the_adventure_of_Huckleberry_Finn 讲课.pptVIP

Mark Twain;1. “Mirror” here means a person who gives a true representation or description of the country. 2. Generally speaking, all literary giants in human history are also great historians, thinkers and philosophers. Their works often reveal more truth than many political essays. 3. Mark Twain was one of these giants, and his life and works are a mirror of America of his time.;Ⅱ. Main Works;The Prince and Pauper 《王子与贫儿》, 1881 Life on the Mississippi 《密西西比河上》, 1881 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》, 1885 ;The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg 《败坏哈德莱堡的人》,1900 What is Man? 《人是什么？》, 1906 The Mysterious Stranger 《陌生来客》,1916;Changes in Style;Mark Twain and the Mississippi ; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884);Why better?;The background ;A brief outline of Huckleberry Finn;The Plot;Later Huck’s brutish[‘bru:ti?]（粗野的；残忍的）drunken father, reappears in town and demands Huck’s money. He hangs around（闲荡；徘徊）town for several months, harassing[h?‘r?s](骚扰) his son. Finally, he kidnaps Huck and holds him in a cabin. Huck escapes by faking his own death, killing a pig and spreading its blood all over the cabin.;Later the slave Jim joined his escape , because his owner is thinking of selling him down the river to the deep South of harsher slavery . They float on a raft down the majestic Mississippi, but are sunk by a steamboat, separated, and later reunited. They go through many comical[‘k?mik?l]（滑稽的，可笑的） and dangerous adventures. ;In the end, it is discovered that Miss Watson had already freed Jim, and a respectable family offers to adopt Huck. But Huck grows impatient with civilized society and plans to escape to the territories -- Indian lands. ;;;;;;;;;;writing style ;The usage of exaggeration and comic to strengthen humor and satire;Writing Characteristics of Mark Twain;The Themes;2.Intellectual and Moral Education;3. Superstition迷信;The end! Thank you!