《汤姆·索亚历险记》:无处不在的社会规范

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:The Overwhelming Social Conventions

马克.吐温的代表作《汤姆.索亚历险记》往往被认为是一部批判庸俗陈腐的社会规范的作品,为人所忽略的是,在这部作品对社会规范进行讽刺批判的同时,也彰显了社会规范的无处不在及其重要性和必要性,它是建立和区分身份地位的重要标准,是获得社会认可的重要前提,也是约束和激起人类欲望的重要原因。

Mark Twain ＇ s masterpiece The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is traditionally regarded as a great work to criticize the stale social conventions. However, readers are liable to neglect the importance and necessity of social conventions. A deep analysis shows that they can be a criterion to establish and distinguish identities, an essential requirement for the social acceptance and an importance means to retain and arouse desires.