On-Analysis-of-The-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn.doc

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-dateOn-Analysis-of-The-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-FinnOn Analysis of The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnOn Analysis of The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAbstract:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn plays a prominent role in America literature even in the world.The study to this novel will help us to better understand American society.Ill analyze it from the respects of theme,Jims figure,its lack and good points,and language style.Key points:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn;Mark Twain;American literature;racial oppression;negro;pursuit of freedom. Body: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twains most important work,from the respect of this novels depth of thoughts and artistic achievement.As for its content,it is linked with The adventures of Tom Sawyer,its companion volume,but it is an absolutely independent work. The central theme of the novel is the contradiction between the social reality in America and the ideal of free life . One of the main cause of this contradiction is the racial oppression in America,which is written as an important aspect to reveal the novels theme and shows Mark Twains negation to the systems of oppressing the Negros by the fugitive story of the Negro Jim. In this novel,Jim was a figure with excellent character, rich in thoughts and feelings.He couldnt endure slavery and oppression and desires of happy life with freedom,deciding to be the master of his own life.In order not to be sold to the south by his master,he escaped from the house of Miss Watson.He imagined to flee to a free state to lead a pleasant life with freedom after ransoming his wife and children by earning enough money in the future.This kind of simple ideal was just one of the most fundamental rights of human being for survival,but it was impossible to achieve in America at that time.In creating the image of Jim,the author showed us Jims characters of personality in various aspects. He,honest and kindhearted,with rich emotion and selfless spirit,took good care of Huck in the course of fleeing.For pursuing freedom,they received the sincerest friendship from each other.When Huck was injured,Jim stayed with him for caring,at the risk of being arrested and even losing freedom,which signified he had rich sympathy and was honest to friendship.Many concrete description in the work proves that the Negros are same with the white people in wisdom and sensitive emotion.For example,the king and duck asked Huck and Jim to watch the house in turn at night.When its Hucks turn,Jim didnt call him,wanting him to sleep a little more.When Huck waked up just at daybreak,Jim was sitting there with his head down betwixt his knees,moaning and mourning to himself.Huck said in heart: “he was thinking about his wife and his children,away up yonder,and he was low and homesick”,and “I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for theirn.”The affection between husband and wife and between parents and children are the common emotion of human being,but the Negros were considered as a kind of lowly creature who had no emotion concerning parents and children,in the view of white people who held the racial prejudice.So “It dont seem natural” said by Huck showed his satire on white peoples prejudice.Then Jim talked about the thing that he hit his four-year-old daughter a slap in the face in the fit of rage. Every time he thought of that,he always hatred himself.He cried:”Oh,de polittle thing! De Lord God Amighty forgive poole Jim,kaze he never gwyne to forgive hisself as longs he live!”This is a shocked mental description,which shows the Negros are same with the white people and they are familiar with any kind of emotion ,and which is a powerful hit to the popular racial discrimination. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn covers many social problems in America,especially the problem about the racial oppression,which has a urgent realistic meaning.Through the description to the fleeing story of Jim and Huck,Mark Twain obviously expresses his standing by the opposition to racial oppression.However,there is some lack in this novel.It writes in the last part of the novel that Miss Watson announced Jim as a free man,which is just authors good wish.At that time, a few examples can be seen in America that the Negro gained freedom because of the kindness of his master.Caro,a free state in the novel ,hiding in the mist over the Mississippi,is full of symbolic meaning.But The leading roles didnt find out the idealistic paradise when his wooden raft was following by Caro.It shows freedom and happiness are extremely wispy,only existing in the imagination of the oppressed people.From this point of view,Mark Twains perspective to society also has its profound side. The whole passage is finished with narrative way of first person.The leading roles are children,so the novel seems to be true when read.In this novel,the author uses lots of vulgar and concise folk spoken language,slang,full of folk atmosphere.The narration of this novel is concise,fluent and exciting,forming a kind of language style possessing distinctive ethnical character.Bernard Shaw thought Mark Twain the master of English language.While Hemingway said:”All American literature originate from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn of Mark Twain”.He evaluated this novel was the best among all the works in America. Bibliography:(1) 文化意义与精神进步：原型批评视角下哈克贝利·费恩历险记的成长进步主题研究，孙泰(2) 哈克贝利·费恩历险记的人物和主题，王迪生(3) 哈克贝利·费恩历险记的写作特点和人物形象，白逸欣，蔡宏宇-