哈克贝利费恩历险记,英文介绍.ppt

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Structure Author Introduction Background Plot overview Character analysis Themes Discussion Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 –1910) artistic, sharp weapon Famous for humor and satire greatest American humorist of his age the father of American literature Major works The Million Pound Note Roughing It (1872) The Gilded Age (1873) Life on the Mississippi(1883) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Couru (1889) Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894) The Man That Corrupted Haddleyburry （1900） Two best known novels  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Introduction All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. ... There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since. ———Ernest Hemingway Background 1850 Mississippi river Full of violence Plot overview Jim Tom Huck’s father Judith Loftus The Grangerfords The duck and the king Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas Phelps … Widow Douglas Miss Watson Huckleberry Finn sister slave friend adopted by kidnap Huckleberry Finn friend Character analysis Huckleberry Finn Jim Huckleberry Finn Naive and naughty Desiring to be free Brave Energetic and curious Clever and intelligent Jim Longing for freedom and daring to change his destiny Brave and selfless Kindhearted Giving lots of protections and concerns to friend Themes How a white and a black could be friends? Urges Huck not to tell the secret that Jim is a runaway slave. Ties Huck to Jim at all the dangerous moments in the adventures. Encourages Huck to run risk to save Jim. Love Equality Huck Jim Understand and recognize Jim as an equal human being Jim does his best to look after Huck Conclusion Love and equality help white boy Huck and black salve Jim broke through racial problem and make the greatest friendship. Discussion Question 1 Do you think friendship is beyond age and social states ? Question 2 Accept the status or pursue t