sides 11 years later.

■ Epilogue: The Meaning of Forgiveness

If I recall a work that can "talk about the ancients" for a period of time just by relying on the cover information , there is no better than this book " Admit Your Mistakes"! Sincerely recommend.

Finally, I attach a heart-touching remark from the book. The meaning of forgiveness should be derived from Cotton's interpretation. No one is more qualified to say this sentence than him:

Everyone thinks that forgiveness means forgiving someone for what they did, but that's not the case. The true meaning of forgiveness is strength and letting go.

It is not necessary to forgive, this is the way to respond to what the other person has done "outside"; but you can choose to forgive and let go, and the subject involved is your "inner" heart.

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