The Adventure of Tom Sauyer 汤姆索亚历险记.pptVIP

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ----- English Major 1084 Chen Li  About the Author Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri [mizu?ri] 密苏里. Following careers as a printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, and a brief stint in the Confederate militia [mili??] 义勇军,自卫队 , Twain wrote such American classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut [k?netik?t] Yankee in King Arthurs Court《误闯亚瑟王宫》 . Brief Introduction Here is the story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, and summertime fun. Written by the author sometimes called the Lincoln of literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was surprisingly neither a critical nor a financial success when it was first published in 1876. It was Mark Twains first novel. However, since then Tom Sawyer has become his most popular work, enjoying dramatic, film, and even Broadway musical interpretations [in,t?:pritei??n] 演出 . Personality of the Main Characters Tom Sawyer The novel’s protagonist [pr?u‘t?g?nist] 主角 Tom is a mischievous boy with an creative imagination who spends most of the novel getting himself ,and often his friends into and out of trouble. Despite his mischief, Tom has a good heart and a strong moral conscience. As the novel progresses ,he begins to take more more seriously the responsibilities of his role as a leader among his schoolfellows. Huckleberry Finn The son of the town drunk. Huck is a young outcast [autkɑ:st]被驱逐的人,流浪人 who is looked down upon by “respectable society” and adored by the local boys, who envy his freedom. Like Tom, Huck is highly superstitious, and both boys are always ready for an adventure. Aunt Polly Tom’s aunt and guardian. Aunt Polly is a simple, kindhearted woman who struggles to balance her love for her nephew with her duty to discipline him. She generally fails in her attempts to keep him under control， because，althoug