哈克贝利·费恩历险记中的密西西比河

The Mississipi River in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

主人公哈克决定了小说的风格,但密西西比河决定了小说的形式,也只有这么一条宽阔的运蕴藏着巨大能量的大河才能左右主人公的前进旅程。可能就是这条河才能是所有的历险都有惊无险。如果说马克·吐温是这部小说的上帝的话,那么,密西西比河就是马克·吐温的上帝。因为它使这部小说成为了不起的佳作。

It is Huck who gives the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn style. The Mississipi River gives the book its form. But for the River, the book might be only a sequence of adventures with a happy ending. A river, a very big and powerful river, is the only natural force that can wholly determine the course of human peregrination. Thus the River makes the story a great story. If we say Mark Twain is God of the story, and the River is his God.