汤姆索亚历险记--英文汇报-(课堂)课件.ppt

1、 Group 3：Li Qian Wang Yaoyao Xu Ruiduo Cao Yuanwei Jiang Xin Niu JuanjuanAuthor introduction and the writing background ContentsMain characters The plot overview The novel language and expression skills The theme and writing significanceThe comments and historical status1Author introduction and the

2、writing background 3The novel plot summary 4The novel language and expression skills 2Main characters By:Li Qianu Mark Twain，the celebrated writer and elocutionist（演说家）（演说家）in America,whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.u Mark Twain wrote a lot of literary work in his life,including novels,p

3、lays,essays,poetry,etc.Criticizes the unreasonable phenomenon or the ugliness of human nature,u He is known as Lincoln of the American literature history.u He died on April 21,1910,at age seventy-five,buried in New York state The origin of the pen name The sailor term;The depth of water is 3 feet;Th

4、is is the necessary principle for safe navigation.The origin of the pen name the captain of Cyrus;imitate his style wrote a very sharp satire（讽刺文学）（讽刺文学）;4years later,the captain died.Mark Twains father died when he is 12.The schooling had to be suspended.Severed as a navigator of the Mississippi Ri

5、ver,miners and journalists,etc.Mark Twain is the representative of American critical realism literature,his inspiration comes from every aspect of social reality.To explore some profound social problems in his works,Mark Twain had a more sober understanding of the social reality under prosperity sur

6、face.Literary worksu Running for Governoru Goldsmith Friend Abroad Againu Roughing Itu The Man That Corrupted Hardleybugu Journalismin Tennesseeu Adventures of Huckleberry Finnu In 1876,the novel the adventures of Tom Sawyer is published.u The novel takes the small town on the Mississippi River as t

7、he background and the main characters are juveniles,while it is welcomed by the readers of any age.u Many interesting plots are authors experience,which conform to the childrens psychology.1Author introduction and the writing background 3The novel plot summary 4The novel language and expression skil

8、ls 2Main characters and their relationship By:Jiang XinMain CharactersTom SawyerHuckleberry FinnJoe HarperBecky ThatcherAunt PollyOther CharactersMuff PotterInjun JoeDr.RobinsonJudge ThatcherWidow DouglasCharacters ListsTom SawyerThe novels main character:Tom is a mischievous and adventurous boy wit

9、h an active imagination who spends most of the time getting himself in trouble.Despite his mischief,Tom has a good heart and a strong moral conscience.He becomes more and more mature as the story progresses.Huckleberry FinnHuck is Toms best friend and fellow adventurer.Abandoned by his drunken fathe

10、r,he lives on his own and by his own rules.Huck is very independent.Most adults disapprove of him and other children envy him for his freedom.Joe Harper Toms best friend and playmate.He,Tom and Huck spent their“pirate life”that they had been longing for on Jacksons Island Becky Thatcher Judge Thatch

11、ers pretty and cute daughter.She is Toms loved one.She stirs Toms lively romantic sensibility.Naive at first,Becky soon matches Tom as a romantic strategist.Aunt Polly Polly is Toms aunt and guardian.Aunt Polly is a nice lady but she can be mean and strict at times.Overall,Aunt Polly just wants to b

12、e loved by the most important people Sid and Tom in her life at the moment.Other CharactersMuff Potter:A“drunkard”,he help the doctor Robinson rob a tomb in order to earn money to buy drinks,But he were framed for murder by associates of Indian Joe,after due to Toms brave testimony he was proved inn

13、ocent.Injun Joe:An Indian,insidious and when he helped Dr.Robinson rob a grave with Muff Potter he killed the doctor.and pinned the accusation on Muff Potter.In the end he starved to death in a cave because of greed.Dr.Robinson:A villagers,was killed for refusing to pay the extra by Injun Joe.Judge

14、Thatcher:The Beckys father,is a great figure in St Petersburg Town.Widow Douglas:Beautiful,kind and rich,Because Huck had saved her life,and later adopted him.The Widow DouglasRelationshipTom SawyerHuckleberry FinnJoe Harper adoptsfriendfriendInjun JoecaveBecky ThatcherAunt Polly GirlfriendMuff Pott

15、erJudge ThatcherfatherDr.Robinsonkilledimputedrob a grave(盗墓盗墓)Pirate(海盗)Page 191Author introduction and the writing background 3The plot overview 4The novel language and expression skills 2Main characters and their relationship By:Wang YaoyaoToms mother died in his childhood,then he was adopted by

16、Aunt Polly.The smart naughty boy can not stand Aunt Polly and teachers discipline,and he often played truant and got in trouble.BeginningOfthe story1、Test the guts in the cemetery at midnight to with HuckAdventures starting 2、Go to Jacksons Island to be a“pirate”with Huck and Joe3、Hunt treasure in a

17、 haunted house with Huck4、Get lost in McDougals cave with Becky5、Hunt treasure in the cave with Huck againAdventure:Test the guts in the cemetery One night Tom and his friend Huck went to the cemetery for fun,accidentally witnessed a murder occurred.Fearing retaliation,they did not dare to expose th

18、e truth.However，after a fierce ideological struggle,Tom finally gathered the courage to testify against the murderer Injun Joe in court.Adventure:To be a“pirate”Tom,Joe and Huck ran away from home together.And they rode a raft to an island up to become pirates“and lived happily for some time.People

19、did not know their whereabouts,and thought they were drowned in the river.On the day of their funeral,the trio miraculously appeared.Adventure:Hunt treasure in a haunted house When Tom and Huck hunted treasure in a haunted house,they found Injun Joe and his cohorts was burying money.They were almost

20、 found.But thanks to the stairs collapsed,they escaped.Later,Huck tracked Injun Joe and found that they wanted to murder the widow Douglas.Huck hurried knocking on a neighbors door for help.The widow rescued.Adventure:Get lost in McDougals cave In a picnic,Tom and Becky got lost in a cave.During thr

21、ee days,they suffered cold and hunger and faced with the threat of death In the end,they walked out of the cave,and the villagers found them.They told experience in the cave,then villagers blocked the cave.Tom and Becky told the villagers they had seen Injun Joe in the cave.Then villagers found Inju

22、n Joe already dead in the cave.Adventure:Hunt treasure in the cave Tom and Huck returned to the cave and found a lot of treasure.They became the hero of the village.EndOfthe story Later,Huck was adopted by the widow because of his rescue.She taught him manners and let him wear clean clothes,but Huck

23、 can not stand those.One day he disappeared.Tom discovered he was asleep in an empty cask.Huck only felt free when wearing ragged.In the end,they were planning new adventures.1Author introduction and the writing background 3The plot overview 4The novel language and expression skills 2Main characters

24、 and their relationship By:Yu Juanjuan1humor2satire3 Colloquial Language4Figures of Speech Humor“The irony from life is the real irony”Life is the source of humor and humor could only be reflected by life.He combined the realism and humorous together criticizes the dark society.satire Although satir

25、e is usually meant to be funny,its greater purpose is ofen construcive social criticism,using wit as a weapon.In tom sawyer,he is content with mild admonions about the human race.“Tom surveyed his last touch with the eye of an artist”“Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face,but alacrity in

26、 his heart.”“if he hadnit run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village”From this,we can see Mark twains humorus.it is full of childrens intersts On the other hand,from this conversasion,we can see the satire.Twain points out the gullubility of man:in order to make a man or

27、a boy covet a thing,it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.Colloquial Language Mark Twain adopts the American colloquial languages.His words are vivid,concrete and direct in effect,and his sentence stuctures are simple,even ungrammatical.Local colorVernacular language“Say,Jim,I,l

28、l fetch the water if you will whitewash some.”“Cant,Mars Tom.Ole missis,she tole me I got to go angit dis water annot stop foolinroun wid anybody.she say she specMars Tom gwine to ax me to white wash anso she tole me to go long antend to”my own bussinessshelowed she tend to dewhitewashin”Figures of

29、Speech Exaggeration and metaphor are used to provide enphasis,freshness of expression,or clarity.such language enriched the readers effect of vivid scenes.“At last he was satisfied that time had ceased and eternity began.”“To which Tom responded with jeers,and started off in high feather”-Here“feath

30、er is compared as ones spirit”3Author introduction and the writing background 5The Theme6The novel language and expression skills 4Main characters and their relationship By:Cao Yuanwei1The background3The plots4 the meaning of this novel2Written for childrenUnderstood by the following partspa epitome

31、 of the American society pa sarcasm and criticism of the vulgar social custom,hypocritical religious rites,fusty school education.p a mirror of the bad act of the greedy peoplepa reflection of the society which is full of peopleof seeking fame and gain The backgroundFor children Innocent and livelyT

32、he brave to adventureThe pursuit of freedomClever and kind-heartedFor adultsMemory of their childhoodAwake the innocence of the heartWritten for childrenBecause it is written for the children,we can understand this novel more from the view of the entertainment than the ideological level.the plotsuMo

33、st of the plots reflect the innocence of children.uBy comparison of the children and adults,it mocks the vulgar,conservative,greedy citizen and the hypocrisy of the religion.uTo encourage children to be brave,awake the adults innocence of their heartThe meaning For the society For adults For childre

34、n3Author introduction and the writing background 5The Theme6Comment&status in American literary4Main characters and their relationship By:Xu Ruiduo1comment3Realism&Mark Train2StatuslA book write for childrennNot easy to readnnew stylelDifferent aspect of viewn Heren AbroadComment1comment3Realism&Mar

35、k Train2Statusl Mark made a breakthrough in the American literary scene with this book.nTrilogy of Mississippi lIt is a historical fiction giving readers a glimpse of the laid back towns life in the mid to late 19th century.StatuslDuring that time,slave owning was legal in that part of Mississippi r

36、iver and although this novel,unlike Huckleberry Finn,does not tackle black slavery head on but only as a backdropStatus1comment3Realism&Mark Train2Statuslthe faithful representation of reality“l based on objective reality“lfocused on showing everyday activities and life.Realisml The Great,Mark Twain.nthe father of American literature.William Faulkner lThe representation of realism in 19thAmerica Mark Twain!