The-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn

TheAdventureofHuckleberryFinnbyMarkTwainOutline•Maincharacters•Background•Plot•Theme&Feature•CommentMaincharactersHuckle-berryFinnTomSawyerJimHuckleberryFinnTomSawyerJimBackground•TheAdventureofHuckleberryFinntellsastoryabouttheUnitedStatesbeforetheCivilWaralongtheMississippiRiver.•TheperiodoftheCivilWarwasatimewhenasmallnumberofmillionairebusinessmenheldgreatpowerinAmericansociety.Thecitygrewupwithhighflats,skyscrapersandluxuriousresidencesownedbytherich.Industryboomedthroughoutthecountry.Thesouth,whereMarkTwainwasbornandbroughtup,oncequietwithhereditaryframing,wasthenbustlingaboutwithbusiness.Background•Underneaththedisguiseofthe''GoldenAge'',Americansocietywasfilledwithcrimeandsocialinjustice.•Asawitnessofthesocialchange,Twainrecordeditinhiswritinganduncoveredthesocialtrendofcorruptionandimmoralityofpre-CivilWarAmerica,whichontheotherhandreflectedTwain'snostalgiaforthepast.PlotSt.Petersburg,Missouri(wherethestorybegins)Pap’sCabin(PapkidnapsHuckandholdshiminacabinacrosstheriver.)HuckmeetsJim.Buttherareforcedtoleave.Jimwascaughtagain.1)racismandslavery2)pursuitoffreedom3)conflictbetweencivilizationandnaturallifeHuckrepresentsnaturallifeanddesirestoescapefromcivilizationinjusticeofslaveryandcrueltytoslavesThemesFeaturesI.thecombinationofsatireandhumor.materialsfromAmericanjokesHecombinesbothhumorandironyinhisworkstohelpreaderstogetthedeepmeaning.2.theusageofcolloquialspeechaccentsanddialects---accordingtothecharacters'identities---appropriatelyrevealtheinnerworldofthecharacters,andtruthfullyreflecttherealityofsocietyFeatures3.symbolism•ForHuckandJim,theMississippiRiveristheultimatesymboloffreedom.Butthelandisshownasastrongholdofcrueltyandprejudice.FeaturesComment•MarkTwainmadecolloquialspeechanaccepted,respectableliterarymediumintheliteraryhistoryofthecountry.HewritesEnglishofaremarkablesimplicityandclarity,andmakestheAmericanvernacularthemediumofagreatnovel.ThestylehassweptAmericanliteratureandmadebooksbeforeHuckFinnandafteritquitedifferent.Itsinfluenceisclearlyvisibleintwentieth-centuryAmericanliterature.Comment•AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMarkTwaincalledHuckleberryFinn...Therewasnothingbefore.Therehasbeennothingasgoodsince.--ErnestHemingwayThankyou!