The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876, tells the adventures of young Tom Sawyer, his partner Huckleberry Finn and Tom's girlfriend Becky Thatcher. Tom, the hero, is a clever and naughty boy. He hates life in the "ugly and sultry building" and boring education full of religious hypocrisy. He played truant and set up a "pirate gang" to run away from home to show his resistance.
He bravely appeared in court to prove the murder of Injun Joe, and together with Huck, he found a box of gold hidden in the cave by Injun Joe and became a well-known adventure hero. Huck thus became the adopted son of the rich widow.
But Tom and Huck finally couldn't stand the "civilized" life and organized the "pirate gang". In this way, in the pursuit of freedom and passionate life, tom sawyer did earth-shattering things.
Two. Brief introduction of the author
Mark Twain (1835 ~ 19 10), formerly known as Samuel Langhorn Clemens, is the founder of American critical realism literature and a world-famous master of short stories. Young Mark Twain especially likes the works of Shakespeare, Cervantes and Dickens, and often publishes essays on American reality in the "humorous column" of newspapers and periodicals.
From 65438 to 0865, after the American Civil War, he began his formal literary activities under the pseudonym of Mark Twain. 1867 published his first short story, The Famous Jumping Frog in California. In 1970s and 1980s, Mark Twain entered the peak of his creation.
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to The Prince and the Poor, from running for governor to millions of pounds, Mark Twain mercilessly lashed out at such ugly phenomena as fraud, frame-up and hypocrisy in society. He is a great American writer with creative spirit, and was once praised as "Lincoln in American literature".
Third, the protagonist
Tom sawyer, formerly known as Thomas Sawyer, is a growing child. He is naughty and likes practical jokes, but he is kind, lovely and helpful. He hates the boring preaching of the priest in the church. He doesn't like the boring life of staying at school all day. He is eager to be a fugitive. He hopes to join the pirates and live a fresh and exciting life.
He always stands up in times of danger and shows his charm by doing just acts that cowards "good boys" and decent "excellent students" can't do. He exposed a heinous gangster with his sense of justice; He saved himself and another girl's life with his bravery; With his cleverness, he found a priceless treasure.
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Creative background:
From 65438 to the 1970s, American capitalism entered a period of monopoly. The appearance of huge, machine-roaring factories, collectivized large-scale production combination and bold enterprising spirit have promoted the rapid development of American industry, and gradually lost the protection of polite behavior and moral self-discipline rules that prevailed in quiet and less competitive times.
Therefore, it is inevitable to abandon the gentle Victorian era. Especially, the Civil War, like a catalyst, not only destroyed slavery, but also accelerated the collapse of Victorian social structure, pushed young people to the trend of declaring war on tradition, and let their long-suppressed violence erupt for a long time, destroying the anachronistic society of19th century.
It is in this great historical background that Mark Twain created The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which has far-reaching historical significance. He condensed his childhood experience into this novel, and at the same time injected his own thoughts and the epitome of the times, which broke away from the general vulgar style of children's memory and filled with the vitality of the times.
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