Understanding Mark Twain's Opinion of Anti-slavery—Analysis on Jim in Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most famous works of Mark Twain. Huck has become the antihero in American literature. In addition, this kind of rebellion of spirit even has a realistic sense at present. This paper discusses Jim’s anti-slavery from its source and conception. At last, the author concludes the indelible artistic value of Jim.     

Huckleberry Finn--A Mirror of American Society of the 19th Century

Mark Twain, known as the forefather of modern American literature, wrote manybooks which reflected the American society. As a humorist and realist, even as a children'swriter, he dealt with many serious subjects in such an ever-lasting popular book as TheAdventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). Ernest Himingway said" All modern American     

A Study of "Miranda Saga" as an Initiation Story

"Miranda Saga" is targeted as an intiation stroy. The typical general plot mode distinguishes this genre from other literary forms.Predicted on the archetypal theories, Rui Yuping summarizes the plot mode of initiation stories as follows: innocence -disillusionment -epiphany, which has been successfully applied to some classic novels, such as Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and J.D.Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, etc. Porter’s "Miranda Saga" follows this general mode thus demonstrating it as a good illustration ofinitiation stories. In the first place, it extends the application and content of initiation stories. In the second place, it provides a new point of view for the study of Porter.     

The Conflicts between Ideals and Reality in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain is a very great American writer.And The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is his masterpiece. This paper makes a simple analysis of the conflicts between ideals and reality in Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The conflicts are embodied in two aspects:racial relationship,belief.     

Struggling and Seeking for Identity——The Plight of the Protagonists in Fences

The characters in August Wilson’s play Fences all suffer from great pain as African American in 50s society in U.S..Father,mother and son exert their efforts struggling in both family life and social racism.The source of their survival plight,to great extent,lies in the confusion of identity.This paper explores the struggling and seeking of the characters from both interior and exterior world.     

The Awakening of Self-consciousness of the African American Women—an Analysis of Dee in Everyday Use

Alice Walker is one of the prominent American writers in American women’s literature and black literature in 1950s-1960s. Everyday Use is regarded as Alice Walker’s best-written short story. The prevailing opinion among the critics about this story is that Dee is the traitor of black American’s cultural heritage, and the mother and Maggie are the hope of true value of the African Americans’ tradition and heritage; however, after considering the historical and cultural background of the story, we may safely come to the conclusion that Dee actually took the first step toward the awakening of self-consciousness of the African Americans women.     

An Analysis of Long Day’s Journey into Night from the Perspective of the Cooperative Principle

Eugene O’Neill,one of the essential writers of the 20th century,was hailed as the“American Shakespeare.”He enjoyed a high reputation in America owing to his special writing techniques.Long Day’s Journey into Night was his last play,which was an autobiographical play to some extent,and founded on his own authentic experience.The play told the story of an Irish immigrant family’s daily life from day to night.Among the studies at home and abroad,many discuss this play from a psychological perspective and Feminist perspective.The article,instead,gives an interpretation of this play according to Cooperative Principle.Through the analysis of their conversations,it points out what principles their communications violated so as to understand the implied meaning of their conversations.The thesis tries to study the conversations between Mary and other family members,and then demonstrate that Mary is the most tragic person in the family.     

On the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn,one of Mark Twain’s masterpieces,is a story about a little child who pursues freedom together with his friend;however,if readers take it as easy as a fairy tale they will not really understand it.When exploring it deeply it is noticed that the book reveals profound social problems and interpersonal relationships.     

Understanding Mark Twain’s Opinion of Anti-slavery-Analysis on Jim in Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most famous works of Mark Twain. Huck has become the antihero in American literature. In addition, this kind of rebellion of spirit even has a realistic...     

Seeking the Self-consciousness of Black Woman from the Point of View of“Womanism”in Everyday Use

Alice Walker is one of the prominent American writers in American women’ s literature and black literature in 1950s-1960s.The short story Everyday Use was published early in her writing career.She displays the differences in the behav iors and minds of the mother and her two daughters during the process of seeking the self-consciousness of black woman from the point of view of " womanism".This paper attempts to explore the awakening of their heritage and self-consciousness in or der to deepen the understanding and thoughts on the theme of the text.     

The Language Styles in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

This article mainly discuss the language styles in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Colloquial and satire are important language styles in this book. Vanity unquestioning acceptance of violence coward and slave all satire the great national problems; Besides, combination of the colloquial language and satire is also very successful in this novel, which vividly reveal the American society at that time .     

Fitzgerald＇s View of Women in The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald,the famous American novelist in the 1 920 s,is known as the spokesman and laureate of the"The Lost Generation". Considered one of Fitzgerald’s representative works and the finest achievement of his literary career, The Great Gatsbyis widely recognized as a classic of American literature. The paper is an investigation of the patriarchal ideology and misogyny,with a discussion of their influence on the portrayal of women characters in The Great Gatsby.     

An Interpretation of Mary’s Tragedy from the Perspective of Interpersonal Ethics

The novel, The Grass is Singing, written by Doris Lessing, describes the tragic life of a white woman Mary living in South Africa. The article tries to explore the factors resulting in Mary’s tragedy from the perspective of interpersonal ethics so as to reveal the suppression and distortion of traditional ethics over men’s spirit and Lessing’s humanistic feelings.     

On the Disillusionment of Willy Loman＇s Dream in Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller＇s masterpiece Death of a Salesman is regarded as American myth and a contemporary tragedy. Its theme is closely related to American dream. The leading character Willy Loman is a traveling salesman, who lives a life chiefly in pursuit of the dream. This paper mainly probes into the disillusionment of Willy Loman＇S dream from different roles he plays in society as a common people, and in the family as a husband and as a father.     

A Tentative Study of Local Colorism Writing Style through Mark Twain’s Work

Local colorism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century in America. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore and other qualities of a particular regional community, usually in humorous short stories. The most famous local colorist was Mark Twain. His fiction The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1884, was regarded as"the first great novel in America", as well as the most classical work of local colorism.     

A Journey of Freedom-seeking-A Character Analysis of The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

The thesis analyzes and comments on the two main characters in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn so as to reveal the truth that to win both physical and psychological freedom in the society, we must le...     

The Issue of “Art for Art’s Sake” in The Nightingale and the Rose

The Nightingale and the Rose is the masterpiece of Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales,he is famous in American literature as an outstanding representative of aestheticism.This paper uses the method of comparison to analyze the theme,and introduces the aesthetic ideology.The aim is to express that the main purpose of this tale is its educational role,not just "art for art’s sake".     

Intertextuality Liberates Readers—Reading Invisible Man in the Light of Intertextuality

Ralph Ellison’ s Invisible Man describes an unknown name Black man’ s growth.It also penetrates African American’ s history of struggling for survival.In the perspective of intertextuality,this paper analyzes the allusions of the historical figures and contexts;it explains the relation between this novel and other texts;it helps to clarify the author’ s attitude after comparing Blacks’ survival strategies.The paper argues that intertextualiy,as an important critical method,liberates readers.