Mark Twain was originally from Florida, Missouri. When he was 4 years old, his family moved to Hannibal in southern Missouri. /kloc-when he was 0/2 years old, his father died and his family was in trouble immediately. From then on, Mark Twain began to make a living independently. He worked as an apprentice, a compositor and a printer, and had a bitter youth.
From 65438 to 0856, Mark Twain became interested in sailing on a sea trip and longed to be a sailor. After hard work, he finally became a pilot on the Mississippi River a few years later. Not only did he live comfortably, but his life on the water made him know more about American society, met all kinds of people, and became familiar with the dialect and folklore of the Mississippi River. To commemorate this experience, his pen name "Mark Twain" came from it. Because of the civil war, Mark Twain finished his work as a navigator. After that, I worked as a miner, but not for long.
From 65438 to 0864, Mark Twain came to San Francisco as an interviewer. During this period, influenced by American "humorous literature" at that time and combined with his rich life experience, he began to publish some colorful humorous sketches. His articles are very popular with readers, and the name of Mark Twain is known by more and more people.
From 65438 to the second half of 1960s, Mark Twain published two books, The Famous Jumping Frog in California County and The Adventures of Fools Abroad, which caused great repercussions. Mark Twain has also become a famous figure in American literature, known as "Lincoln in our literature".
It was during this period that Mark Twain and Oliver became partners, and their married life was very happy. Auliffe has always supported Mark Twain's literary creation. Mark Twain is more mature in creation, and has successively written profound critical realism works such as Running for Governor, Goldsmith's Friends Going Abroad Again and Gilded Age.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published by 1876 marks the maturity of Mark Twain's creation. Since then, many first-class works have been published. 1884, his companion piece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was born, which is the best work in his life and occupies an extremely important position in the history of American literature. In the 1980s, Mark Twain also wrote The Prince and the Poor Child and The Connecticut American in King Arthur's Court, which are metaphors from the past to the present.
Mark Twain was dissatisfied with the exploitation of the author by the publisher. He invested in the printing and publishing business himself and began to achieve great success. Rich Mark Twain generously supports actors, artists and young students who have difficulties in life. Whenever people ask him for help, he always gives help selflessly.
Affected by the American economic crisis, Mark Twain's company went bankrupt. He is determined to bury himself in literature to pay his debts. In this way, Mark Twain created realistic works such as One Million Pounds and Fool Wilson in the 1990s.
Mark Twain loved the people and insisted on justice. He once claimed that he was an anti-imperialist. He strongly condemned the policy of aggression and expansion of imperialist countries and enthusiastically supported the anti-imperialist struggle of colonial people. From 65438 to 0898, he was the leader of the "American Anti-imperialist Alliance". He also actively supported the Boxer Rebellion in China and angrily condemned the invasion and plunder of China by foreign powers.
In his works, Mark Twain also showed his progressive thoughts. For example, The Legend of Joan of Arc, which praises national heroes, Around the Equator, which attacks colonialism, and a large number of political essays, such as For People Sitting in the Dark, Confessions of the Tsar, and so on.
Mark Twain was very unfortunate in his later years. His relatives died one after another. He lives in pain and loneliness, but he keeps on working. 1910 On April 2 1 day, Mark Twain died of illness in Connecticut. With his unique artistic style, a large number of literary works and positive creative ideas, he left a valuable literary legacy for future generations, and at the same time made himself occupy an important position in the history of world literature.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer tells the story of Polly Menstruation's adoption of lively and naughty tom sawyer whose parents died. One day, Tom fell in love with a little girl named Becky at first sight in the garden. In order to get the prize Bible and attract Becky's attention, Tom made a deal with his classmates at Sunday school, but he made a fool of himself because he couldn't answer the question.
One night, Tom met Huck Finn, only to see three villains fighting to divide the spoils: Potter was knocked unconscious and the doctor was killed by Yinjiang, but Yinjiang planted the murder charge on Potter. In order to avoid disaster, the two children swore to keep their mouths shut about what they saw that night, and they decided to sneak into a desert island. A few days later, just as the family was preparing for their funeral, several children suddenly appeared, and everyone was surprised and happy.
Tom testified against Yinjiang in the murder trial and went treasure hunting with Huck to escape revenge. Unexpectedly, he met Yinjiang, who discovered gold, and inadvertently saved a widow Douglas. Tom and Becky got lost in the cave. They were having a picnic and playing games with their companions. When they were looking for the exit, they found the Yinjiang River. Fortunately, Yinjiang didn't distinguish Tom. Three days later, Tom finally returned to the village. Becky's father sealed the hole in case someone got lost again. Later, Yinjiang was found dead in it.
Later, Tom and Huck discovered the money hidden in Yinjiang, and they both became rich. But Huck couldn't adapt to this life and went out to take risks again.
Since its publication, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been one of the most popular books for children in the world. This children's novel is full of thrilling and interesting stories, humorous language and personality. The scenery description is meticulous, the plot is suspenseful and exciting, and it has strong artistic appeal. The author is good at looking at the world around him with children's eyes, without any adult preaching tone, and depicts an innocent children's world for readers with children's unique thinking mode; The children in his works are lively, lovely, smart and healthy, which fully embodies the unique nature of children. The structure of the novel is embedded, and each event exists independently in it, rather than the continuous development of a thing. This not only accords with children's psychological characteristics, but also increases the legend and interest of the story, which is more in line with children's reading psychology and habits.
The Adventures of Hakberg Faith tells that Huck was a homeless, uneducated and unrestrained vagrant since he was a child. After being adopted by widow Douglas, he couldn't adapt to the "decent" and "regular" life, and he was very dissatisfied with the school education, and he wanted to live a free life. At this time, his alcoholic father suddenly came back from outside, forcing him to live a fishing and hunting life in a remote forest. But my father often gets drunk and hits Huck when he is drunk. Huck was fed up and finally managed to escape. He met Jim, a fugitive slave, on an island, and they fled to a free state where slaves were not sold. They went through difficulties and obstacles on their way to escape and forged a profound friendship. On the way, they met southern families who "made friends" with each other, and also met all kinds of people, such as swindlers posing as nobles and robbers who killed and stole goods. Moreover, after two charlatans boarded their raft, they engaged in fraud along the way, and later sold Jim secretly. Huck and Tom tried their best to rescue Jim again. When they found Jim, Jim was already a free man-because his mistress released him before he died. Tom's menstruation wanted to adopt Huck again, but Huck escaped and lived a free life.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the most important work of Mark Twain. It is not only a companion piece of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but also an independent work. The central theme of this novel is to oppose racial oppression. Although slavery was abolished after the Civil War, racial oppression against blacks still exists. Although the novel was written after the war, its content still reflects the social reality before the war, which also shows the author's concern for social problems and his denial of the oppression of the black system. Huck's image reposes the author's democratic thoughts against racial oppression. He doesn't want to live that "decent" life and can't stand his father's abuse. His escape shows his pursuit of freedom and his resistance to the capitalist environment. He is not afraid of breaking the law and social moral tradition to help Jim, which also shows his spirit of daring to fight. Jim, another character in the novel, also has rich thoughts and feelings and excellent qualities. He longs for a free and happy life, controls his own destiny, and is unwilling to endure slavery and oppression. But he has the shortcomings of infatuation and ignorance, which just shows the cruel class oppression suffered by blacks and the resulting lack of education.
This novel touches on many problems existing in American society, especially racial oppression, so it has strong practical significance. The most important artistic feature of the novel is the organic combination and perfect blend of realism concreteness and romanticism lyricism. At the same time, a large number of folk spoken languages are used, which has a distinctive national language style.