the prince and the pauper

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1、TheBookReport2012年5月21日BookReview——ThePrinceandthePauperRecently,IfinishedanovelwhichnamedthePrinceandthePauper.ThePrinceandthePauperisoneofthegreatworksofMarkTwain.AsfarasIknow,MarkTwain(1835-1910)isoneoftheAmerican'sgreatestwriters.Heisalsoajournalistandhumorist:Hetraveledalotofplacesandhadagr

2、eatdealofworkingexperience,whichmadehimseemuchoftherealityofAmericansociety;WhentalkingofMarkTwain,“humor”isaninevitablewordtobediscussed,asforTwain,thegoalsofhumoroftengobeyondentertainmentandcanbeaimedatsatirizinganddebunkinganditalsoembodieshiswitandwisdom.Twainusedcontemporarylanguageinhisbo

3、okstobringhischaracterstolife.ThisrealisticprosestyleinfluencednumerousAmericanwriters.Ironically,forhistimeTwainwasliberalonracialandmanysocialissues.MarkTwainwasanincrediblyprolificAmericanauthorwholivedthroughthetimesthatplayedanimportantroleinshapingAmericanculture.MarkTwainiscalled“thefathe

4、rofAmericanLiterature”.MarkTwain'sthePrinceandthePauperisapopularnovelandaclassicfromAmericanLiterature.Producedin19thcentury,thenovelbasedonthe16thcentury'sEnglandsociety.However,itisnaturallyforreaderstoassociatetheplotwith19thcentury'sAmerica.Becauseofthedilemmathatthepeoplegetthoughinthenove

5、lisacounterpartofthatofAmericain19thcentury;theunscrupulousbehavioroftherulingclassissimilarwithAmericabourgeoisie'sarbitrarygovernmentandsevereracialdiscrimination.ItisthesocialconditionofAmericathatMarkTwainwantstoshowusinthenovel.JustlikeTwainalwaysdose,hemakestheartofliteratureclosetoreallif

6、e.Theplotbeginswiththebirthoftwoboys—TomCantyandEdwardTudor—onthesamedayinthesametown:London,England.ButwhatisdifferentisthatTomisapauper,theunlovedsonofabeggarandthief,whileEdwardisthelong-awaitedmaleheirtothethroneofEngland.Thenittellsusthestoryoftheadventuresoftwoyoungboys.Togeta“feeling”ofth

7、eother’slife,theyexchangeclotheanddiscoverthattheylookdeadlyalike.Eachboyhasstrongmisconceptionsofwhattheotherboy'slifeislike.Aftertheyexchangetheirclothe,theirlifechanges,too.Edwardistreatedasapauper;Tomistreatedasamadprinc