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1 2 Briefintroduction Birthday November30 1835Dateofdeath April21 1910Rank ThetruefatherofAmerciannationalliterature ThegreatestAmercianhumoristofhisage 3 MarkTwain pseudonymofSamuelLanghorneClemens萨缪尔 兰亨 克莱门 1835 1910 wasanAmericanwriter journalistandhumorist whowonaworldwideaudienceforhisstoriesoftheyouthfuladventuresofTomSawyerandHuckleberryFinn 汤姆索耶和哈克贝里芬恩的青春历险故事 4 Lifeexperience Age 11 hisfatherdiedAge 15 workedasatypesetterandcontributor ofarticleandhumoroussketchesforanewspaperhisbrotherowned Age 18 workedasaprinterinNewYorkCity joinedtheprintersunionandeducatedhimselfinpubliclibrariesintheevening findingwiderinformationthanataconventionalschool 5 MarkTwainishismostcommonlyusedpseudonym Itisgenerallybelievedthatthispennameisderivedfromhisearlyyearssailorterm whichmeans waterdepthis3feet Samuelonceworkedasapilot Whenmeasuringwaterwithhispartner hispartnercalled MarkTwain whichmeans twomarks thatis twodepthsofwater about1 852meters Thisisanecessaryconditionforsafenavigationofships Anotherreasonisthathiscaptain Cyrus wasonceahighlyrespectedpilot andfromtimetotimehewrotesomearticlesfornewspapersintroducingtheMississippiRiverunderthepenname MarkTwain Sourceofname 6 In1858 CaptainCyruspublishedanarticlepredictingthatthecityofNewOrleans 新奥尔良市 wouldbeflooded ThenaughtySamueldecidedtomakeajokeofhimandwroteaverysharpsatiricalsketchinimitationofhispentone Whoknowsthisgamearticleactuallydeeplystungtheoldcaptain sheart theoldcaptainhassinceabandonedthependoesnotwrite MarkTwain thepennamehassincedisappearedinthenewspaper Fouryearslater Samuel whowasareporter learnedofthebadnewsofCaptainSellers regrettedhismischief andwasdeterminedtomakeupforthismistake Heinheritedthepenname MarkTwain Andbeganhiswritingcareer However thereisalsoasayingthatwhenheiswanderingintheWest heoftenbuystwocupsofwineatthehotelandasksthebartendertowrite MarkTwain onthebill 7 Literarycharacteristics MarkTwain sworkhasthreefeatures First heplayedanextremelyexaggeratedartisticimaginationbasedonthewesternhumortradition Thesecondfeatureisthattheworksoftenusethefirstperson I asthemaincharacter This I actslikeaheroinaChinesecomicdialogueandplaysvariouscomediccharacters Mostofthemareinnocent honest andignorant Theirthinkingissimpleandeverythingiswishfulthinking Theresultisoftencounterproductive 8 MarkTwainisconsciousofusinginnocentandhonestpeopleashisprotagonists Theheroalwayshassomekindofidealorsomekindofsimpleidea butintherealityeverywherehitsthewall showsthathisidealisunrealisticanddoesnotwork andthemorehedoesnotunderstandthis themorethegapbetweentheidealandthereality 9 Thethirdcharacteristicisthathumorcontainsirony Inhis Autobiography hesummeduphisexperienceofwritinghumorousnovelsandsaidthat humorforhumorisimpossibletoendure Humorisjustascentandtidbits Ialwaysadmonishpeople ThisiswhyIcanlastforthirtyyears Thirtyyears referstotheperiodfromthetimehebeganwritingtowritinghisautobiography Whathecalled admonishingpeople wasthathewrotenovelswithseriouscreativegoalsthatsuppressedevilandpromotedgood 10 Works TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn 哈克贝利 费恩历险记 TheAdventuresofTomSawyer 汤姆 索亚历险记 TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg 败坏了哈德莱堡的人 RoughingIt 苦行记 马克吐温四大名著 11 哈克贝利 费恩历险记 汤姆 索亚历险记 12 败坏了哈德莱堡的人 苦行记 13 MarkTwainwasveryconcernedabouttheChinesepeople santi imperialiststruggle HewasverysympathetictotheoutbreakoftheBoxerRebellioninChina OnAugust12 1900 hewrotetoafriendofhis NowallofChinaisstandingup MysympathyliesentirelyinthehandsoftheChinesepeople Europeangangstershavebeenbullyingthemforyears andIhopetheycandrivetheforeignersawayandneverletthemgoback Chineselove 14 InNovemberofthesameyear MarkTwainpubliclyannouncedinhisspeechattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanPublicEducationAssociation IamtheBoxerRebellion TheYihetuanpeoplearepatriotic andIwishthemsuccess Whydidn tLeninwithdrawfromChinaandletChinafreelyhandleitsownaffairs It sallforeignerswhomakethingsup andiftheycangetoutofhere it ssuchagoodthing 15 1 真相比小说还要不可思议 Thetruthisevenmoreincrediblethanfiction 2 如果你实在没有办法从别人那得到一句赞美 那就自己送自己一句吧 Ifyoureallyhavenowaytogetacomplimentfromothers thengiveyourselfabar 3 在所有的动物中 只有人类是残忍的 他们是唯一将快乐建立在制造痛苦之上的动物 Ofalltheanimals on