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1.4The main idea of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Adventures of Tom Sawyer described the little boy hate that boring living environment, longing for adventure and the pursuit of outlaw life at home and in school . This novel meets the boys for the fame, heroism, gold and silver wealth and adulation of the deepest aspirations, and vividly depicts the Civil War, an American frontier town before the scene of life, not only can people enjoy the beauty, but also can make the nostalgia was tremendous satisfaction. Its description of Tom and other Kids' behavior and mental activity is of universal significance, to stimulate interest of many people. It has the "four narrative units" and "four plot lines": the story of Tom and Behm, the story of Tom and Mufubote Jackson Island episode, as well as a series of events led to the discovery of wealth. These four plot lines are organically intertwined, so that the book has a strong dramatic color. The novel's more detailed psychological description, the narrator is an adult used to observe the little boy that view."Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is indeed a good book worthy of appreciation. As early American frontier life, a memorial, it has a very valuable historical significance, and as an idea of the perfect, the characters vivid novel, it has high artistic value and aesthetic value.
1.5An outline of the research
This article mainly analyzes The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and describes the influence of characters in irony and humor writing style,and sketched the main idea.This thesis will be pided into four parts.
The first part is Foreword. Mark Twain a brief introduction to the life of Mark Twain and literary research status and significance of the novel.
The second part will detail the ironic and humorous Rhetoric in particular. In this section, the author discuss the reasons why Mark Twain wrote this novel in ironic and humorous rhetoric .
The third part is the main part of this paper, this section mainly analyzes characters and elaborates the application of ironic humor, and discusses the influence of ironic and humorous writing skills to shape this character in Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The fourth part is the conclusion. In this section, the author discuss the wording of satire and humor in the real sense of writing.
2.The description of the rhetorical devices: satirize and humor
2.1The historical background in Tom’s age in this novel
Due to American capitalism enter into the monopolistic period in the 1970s, more and more factories appeared huge, roaring machines.The production combination collectivization and aggressive enterprising spirit make American industry strong and prosperous.At the same time polite behavior and rule of moral cultivation gradually disappeared.Therefore, the spurn of the Victorian’s civilization is inevitable.The civil war not only destroyed the slavery in particular, but also accelerated the collapse of the the Victorian’s Social Structure."The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was created in this great historical background, and therefore this novel had a profound historical significance.Mark Twain put his own childhood ，his thoughts and a microcosm of the times into this novel,which is out of the children memories of the general vulgar style,therefore it is a dynamic era.Mark Twain wrote the preface in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer : "This book depicted the mostly real adventures , one or two of the adventures is my personal experience, the rest are stories of my childhood companions. and the story of those people obsessed with greed evil act, but it was a true portrayal of American society.A seemingly calm town, in fact, hid conspiracy of greed, it is a time when American society was the capital in a great boom, and the mad chase of wealth throughout American society had become unbearable atmosphere. Tom Sawyer is mischievous, unfettered and unique talent boy who is always getting into trouble, but this is the human nature heart which has the desire for freedom and innocence cute side. Mark Twain with the perspective of a child was chasing fame and fortune by fair means or foul and sounded pompous social alarm.