symbolism of animals in the adventures of huckleberry finn

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1、SymbolismofAnimalsinTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn　　【Abstract】MarkTwain’sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnranksamongtheall-timetreasureofAmericanliterature.Owingtoitseternalartisticcharmandendlessexploringvalue，itarisesnumerousinterpretationsfrommultipleperspectives

2、.Thispapertendtostudytheportrayalofanimalsinthisnovel.Byfocusingonthesymbolismofanimals，theauthornotonlyuncoversthemanifoldrolestheyplay，butalsoforeshadowstheplotatkeyjunctions.　　【Keywords】symbolism；animals；TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn　　1.Introduction　　TheAdven

3、turesofHuckleberryFinntellsthestoryofblackslavesboys―HuckleberryandJimwhodesiretoliveinfreedom，theytakearaftdowntheMississippithroughavarietyofdifficultadventures.ThisnovelisconsideredtobeMarkTwain’smasterpiece，aclassicAmericannovel.Manywritersworkontheconciselan

4、guageanditsuniqueartisticstyles.However，theanimalsofthenovelthroughthejourneyofadventurehaverarelybeenexplored，theseanimalsarenotoptional；theirpresenceplaysancrucialroleontherenderingofplotdevelopmentandtheme.　　2.TheSymbolicMeaningsofAnimals　　Avarietyofanimalstha

5、toccurduringtheMississippiRiveradventuresmakeaclearclueandformsomesymbolicmeanings.　　2.1TheAuspiciousHogs　　Theauspicioushogs“ItwasnotlongbeforeIshotawildpigandIdraggedittothebankoftheriver.Itsbloodmadearedtrackontheground.Ithenputsomebloodontheax.ItlookedlikeIwas

6、killedbyarobberandthrownintotheriver.”　　Awildhogappearsattheendofthefirstpartofthenovel，whenHuckleberryescapesfromhisfather’scontrol.DuringthedaysofHuckleberrylivingwithhisfather，hisfatheroftengoouttodrink，Huckleberryoftencatchesfishorbird.Oneday，hemetawildandint

7、elligenthog，andhekilledit，usingbloodofthewildhogdisguisedhisowndeath，thusheescapedfromhisfather，sincethen，thewildhogappearstobeasignofgoodluck.　　2.2TheEvilSnake　　IntheeyesofAmericans，thesnakeisasymbolofevil.Moreargumentasfollows：ifheseesasnakeunkilled，hefearsmisc

8、hief；Itisunluckytodreamofsnakes；Ifasnakeoravipercrossesyourpath，watchoutforfalsefriends.　　Huckleberrydidnotbelievesnake-relatedclaimsJimhadtoldhim，instead，hela