A Pessimistic Vision on Life—on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 英语专业毕业论文.doc

PAGE  PAGE 21 A Pessimistic Vision on Life—on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Thesis Statement: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is put on marks of Twain’s pessimistic vision of life of his time. Outline Ⅰ. Introduction:?? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is put on marks of Twain’s pessimistic vision of life of his time, which will be explored in this paper from the following three aspects - the way Twain creates a helpless and almost isolated protagonist; the exposure of religion and social training godlessly and hopelessly abused by people which makes the hope of life spiritually and morally entrusted to nowhere, and the unchangeable cruelty of human race represented by a social majority which leaves the prospect of a benevolent society minimal. Ⅱ. Body: A.?Brief introduction to pessimism and pessimistic vision. B.?An indication of Twain’s pessimistic vision of life is his failure to make either Huck, the protagonist, a true hero in the real sense or make the protagonist’s adventure any form of true independence. 1.?Huck starts his journey with a pretended death, which is symbolic of a pessimistic vision on life. 2.?Huck’s journey is not a successful one because in the end he has to set out another journey under almost the same circumstances, which indicates another failure. 3.?Huck’ response to the invasion from the outside world is compromising and passive, which is evidence to the author’s lack of confidence in openly challenging the society. C.?Religion and social training are attacked and reduced by Twain to guises of people’s evil motivations, which denies people a supposedly noble existence. D.?Twain’s pessimistic views on life release by examining the dark side of the society through examples of violence, greed, foolishness and racism. Ⅲ. Conclusion: When looking back, one finds a society in which evil outweighs the good. Twain asserts his personally pessimistic vision through the opening notice by denying the intention of a writer. S