還有我們學校的奇幻文學課程需要看一本英文書H.G.Wells的《A Modern Utopia》
，問題是學校老師於課堂上的講解都偏重於介紹裡面"武士"的規則和現代烏托邦的制度。而此書好像也沒什麼情節可言。老師能稍微介紹一下這本書嗎？因為學校老師只講解部分篇章，接著就跳去上卡夫卡的審判了。可是我還是不太懂此書的重點是？是說好像也沒有中譯本（英文看不太下去）。
It is about Bobby Sands (who was a fluent irish language / gaeilge speaker) and the hunger strikes of the early 1980's. This will be a must see film for anybody interested in the political situation in Ireland.
This is what the Times said of the film
This is a stunning debut feature, and one of the very few British films represented at this year's Cannes festival. Steve McQueen is a former Turner Prize-winner and at the last official hearing precisely ninety eight miles off-message. His immaculately old school thriller about the IRA, and trying to survive the brutality of Her Majesty's Prison Service in Long Kesh, is just wonderful. There are few words. No music. And less spelling.
Bobby Sands, played by Michael Fassbender, is the star. In a prison cell decorated by his own faeces he foments one of the most potent challenges to Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister. He decides to starve himself to death. I can't describe what this actor goes through. The 24 minute single shot debate in a prison visiting room with a parish priest about the reasons why is pure Oscar. The starvation is an unspeakable horror. The formality of the film is totally unsettling. In fact it's poetry.
Bobby Sands (27)
Began hunger strike on 1 March 1981 and died on 5 May 1981 after 66 days without food.
Francis Hughes (25)
joined hunger strike on 15 March 1981 and died on 12 May 1981 after 59 days without food.
Raymond McCreesh (24)
joined hunger strike on 22 March 1981 and died on 21 May 1981 after 61 days without food.
Patsy O'Hara (23)
joined hunger strike on 22 March 1981 and died on 21 May 1981 after 61 days without food.
Joe McDonnell (30)
joined hunger strike on 8 May 1981 and died on 8 July 1981 after 61 days without food.
Martin Hurson (29)
joined hunger strike on 28 May 1981 and died on 13 July 1981 after 46 days without food.
Kevin Lynch (25)
joined hunger strike on 23 May 1981 and died on 1 August 1981 after 71 days without food.
Kieran Doherty (25)
joined hunger strike on 22 May 1981 and died on 2 August 1981 after 73 days without food.
Thomas McElwee (23)
joined hunger strike on 8 June 1981 and died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days without food.
Michael Devine (27)
joined hunger strike on 22 June 1981 and died on 20 August 1981 after 60 days without food.
