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1、AnAnalysisoftheWritingStylesofMarkTwainHiscolloquialLanguageandSatireintheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn1.2TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnThebestworkthatMarkTwaineverproducedis,aswenotedearlieron,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.IttellsastoryabouttheUnitedStatesbeforetheCivilWa
2、r,around1850,whenthegreatMississippiValleywasstillbeingsettled.HereliesanAmerica,withitsgreatnationalfaults,fullofviolenceandevencruelty,yetstillretainingthevirtuesof‘somesimplicity,someinnocence,andsomepeace.’ThestorytakesplacealongtheMississippiRiver,onbothsidesofwhicht
3、herewasunpopulatedwildernessandadenseforest.ItrelatesthestoryoftheescapeofJimfromslaveryand,moreimportant,howHuckFinn,floatingalongwithhimandhelpinghimasbesthecould,changeshismind,hisprejudiceaboutblackpeople,andcomestoacceptJimasamanandasaclosefriendaswell.AttheheartofTw
4、ain’sachievementishiscreationofHuckFinn,whoembodiesthatmythicAmerica,midwaybetweenthewildernessandthemodernsuperstate.II.AnalyzingTwoWritingStylesofMarkTwain(intheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn)MarkTwainwasthefirstimportantwritertoconsistentlyusetheAmericanspeechratherthanEn
5、gland’sEnglish.Hishonor,whetheritwasaimedatpureentertainmentoratsocialsatire,wasirresistible.Hisrealism,anddetailsinfluencedmanylaterAmericannovelists.ThatwaswhyErnestHemingwayoncesaid“allmodernAmericanliteraturescamefromonebookwrittenbyMarkTwaincalledTheAdventuresofHuckl
6、eberryFinn.”AnditbecameTwain’smasterpiece.MarkTwain’sthreeyears’lifeonthatreturnedtotheMississippileftsuchafondmemorywithhimthatreturnedtothethememorethanonceinhiswritingcareer.HuckleberryFinnisaveritablerecreationoflivingmodels,andisHuck’sbook,notJim’s.Thetwomajorcharact
7、ers,HuckandJim,representthetwosidesofthedilemma:Huckstrikesoutforanabsolutefreedom,whileJimrequires,inordertogainhisownfreedom,thatHuckqualifyhisfreedombyenteringintothepursuitofJim’s.Itstartsoutasacomedy,an‘AsYouLikeIt’withaherodrawnfromthebottomofsocietyratherthanthetop
8、.Huckandhisfather,Jim,theswindlers(theDukeandtheDauphin),colonelsherburnandthedrunkardBoggy-allt
