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1、The Adventures of The Adventures of Tom SawyerTom SawyerContentsThe BackgroundMain CharactersPlot OverviewAnalysis of Tom Sawyer About The background In the mid-19th century,the southern part of the United States is plantation slavery,the northern part is bourgeois employee labor system,the contradi

2、ctions between these two kinds of systems caused the political and economic oppositions,and concentrated on the issue about supporting and opposing the slavery system,and this caused the civil war.The novel satirizes the foolish religion and condemned the sin of slavery by describing white kids with

3、 a fugitive slave lived in a vagabonds life in the mississippi river,and propagandizes the idea that everyone enjoys the rights of freedom regardless of race.Main Character:Main Character:1.Tom Sawyer A mischievous (淘氣的，惡作劇的)boy with an active imagination ,who always involved into troubles. Despite

4、his mischief(頑皮，惡作劇), Tom has a good heart and a strong moral conscience. 2. Aunt Polly Tom aunt and guardian (監(jiān)護人).3. Huckleberry Finn An “outsider” to the respectable society.4.Joe Harper Toms best friend and frequent playmate.5. Becky Thatcher A girl Tom falls in love with at the fist time they m

5、eet with each other. 6.Dr. Robinson A doctor who is killed by Injun (印第安人)Joe.7. Injun Joe A violent, villainous (惡毒的，罪惡的)man who commits murder, becomes a robber, and plans to kill the Widow Douglas. 8. Muff Potter A drunk fisherman who loves children. He often helps mend the childrens kites and he

6、lps them fish.Plot overview After playing hooky(逃學) from school on Friday and dirtying his clothes in a fight, Tom is punished to whitewash Aunt Pollys fence on Saturday morning when other children can go out and play. He manages to make his hard work very novel and interesting that arouse the curio

7、sity of other children who pass the fence. Hard work appears so fascinating and children are willing to trade their own treasure for the privilege of whitewashing, and everyone enjoy doing it. Tom falls in love with Becky, a new girl in town, shows off in all sorts of absurd boyish ways to win her a

8、dmiration.He persuades her to get “engaged” to him. Their romance collapses when she learns that Tom has been “engaged” beforeto a girl named Amy Lawrence. Shortly after being shunned by Becky, Tom accompanies Huckleberry Finn, the son of the town drunk, to the graveyard at night to try out a cure f

9、or warts (疣)with a dead cat. At the graveyard,they see Injun Joe murders Dr. Robinson and then places the knife he used in the hand of Muff Potter who falls unconsciously . When Potter wakes up, Joe tells him he was the murderer.Scared, Tom and Huck run away and swear a blood oath(誓約誓約) not to tell

10、anyone what they have seen. Potter is wrongfully arrested, and Toms anxiety and guilt begin to grow. Tom, Huck, and Toms friend Joe Harper run away to an island to become pirates(海盜). While frolicking(嬉戲) around and enjoying their new found freedom, the boys become aware that the community is soundi

11、ng the river for their bodies. Tom sneaks back home one night to observe the commotion. After a brief moment of remorse(懊悔) at the suffering of his loved ones, Tom is struck by the idea of appearing at his funeral and surprising everyone. He persuades Joe and Huck to do the same. Their return is met

12、 with great rejoicing, and they become the envy and admiration of all their friends. Back in school, Tom gets himself back in Beckys favor after he nobly accepts the blame for a book that she has ripped. Soon, Muff Potters trial(審判)begins, and Tom, overcome by guilt, testifies against Injun Joe. Pot

13、ter is acquitted(無罪釋放), but Injun Joe flees the courtroom through a window.Summer arrives,Tom and Huck go hunting for buried treasure in a haunted house. And they see Injun Joe enter the house with his company and plan to bury some stolen treasure of their own. By an amazing coincidence, Injun Joe a

14、nd his partner find a buried box of gold themselves. When they see Tom and Hucks tools, they become suspicious that someone is sharing their hiding place and carry the gold off instead of reburying it.Tom and Becky become lost in a cave. The men of the town begin to search for them, but to no avail(

15、徒然).They run out of food and candles and begin to weaken. The horror of the situation increases when Tom, looking for a way out of the cave, come across Injun Joe，and he mistakes them for the people who want to arrest him and run away.At last, Tom finds a way out . The whole town celebrates their re

16、turn. A week later, Tom takes Huck to the cave and they find the box of gold, the proceeds of which are invested for them. The Widow Douglas adopts Huck, and, when Huck attempts to escape civilized life, Tom promises him that if he returns to the widow, he can join Toms robber band. Reluctantly, Huc

17、k agrees.Analysis of Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer,a story of a boys adventures filled with curiosity and imagination created by Mark Twain,has attracted young readers and captured their general feeling one generation after another.Sparking with mischief,jumping with youthful adventure.Mark Twains Tom Sawye

18、r is one of the most splendid recreations of childhood in all of literature.Tom Sawyer is the first of a long line of adolescent heroes in American fiction.Theme The book criticizes the hypocritical(虛偽的) society, adult world, religion. It sings a song for freedom and childrens world. The author enjo

19、ys the boyhood.The book reflects the authors own thinking to the society and his dissatsifaction to the society and religion.Analysis of this novel from childrens perspective 1. Childrens Navet (天真，幼稚天真，幼稚)and Innocence Tom Sawyer who has the characteristics of children in general. Confronted with a

20、ny kind of circumstances, Tom responds by making a game of it, by relying on his reading, by posing or acting out a part. 2.Playing Truant (曠課曠課) He tries to truant by deceiving, but failed. 3.Love-affair Mark Twain also writes about what children feel about those of the opposite sex. 4.Childish Imi

21、tation Tom asks Becky for a kiss only because that is ritual he has read about in books when people get engaged. 5. Childrens Curiosity Behavior When Mark Twain creates Tom Sawyer and other characters in the story, he gives prominence to childrens curiosity, attempting to capture the general feeling

22、 of young readers. 6.The Tendency to Heroism Tom wishes to travel around the world, to be a soldier, a plainsman, a pirate .At the end of the story, after experiencing much terror, Tom, along with Huck, discovers the hidden treasure in the cave which makes Tom a rich and important person in the comm

23、unity. 7. Childrens Idyllic Outlook of the World For Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer is an attempt to idealize boyhood, to see in it his dream of peace and innocence that cannot endure in the adult world. Flexible, Varied, Fluid(流暢的流暢的)Mark Twain certainly has a flexible style; he can suit his words quite ea

24、sily to the situation, whether he is describing the thoughts of Tom or expounding upon some lofty subject. That is to say, one of the most impressive aspects of his writing is the dialogue. Rather than try to describe it. Writing StyleWriting Style Tom, having just barely survived an encounter with

25、Injun Joe the night before, goes to talk with Huck:Hello, Huck! Hello, yourself.“ Silence, for a minute.Tom, if wed a left the blame tools at the dead tree, wed a got the money. Oh, ain t it awful! T ai n t a dream, then, t ain t a dream! Somehow I most wish it was. Dog d if I dont,Huck.(27.4-8) Mar

26、k Twain renders the rhythm of the speech beautifully, using contractions and slang to give life to Tom and Hucks speech.Small touches,like the wed a and dogd go along way toward making them sound like real boys.Even that bracketed(相等的) pause speaks volumes. Without suitable dialogue,all of Twains observations and remarks would be like a cake without icing:still delicious,but not quite right.Tone Humorous,Knowing Although The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is by no means an autobiography,Mark Twain is most definitely writing from life experience.H