Abstract Racial problems are one of the most typical and sensitive problems in American society. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is written by Mark Twain, is a clear mirror to the racial problems and to the American society.
This paper is going to describe the racial discriminations in America through describing Jim’s bitter experiences of being sold, being hunted after, being fooled by Tom. The main purposes of this paper are to reflect the influence that the slavery does on a black slave, to demonstrate the racial problems in this novel as well as to express the author’s love of democracy, equality and freedom.53824
Key words: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; racial discriminations; slavery; freedom
摘要种族问题是美国一直存在的最典型且敏感的社会问题之一,马克· 吐温撰写的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》正是种族问题及美国社会的一面清晰的镜子。
本论文将从主人公黑奴吉姆被贩卖、被追捕和被愚弄的经历阐述黑奴所遭遇的种族歧视问题。文章的最终目的就是从吉姆的以上经历中揭示奴隶制度和种族歧视对一个黑人的深刻影响,反映出小说中的种族问题,体现作者对民主、自由、平等的热爱。
毕业论文关键词:《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》;种族歧视;奴隶制度;自由
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review 2
3. The Study on the Racial Discriminations Jim Suffered from in the Novel
3.1 Sold by His Master Miss Watson 4
3.2 Hunted After by Mr. Judith Loftus 6
3.3 Fooled by Tom 7
4. Conclusion 9
Works Cited 11
1. Introduction
Mark Twain (1835—1910), the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born in a much poor family and grew up in Hannibal, which is a town on the banks of the Mississippi River. His father worked as a storekeeper and died in 1847. Because of his poverty, Mark Twain only received a basic public school education and did much hard work to support his family. His early occupations were like an apprenticeship to a printer, writing for his brother's newspaper and piloting ships on the Mississippi river. These various jobs let Mark Twain have the chance to observe the hard life of the low-grade people and provided plenty of writing materials for his most famous books, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and gave him his working name. In fact, Mark twain is used as a naval term that means two fathoms deep.
In fact, Mark Twain had always published his earlier works under the pen name of Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, and then he changed it into the well-known pen name when he worked as reporter for the Nevada and California magazines. He became famous as a humorist with the following works: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches (1867) and Innocents Abroad (1869), and started his first English speech tour in the 1872. Mark Twain’s writings are related to numerous topics especially frequently utilized autobiography (Roughing It (1872), Life on the Mississippi (1883)) and fantasy (The Prince and the Pauper (1882), A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur (1889)).源/自:751:;论-文'网www.751com.cn
Mark Twain was widely acknowledged as an excellent writer, especially a good humorist satirist. During his lifetime, Mark Twain created a lot of distinguished works, among which The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is seen as the most distinguished as well as the most representative achievement, thus attracting plenty of attention and comments. For example, Hemingway, Ernest once commented that all modern American Literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. This novel is concerned with the life around and on the Mississippi river and contains much of the social and political satire.