Black & White - Wu Jie

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Résumé :
When a victim of abuse became abuser, then what would happen? Who killed him? His parents, his childhood friends, his classmates, his teacher, the indifferent neighbors or himself? RainBirth, Bright Yang, Dusk Lin and Eagle were born in same alley and year. In the year when he was fifteen, RainBirth committed suicide and hung himself up in a forest behind his school. Bright Yang found in about one week, nearly everyone forgot about him, none cared about his death. She wanted to find the truth behind his death. Through her hard efforts, she found bit by bit the things behind his death. Then did she get all the information? Eagle, and Dusk Lin gave their own accounts about his death? Were their accounts different with the one of Bright Yang? Finally RainBirth gave his own account about what happened after he became ghost, which account do you think is real or more close to reality? In the end, could you find who killed RainBirth? Could you find a solution to solve the problems? When the child comes into the world, his brain is as clean as a white board, everything to him is colorful and beautiful. During his growth, he was abused by his father, he was bullied by his schoolmates, he was molested by his teacher, and he was not cared a bit by his parents, then he learned to cope the world through his own way, he became an abuser. He instinctively found the weaker, he transferred all his maltreatment to the weaker by every chance with scheme. Then how should he be saved? How could we prevent this kind of tragedy in this world? Does every couple have the right to give birth a child?Isn't it a tragedy to issue the marriage certificate with medical screening for curable illness but the privilege to give a birth of child and take a oath to take care of the growth of the child? Who would take care of those abused children and prevent them to become ferocious abuser? Only when one realizes there is a problem, then the possibility of solving the problem could exist. When everyone turns a blind eye to a problem, then soon or later everyone will become a victim of the problem or part of the problem. Maybe one extra word or look will extinguish the crime. As a human, we should at least try no to become an indifferent person, no matter who small our power we might have, just like a the original streams of great river, if many tiny things come together, we should and might prevent the tragedy.

Biographie:
Wu Jie, a novelist, a lecturer about creative writing for seven years, and founder of Wu Jie Mass Media. She is a well-loved young novelist in China. Novels: Lingering Glow, Above Cloud, Black and White, 38℃ Love.