1、The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnStructure Author Introduction Background Plot overview Character analysis Themes DiscussionMark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens(1835 1910)artistic,sharp weapon Famous for humor and satire greatest American humorist of his age the father of American literatureMajor wo
2、rks The Million Pound Note Roughing It(1872)The Gilded Age(1873)Life on the Mississippi(1883)A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Couru(1889)Puddnhead Wilson (1894)The Man That Corrupted Haddleyburry（1900）Two best known novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnIntroducti
3、on A l l m o d e r n American literature comes from one book by M a r k T w a i n c a l l e d Huckleberry Finn.There was nothing before.There has been nothing as good since.Ernest Hemingway Background 1850 Mississippi river Full of violencePlot overviewJimTomHucks father Judith Loftus The Grangerfor
4、ds The duck and the king Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas Phelps Widow DouglasMiss WatsonHuckleberry Finnsisterslavefriendadopted bykidnapHuckleberry FinnJimslaveTomfriendWidow Douglasadopted byMiss WatsonsisterHucks fatherkidnap Judith Loftus The Grangerfords The duck and the king Aunt Sally and Uncle Si
5、las Phelps people they meetfriendCharacter analysisHuckleberry Finn&JimHuckleberry FinnNaive and naughtyDesiring to be freeBraveEnergetic and curiousClever and intelligentJimLonging for freedom and daring to change his destinyBrave and selflessKindheartedGiving lots of protections and concerns to fr
6、iendThemesHow a white and a black could be friends?l Urges Huck not to tell the secret that Jim is a runaway slave.l Ties Huck to Jim at all the dangerous moments in the adventures.l Encourages Huck to run risk to save Jim.LoveEqualityHuckJim Understand and recognize Jim as an equal human beingJim d
7、oes his best to look after HuckConclusion Love and equality help white boy Huck and black salve Jim broke through racial problem and make the greatest friendship.DiscussionQuestion 1Do you think friendship is beyond age and social states?Question 2Accept the status or pursue the freedom,which one do you prefer?Thank You!
