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A Passage to India · 1984 — 第 19 / 19 章 · 3'13" · B2

Aziz Breaks With Fielding, Explained：smithereens

Fresh from his acquittal, Aziz refuses Fielding's plea to waive the damages against Adela. The friend who defended him suddenly stands for all the English: "In the end, you English always stick together." Aziz cuts the tie — "I want to have nothing more to do with any of you."

あらすじ

After his release, Aziz visits Fielding. Fielding is going to England on leave; Aziz will look for a job outside British India. When Fielding mentions the damages Adela owes and asks him to let her off, Aziz refuses: he cannot forgive the letters read in court or his wife's photograph handled at the station, and ends the friendship.

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このシーンの表現

smithereens

tiny pieces

Fielding says she blew the whole charge to smithereens when she saw she was wrong.

The vase was smashed to smithereens.

このシーンの他の表現

  • at last

    finally

  • get away

    leave or escape

  • let her off

    excuse her from

  • stick together

    support each other

  • the worst of both worlds

    disadvantage from both sides

このシーンのメモ一覧

40 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ

表現 · A2at last

finally

Cleared at last, Aziz says he is an Indian at last, with irony underneath.

I am an Indian at last.
表現 · B1take someone back

bring someone back

I took her back to the college.
発音took her back

Took her blends into one sound.

I took her back to the college.
表現 · B2have nowhere else to go

no other option

After this morning, she'd nowhere else to go.
表現 · C1send something to smithereens

tiny pieces

Fielding says she blew the whole charge to smithereens when she saw she was wrong.

But when she saw she was wrong, she stopped and sent it all to smithereens.
文法 · B2when she saw she was wrong

time clause: The when-clause sets the turning point.

But when she saw she was wrong, she stopped and sent it all to smithereens.
スラング · C1smithereens

tiny pieces — informal; usually blown or smashed to smithereens

But when she saw she was wrong, she stopped and sent it all to smithereens.
表現 · B2out of a place

outside a place

Hundreds of miles from here in an Indian state out of British India.
表現 · B2for a long leave

for an extended leave

- And you? - I shall go to England for a long leave.
表現 · B2get away

leave or escape

Fielding says he cannot get away before the end of next term.

No. I couldn't possibly get away before the end of next term.
表現 · C1get a passage

book a berth

Miss Quested is going as soon as she can get a passage.
表現 · B1as soon as one can

at the earliest chance

Miss Quested is going as soon as she can get a passage.
表現 · C1the worst of both worlds

disadvantage from both sides

Fielding worries Adela will get the worst of both worlds and be ruined.

I'd hate to see her getting the worst of both worlds. It'll ruin her.
スラング · C1fingered

handled and pointed at — informal; handled or pointed at contemptuously

And me? Prison, my private letters read out in court, my wife's photograph taken to the station to be fingered by McBryde, all because a girl "fresh from England" got too much sun.
表現 · C1let someone off something

excuse her from

Aziz predicts Fielding will ask him to let her off the damages.

You're going to ask me to let her off paying 20,000 rupees, right?
表現 · A2ask someone to do something

request that

You're going to ask me to let her off paying 20,000 rupees, right?
文法 · B2if I agree

condition clause: The if-clause sets the condition for the English reaction.

Then, if I agree, the English will be able to say "Here is an Indian that almost behaved like a gentleman."
表現 · B2stick together

support each other

Aziz says the English always stick together, voicing his bitter disillusion.

In the end, you English always stick together.
発音stick together

Stick together runs the consonants together.

In the end, you English always stick together.
表現 · B2have nothing to do with someone

cut all ties with

I want to have nothing more to do with any of you.

「Aziz Breaks With Fielding」を読み解く

What's really going on

The friendship that held through the trial breaks here, and it breaks over money. Fielding's request is small and reasonable — let Adela off the 20,000 rupees — but it asks Aziz to be generous to the woman who cost him months in prison, his private letters read aloud, and his dead wife's photograph passed around a police station. Aziz knows exactly how the gesture would be read: 'Then, if I agree, the English will be able to say "Here is an Indian that almost behaved like a gentleman."' His fury is not only at Adela but at the pattern: 'In the end, you English always stick together.' Fielding is the one Englishman he trusted, which is precisely why the line lands hardest. The farewell, 'I want to have nothing more to do with any of you,' is Aziz choosing dignity over the friendship, and the film lets him walk away without softening it.

Theme

FriendshipAziz ends the friendship with the one Englishman he trusted, because even Fielding wants him to be forgiving.
IdentityHe claims his Indianness — 'I am an Indian at last' — and turns away from the English world entirely.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Stick together means staying united and loyal.
  • The worst of both worlds means losing on both sides.
  • Let someone off means to excuse them.
  • Quoting the English line exposes the condescension.

発音のポイント

  • took her back — Took her blends into one sound.
  • stick together — Stick together runs the consonants together.
I am an Indian at last.

Aziz's crisp summary of what the trial taught him: cleared in an English court, he now feels he belongs to India, not the Raj.

After this morning, she'd nowhere else to go.

Fielding explains why he took Adela in: after her testimony she has no place among the English who backed her.

But when she saw she was wrong, she stopped and sent it all to smithereens.

Fielding's defence of Adela: she retracted everything and shattered the case, which took a kind of courage.

No. I couldn't possibly get away before the end of next term.

Fielding cannot leave India as easily as Adela; his work keeps him there while she goes home.

Then, if I agree, the English will be able to say "Here is an Indian that almost behaved like a gentleman."

Aziz's reading of Fielding's request: even his generosity would only flatter the English and be used against him.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Aziz refuse to forgive Adela?

He cannot forget what the charge cost him: prison, his private letters read in court, and his dead wife's photograph handled by McBryde. He will not be generous just to please the English.

What does 'smithereens' mean here?

Bits and pieces. Fielding says Adela 'sent it all to smithereens' — she destroyed the case against Aziz by withdrawing her accusation.

Why does Aziz end his friendship with Fielding?

Fielding asks him to drop the damages against Adela, and Aziz takes it as proof that even his friend sides with the English. 'You English always stick together,' he says.

What will Aziz do after the trial?

He plans to find another job outside British India, hundreds of miles away, rather than stay under the Raj.

What does Fielding want for Adela?

He does not want her ruined — she is leaving for England and faces a large damages claim. He asks Aziz to let her off paying the money.

インドへの道 · 全 19 章

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