in the 197s, American capitalism entered a monopoly period. The appearance of huge, machine-roaring factories, collectivized large-scale production combination and bold enterprising spirit have promoted the rapid development of American industry, making the polite behavior and moral self-restraint rules that prevailed in the quiet and little competition years gradually lose their shelter. Therefore, it is inevitable to abandon the gentle Victorian era. The Civil War, in particular, was like a catalyst, which not only destroyed slavery, but also accelerated the collapse of Victorian social structure, pushed young people into the trend of declaring war on tradition, and made their pent-up violence come out to destroy the unsuitable 19th century society.
It is against this historical background that Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, so it has far-reaching historical significance. I condensed my childhood experience into this novel, but I also injected my own thoughts and the epitome of the times, which made it break away from the general vulgar style of children's memories and made this book full of vitality of the times.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a representative work published by American novelist Mark Twain in 1876. The story of the novel takes place in an ordinary town on the Mississippi River in the United States in the first half of the 19th century. Tom sawyer, the protagonist, is naive and lively, daring to explore, pursuing freedom, and unbearable to lead a boring life that binds personality, and dreams of doing heroic work. The time of the novel was before the Civil War. Although it was written in St. Petersburg, the town could be said to be a microcosm of American society at that time. Through the adventures of the protagonist, the novel satirizes and criticizes the hypocritical and vulgar social customs, hypocritical religious ceremonies and rigid and stale school education in the United States, and describes the free and lively hearts of children with a cheerful style. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, with his strong local humor and keen observation of characters, has become the greatest children's literature, and is also an idyll in the "golden age" of the United States.
Mark Twain (1835-191) was an American writer whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. "Mark Twain" is a pen name, originally a term used by sailors of Mississippi River to indicate the depth of water measured on the waterway.
Mark Twain wrote a lot of works in his life, covering novels, plays, essays, poems and other aspects. From the content, the work criticizes the unreasonable phenomenon or the ugliness of human nature, and expresses the writer's strong sense of justice and concern for ordinary people as a compositor and sailor. Stylistically, humor and satire are the characteristics of his writing.