哈克贝利 费恩 历险记

哈克贝利费恩历险记第1页/共32页GenreSatiric(讽刺的)NovelSettingTimeBeforetheCivilWar;roughly1835–1845PlaceTheMississippiRivertownofSt.Petersburg,

MissouriTheadventurecontinuesdowntheMississippiintoArkansasInformation第2页/共32页HuckleberryFinnJimTomSawyerMainCharacters第3页/共32页★LifeinSt.Petersburg★Pap’sCabin★Jackson’sIsland★TheGrangerfordsvs.theShepherdsons★TheDuckandtheking★Wilk’sFuneral★Phelps'Farm第4页/共32页LifeinSt.Petersburg

●Huckhasbeenplacedundertheguardianship(监护)oftheWidowDouglas,who,togetherwithhersister,MissWatson,isattemptingtocivilize（教化）him.●Huckappreciatestheirefforts,butfindscivilizedlifeconfining（受约束的).第5页/共32页AccordingtoTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,anotherfamousworkofMarkTwain,HuckandhisfriendTomhaveearnedaconsiderablesumofmoneyasaresultoftheirearlieradventures.第6页/共32页

However,hislifeischangedbythesuddenreappearanceofhisshiftless(无能的)father“Pap”,anabusiveparentanddrunkard（酒鬼）.AlthoughHuckissuccessfulinpreventinghimfromacquiringhisfortune,Papforciblygainscustody（监护）ofhimandmoveshimtohisbackwoodscabin（小屋）.Pap'sCabin第7页/共32页ThoughHuckprefersthistohislifewiththewidow,heresents（怨恨）hisfather'sdrunkenviolenceandhishabitofkeepinghimlockedinsidethecabin.第8页/共32页Duringoneofhisfather‘sabsencesHuckescapes,elaborately（精心地）fakeshisownmurderandsetsoffdowntheMississippiRiver.第9页/共32页

WhilelivingquitecomfortablyinthewildernessalongtheMississippi,HuckencountersMissWatson'sslaveJimonanislandcalledJackson'sIsland.Jackson'sIsland第10页/共32页

HucklearnsthatJimhasalsorunawayafterheoverheardMissWatson'splantosellJimdownriver,whereconditionsforslaveswereevenharsher,becausehewouldbringapriceof$800.JimistryingtomakehiswaytoCairo(开罗),Illinois（伊利诺斯州）andthentoOhio（俄亥俄州）,afreestate,sohecanbuyhisfamily‘sfreedom.

第11页/共32页HuckandJimtakeupinacavern(大洞穴)onahillonJackson‘sIslandtowaitoutastorm.Whentheycan,theyscrounge(四处寻找)aroundtheriverlookingforfood,wood,andotheritems.Onenight,theyfindaraft（竹筏）theywilleventuallyusetotraveldowntheMississippi.第12页/共32页Later,theyfindanentirehousefloatingdowntheriverandenterittograbwhattheycan.Enteringoneroom,Jimfindsamanlyingdeadonthefloor,shotinthebackwhileapparentlytryingtoransack（洗劫）thehouse.第13页/共32页Tofindoutthelatestnewsinthearea,Huckdressesasagirlandgoesintotown.HuckreturnsquicklytotheislandwherehetellsJimoftheimpending(即将发生的)danger.Thetwoimmediatelyloaduptheraftandleavetheisland.第14页/共32页TheGrangerfordsandtheShepherdsonsHuckandJim‘sraftisswamped（淹没，陷于）byapassingsteamship,separatingthetwo.HuckisgivenshelterbytheGrangerfords,aprosperouslocalfamily.第15页/共32页TheGrangerfordsareengagedina30-yearbloodfeud（仇恨，怨恨）againstanotherfamily,theShepherdsons.Intheresultingconflict,alltheGrangerfordmalesfromthisbranchofthefamilyareshotandkilled,althoughGrangerfordselsewheresurvivetocarryonthefeud.第16页/共32页HuckreunitswithJimandtheraftandtogetherfleesfarthersouthontheMississippiRiver.第17页/共32页

TheDukeandtheKingFurtherdowntheriver,JimandHuckrescuetwocunning（狡猾的）grifters,whojoinHuckandJimontheraft.第18页/共32页TheypaintTomupentirelyinblueandcallhimthe"SickArab".Ononeoccasiontheyarriveinatownandadvertiseathree-nightengagementofaplaywhichtheycall"TheRoyalNonesuch".Theplayturnsouttobeonlyacoupleofminutesofhystericalcavorting（歇斯底里的嬉闹）,notworthanywherenearthe50centsthetownsmenwerechargedtoseeit.第19页/共32页Bythethirdnightof"TheRoyalNonesuch",thetownspeoplearereadytotaketheirrevenge;buttheDukeandtheKinghavealreadyskippedtown,andtogetherwithHuckandJim,theycontinuedowntheriver.第20页/共32页

Oncetheyarefarawayenough,thetwogrifterstestthenexttown,anddecidetoimpersonate（冒充）twobrothersofPeterWilks,arecentlydeceased(已故的)manofproperty.Wilk'sFuneral第21页/共32页Thearrivaloftwonewmenwhoseemtobetherealbrothersthrowseverythingintoconfusionwhennoneoftheirsignaturesmatchtheoneonrecord.The“Duck”andthe“King”managetorejoinHuckandJimontheraft.第22页/共32页Phelps'FarmAfterthefourfugitives（逃犯）havedriftedfarenoughfromthetown,theKingtakesadvantageofHuck'stemporaryabsencetosellhisinterestinthe"escaped"slaveJimforfortydollars.第23页/共32页JimisbeingheldattheplantationofSilasandSallyPhelps,Tom'sauntanduncle.SinceTomisexpectedforavisit,HuckismistakenforTom.Heplaysalong,hopingtofindJim'slocationandfreehim.WhenHuckinterceptsTomontheroadandtellshimeverything,TomdecidestojoinHuck'sscheme,pretendingtobehisyoungerhalf-brotherSid.第24页/共32页RatherthansimplysneakingJimoutoftheshed（小屋）whereheisbeingheld,Tomdevelopsanelaborate（缜密的）plantofreehim.Duringtheresultingpursuit,Tomisshotintheleg.第25页/共32页Jimremainswithhimratherthancompletinghisescape,riskingrecapture.HuckhaslongknownJimwas"whiteontheinside".AlthoughthedoctoradmiresJim'sdecency（礼貌）,hebetrayshimtoapassingskiff（小艇）,andJimiscapturedwhilesleepingandreturnedtothePhelpsfamily.第26页/共32页AfterJim‘srecapture,eventsquicklyresolvethemselves.Tom’sAuntPollyarrivesandrevealsHuckandTom‘strueidentities.TomannouncesthatJimisafreeman:MissWatsondiedtwomonthsearlierandfreedJiminherwill,butTomchosenottorevealJim’sfreedomsohecouldcomeupwithanelaborate（精细的）plantorescueJim.第27页/共32页

Inthefinalnarrative,Huckdeclaresthatheisquitegla