There seems to be something like a gentle parody maybe even a mocking tone that fills the lines of the Elder Brother's ecstatic speech.

似乎有些东西如文雅诙谐的改编作品甚至是嘲弄的语气,体现在大哥入神的讲话中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I was only myself, Sal Paradise, sad, strolling in this violet dark, this unbearably sweet night wishing I could exchange worlds with the happy, true-hearted, ecstatic Negroes of America.

引-我只是我，萨尔·佩拉提斯，无精打采地徘徊在这个，温柔的难以忍受的夜晚，多希望自己能够变成,一个快乐，真诚，热情奔放的美国黑人。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选