The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the masterpiece of Mark Twain, a famous American novelist, published in 1876. Tom sawyer, the hero of the novel, is naive and lively, full of fantasy and adventure. He can't stand the boring life bound by his personality and dreams of becoming a hero. Through the adventures of the protagonist, the novel satirizes and criticizes the hypocritical vulgar social customs, hypocritical religious ceremonies and rigid and stale school education in the United States, and depicts 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 an idyll in the "golden age" of the United States. The companion of this book is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and a fly landed on the back of the chair in front of him. It rubbed its hands leisurely, stretched out its arms to hold its head, and rubbed it so hard that its head almost seemed to be separated from its body, and its neck was exposed like a thin line, so that it could be seen clearly; It fiddled with its wings with its hind legs and gently touched its body, as if it were the back of a dress. It is always doing this full set of grooming and dressing, as if knowing that it is absolutely safe. There are many wonderful sentences. Here are some examples:
1, the wind sang a song and awakened the sleeping earth.
Naughty raindrops like dancing on umbrellas.
The waves splashing from the bow are singing a happy song.
It's autumn, and the golden red fruit on the tree is smiling. She nodded and smiled at us.
5. Begonia fruit shakes its round face and nods and smiles at you.
6. That Bo Xue seems to be suddenly ashamed and slightly pink.
7. Pomegranates are hidden in the branches like cute smiling faces of little girls.
8. There are also one or two lights leaking from the cracks in the tree. What is listless is the sleepy eyes.
9. The huge waves opened their arms and pulled me up suddenly.
10, the radio keeps talking every day, which makes the neighbors very annoyed! ! ! ! ! !
1 1. Oil flies sing here and crickets play the piano here.
12, the spring is still shallow, but the plum blossoms on several hills are struggling to spit out red buds.
13, breezy, gently caressing my face.
14. The lotus flowers in the lotus pond are all blooming shyly.
15, fallen leaves dance with the wind.
16, I bathed in the embrace of nature, let the gentle evening breeze caress my temple and blow away all my depression and troubles.
17, in the spring of March, the silver pear tree, which had been sleeping for a winter, was awakened by the misty rain.
18, it took off its shabby coat and started a new life; It greedily sucks the fresh and sweet dew of spring and slowly grows lovely tender branches and green leaves.
19, midsummer night, the breeze is blowing slowly, and the bright moon is chasing the sunset, climbing over the hill early and hanging in the sky. The moonlight seems cool, driving away the residual heat left by a cool day.
20, sunset glow, climbed over the hill early, hung in the sky, the moonlight seems to be cool, driving away the residual heat left by the cool days.
20. Spiders drag flies around. When the flies are exhausted, spiders enjoy a delicious meal happily.
2 1, when the sad water flows into the steady mountain, the sadness of the poor children also evokes the sadness of the mountain, so their hearts are broken together; Water buries its head in the ground, but the mountain hides the fragments of its heart. So there are complicated caves, all kinds of stalagmites, and springs that suddenly open.
22. Home is like a root, and it is always the home of leaves; Home is like a piece of red cloth, which is always tied to the heart of a wanderer. Home is like a coat, which won't make the temperature rise, but it will give people warmth that even a stove can't replace.
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Life is like a long journey. There are smooth roads and detours in the journey. You can face the team with a calm mind every day, challenge yourself, keep moving forward, and continue to go to your destination. At the terminal, you will find that there are joys and sorrows, laughter and tears, and even a little more, which constitute the whole journey of your life.
24. Dreams are flying in the air like snowflakes. If you want to catch them, they have melted.
25. The sea is so changeable, calm but fierce, gentle but fierce, like a smooth mirror, like a wild beast, like a mother's comfort, like a father's whip.
26. Under the setting sun, these clouds suddenly turned into silver gray, orange, red, blood red and crimson, just like a beautiful fairy waving colorful brocade in the air.
27. Gradually, the gray morning turned white, with more and more voices, and everything gradually woke up. The beauty that nature becomes active after waking up is displayed in front of this meditation teenager.
28. He has discovered a great law of human behavior, which he doesn't know yet-that is, in order to make an adult or a child want to do something very much, he just needs to make it hard to get.
Second, introduction:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer generally refers to tom sawyer (a novel written by Mark Twain). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel 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 first half of the19th century. Tom sawyer, the protagonist, is naive and lively, dares to explore and pursue freedom, and can't stand the boring life that binds personality, dreaming of being a hero. The time of this novel is before the Civil War. Although it was written in St. Petersburg, the town can 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 vulgar social customs, hypocritical religious ceremonies and rigid and stale school education in the United States, and depicts the free and lively hearts of children with a cheerful style.
Third, appreciate:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer marks the further development of Mark Twain's realistic creation. This book depicts the free and lively psychology of children with cheerful pen and ink, and contrasts with the vulgar and conservative life of ordinary citizens, highlighting the boredom of life. Tom is naughty and lively, full of fantasy and sense of justice. In order to get rid of the shackles of reality and fully enjoy the fun of freedom, he intends to take risks. These are in conflict with the capitalist living environment and are not allowed by secular morality and church precepts. Generally speaking, exposing the stagnation and vulgarity of American local life and the hypocrisy of religion is the main ideological content of the novel.
Tom sawyer (Athena Chu Edition) Tom is more than just an interesting urchin. As the role that Mark Twain used to subvert the popular didactic children's literature at that time, he first rebelled against the moral standards of adult society. For example, he despises a good boy in the eyes of adults. Even his pranks and adventures, if carefully investigated, actually have only one purpose, that is, to be recognized by others and be a hero.
The most controversial thing about this book is the ending. Because at the end of the story, Tom, who has always resisted the adult world, actually compromised and was absorbed by the so-called civilized society that has been eager to escape. He stood with the adults, not only became a good citizen himself, but also got Huckleberry back and advised him to be a decent man and accept the adoption of a rich widow, otherwise even Tom himself would be looked down upon. This obviously greatly weakened the criticism of the work. However, we can also look at this change of Tom from another angle. John C. Gerber, the original editor of this book, pointed out: "The work is actually an ironic explanation of the growth process, because Tom is finally closer to the adults in St. Petersburg. These adults are pious and sentimental at best; Worst of all, they can't tolerate things and are cruel by nature. Mark Twain probably wants to remind readers that people tend to pay more and more attention to social customs and social identity when they grow up, and lose our love for personal freedom more and more. "
In the works, readers can see Tom's rebellion and naughty. But in public, he sometimes tries to behave himself. In the Sunday school class, he was far behind all the other children in reciting the Bible because of his lack of certain characteristics or inattention, but he got a small ticket to prove his diligence and cleverness by bartering, and got a prize with the public's attention focused. This is worth pondering. Why does he hate Sunday school, but he is willing to dig his brains, even not giving up many of his "treasures", just to get the small ticket that can only be obtained through his painful reading and reciting, just to get the prize awarded by Sunday school that he hates? Does Tom really just want to get the Bible as a prize? Obviously not. At this time, the award is more of a symbol, a symbol of diligence, intelligence, patience, piety and glory, and a recognition of social norms. When Tom took the stage to receive the award, together with the judges and other important people representing social norms, this recognition won the envy of people at that time, the envy of other boys, and the position where Tom was eager to show his favorite girl. He was defined by social norms as a child superior to other children, and gained a sense of social identity beyond others, thus satisfying his vanity to the greatest extent. His recognition of social norms is the premise for him to gain social recognition. Even if Tom cheats and plays with social norms, he can't and won't deviate from them. In this classic work, Mark Twain shows his contradictory attitude towards the hypocritical and vulgar social norms at that time through Tom and his adventures. On the one hand, he hates it, is bitter, and wants to resist and get rid of it. On the other hand, he has a thorough, profound and helpless understanding of its omnipresent strength and importance. As a writer, my inner contradictions and good ties are bound to be reflected in his works.
Fourthly, the author introduces:
Mark Twain (1835— 19 10), an American writer, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. "Mark Twain" is his pen name, which was originally a term used by Mississippi sailors to indicate the water depth measured on the waterway.
Mark Twain created a large number of works in his life, involving novels, plays, essays, poems and other aspects. In content, his works criticize unreasonable phenomena or ugliness of human nature, and express the writer's strong sense of justice and care for ordinary people as a compositor and sailor. Stylistically, both experts and ordinary readers believe that humor and satire are his writing characteristics.