The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer_汤姆索亚历险记

1、He is one of the Americansgreatestwriters,journalistsandhumorists.Heisalsothefounder of UScriticalrealismliterature,renownedworldshortstorymaster.Thegreatesthumoristofthe19thcenturyinAmericanliterature.Mark TwainMark Twain (18351910)Mostfamousnovels:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1876)(汤汤姆姆索亚历险记）索亚历险记

2、）The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1894)（哈克贝利（哈克贝利费恩历险记）费恩历险记）Hiswritingstyle:a combination of colloquial language satire local coloron the base of western traditional humor,Mark Twain uses many hyperbole and extremity exaggerate imagination to make the stories more humorous and more ironic. MarkTw

3、ainwasthepennameofSamuelLanghorneClemens(1835-1910).HewasAmericasmostfamoushumoristandtheauthorofpopularandoutstandingautobiographicalworks,travelbooksandnovels. He stood in the humanitarian point, acutely revealed the hypocrisy under the cover of American democracy and freedom, criticized the inher

4、ent disadvantages in the developed country -the United States, such as racial discrimination, and money worship, feudal autocracy, church hypocrisy, expansion. During his seventeen years in Hartford (18741891), Twain wrote many of his best-known works: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), The Prince

5、 and the Pauper (1881), Life on the Mississippi (1883), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (1889). In the mid-19th century, the southern part of the United States is plantation slavery, the northern part is bourgeois employer labor system, the contr

6、adictions between these two kinds of systems caused the political and economic oppositions, and concentrated on the issue about supporting and againest the slavery system, and this caused the civil war. The novel satirizes the foolish religion and condemned the sin of slavery by describing white kid

7、s with a fugitive slave lived in a vagabonds life in the mississippi river, and propagandizes the idea that everyone enjoys the rights of freedom regardless of race.Being generally regarded as a boys story, the book is all about Tom and his gang. While spending a summer with Aunt Polly in a drowsy M

8、ississippi River town, Tom and his buddies Huck and Joe take a series of adventure there. They witness a horrible murder committed by Injun Joe. Finally, Tom returns to school and become a hero at the trial of Muff Potter when he reveals Injun Joes guilt. When Injun dies, his treasure is divided bet

9、ween Tom and Huck, who is now adopted by Widow Douglas. Twain had made Tom the hero of American boyhood, and the book had become the classic read in schools. By telling this story, Twain fulfils his and other adults dreams of ideal boyhood. All the cruelties and fears, wonders and joys of childhood

10、are brought into vividness. The novels main character Tom is a mischievous boy with a great imagination who spends most of the time getting him in trouble. Tom has a kind heart and respects other peoples feelings. He becomes more and more mature as the story progresses.Huck is Toms best friend and f

11、ellow adventurer. Abandoned by his drunken father, he lives on his own and by his own rules. Huck is very laidback and independent. Most adults disapprove of him and other children envy him for his freedom.Polly is Toms aunt and guardian. Aunt Polly is a nice lady but she can be mean and strict at t

12、imes. Overall, Aunt Polly just wants to be loved by the most important people Sid and Tom in her life at the moment.HuckleberryFinnandAuntPollyTom Sawyer Becky ThatcherHuckleberry FinnInjun Joe(starves to death)Muff Potter(is wrongfully arrested)PirateAunt Polly witnessfriendfriendJoe Harper BF5.cav

13、e3426The Widow DouglasadoptsSidMaryAmy Lauren momcousin half brother Pre B FRelationshipTheme:Freedom leads to responsibility and can have negative consequences.SubTheme:People who are respected in society dont always deserve it. Its human nature to be drawn toward those who have money and power. The betrothal ceremony of Tom and Becky in the classroom Tom and Huck witness Indian Joe murder Dr.Robinson and charge Muff Potter the murderer. Tom, Huck and Joe Harper dream of being pirates and go to a small island in th