《汤姆.索亚历险记》中汤姆.索亚的魅力 --毕业论文.doc

【标题】《汤姆.索亚历险记》中汤姆.索亚的魅力 【作者】刘 红 【关键词】汤姆.索亚；迷人；天真；顽皮；英雄主义 【指导老师】唐 玲 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain’s first novel about children. It has become an American classic, and it remains perhaps the best novel of all his books among most readers. It owes its greatness to the fact that it can be read and admired not only at ten, twelve, or fourteen years of age, but forever after.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer takes Mark Twain’s youth as the main subject to write. In the novel Tom Sawyer and his best friend, Huck, tell stories, fish, and pretend to be pirates along the banks of the Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer is a charming boy. He is mischievous, adventure seeking, and fascinated with bugs. Since The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is regarded as a masterpiece in the children’s literature, the real key to its success must be sought in its popularity among young readers. This paper aims to expose the charming of the hero in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer in the following aspects.II. Tom’s Naivety and InnocenceA. Tom’s Love Affair?“Love affairs are extensively in children’s discussions and appears central to their worldview. They are unaware of some of the complexities of love, and would value opportunities to discuss it further, they didn’t know much about life.”1 Furthermore, they are unlikely to understand adequately either how love affairs develop or how people variously create, change and learn.?After discussing rats, chewing gum, and circuses, Tom asks Becky if she would like to be engaged to him; his definition of engagement is simply telling?“a boy you won’t ever have anybody but him”2 and then sealing it with a kiss. After whispering,?“I love you” in each other’s ears, the bashful Becky and Tom kiss. Inadvertently in his giddiness, Tom blunders that he was previously engaged to Amy Lawrence. After learning this, Becky rejects Tom and breaks into tears despite Tom’s pleading. Tom attempts to win her over again by giving her his