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马克吐温的哈克贝里芬 (Huckleberry
Finn)
吐温使用口音及俚语赋予他的角色生命。顽童流浪记不同于大部分美国人所读过的刊物。吐温让书中的角色使用对话，让他们听起来像真的人。他并未统一书中人物所使用的讲话方式，因而每一个角色都拥有各自的独特
嗓音。
以下这段文字为顽童流浪记的首章开头：
「如果您没有读过汤姆历险记，那么您一定不认识我，但没有关系。那本书是马克吐温先生写的，而且吐温先生只写实话，绝大部分都是实话。书中有些情节可能夸张了点，但他写的大部分都是真的.
...」。
您能看出这样的说明方式是如何的捕捉某人说话的样子吗？这种写作类型对美国文学造成深远的影响，因而现代作家将顽童流浪记视为一本经典小说，一本可以永久流传的杰出的作品
。您曾念过那本经典读物？
Twain used accents and slang words to bring his characters to life. Huckleberry Finn was different from anything most Americans had ever read. Twain wrote dialogue for his characters that made them sound like real people. He didn't make all his characters sound the same; instead they each had a unique voice.
Here is how Chapter One of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins:
"You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. ..."
Can you see how this captures the way someone speaks? This style of writing greatly influenced American literature, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is now considered a classic novel, a work of excellence that is read long after it is written. Which classics have you read?
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