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美国文学 期末考试 总结一 　　Ministers Black Veil--Hawthorne, 人物：Hooper 　　总结：A universally beloved minister appears in church one Sunday wearing a small black 　　veil which hides his face from the forehead to the mouth. Everyone is made uneasy by this. 　　After he has worn it for several Sundays a delegation from the congregation go to his home 　　to ask him to remove it, or at least explain why he is wearing it. But intimidated胁迫 by the veil, 　　they are afraid to raise the subject. 　　His bride-to-be then declares she will speak to him about it. When he will not discuss the 　　matter with her she says she is afraid to marry him unless he lifts the veil at least once, or tells her 　　why he must refuses. He will not but begs her to marry him anyway, instead of condemning them 　　each to a lonely life. He continues to wear the veil throughout a lonely life. Everyone avoids him 　　but his sermons布道 become even more impressive and many people are brought to a state of 　　grace by them. 　　“black veil”symbolizes the cover used to keep ones guilt as a secret. 　　Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—Mark Twain 人物：Huck, Jim s quest for freedom and Jim’s quest for anti-slavery 　　2. Society vs. individual 　　3. Huck birth and rebirth 　　4. Hucks loneliness and isolation 人物性格分析：Huck is always practical and natural, exhibiting good common sense. Huck is 　　extremely adaptable. Huck is also very shrewd and possesses a good inventive ability. His 　　sympathy for other human beings, his shrewdness and ingenuity, his basic intelligence, his good 　　common sense and his basic practicality. 　　American Tragedy-- Theodore Dreiser 人物：Clyde Griffths 　　总结：Clyde thinks money and success will bring him happiness. When a pregnant girlfriend 　　threatens to destroy this dream, he plans to kill her. At the last moment, he changes his mind, but 　　the girl dies accidentally anyway. Since Clyde has decided not to kill her, is he really responsible 　　for her death? This becomes the main question during the trial审判. The trial itself