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论文（设计）题目：荡漾在密西西比河上的“美国梦”---论马克吐温和《哈克贝利费恩历险记》
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1、论文（设计）研究目标及主要任务
本论文的研究目标是探讨马克吐温的小说《哈克贝利费恩历险记》中主人公体现出的作者所理解的“美国梦”精神。其主要任务是从自由主义，冒险主义和反抗精神具体表述这种精神对美国人的影响。
2、论文（设计）的主要内容
本论文分为三章，第一章从哈克和黑奴吉姆的逃跑和密西西比河的隐含意义三方面论述了文章中的自由主义，第二章从哈克和汤姆索亚的探险分析了冒险主义，最后一章讨论了哈克和吉姆的反抗精神。
3、论文（设计）的基础条件及研究路线
本论文的基础条件是不同的文学家、文学批评家以及乔伊斯本人对其作品中人物和当时社会环境分析和解读。
研究路线是对人物的精神状况从渴望自由，冒险和反抗三方面进行详细的探讨和分析。
4、主要参考文献
Thomson, David. 2000. In Nevada: The Land, The People, God, and Chance. New York: Vintage Books.
Jelliffe, Robert A. 1956. Faulkner at Nagano. Tokyo: Kenkyusha, Ltd.
Lindborg, Henry J. 2009. “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
陶德臻，1991，《世界文学史》，北京：高等教育出版社
梁斌，2008，《论马克吐温对美国现实的批判》，山东大学
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课题论证：从自由主义，冒险主义和反抗精神角度入手讨论《哈克贝利费恩历险记》中的主人公形象，以及从中反应的马克吐温自身对于美国梦的认识。
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温和《哈克贝利费恩历险记》
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论文内容摘要
美国梦在美国文学中是一个永恒的话题，它通过文学方式反映一定时期的社会特征，表达社会需求，因此文学和美国梦的紧密关系的显而易见的。
马克吐温生于1835年11月30号佛罗里达州，在密西西比河的几年生涯为他的《哈克贝利费恩历险记》提供了丰富的一手素材和背景。《哈克贝利费恩历险记》写于1884年，但描述的故事发生于美国内战前，因为这段时期最能体现美国社会。在此书中，主人公哈克和吉姆分别代表不同阶级。在曲折而又充满冒险的旅途中，哈克和吉姆建立起了深厚的友谊，这种友谊打破了白人和黑人的隔阂。
海明威曾这样评价《哈克贝利费恩历险记》，“所以美国现代文学都起源于一本书《哈克贝利费恩历险记》，之前没有，至少迄今为止还没有人能赶超”。由此可见这本书在美国文学中的特殊地位。
以前人们把对此书的研究重点放在马克吐温幽默和口语化的写作风格，以及以马克吐温为代表的地方色彩主义。近些年来，越来越多的研究开始转向19世纪美国道德颓废和奴隶制的存在。本论文从三方面分析美国儿童精神追求：自由主义，冒险主义和反抗精神。为研究当时美国人的精神追求提供了素材。
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XXXX大学本科生毕业论文（设计）文献综述Literature Review
American Dream has always been a main topic in American literature. It completely manifests American social characteristics at that fixed period, and expresses the society's request through literature. Therefore, the close relation between literature and society was fully displayed.
As we all know, the Americans are proud of their dream, which has started from Columbus who found this new land. We can see from the earlier American novels and works that the original American Dream is based on the longing for a totally perfect nation where equality, justice and freedom are valued. They cherish the idea that men are born to be equal and they can achieve what they want once they struggle for it. The American Dream plays a significant role in the nation’s building and attracts millions of individuals coming to this charming land to find their new life.
There are sorts of works depicting this theme. In different period, American Dream has different ways of representations. The frontier spirit in Steinbeck’s the Grapes of Wrath, the chasing of freedom and democracy in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s the Scarlet Letter and the confusion and disillusion in F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s the Great Gatsby all demonstrate the changes of meaning being added to the original one.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written in the year 1884, but it described the story happening before the Civil War. At that time, there existed two different economic systems: capitalism in the North which developed in leaps and bounds and more free labor men were needed and plantation economy in the South where the white plantation owners with large plantations needed more slaves as their own private property but treated slaves rather badly just like animals which could be purchased freely. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can best depict American society. Although slavery in America was abolished from the eye of law, in reality, racial discrimination was still serious, which could be seen in such situation as black slaves were the lowest in the social status and their lives had no change.
Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens .He was born on
November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri, of a Virginian family. He was brought up in Hannibal, Missouri. He grew up in an ordinary family. After his father's death in 1847, he had to leave school. Then he worked as a tramp printer, river pilot, confederate guerrilla, prospector, which all enriched his experience. And four-year life along the Mississippi River provided rich raw material and background information for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Literary critic HL Mencken once said that Mark Twain was "the true father of American national literature "; Ernest Hemingway once commented The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, "All modern American literature comes from one book called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which is the best of all books, not previously before, so far not so good." Hemingway’s comment shows that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has a special literal status in America. At that time, the coming out of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn caused great response and appreciation by many critics and readers at home and abroad. Quelilin said, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is great. Mark Twain narrated the story in first person, which enables readers to appreciate the significance of the novel directly and deeply. The two heroes Huck and Jim stand for two different classes. In the winding and adventurous journey, Huck and Jim have built up an everlasting friendship that has broken down the barr ier between the white and black. The writer’s wording is full of humor, sarcasm and contempt. This writing traits and rhetorical tactics contribute to reflecting the strong desire of the public to abolish the bondage of slavery and pursue independence and freedom". The poet T.S. Eliot believes that “the novel creates a new writing style in both the United States and the Britain and “it is a new discovery of English”. He also holds that Huck, his image, is eternal. Since more than 100 years after the publish of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s description of and pursuit for truth, goodness and freedom and his natural and poetic style and highly infectious sense of humor have attracted millions of the different cultures and of different ages readers in the world. The New York Times in 1982 also hailed The Adventures of a Huckleberry Finn as one of the greatest novels in America. Many
readers read and appreciated The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn .The novel contributes so greatly to literature that literary researchers analyze the novel from all levels of analysis.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn does not enjoy the same the same amount of fame with Mark Twain’s another work the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. So Chinese readers are sensitive to the humor in writing styles instead of the character building and the emotion the writer express. In recent years, more and more researches are done in the analysis of moral decadence and hypocrisy of slavery in the 19th century in the United States. The novel reveals American dark side in the 19th century which makes us think of social problem and paves a new way for racial equality through humor and critique. Lots of concern has been made in the aspect of ordinary people’s demonstration of the American spirit which forms the American Dream.
This thesis analyzes the spirit illustrated by the children in three aspects: the liberalism, the adventurism and the rebellious spirit. Chapter One firstly analyzes the escapes of Huckleberry Finn and black slave Jim and digs the symbolic meaning of Mississippi River; Chapter Two deals with the manifestations of adventures of Huckleberry and Tom Sawyer, a main character of Mark Twain’s another masterpiece the adventures of Tom Sawyer; Chapter Three studies the rebellious spirit of the two children in their friendship and their resistant in the status quo. Although being restricted and constrained by the reality, these young children are still cherishing their dream of freedom as well as equality which are not likely being owned by them in that time and age.
本科生毕业论文设计
题目：荡漾在密西西比河河上的“美国梦”
——论马克·吐温和《哈克贝利费恩历险记》
American Dream along Mississippi
------Mark Twain and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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American Dream along Mississippi
------Mark Twain and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Abstract
American Dream has always been a main topic in American literature. It completely manifests American social characteristics at that fixed period, and expresses the society's request through literature. Therefore, the close relation between literature and American Dream was fully displayed.
Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri, of a Virginian family. Several years of life along the Mississippi River provided rich raw material and background information for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written in the year 1884, but it described the story happening before the Civil War, which can best depict American society. In this book, the two heroes Huck and Jim stand for two different classes. In the winding and adventurous journey, Huck and Jim have built up an everlasting friendship that has broken down the barrier between the white and black.
Ernest Hemingway once commented The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, "All modern American literature comes from one book called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which is the best of all books, not previously before, so far not so good."1Hemingway’s comment shows that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has a special literal status in America.
The former study pays much emphasis on the humorous and colloquial writing styles and the local colorism in which Mark Twain is a representative figure. In recent years, more and more researches are done in the analysis of moral decadence and hypocrisy of slavery in the 19th century in the United States. This thesis analyzes the spirit illustrated by the children in three aspects: the liberalism, the adventurism and the rebellious spirit. Although being restricted and constrained by the reality, these young children are still cherishing their dream of freedom as well as equality which are not likely being owned by them in that time and age.
Key words: Mark Twain; American dream; freedom; equality
摘要
美国梦在美国文学中是一个永恒的话题，它通过文学方式反映一定时期的社会特征，表达社会需求，因此文学和美国梦的紧密关系的显而易见的。
马克吐温生于1835年11月30号佛罗里达州，在密西西比河的几年生涯为他的《哈克贝利费恩历险记》提供了丰富的一手素材和背景。《哈克贝利费恩历险记》写于1884年，但描述的故事发生于美国内战前，因为这段时期最能体现美国社会。在此书中，主人公哈克和吉姆分别代表不同阶级。在曲折而又充满冒险的旅途中，哈克和吉姆建立起了深厚的友谊，这种友谊打破了白人和黑人的隔阂。
海明威曾这样评价《哈克贝利费恩历险记》，“所以美国现代文学都起源于一本书《哈克贝利费恩历险记》，之前没有，至少迄今为止还没有人能赶超”。由此可见这本书在美国文学中的特殊地位。
以前人们把对此书的研究重点放在马克吐温幽默和口语化的写作风格，以及以马克吐温为代表的地方色彩主义。近些年来，越来越多的研究开始转向19世纪美国道德颓废和奴隶制的存在。本论文从三方面分析美国儿童精神追求：自由主义，冒险主义和反抗精神。尽管为现实所桎梏，这些儿童依然怀揣着拥有自由平等的梦想。
关键词：马克吐温美国梦自由平等
Table of Contents Introduction (1)
Chapter I. Liberalism (4)
A. Huckleberry’s Escape (4)
B. Ji m’s Runaway (6)
C. Mississippi—the Symbol of Freedom (6)
Chapter II. Adventurism (8)
A. Adventures of Huckleberry (8)
B. Adventures of Tom Sawyer (8)
Chapter III. Rebellious Spirit (11)
A. Huckle berry’s Friendship with Jim (11)
B. Ji m’s Resistance to Slavery (14)
Conclusion (17)
Notes (19)
Bibliography (20)
Introduction
1.1M ark Twain’s life and major works
Samuel Langhorne Clemens，better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist, who is most famous for his satires. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, which brought international attention, even being translated to classic Greek.
His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned him praise from critics and peers.
Twain passed through a period of deep depression that began in 1896 when his daughter Suzy died of meningitis. Olivia's death in 1904 and Jean's on December 24, 1909, deepened his gloom.
In 1909, Twain is quoted as saying:
"I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together."2
His prediction was accurate—Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut, one day after the comet's closest approach to Earth.
Upon hearing of Twain's death, President William Howard Taft said:
"Mark Twain gave pleasure – real intellectual enjoyment – to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come ... His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature."3
From the onset of his literary work, Mark Twain demonstrates a clear interest in the lives of the youth. His famous the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn illustrates this. Huckleberry Finn
was an offshoot from Tom Sawyer and had a more serious tone than its predecessor. Huckleberry, the main character, is considered as an uneducated boy who is constantly under pressure to conform to the "civilized" aspects of society. Jim, who accompanies Huckleberry, is a runaway slave seeking freedom from the world that has denied it to him for so long. It is the trip that makes the boy Huckleberry get to know the evil of the slavery and to show his courage to rebel against the world. The main premise behind Huckleberry Finn is the young boy's belief in the right thing to do though most believed that it was wrong.
1.2About American Dream
This book has been studied from many aspects, for instance, the situational irony, the writing features, the personalities of the characters and so on. This paper mainly studies the spirit of American Dream demonstrated in the book. The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"4 regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.
The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Ownby (1999) identifies four American Dreams that the new consumer culture addressed. The first was the "Dream of Abundance" offering a cornucopia of material goods to all Americans, making them proud to be the richest society on earth. The second was the "Dream of a Democracy of Goods" whereby everyone had access to the same products regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or class, thereby challenging the aristocratic norms of the rest of the world whereby only the rich or well-connected are granted access to luxury. The "Dream of Freedom of Choice" with its ever expanding variety of good allowed people to fashion their own particular lifestyle. Finally, the "Dream of Novelty", in which ever-changing fashions, new models, and unexpected new products broadened the consumer experience in terms of
美国梦与中国梦有何区别
美国梦与中国梦有何区别？ 来源：郎仁斌的日志 美国梦是希望之梦、成功之梦、平等之梦、幸福之梦。 据有关学者的归纳：“ 所谓的美国梦(American Dream)，是一种相信只要在美国经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获致更好生活的理想，亦即人们必须透过自己的工作勤奋、勇气、创意、和决心迈向繁荣，而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援助。通常这代表了人们在经济上的成功或是企业家的精神。许多欧洲移民都是抱持著美国梦的理想前往美国的。尽管有些人批评美国梦过度强调了物质财富在衡量胜利和快乐上扮演的角色，但许多美国人的确认为，这种获致成功的机会在世界上其他国家是找不到也并不存在的。因为与其他大多数国家不同的是，在美国拥有的经济自由相当多，政府扮演的角色相当有限，这使得美国的社会流动性极大，任何人都有可能透过自己的努力迈向巅峰。” “依据历史学家的说法，美国快速的经济发展和工业扩张并非只是因为美国的自然资源丰富，更是因为所有人都有机会藉由自己的奋斗获取财富。美国梦成
为了吸引世界各地人民移民美国的主要原因—无论过去或现在。在今天，每年有超过一百万的人成为美国公民，是世界上最受欢迎的移民地点。” 美国梦的核心是：“ 美国提供了人人都能成功的机会;成功取决于自己的才能和努力，而不是家世和背景;人人都拥有平等的权利;人人都有信仰的自由。” 美国梦的代表人物有：爱迪生、洛克菲勒、福特、比尔盖茨、拉里·佩奇和谢尔盖·布林、杨致远、赵小兰、朱棣文、施瓦辛格、林肯、罗斯福、里根、肯尼迪、克林顿、奥巴马…数不胜数。 而中国人并不存在一个明确的中国梦，例如现在，大家的梦想就是“我爸是李刚”和“中五百万”大奖。这些梦想都是只要结果，不要过程;只要收获，不要付出的梦想。 如果要找出一个中国人都希望达到的目标的话，就是“升官发财”。追求权力和财富，是我们这个民族的核心价值观。从孔子的“学而优则仕”，到当今的“一切向钱看”，无不始终贯穿着权力和金钱占有欲，而丝
马克吐温
马克·吐温（Mark Twain），美国作家、演说家，真实姓名是萨缪尔·兰亨·克莱门（Samuel Langhorne Clemens）。“马克·吐温”是他的笔名，原是密西西比河水手使用的表示在航道上所测水的深度的术语。代表作品有小说《百万英镑》、《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》、《汤姆·索亚历险记》等。 马克·吐温12岁时，父亲去世，他只好停学，到工厂当小工。后来他又换了不少职业，曾做过密西西比河的领航员、矿工及新闻记者工作。渐渐地着手写一些有趣的小品，开始了自己的写作生涯。 [1]他于1910年4月21日去世，安葬于纽约州艾玛拉。 马克·吐温一生写了大量作品，题材涉及小说、剧本、散文、诗歌等各方面。从内容上说，他的作品批判了不合理现象或人性的丑恶之处，表达了这位当过排字工人和水手的作家强烈的正义感和对普通人民的关心；从风格上说，专家们和一般读者都认为，幽默和讽刺是他的写作特点。他经历了美国从初期资本主义到帝国主义的发展过程，其思想和创作也表现为从轻快调笑到辛辣讽刺再到悲观厌世的发展阶段，前期以辛辣的讽刺见长，到了后期语言更为暴露激烈。 马克·吐温是美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人，他的主要作品已大多有中文译本。2006年，马克·吐温被美国的权威期刊《大西洋月刊》评为影响美国的100位人物第16名. 1835年11月30日，马克·吐温出生于美国密苏里州佛罗里达的乡村贫穷律师家庭。他是家中7个小孩中的第6个。他的父
亲是当地的律师，收入微薄，家境拮据。小马克·吐温上学时就不得不打工。他十一岁那年父亲去世，从此他开始了独立的劳动生活，先在印刷厂当学徒，当过送报员和排字工，后来又在密西西比河上当水手和舵手。 [3] 1839年秋，马克·吐温一家迁往密苏里州汉尼拔（Hannibal）的一个密西西比河的港市，而这就成为了他后来的著作《汤姆·索亚历险记》和 《顽童流浪记》中圣彼得堡的城市的灵感。那时，密苏里州是联邦的奴隶州，而年轻的吐温开始了解奴隶制，这成为了往后在他的历险小说中的主题。马克·吐温是色盲，而这激起了他在社交圈子的诙谐玩笑。 [3] 1847年3月24日马克·吐温的父亲约翰·克莱门斯死于肺炎。1847年，家世寒微的马克·吐温开始去做印刷所学徒、报童、排字工人、水手、淘金工人、记者等工作。 [3] 1851年，马克·吐温成为一名排字工人，也有投稿，并开始给他哥哥奥利安创办的《汉尼拔杂志》（Hannibal Journal）写草稿。 [3] 1852年5月1日在波士顿的幽默周刊《手提包》上发表了他的处女作《拓殖者大吃一惊的花花公子》。 [3] 1858年，马克·吐温回到密苏里州。在下密西西比河到纽奥良的旅途中，轮船的领航员“碧士比”要吐温终身成为轮船领航员。 [3]
第三版高级英语课后习题答案
1.He is a nice enough young fellow, you know, but he is empty-headed. 2.A passing fashion or craze, in my opinion, shows a complete lack of reason. 3.I ought to have known that raccoon coat would come back to fashion when the Charleston dance, which was popular in the 1920s, came back. 4.All the important and fashionable men on campus are wearing them. How come you don’t know? 5.My brain, which is a precision instrument, began to work at high speed. 6.Except for one thing (intelligence) Polly had all the other requirements. 7.She was not as beautiful as those girls in posters but I felt sure she would become beautiful enough after some time. 8.In fact, she went in the opposite direction, that is, she is not intelligent but rather stupid. 9.If you are no longer involved with her (if you stop dating her) others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend. 10.His head turned back and forth (looking at the coat then looking away from the coat). Every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to give away Polly becomes weaker. 11.To teach her to think appeared to be a rather big task. 12.One must admit the outcome does not look very hopeful, but I decided to try one more time. 13.There is a limit to what any human being can bear. 14.I planned to be Pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself, but I turned out to be Frankenstein because Polly (the result/product of my hard work) ultimately rejected me and ruined my plan. 15.Desperately I tried to stop the feeling of panic that was overwhelming me. 1.I was once so completely absorbed in the important affairs of the world that I devoted all my attention, time and energy to them and only occasionally did I allow myself a little rest by reading poetry or listening to music. 2.Or maybe my suppressed inclination has been brought out under Laura’s unintentional influence. 3.I was as puritanical as a Pharisee and I viewed with contempt all those who lived a less practical life than my own and regarded them as creatures on the moon. 4.Just imagine how I have changed now. Here I stand, sentimental and sensitive, like an old unmarried woman painting a water-color picture of the sunset. 5.I want to enjoy beauty to my heart’s content before I die. 6.I feel that I am weightless and totally absorbed by the night and feel at peace with the night. 7.I imagine devoted religious people must feel as clean and pure as I do now when they leave the solemn confessional after gaining pardon for their sins. 8.In the same way I let myself freely imagine what the innermost part of Laura’s character presents. She looks so severe outwardly, but inwardly she is full of tenderness---tenderness like delicate flowers waiting for the daring to discover them. 9.We human beings ought to learn from the wise bird, knowing how far we can allow ourselves to go; knowing how much freedom of conduct we can allow ourselves to have. 10.Here I’m born anew, completely different from the past, changed excessively or to an unusual extent. 11.The Pacific Ocean alone is much larger than all the continents combined. 12.A storm that lasted two days has made me extremely excited and happy, but above all, I love these idle days in which I throw off all the qualities, perspectives, values and everything else that made me as what I was: I’m born anew.
论密西西比河对马克吐温和《哈克贝利费恩历险记》的影响
最新英语专业全英原创毕业论文，都是近期写作 1 浅论中西文化差异及其对翻译策略的影响 2 广告中反语现象的关联分析 3 华盛顿?欧文与陶渊明逃遁思想对比研究 4 论英语电影片名的翻译 5 A Comparison of Western and Eastern Privacy Concepts 6 试析《宠儿》中的象征手法 7 [毕业论文](日语系毕业论文)关于中日赞赏语的比较研究 8 浅析简?奥斯丁在《傲慢与偏见》中的女性主义 9 图式理论在高中英语阅读教学中的应用 10 On Symbolism in D.H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow 11 Puritanism in The Scarlet Letter 12 高中英语教学中跨文化心理学的研究 13 《麦琪的礼物》看语境在中英翻译中的影响 14 “功能对等”理论视角下的词性转换翻译研究 15 汽车品牌文化内涵 16 从成长教育理论视角解读奥利弗退斯特的生活经历 17 对《傲慢与偏见》中女主人公伊丽莎白的尝试性分析 18 理智胜于情感 19 论广告英语的用词特点 20 试析文化语境对大学英语阅读的影响 21 商务信函翻译技巧初探 22 解析《宠儿》的象征意义 23 论商标名称的翻译对品牌形象的影响 24 Consumerism in The Great Gatsby 25 《圣经》与人类文明起源 26 A Comparison between Task-based Approach and Communicative Approach 27 “黑尔舍姆”教育尝试的失败—析石黑一雄小说《别让我走》 28 论童话《小王子》的象征创作 29 马丁伊登的自我认知和社会认知及其悲剧 30 从《道连?格雷的画像》透析王尔德的艺术人生观 31 顺应论视角中电影字幕汉英翻译研究——以李安电影作品字幕翻译为例 32 从目的论角度比较研究《彼得?潘》两个中文译本 33 《傲慢与偏见》中女性意识的体现 34 互联网时代的语言帝国主义 35 论《黄墙纸》中女主人公女性主义思想的局限性 36 从态度系统分析小说《简?爱》的女主人公的性格特征 37 从文化适应角度看中外广告翻译 38 American Individualism as Shown in Forrest Gump 39 对《愤怒的葡萄》中圣经原型的分析 40 “Lady First” Reflecte d in Different Cultures 41 从《基督山伯爵》看亚历山大?大仲马的金钱观 42 论《小妇人》的叙事技巧
高级英语第一册第九课翻译与练习答案
第九课 马克?吐温——美国的一面镜子 (节选) 诺埃尔?格罗夫 在大多数美国人的心目中，马克?吐温是位伟大作家，他描写了哈克?费恩永恒的童年时代中充满诗情画意的旅程和汤姆?索亚在漫长的夏日里自由自在历险探奇的故事。的确，这位美国最受人喜爱的作家的探索精神、爱国热情、浪漫气质及幽默笔调都达到了登峰造极的程度。但我发现还有另一个不同的马克?吐温——一个由于深受人生悲剧的打击而变得愤世嫉俗、尖酸刻薄的马克?吐温，一个为人类品质上的弱点而忧心忡忡、明显地看到前途是一片黑暗的人。 印刷工、领航员、邦联游击队员、淘金者、耽于幻想的乐天派、语言尖刻的讽刺家：马克?吐温原名塞缪尔?朗赫恩?克莱门斯，他一生之中有超过三分之一的时间浪迹美国各地，体验着美国的新生活，尔后便以作家和演说家的身分将他所感受到的这一切介绍给全世界。他的笔名取自他在蒸汽船上做工时听到的报告水深为两口寻(12英尺)——意即可以通航的信号语。他的作品中有二十几部至今仍在印行，其外文译本仍在世界各地拥有读者，由此可见他的享誉程度。 在马克?吐温青年时代，美国的地理中心是密西西比河流域，而密西西比河是这个年轻国家中部的交通大动脉。龙骨船、平底船和大木筏载运着最重要的商品。木材、玉米、烟草、小麦和皮货通过这些运载工具顺流而下，运送到河口三角洲地区，而砂糖、糖浆、棉花和威士忌酒等货物则被运送到北方。在19世纪50年代，西部领土开发高潮到来之前，辽阔的密西西比河流域占美国已开发领土的四分之三。 1857年，少年马克?吐温作为蒸汽船上的一名小领航员踏人了这片天地。在这个新的工作岗位上，他接触到的是各式各样的人物，看到的是一个多姿多彩的大干世界。他完全地投身到这种生活之中，经常在操舵室里听着人们谈论民间争斗、海盗抢劫、私刑案件、游医卖药以及河边的一些化外民居的故事。所有这一切，连同他那像留声机般准确可靠的记忆所吸收的丰富多彩的语言，后来都有机会在他的作品中得以再现。 蒸汽船的甲板上不仅挤满了富有开拓精神的人们，而且也载着一些娼妓、赌棍和歹徒等社会渣滓。从所有这些形形色色的人身上，马克?吐温敏锐地认识了人类，认识了人们的言与行之间的差距。他在蒸汽船上工作的四年半时间是他真正接受教育的开端，而且也是最具有深远意义的教育。到了晚年，马克?吐温还声言是密西西比河使他了解了各种各样的人的本性。这种生活体验对他的全部创作都起了促进作用，然而他描写得最为成功的还是那些密西西比河上的人物。 随着铁路运输的发展，社会上对汽船领航员的需求日渐减少，而内战的爆发又阻碍了商业贸易的发展。这时，马克?吐温便离开了密西西比河流域。他在南方邦联游击队的一支杂牌队伍里当了两个星期的兵。那支队伍想方设法避免与敌军交战。在确信“我比发明撤退的人更精通撤退”之后，马克?吐温离开了那支队伍。 他乘驿站马车来到西部，在内华达州的华苏地区受到当时正流行的淘金热的诱惑。同那只有既幸运而又锲而不舍的追求者才能取得的巨大财富三心二意地打了八个月交道之后，他遭到了失败。在破产和灰心之余，他接受了为弗吉尼亚市《领土开发报》当记者的工作，这一行动将获得文学界永久的感激。 自从他因淘金失败而感到心灰意冷之后，马克?吐温便开始努力博取作为一名报社记者和幽默作家的地区性声望。从事新闻报道工作当然不能使他像淘金成功者一样立成巨富，但在挣钱方面他的笔杆却比他的锄镐要有效得多。1864年春季，在他加盟《领土开发报》还不足两年之时，他又乘驿站马车前往旧金山，那儿在当时和现在都是有前途的年轻作家成长
美国梦与中国梦讲解稿
American dreams and Chinese dreams Good afternoon,ladies and gentlemen.I am honored to stand here and represent my group to show my presentation .First,Let's think about a question:What is dream? Dream is our goal to avoid getting lost in the pursuit of our life.Dream is our beacon when we have a long and lonely voyage at sea. Dream is a word showing the strongest desire of someone’s inner heart . Today,our theme is based on the discussion of American dreams and Chinese dreams .Now, let’s start with the American dreams first. The term American dream was first mentioned by James Truslow Adams in his book 《The Epic of American》which was written in 1931.He states in his book ：“the American Dream is a dream of land,each person has a better, richer and more fulfilling life,and those who have the ability or achievement are always full of opportunities.” So what is the real meaning of American dreams? I think most of you have your own conception. Is it FREEDOM,or EQUALITY.Is it INDINVDUALISM or MOBILITY,and what about DEMOCRACY? Yeah,we can conclude six basic beliefs from American dreams: individual freedom self-reliance equality of opportunity competition material wealth hard work The American Dream is the dream of a land where all people can succeed through hard work. It is also an idea that suggests that all people have the potential to live happy, successful lives.
中国梦和美国梦的区别
中国梦与美国梦的差别 读到一篇解释中国梦与美国梦不同的文章，其中提到，二者的不同是“是价值观上的差别”，“要中华民族复兴，中国梦就必然奉行集体价值，以集体主义为哲学基础，追求的是集体的整体利益；相反，美国梦奉行个人价值，以个人主义为哲学基础，追求的是个人的物质利益。也就是说，中国梦有着家国情怀的特征，而美国梦则更多个人奋斗的色彩。”这种看法似乎正在成为理解眼下“中国梦”的基调。 德国神学家，被称为德国教会良知的反纳粹宗教人士潘霍华（Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945）说过，“人们在比较自己与从别人那里学到的东西时，特别容易高估自己的成就。”美国梦真的只是追求个人的物质利益吗？真的就没有与共同体有关的“情怀”？ “美国梦”最早由历史学家亚当斯（James Truslow Adams）在《美国史诗》(The Epic of America，1931)中提出，成为一个流行的说法。他写道，“上个世纪，那个将千百万人从别的国家吸引到我们国家来的美国梦，并不仅仅是由于物质的丰富（尽管这也非常重要），而是要远远超过这个。这是一个让每个人都能充分得到发展的梦，这个梦要摧毁的是那些在老旧世界中竖起的壁垒，……要颠覆的是那些只是为某些阶级自私利益服务的社会秩序。”美国是一个移民的国家，千千万万人从“老旧世界”到美国这个“新世界”来追寻他们在自己“祖国”不能实现的希望。每个国家都有可能的梦想机会，但只有美国才是给外来者提供梦想机会的国家，在这个意义上说，美国梦是很难在其他国家复制的。 美国吸引许多别的国家人们来寻梦和圆梦，首先是因为它拥有许多人向往的民主制度和自由、平等价值观。例如，德意志1848年革命在军事镇压下失败，数千名中产阶级的自由主义者被迫逃走，大多去了美国。对这个没有贵族特权等级，没有专制政府权力的国家，其中一位如此写道，“德国移民来到一个新的国家，那里没有专制权力，没有建立在垄断、苛捐杂税上的特权秩序，没有对信仰和良心的钳制。每个人都可以自由地到处旅行、定居。不需要身份证，没有警察来干涉他的私事或监视他的行踪。……任何人只要尽职和能干，就能得到荣誉。穷人和富人都是平等的，学者一点也不比最贫寒的工匠身份高。随便干哪一行都不用觉得丢人。……拥有财富和房产的人，一点也不比最穷的公民拥有更多的政治权利。没有贵族，没有特权阶级，没有军队在肉体和精神上镇压人民，没有大批不干事的官僚吮吸人民的血汗。更重要的是，没有君主和腐败的法庭，……在这样的国家里，一个人只要有才能，精力旺盛，坚韧不拔，就能得到远远超过在君主制国家里的机会”。 并非每一个到美国来寻梦和圆梦的人都能成功地如愿以偿，但美国梦却一直还是一种有力的召唤力量，为什么是这样呢？亚当斯解释说，那是因为美国梦代表的是一种关于社会秩序的公正理想，“一直就有这样一个美国梦：在这片土地上，每个人的生活都可以变得更好，更富足，每个人都能以他的努力和成就找到自己的机会。欧洲的上层阶级很难恰当地理解这个梦，而我们当中也有很多人厌倦了或不再信任这个梦。这不只是一个关于汽车、房子或高工资的梦，而且是一个关于社会秩序的梦。在这个社会秩序里，每个男人和女人都凭借自己的内在能力得到最大的尊重，不论出身是贫贱还是富贵，可以一样受到他人的承认。”
英文美国和中国梦American Dream and Chinese Dream
American Dream and Chinese Dream America is one of the most powerful countries in the world. Its economy is developing rapidly. All the people are seeking to freedom, equality and happiness. On the land, people have American Dream, for this dream，they are working hard and Struggling. What’s more, American Dream inspires millions of people from home and abroad to America, for achieving the American Dream. As is known to us, American Dream is the idea that life should be better, richer and fuller, with opportunity for each one. First of all, history about American Dream .America Dream began in the discovery of North America, it was due to opening of the sea lanes and discovery of the new continent, so there were great number of settlers and immigrants poured into the United States of America, they offered premise condition to American culture. It was formed on the" Declaration of independence" and" the United States Constitution" formulation and everybody had equal rights became the mainstream ideology. It was developed in the rise of capitalism. What’s more, Westward Movement promoted American Dream to zenith and it became the United States National Spirit. In addition, people about American Dream. We will never forget Andrew Carnegie, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr and Obama and so on. They are very great, because they made great contributions to American Dream. However, what is the American Dream today? It is including space exploration, economic globalization and three leading ways to instant wealth.
高级英丘吉尔演讲、马克吐温
1.Speech on Hitler’ Invasion of the U.S.S.R “Behind all this glare. behind all this storm, I see that small group of villainous men who plan, organize, and launch this cataract of horrors upon mankind... 在这番刀光剑影、血雨腥风的背后，我看到了那一小撮谋划、组织并向人类发起这场恐怖战争的恶棍··· “I have to declare the decision of His Majesty’s Government—and I feel sure it is a decision in which the great Dominions will in due course concur—for we must speak out now at once, without a day’s delay. I have to make the declaration, but can you doubt what our policy will be? We have but one aim and one single, irrevocable purpose. We are resolved to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime. From this nothing will turn us—nothing. We will never parley,we will never negotiate with Hitler or any of his gang. We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, we shall fight him in the air, until, with God’s help, we have rid the earth of his shadow and liberated its people from his yoke. Any man or state who fights on against Nazidom will have our aid.Any man or state who marches with Hitler is our foe...That is our policy and that is our declaration.It follows therefore that we shall give whatever help we can to Russia and the Russian people.We shall appeal to all our friends and allies in every part of the world to take the same course and pursue it,as we shall faithfully and stead-fastly to the end.... 现在我必须宣布大英帝国的决定，我确信伟大的自治领地在适当时候会一致同意这个决定。然而我们必须立即宣布这项决定，一天也不能耽搁。我必须发表这项声明，难道你们会怀疑我们的政策吗？我们只有一个目标，一个唯一的，不可能变的目标，那就是一定要消灭希特勒和纳粹政权的一切痕迹。什么也不能使我们改变这个决定。什么也不能！我们决不妥协；我们决不同希特勒或他的任何党羽谈判。我们将在陆地上同他战斗，直至借上帝之力，在地球上清除他的阴影，并把地球上的人民从他的枷锁中解放出来。我们将援助任何一个同纳粹主义作战的人或者国家。我们将敌视任何一个助纣为虐的人或国家···这就是我们的政策，这就是我们的宣言。因此，我们将尽力援助（前）苏联和（前）苏联人民。我们将呼吁世界各地的朋友和盟友与我们同心协力，忠诚不渝地斗争到底··· “This is no class war, but a war in which the whole British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations is engaged, without distinction of race, creed, or party. It is not for me to speak of the action of the Soviet Russia will cause the slightest divergence of aims or slackening of effort in the great democracies who are resolved upon his doom, he is woefully mistaken. On the contrary, we shall be fortified and encouraged in our efforts to rescue mankind from his tyranny. We shall be strengthened and not weakened in determination and in resources. 这绝不是阶级战争。这是一场大英帝国和英联邦，不分种族，不分信仰，不分党派，共同参与的战争。我无权代表美国方面做任何行动宣言，但我要声明一点，如果希特勒认为他对（前）苏联的进攻会稍稍转移那些一心埋葬他的伟大的民主
中国梦与美国梦的比较
他山之石 中国梦与美国梦的比较 国防大学教授公方彬 总有一些巧合让人们特别关注。2012年底，奥巴马的胜选感言是《为了永远的美国梦》，习近平在参观《复兴之路》》展览时也强调，要实现“中华民族伟大复兴中国梦”。很显然，两个国家领导人提出的国家梦，都在本国国民中产生共鸣。为什么要有国家梦，梦想中蕴含着什么，我们该怎样理解和推进中国梦，这是每一个关心国家和民族命运，同时关心自己命运者都必须思考的命题。 一、为什么将中国梦与美国梦作比较 中国梦因习近平的提倡而热，这一提法富于亲和力，贴近平民话语系统，因此拉近了主流和主导价值与平民价值追求的距离。他的每一重大思想，甚至所说的每一句话，都蕴含着执政理念，关系到一个时期内中国共产党和中国社会的前进方向，注定受到高度关注。 理论界与广大民众不约而同地将中国梦与美国梦进行比较，主要缘于四个方面。首先，政治制度与文化传统的差异带来比较的意义和价值。中国与美国是目前世界上最具代表性的两大政治制度，虽然在“命运共同体”的理念下，一般不会再出现从前的敌对程度和形式，但斗争性并没有完全根除，毕竟二者属于异质体。这种异质，使两种梦想分别奠基于各自的价值坐标和文化基础，故而具有深度比较的条件。其次，世界政治生态和大国博弈状态决定了比较的意义和价值。
因意识形态导致的半个世纪的假想敌与战略对手，为对比提供了丰富的空间和心理、情感支持。再次，中国经济总量跃居世界第二的发展状况和国民心态强化了比较的意义和价值。第四，思想理论自身发展的需要。中国梦作为一个精神载体，要发挥出更大的作用，首先看舆论宣传的深度和广度，而舆论宣传必然奠基于理论研究的深入，将美国梦引入进来，就是加深理论研究的一个维度，或者说一个重要途径。 二、中国梦与美国梦的主要差异有哪些 上述分析判断并非问题的核心，我们更为关注的是揭示其本质，即通过比较两种梦想的差异，找到实现自己梦想的最佳思路和道路。 第一，两种梦想存在着文化传统与文化心理的差异。400年前，当102名清教徒签下《五月花号公约》的那一刻，就意味着他们把英国《大宪章》精神或理念带到新大陆。再加上后来人口迁徙和文化传播，欧洲文化充分传播于美国。由于欧洲文化本质上是奠基于或复兴古希腊文明，因而美国文化可谓古希腊文明的现代化。古希腊的文明拥有许多异于农耕文明的特质。从地理和环境条件上讲，古希腊处于地中海的东部，也就是今天的土耳其的小亚西亚和爱琴海一带，历史上这里不适宜于农耕，所以海外贸易早早发展起来，而贸易的最大特点是平等主体自由交换，同时最大限度维护自己的利益，这种文化必然张扬个性、重视私权。 中国的文化奠基于农耕或小农经济，这种经济的最大特点是个体无法抵御自然的力量，必须依靠家族和乡里，再加上封建王朝为了维护统治，采取了保甲制等方式把人紧紧地拴在土地上，再加上儒家文
中国梦和美国梦的区别
如何理解“美国梦”，“中国梦”？两者有何异同？举例说明。 梦想在前，路在脚下 11月8日的晚上，在图书馆报告厅里，我第一次聆听了关于“中国梦”的解读。当时，83岁的荣开明教授满怀激情和心寄希望地给湖经的莘莘学子阐述了“中国梦”的内涵和基本内容。荣开明老师从自己的人生经历出发给我们做了一次政治报告，这个类似政治思想课的讲座却道出了不一样的心声，传递出了不一样的正能量。 而在2012年11月29日，新一届中央领导在参观国家博物馆时，国家主席习近平发表讲话——每个人都有理想和追求，都有自己的梦想。而我认为中国梦是实现中华民族伟大复兴，就是中华民族近代以来最伟大的梦想。这个梦想，凝聚了几代中国人的夙愿，体现了中华民族和中国人民的整体利益，是每一个中华儿女的共同期盼。的确，从1840年的鸦片战争到改革开放后的今天，历经了170多年的沧桑岁月的中国所发生翻天覆地的变化无疑在彰显着“中国梦”的伟大力量。而实现中华民族伟大复兴的道路也在一直延伸。此时的我们，整个中国都在为实现国家富强、民族振兴、人民幸福而努力奋斗。只因心中有梦，有着中国梦和自己的梦。 11月11日，当再次观看“中国合伙人”，看到“新梦想”在时代的发展中革故鼎新，因势利导，带着自己的梦想走向全世界时，我深刻地体会到了梦想带给人的精神动力。这部电影其实就是中国现行的一个缩影，而合伙人就是广大的中华人民，新“梦想”是人民需要奋斗的目标，在这个目标的指引下，中华人民一直着自强不息、勤劳勇敢的精神在打拼、在奋斗。在这个奋斗的过程中，人们继承着“以和为贵”、“和而不同”的思想理念共同努力着，即便有困难，也是通过团队和集体的力量去共同寻找出路。 而在不久前，菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的盖茨比》以电影的形式呈现在我眼前时，我第一次了解到了“美国梦”。矗立在纽约港入口处自由女神雕像向我们阐述了最为明显的“美国梦”——平等、自由、民主。这是每一个美国人心之向往的东西，他们坚信只要在美国经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获得更好生活的理想，亦即人们必须通过自己的勤奋工作、勇气、创意、和决心迈向繁荣，而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援助。《了不起的盖茨比》让我了解到了美国梦过度强调了物质财富在衡量胜利和快乐上所扮演的角色，拥有物质财富和权利地位是美国人仰慕的对象。但是盖茨比最终的悲惨遭遇却有告诉了我：看似仰慕他的人有着“同而不和”的思想理念，关注的不是他个人的能力，而是他所拥有的财富。虽然他们共享派对，但是无不羡慕着盖茨比的金钱和地位，而当盖茨比失去了这一切时，没有一个人会在意他曾经的辉煌。 所以从这两部电影中，我们很容易看出来“中国梦”和“美国梦”的区别。而这些都是由历史、文化、经济、地理等因素决定的。“中国梦”是国家的富强，一个国家的富强是人民安居乐业的前提和保障；而美国梦事个人的财富，建国以来美国从未受到他国的侵略征服，所以，美国人民可以不顾国之忧，专心去地追逐自己的梦想。“中国梦”是民族的振兴，中国是一个多民族的国家，只有民族之间患难与共，休戚相关，中华民族才能在振兴的这条道路上走得更远、更宽；而“美国梦”是个人的成功，大量的移民和黑白人种对立的局面让我们了解到民族的依存感难以在此生根发芽。”中国梦“是和谐幸福的群体，”家和万事兴“告诉了我，任何一个大家幸福了，那么自己才有可能快乐和幸福；而"美国梦"强调的是个人主义，个人的幸福和快乐是至高无上的追求。
马克吐温中文介绍
马克吐温 (Mark Twain, 1835～1910) 美国作家。塞缪尔·朗赫恩·克莱门斯的笔名。1835年11月31日生在密苏里州佛罗里达镇，长在密西西比河上的小城汉尼拔。父亲是个不得意的乡村律师和店主，在他12岁时去世。他曾拜师学习排字。1851年在他的哥哥欧莱恩开办的报馆中充当排字工人，并开始学习写作幽默小品。1853年后在美国中西部和东部作排字工人。1856年去新奥尔良，想转道去巴西，在乘船沿密西西比河南下时遇见老舵手贺拉斯·毕克斯比，拜他为师，18个月出师后在密西西比河上做舵手，直至内战爆发，水路交通断绝。在战争中他曾一度参加南军。1861年欧莱恩被林肯总统派去西部内华达领地政府任秘书，他随同前往，试图在经营木材业与矿业中发财致富，均未成功，便转而以写文章为生。1862年在内华达弗吉尼亚城一家报馆工作。1863年开始使用“马克·吐温”的笔名。这个词是密西西比河水手的行话,意思是“12英尺深”,指水的深度足使航船通行无阻。1864年，在旧金山结识幽默作家阿·沃德和小说家布·哈特，得到他们的鼓励和帮助，提高了写作的本领。1865年在纽约一家杂志发表幽默故事《卡拉韦拉斯县驰名的跳蛙》，根据一个流行已久的传说改写，生动地表现了当时在开发中的美国西部所特有的幽默的风格,加上突出的运用口语的文风,风行一时，使他全国闻名。此后经常为报刊撰写幽默文章。1866年去夏威夷岛采访，1867年作为记者乘“桂格城”号轮船随一批旅游者去欧洲和巴勒斯坦旅行。他写的报道后来辑成《傻子国外旅行记》(1869)，此书嘲笑了欧洲的封建残余和宗教愚昧，也讽刺了富有的美国旅游者的庸俗无知。 1870年马克·吐温与奥莉薇娅·兰登结婚。她是纽约州一个资本家的女儿。这段婚姻对马克·吐温的影响如何，历来有两种见解：一种认为他的妻子成了他的作品的检查官，妨碍他偏于粗犷的才能的发挥。多数人则认为这段婚姻不妨碍他的创作，反而是相辅相成，十分美满。 马克·吐温婚后居住在布法罗，自己编辑发行《快报》，一年后因赔钱过多而出让。1872年出版《艰苦岁月》一书，反映了他在西部新开发地区的生活经历，其中记载了一些奇闻轶事，特别是富有美国西部特色的幽默故事。1873年他同查·沃纳合写的《镀金时代》，是他第一部长篇小说。它讽刺美国内战后资本主义迅速发展时社会上投机暴发以及政治腐败的情况，其中描写了两个著名的人物：赛勒斯上校彬彬有礼，慷慨好客，虽贫无一文，但充满轻易致富的幻想；参议员狄尔华绥是政客，满口仁义道德，其实投机欺诈，无所不为。这两个人物形象也是“镀金时代”精神的人格化。 1871年马克·吐温举家移居东部康涅狄格州哈特福德，这时他已成为有名的作家和幽默演说家。此后的20年是他创作的丰收年代。他常和一些文人来往，其中著名的有斯托夫人和威·迪·豪威尔斯，受后者的影响较深。1875年马克·吐温应豪威尔斯之约，为《大西洋月刊》撰文。他以早年在密西西比河上做舵手的生活为题材，写了7篇文章，后汇集成书，名为《密西西比河的往事》。这本书用自传体，以幽默的笔法，现实主义和浪漫主义结合的风格，把密西西比河和河边小镇的生活写得十分生动。8年后，他回到家乡，把这本书扩充成为《密西西比河上》(1883)，其中特别有价值的是记载了他早年在船上时与舵手们联合起来成立协会，为保护自身的经济利益与船长作斗争的事迹。此后密西西比河和在家乡汉尼拔的童年生活成为他的几本杰作的题材的来源。 1876年，长篇小说《汤姆·索耶历险记》出版。它虽然是以密西西比河上某小镇为背景的少年读物，但为任何年龄的读者所喜爱。书中写淘气的汤姆和他的伙伴哈克贝里·费恩以及汤姆的女友贝姬·撒切尔的许多故事，不少是作者的亲身经历，有许多合乎孩子心理的有趣情节。书中也讽刺了宗教的伪善，但结尾写汤姆和哈克贝里发现藏金致富，哈克贝里又被