Essay on the topic: Tom Sawyer. Composition: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Gilenson B.A .: History of foreign literature of the late XIX - early XX century. Workshop Novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer": Materials for Analysis Theme of the Work of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is one of the brightest childish looks ever created by Mark Twain. In Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain embodied the typical image. The boy has everything characteristic of his age, environment, time, country. This is a living image of a boy. A desperate mischief, inventive, restless, constant leader of boyish games, Tom Sawyer is by no means a child prodigy, not a genius who amazes with his exceptional talent and giftedness. Even the name of his hero Twain strove to give one that would sound like any other boyish name. But it is precisely the generalizing completeness with which all the typical features of a normal, healthy childhood are brought together here that gives the hero of the novel the features of a pronounced individual originality. He is not only a "type", but also a "character", all woven from contradictions and nevertheless internally integral.

We clearly see Tom and enjoy every meeting with him. We understand him both when he is mischievous, and when, shedding tears, he looks at Aunt Polly praying for him. In his heart live joy and resentment, bitterness and fun, dissatisfaction with school, prohibitions, moralizing, and at the same time the mischief of a healthy child endowed with a violent imagination. Twain doesn't have a one-line definition of a hero. Paradoxical things happen in the story: Aunt Polly knows that Tom is not “good”, but she does not raise a hand to punish the boy, “bad” Tom cannot act mean to Becky, and “good” Alfred deliberately adjusts meanness.

The heroes of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are teenage boys who have not yet entered life. Without much desire, they go to school, play a lot and secretly dream, having escaped the care of adults, to surrender to their own - separate and independent from adults - interests. This is Tom Sawyer. The most essential thing in Tom's appearance is a passionate, indomitable thirst to live freely, so that all the familiar boys languish with envy, and adults would be dumbfounded with surprise - to live so that the "dead hand of custom" could not shackle with its icy cold and would not make of him " good boy", that is, a walking dummy. Unconsciously and consciously - children stubbornly and persistently struggle with the deadening boredom of Puritanism in everyday life, in the family, at school. They instinctively rise up against the inert force of bourgeois morality. Social life fades into the background here. He is associated in the story with the images of adults - parents, teachers, priest - and in the eyes of the boys is a collection of annoying restrictions on their free boyish activities that should be avoided.Tom escapes Aunt Polly's lectures, languishes in church at a long Sunday service, receives a beat from a teacher in school and tries to forget about everything as soon as possible and surrender to his own joys and sorrows. The conflict between the natural principles of life and wretched philistine morality in "Tom Sawyer" takes on a specific psychological content. It turns into a conflict between a living, healthy tomboy and the opposing world of adults, boring The narrative is built on the all-pervading antithesis of "adult" and "children whom ", representing a psychological modification of the characteristic antithesis of" natural "and" artificial ".

Nature in the story is not something external, introduced by the writer into the life of the heroes. This is the organic background of their boyish life. A wide background for all events in the book is the mighty river with its open spaces, the cave with its beauty and fears, the forest with its romance of "robber" life. Tom and his friends, deciding to “become pirates,” kidnap a neighbor's raft and spend several days on Jackson Island: “It was a cool gray morning. In the deep silence of the forest there was a delightful feeling of peace and tranquility. Not a leaf moved; not a single sound broke contemplation of the great nature. " Here we see the harmony of nature and the immaculate child's soul. Tom Sawyer with " broken heart"goes into the forest and, having played a scene from Robin Hood, returns healed.

What is valued in St. Petersburg by adults, causes neglect in children, because the world of adults is filled with conventions, their opinions are determined by calculation, vanity, fear of public opinion, while children's consciousness is free from them.

The most radical means of persuasion and education from the point of view of adults is the stick. Slaps, slaps, beaters fall on Tom Sawyer throughout the story. At home, Aunt Polly snaps a thimble at him, and at school a teacher's rod walks on his back. The daily flogging is an essential element of his existence, and he is so used to this pedagogical procedure that he almost ceased to notice it. However, the system of violence against the child is carried out in other forms. Along with physical methods of coercion, there are also spiritual ones. One of the greatest conventions in adult life is religion. How boyishly and mercilessly Tom Sawyer is killing her! His childish mind is free from reverent respect for rituals, religious attributes, and generally recognized canons. Church service only makes him stupefyingly bored. The Poodle trick, which kicked up unimaginable fuss in church during Sunday service, is an excellent contrast to the prim church rituals. A poodle ran into the church during the sermon. And Tom had a beetle. The poodle "began to nod; little by little his head dropped to his chest, and the lower jaw touched the enemy, who grabbed onto it. The poodle screeched desperately, shook his head, the beetle flew two steps to the side and again fell on its back. sat nearby, shaking with silent laughter, many faces hid behind fans and handkerchiefs; and Tom was immensely happy. " Then the poodle "forgot about the beetle and calmly sat down on it! There was a mad screeching, the poodle rushed down the aisle and, without ceasing to screech, darted around the church; the more he rushed, the more his pain grew; finally the dog turned into some kind of overgrown wool comet ... By this time, everyone in the church was sitting with crimson faces, gasping for breath with suppressed laughter. Even the sermon stalled a little. " The childish trick gives Twain the opportunity to show that going to church is only a tribute to the "common", and the sermon is a deadly boredom. There is no real piety in the church, the singers are always giggling, and no one is able to listen to a boring sermon. Widow Douglas all the time "prays - that she was empty!" and irritates Huck. Boys exchange tickets earned for memorizing Bible verses for fishhooks. As a result, Tom, who cannot name any of the 12 apostles, but managed to exchange the required number of tickets, is awarded the Bible for exemplary knowledge of the gospel. So, for Tom, "the church is rubbish compared to the circus." This phrase is natural in the mouth of a twelve-year-old boy. But it also characterizes the attitude of the average American of the 19th century towards the church.

Twain criticizes the deadening system schooling: cramming, numbing routine, rods, beatings. School does not cripple Tom's soul just because the boy has other exciting interests. School for Tom is "prison and shackles", and the time from Sunday to Sunday is "a week of torment." In poignantly ironic scenes depicting various clashes between adults and children, Twain shows that violence against the personality of a child is a guiding principle of official pedagogy. It is against this violence that children rebel. "Tired and tortured boys from respectable families" secretly envy the homeless vagrant Huck Finn, who alone in the whole city is free to do whatever he wants, regardless of any prohibitions and restrictions. A mischievous and rebel, Tom Sawyer takes advantage of Twain's disposition precisely because, instinctively rejecting everything that can drown out his inherent living feeling of life, he remains internally free. The priest's sermons, the edification of the Sunday school teachers, the teachers' rod, and Aunt Polly's thimble do not affect him inner peace, and he retains all the living naturalness of his feelings.

Tom hates school and any other conventions: he is always forced to do what he does not want, because "it is necessary." No wonder on the first page of the novel Aunt Polly looks out for the mischievous Tom "between the beds of tomatoes and tall weeds." Lush grass, growing in spite of the garden conditions, is a symbol of Tom Sawyer's nature, the image of a rebellious tomboy, instinctively rebelling against the deformities of a stagnant bourgeois life.

But, rejecting some - everyday - conventions of the surrounding life, Tom submits to others - bookish. For him, as for Don Quixote, everything that he read from books is an unshakable law. To be a hermit, you need to "sleep on a hard stone, wear a rough hair shirt, sprinkle ashes on your head, stand in the rain." The simple-minded Huck wonders: what is all this for? “I don’t know. Only all hermits do that; it must be that way. So you, Huck, would do the same if you were a hermit.” "- Well, no, you're wrong, no way!" "- How could it be otherwise? You can't live without it."

The minds of Tom and Huck are full of superstitions and prejudices. For the author, it is an inexhaustible source of the comic; in all this he characterizes the environment that raised Tom and Huck, the low cultural level of the American common people. The literate Tom Sawyer and the illiterate Huck Finn are at almost the same level of development. But their natural sharpness, observation and intelligence help them to get out of the viscous mud of inertia on their own.

Accepts, beliefs, superstitions in the story are many; in children's everyday life, they play an even greater role than in the world of adults: they make the game mysteriously "creepy". But it turns out that the most fascinating and tempting thing is to overcome that "terrible" thing that is full of the superstitious fantasy of Tom and Huck. What can captivate the hearts of brave boys more than a night adventure, when, overcoming fear, you need to go to an abandoned place at midnight, find a shadow from a branch of an old rotten tree and open the treasure hidden there, which is guarded by the dead and ghosts. Or: it takes a lot of courage to go to the cemetery at night with a dead cat on a rope and know that the dead are listening to the conversations of the living. In the dead cat itself, of course, there is nothing mysterious and mysterious, but it can serve as a means of treating warts. Tom's conversation with Huck at the cemetery leaves no doubt that the boys have their own view of the relationship between living people and those who have died and lie underground. "A quiet wind groaned in the branches, and Tom feared that it was the souls of the dead who were complaining that they had been disturbed ...

Do you think the dead will like the dead that we came to them?

Who knows, I don’t know! And it's creepy here ... Really?

There was a long silence: they both thought about how the dead would react to their visit. Then Tom whispered:

Listen, Gekki, do you think old Williams hears what we're saying?

Of course he hears.

Silence again.

I'd rather say Mr. Williams. But I didn't want to offend him. So everyone called him - an old man.

You have to be more careful when you talk about the dead, Tom ... "

The masterful construction of a scene in a cemetery reveals well the writer's goal: to show that real life is sometimes worse than any superstitious inventions. Boys stubbornly compare their little everyday experience with "legalized" beliefs and omens. A stray dog howled at midnight near Johnny Miller's house, and even sat like a nightjar on the railing by the porch of their house and began to sing - and no one in the Miller's house died. Another episode: "A small green caterpillar crawled on a leaf wet with dew. From time to time it lifted two-thirds of its body, as if looking around, and then crawled on." for some time in agonizing meditation, with the body raised up, the caterpillar decided to crawl up its leg and began to travel all over his body, his heart was filled with joy, for this meant that he would have a new suit ... ". In the souls of children, a desire is born to understand, check and realize everything. Curiosity is stronger than fear and religious prejudice.

In the fight against superstitious fears and real life misadventures, Tom Sawyer's decisive character is formed. He defends the innocent in the murder of Meff Potter. However, he is forced to do this not only by a sense of justice, but also by vanity. Unbridled imagination, energy, thirst for adventure push him to everything that seems dangerous, requires courage, courage, audacity.

In the story Twain the humorist perfectly used the ability of the child's consciousness to copy the environment. The love story of Tom and Becky is a light lyrical parody of the relationship between two adult lovers: Tom is trying to win the heart of a stranger; he yearns under her window, and the maid pours a tub of slops on him; Tom achieves a kiss and "betrothal", but inadvertently arouses Becky's jealousy; Tom - a man and a knight - guards Becky in the cave and relieves her of a possible painful death. He is always waiting for her near the school. Finally, "another dress flashed at the gate, and Tom's heart skipped a beat. A moment - and he was already in the yard, raging like an Indian: he screamed, laughed, chased the boys - in a word, performed all sorts of heroic deeds, all the time while glancing in the direction of Becky. She turned away, lifted her nose and said: "Pf! Some people imagine that they are the most interesting ... Tom's cheeks flushed. He got up from the ground, drooping, crushed and slowly wandered away." Funny and touching are intertwined in the image of this boy. Humor helps Twain to penetrate deeply into the heart of a child, to see and show that healthy, fresh, beautiful, that is in his hero. Tom's love is not only poetic, but eminently interesting. His romance with Becky is a fun love game. Playing love is fun, and it is no coincidence that this word comes to Tom's mind when he introduces Becky to the rules of a new one for her exciting game... Some scenes in the story are frankly parodic in nature. So, the episode in which Becky first appeared before Tom, throws a flower at his negums, presents a parody of one of the most stereotyped situations of an ordinary love story. In Twain's book, this scene appears lively and charming thanks to its many humorous details. For example, informing the reader that Tom takes the precious gift of love not with his hand, but with his toes and, due to his poor knowledge of anatomy, stores it not near the heart, but near the stomach. These humorous details extraordinarily enliven Twain's picture and give it an ironic meaning.

One of the fascinating features of the novel is connected with Tom - the atmosphere of the game. Tom Sawyer's unbridled fantasy is a poetic force that keeps his own mental world intact, protecting it from the pernicious influence of inert life, the force that attracts Huck to Tom and makes them bosom friends. By portraying the behavior of children at play, Twain blurs the lines between the imaginary and the real. A child who plays in an imaginary world lives a fulfilling life. The fantasy of the treasure leads them to the treasures of Indian Joe, the thirst for an extraordinary adventure - to the romantic and tragic stay of Tom and Becky in the cave; the game of robbers - to the real bandits and murderers. Tom is convinced that next to an uninteresting, dull life, there is a wonderful and bright world, which is easy and simple to get into. He plays even when he just lives.

Reproducing the "dialectic" of the child's soul, Twain shows that each object turns to the child with its playful, entertaining side. Not a single adult would ever think that any but the most unpleasant experiences can be associated with the extraction of a tooth. Meanwhile, Tom's torn tooth contains inexhaustible possibilities of an interesting pastime. "When Tom left for school after breakfast, all the comrades he met on the street were jealous of him, because the void in the top row of his teeth allowed him to spit in a completely new, wonderful way."

Merging with his hero, Mark Twain looks at the world through his eyes, which opens the way for penetration into the child's soul. The sequence of events in the story is presented as a sequential change in Tom's life impressions. Often they appear before the eyes of the reader not in their immediate, but in a reflected form - as the hero sees them. In the construction of his work, Twain, as it were, reproduces the logic of a "relaxed" child's consciousness, in which one impression displaces another. Tom, like a true child, cannot think about different things at the same time.

As can be seen from the above, Tom is always sincere and spontaneous in everything. This makes his image charming. But at the same time, the image of Tom Sawyer is rather complex: it combines contradictory features - childish self-love and outbursts of generosity; romantic daydreaming and sober practicality; courage and ability to succumb to overwhelming fear; a highly developed sense of camaraderie and a fierce childish ambition - nowhere and to anyone he could not have given way to a leader, a "hero," the first inventor. Twain understood that the fate of his hero would depend on whether he could subsequently fully submit to the "moral principles" of the society in which he lives. The writer believed that the story of Tom Sawyer could be continued in two versions: in one of them, Tom achieves high honors, and in the other, he goes to the gallows.

The entire analysis, as we tried to show, indicates that the artist's attention is focused on protecting the child's right to have a childhood, on the specifics of child psychology. Affirming the poetry and beauty of a pure, fresh, undefiled consciousness, Twain in his story shows the world as a child sees it - pure, artless, naive, with dazzling colors and transparency of color. Humor helps Twain to penetrate deeply into the heart of a child, to see and show that healthy, fresh, beautiful, that is in his hero. The story is full of exposing observations and judgments of the author. They arose from Twain's realistic method. Only the ineradicable optimism of childhood was able to overcome the spiritual scarcity of philistine existence. Elements of the new in the creative method of Twain the realist are clearly perceptible in the story. The methods of individualizing the characteristics of the heroes are becoming richer, more complex and more diverse, instead of dry descriptiveness, artistic pictures are given that convince the reader with their imagery and liveliness, the ability to show life conflicts not only in external collisions, but also in the transfer of the spiritual state of the heroes appears. Pictures of nature are also organically interwoven into the story. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, realism and romanticism are presented in a complex fusion, which largely determines the artistic originality of the book.

The protagonist of the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is an enterprising and intelligent boy named Tom. He lives in the house of his aunt Polly, who took him to her upbringing after the death of his sister. Aunt tries to educate Tom in severity, not to spoil the boy. One day Tom played more than usual, and Aunt Polly, for educational purposes, forced him to paint the fence on the day off.

Tom didn't want to spend the entire Saturday near a long, high fence. And he came up with a wonderful solution to the problem - he began to paint the fence in such a way as if there was nothing more interesting in the world. Neighborhood boys passing by were infected with Tom's enthusiasm and begged him to let them paint the fence. And Tom, being stubborn for the sake of appearance, gave such permission, but at the same time he also charged the boys for painting, in the form of glass balls, old keys, crackers and other things. Soon the fence was covered with three layers of lime, and Tom Sawyer became the owner of many boyish "treasures". At the same time, he understood one important thing - in order for a person to want something, it must be made difficult to access.

The restless character of the protagonist simply attracted various adventures to him. One day Tom and his friend, the street child Huckleberry Finn, went to the cemetery at night and there they witnessed the murder. And subsequently, the accused became a person not involved in the murder. Tom and his friend supported him in every possible way and fed him in prison, but they were afraid to reveal the secret because of fear of reprisals from the real killer, Indian Joe.

Another time Tom, Huck and another boy decided to become pirates. They ran away from home and settled on a large river island, where they swam, fished, and played pirates and Indians. Everything was fine, but then the guys found out that they were considered drowned. Tom Sawyer had the mischievous idea of attending his own funeral service. What the guys did, causing shock and surprise among relatives and all local residents.

And although Tom was very fond of being mischievous and mischievous, he also had such feelings as generosity and the ability to empathize. Once at school, a nice girl, Becky Thatcher, was threatened with punishment for accidentally tearing up a teacher's book. Tom, without hesitation, took all the blame on himself and silently endured the harsh punishment.

Summer break came, which was very monotonous, except for the days when Tom had the measles. There was a buzz in the city when the trial began against Muff Potter, whom the entire city blamed for the murder in the cemetery. Tom and Huck knew the truth, but they were afraid of Indian Joe. However, on the day of the trial, Tom told everyone the truth and the charges were dropped from Muff Potter, but Injun Joe managed to escape from the courtroom.

Over time, the events surrounding the murder and Indian Joe began to be forgotten. But one day Tom and his inseparable friend decided to look for a treasure. They dug in different places until they got to one abandoned house. And here they almost ran into Indian Joe, who, it turns out, did not run away anywhere, but lived in the city, pretending to be a dumb Spaniard. Tom and Huckleberry accidentally witnessed how an Indian and his accomplice were actually found in an abandoned house real treasure with gold. But they took him out of this house to hide in a hiding place. Now the guys have an ineradicable desire to find out where the treasure is hidden. They managed to find in which hotel Injun Joe was living under the guise of a Spaniard and agreed to keep an eye on him to find out where he was hiding the treasure.

But only Huckleberry Finn had to follow, because Tom was invited to a picnic by Becky Thatcher. They decided to arrange this picnic three miles from the city at the entrance to a local attraction - the caves. While Tom was having fun at the picnic, his friend, while spying on the Indian Joe, managed to save from death the widow of Judge Douglas, whom the Indian wanted to take revenge on. The Indian managed to escape again, and the trail of the chest with gold was lost again.

Meanwhile, Tom and Becky, walking through the cave, managed to get lost in its winding passages. The whole city went in search of them, which lasted three days. Tom and Becky were trying to find a way out on their own. While searching, Tom came across Injun Joe, who was now hiding in a cave. But the Indian, frightened, ran away from him. The guys managed to find a way out on their own five miles from the main entrance to the cave. The whole city welcomed them with joy. Becky's father ordered to put a reliable door at the entrance to the cave so that no one else could get lost. As a result, Injun Joe was trapped and starved to death.

Tom and Huckleberry did not give up trying to find the treasure. Tom was able to remember that when he met Indian Joe in the caves, he saw one of the signs that the Indian called when choosing a place for a cache. The two boys went to the caves together, using an entrance that no one knew about. After a long and difficult search, they found the place where the gold was hidden.

As a result, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn became richer than any of the residents of the city. Huck's widow Douglas took in her upbringing. And Becky Thatcher's father was very grateful to Tom for taking his daughter out of the caves.

This is summary story.

The main meaning of the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is that people with an active life position, capable of showing initiative and ingenuity, achieve success. It doesn't matter that in childhood such people often play pranks and mischief. It is important that in their hearts they are at the same time generous and decent people. The story teaches you to be stubborn and never give up in difficult life situations.

In the story, I liked Aunt Polly. Although she strictly raised Tom Sawyer, she did it exclusively for his own good, so as not to spoil the boy. And in her heart, Aunt Polly was very fond of her restless nephew, whose energy brought unexpected wealth and recognition of all the inhabitants of the city.

What proverbs fit into The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Someone for whatever undertakes, everything succeeds.
Good friendship is dearer than wealth.

1) only six were supposed. 2) there were no legs, but instead of them there was a tail. 3) you can be patient!

4) he must not die! 5) to keep him alive.

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain Samuel Lenghorn Clemens. American writer and journalist Mark Twain was born in 1835, on the day Halley's comet flew near the Earth, and died in 1910, on the day of its next appearance near the earth's orbit.

He became the most famous American of his time. Tourists came to America to see Niagara Falls and ... Mark Twain.

Many real events from childhood passed from childhood memories to the pages of Mark Twain's works. In the introduction to the book about Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain wrote: "Most of the adventures described in this book happened in reality: two or three happened to me, the rest - with my schoolmates." "Adventures of Tom Sawyer "

Under the name of Tom Sawyer, three inseparable friends are described at once, constant participants in the games of pirates and "noble" robbers: the young mischievous Samuel Clemens himself (he gave the cat medicine, he brought home snakes and bats); Sam's school friend Willie Bowen; the big prankster Thomas Sawyer Spivey. "Adventures of Tom Sawyer "

The image of Becky Thatcher is based on Laura Hawkins, who lived next door to Sam. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" "Becky Thatcher House" Mark Twain spent his childhood in this house

Huck Finn is an accurate portrait of Tom Blenkenship. He lived in a dilapidated shack on the outskirts of the city, often went hungry, walked in rags and sometimes slept in the open air. But he liked this: he despised "vile and stuffy houses." "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" The path to the house of Huckleberry Finn Huck's parent Finn's shack has not survived. It was demolished in the 40s of the XX century. However, a memorial plaque stands in its place.

A novel is a narrative work with a description a large number all kinds of stories and events. There are many actors.

Preview:

Goals.

To acquaint children with the life and work of the writer Mark Twain, his novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
Learn to highlight the genre features of a parody novel.
Work on the expressiveness of reading.
Continue acquaintance with literary terms.
Foster a love of the book.

During the classes

I. Review of the past

W. Let's check if you have carefully read the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. Prepare leaflets for literary dictation.

The teacher calls five students to the blackboard and gives them books with marked-up text. There is a sequential number next to each passage; words to be omitted during reading are in parentheses.

Children read passages.

“The king of the sea was widowed a long time ago, and his old mother, a smart woman, was in charge of his household, was only painfully proud of her birth: she wore twelve oysters on her tail, while other nobles ...”

“There were six of them, all very pretty, but the sweetest of all the youngest, with skin pure and tender, like a rose petal, with eyes blue and deep like the sea. Only she, however, like the rest ... "

“And she put a wreath of white lilies on the Little Mermaid's head, only each petal was a half of a pearl, and then she fastened eight oysters on her tail as a sign of her high dignity.

Yes it hurts! - said the Little Mermaid.

To be beautiful ... "

“For a minute it became dark, even if you gouge out your eyes, but then lightning flashed, and the Little Mermaid again saw the people on the ship. Everyone fled as best they could. She looked for the prince and saw him fall into the water as the ship fell apart. At first she was very happy - after all, he will now fall to her bottom, but will sail to her father's palace only dead. No no …"

“By morning the storm was over. Not even a chip remained from the ship. Again the sun sparkled over the water and seemed to return the color to the prince's cheeks. But his eyes were still closed. The little mermaid pushed the hair from the prince's forehead, kissed him on the high, beautiful forehead, and it seemed to her that he looked like a marble boy who stands in her garden. She kissed him again and wished ... "

W. Thank you for reading. Now let's check our dictations. Note: there are correct answers on the board.

The teacher opens the board and the children check the correctness of their answers.

On the desk.

Let's check ourselves:

... there were only six.
... there were no legs, but instead of them there was a tail.
... you can be patient!
... he must not die!
... to keep him alive.

We wrote a dictation at the very beginning of the tale. To rate those who have read, we will ask them questions about the content of the whole tale.

Possible questions and answers of children.

Question: How has the Little Mermaid changed after meeting with the prince?

Answer: She became even quieter, more thoughtful.

Question: How many years did mermaids live?

Answer: Mermaids lived for three hundred years.

Question: What did she want to exchange three hundred years of her life for?

Answer: For one human day.

Question: What conditions of the witch did the Little Mermaid agree to in order to become a girl?

It hurt her to walk when her tail split in two.

She left her home, father, sisters forever.

The teacher announces the marks to the children who read the text and answered the questions correctly.

II. Fizminutka

Quiet calm music sounds.

Let's show how the Little Mermaid reaches out to the ship with her white hands. Waves rock her from side to side. We circle with her in a whirlpool. And now we freeze, as the Little Mermaid froze on the stone. She now sits, legs crossed, on a huge stone bed and gazes into the distance.

III. Acquaintance with the biography of the writer.

Today we continue our acquaintance with foreign literature.

Open the tutorial on the page ……. And read the name and surname of the writer whose work we will talk about today. (Mark Twain. Samuel Lenghorn Clemens.)

Why do you think there are two names written here? (He wrote under one name and his real name in another.)

What is the name of the fictitious author's name? (Alias.)

What writers and poets signed their works with a pseudonym? (Arkady Gaidar, Anna Akhmatova, Andrey Platonov, Kir Bulychev. Children have already read the works of these authors).

The teacher invites students to the board and offers them a pre-printed text to read.

Listen and get ready to answer the questions you see on the chalkboard.

Questions on the chalkboard:

Where did Mark Twain meet his heroes?
Which of the heroes of the book does Mark Twain resemble?
What books for children did Mark Twain write?

Children called to the blackboard read the texts.

“The writer Samuel Lenghorn Clemens, who came to literature under the name of Mark Twain, spent his childhood in the city of Hannibal. In those years, the city was just beginning to be populated. It was located on the banks of the Mississippi, a huge navigable river. Here, along with his peers, Samuel spent time in games and pranks, swam in Mississippi, deceived Sunday school teachers, wandered in caves. Located near the city. Here, in the crowd of barefoot boys that flooded the streets of Hannibal, he first met the prototypes of his future heroes - Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Joe Garner. Injun Joe was also in Hannibal, and one day he almost died of hunger, getting lost in one of the caves. “In a book called Tom Sawyer,” writes Mark Twain, “I starved him to death, but in the interests of art alone - in fact it was not.”(According to A.S. Romm)

“But Samuel Clemens's childhood ended very early. He was only 12 years old when his father died, and he and his brother had to take care of the family. The future writer studied the profession of a typesetter, he was both a pilot and a gold prospector, served as a soldier, and performed humorous reading. In his works, he strove to reflect the truth of life, what he himself suffered and experienced. Mark Twain left wonderful works for posterity. Such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, The Mysterious Stranger and others. " ( According to A.S. Romm)

The children answer the questions asked before reading the passages.

IV. Reading a fragment of M. Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." and work on the text.

Read a passage from the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and think about what you can call it? Why?

After reading on their own, the children answer the question posed by the teacher.

(“First love.” “Confession.” “I love you.” “Tom and Becky.”

(No that's not real love that happens in adults. She's kind of funny.

The Little Mermaid had true love. Tom has love as a game.)

The peculiarity of Mark Twain's novel is that the writer transfers all the usual situations of adult life to the world of children and makes it fun, with humor. Support this conclusion with words from the text.

("The teacher, seated in the pulpit in a large wicker chair, dozed, lulled by the sleepy hum of the class. Tom's appearance woke him up."

“The teacher almost had a blow, he looked at Tom in bewilderment. The humming in the classroom stopped. The disciples wondered if the desperate fellow had gone mad. "

“When she turned around cautiously again, a peach appeared in front of her. She pushed him aside. Tom quietly pushed the peach back. She pushed him aside again, but not so hostilely. Tom, not losing patience, put the peach in its old place. She didn't touch him. Tom scribbled on the slate, "Please take, I have more."

“The artist depicted a man in front of the house that looked like a crane. He could have stepped over the house, but the girl did not judge too harshly - she was very pleased with this bogeyman and whispered:

What a beautiful! Now draw me.

Tom painted an hourglass topped full moon... He attached handles and legs in the form of straws to them, and armed his spread fingers with a huge fan. The girl said:

Oh, how good!)

Now find words in the text that tell us that the writer brought adult relationships into the children's world. Read them.

(“… But then I saw two long golden braids and a back, which he recognized instantly thanks tothe attractive power of love”.

- “... in fact it was not embarrassment, but respectfulshyness before the new deity ”.

- “... at first the girl did not want to notice anything, thenfemale curiosity prevailed. ”)

The peculiarity of this work is that it is written in the form of a parody.

The teacher writes the "parody novel" on the blackboard.

Parody consists in "mimicking", reducing the serious to the funny.

Remember this word. Why is this work called a novel? Let's figure it out. Think back from the movie: what does this book talk about?

(About Tom's friendship with Huckleberry. About Tom's love for Becky. About Sunday school. About the murder in the cemetery. About how the boys were looking for treasure.)

What heroes of this novel can you remember? (Tom had an aunt. Injun Joe. Judges. Teacher at school. Becky's parents.)

Let's read the output.

Children read the text written on the blackboard.

“A novel is a narrative work with a description of a large number of all kinds of stories and events. There are many characters in the novel ”.

V. Work on the expressiveness of reading and characterization of the characters.

Let's try to read the faces of Tom and Becky. Tell me: how should one read for Tom? (Fun. With cunning, because he was always cunning, because he wanted Becky to pay attention to him. Confidently. To be liked, you have to pretend that you know everything.)

And for Becky? (Quiet. Calm. With dignity. She is an obedient girl. And with curiosity. She was interested in talking to Tom.)

Children read a passage from the words: “Oh, how good! It’s a pity that I don’t know how to draw ”, to the words“… then I’ll see for myself ”.

Pupils are called to the chalkboard, reading the passage by role.

Listen carefully and get ready to answer the question: what can you say about the characters' speech? What is she: serious, funny, adult, childish?

After reading, the questions in the abbreviated version are repeated. (Children's speech: “Honest, honest”, “when they want to rip me out,” “that's great!”)

The speech of the heroes is also an artistic means. With his help, Mark Twain manages to make the reader laugh. Let's remember: where does a novel fragment begin? (Tom is late for school.)

Could he have escaped punishment? (Yes, if I had lied to anything.)

Why didn't he do it? (He wanted to sit with Becky, and he arranged everything so that no one knew about it. He succeeded, because the teacher sat him next to Becky.)

How did Tom get Becky's attention? (He first gave her a peach, then he drew a funny picture, then he met Becky, and then he confessed his love for her.)

Read the end of the snippet.

The teacher calls one student to read aloud.

What can we say about Tom? What is he? (Tom is funny. He knows how to be cunning. He can interest himself. Tom was very fond of everything. He was so carried away by Becky that he could not think of anything else. Tom could see funny, interesting in everything. funny).

Vi. Lesson summary.

Now we can summarize the lesson. Fragment from which parody novel we read today? Who is its author?

Vii. Homework.

Everyone will choose their homework to their liking. I offer several options:

Read any fragment of the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and independently prepare it for retelling.

The task is obligatory for everyone. Choose as many adjectives as possible that define our hero. Tom (what?) Is funny. Funny, and then what?

Under the name of Tom Sawyer, three inseparable friends are described at once, constant participants in the games of pirates and "noble" robbers:

the young mischievous Samuel Clemens himself (it was he who gave the cat medicine, it was he who brought home snakes and bats);

Sam's school friend Willie Bowen;

the big prankster Thomas Sawyer Spivey.

The image of Becky Thatcher is based on Laura Hawkins, who lived next door to Sam.

Huck's parent Finn's shack has not survived. It was demolished in the 40s of the XX century. However, a memorial plaque stands in its place.

Tom's younger brother, the quiet and sneaky Sid, is Henry, the younger brother of Samuel Clemens. He never gave any trouble to adults, in contrast to the inexhaustible prankster Sam.

Polly's strict aunt is based on Mark Twain's mother, Olivia Clemens.

In the town of Hannibal, Tom Sawyer Days are held annually. There are Twain readings, a fair, funny volleyball competitions in the mud, children's competitions for the fastest frog, bag races for girls ...

But the highlight of the program, of course, is the fence painting competition. Participants must be at least eight and no more than thirteen years old.

And, despite his sharp tongue, Twain was respected even by his enemies.

When the writer died, his close friend Wilber Nesbit said at the funeral: "The only grief that Mark Twain has caused the world is that he died."

It is easy to imagine the feeling of two boys who find themselves in a cemetery at night. They were always attracted by everything secret, unknown, associated with danger. Tom and Huck loved to be mysterious discoverers. The cemetery at night was exactly the place that fully satisfied their craving for adventure. What they witnessed was terrible. Sitting behind three large salmon near a fresh grave, Tom and Huck unwittingly witnessed the quarrel between Indian Joe and the doctor Robinson. During this quarrel, Maf Potter was also present. Joe, approaching the doctor, began to demand from him an additional salary for dug a grave. The doctor replied that he had already paid enough, but the Indian insisted on additional remuneration. The intransigence of the doctor kindled Joe, he began to offend him. Word by word - and the scuffle began. The doctor beat the villain with one blow. Potter, trying to end the quarrel, decided to calm the doctor down. But he did not calculate his strength and ended up on the ground. When Potter came to understand, the doctor was dead, and in his hand he saw his own knife.

The murder was committed by Indian Joe, but everything was transferred to Potter, who, of course, could not know how it really was. Tom and Huck knew the truth, they saw everything, sitting in the shelter. The guys feared revenge from the Indian if he learns about the existence of witnesses to the massacre. They vowed not to tell anyone the truth about what they saw. Started judicial inquiry... Injun Joe testified against the innocent Potter, who was believed to be the killer of Robinson's physician. Rumors spread in the city that poor Potter was being executed - a gallows awaited him. The guys suffered more and more, feeling the reproaches of their conscience. After all, they could save an innocent person who had never done anything to anyone. “He has a good soul,” said Huck Finn. - Once he gave me fish, although he himself was not enough. And he stood up for me more than once, he helped me when it was difficult. " “And for me, Gek, he repaired kites and tied hooks to fishing rods,” added Tom. So, it turned out that on one bowl there was the boys' fear of the Indian and Joe, and on the second there was a torment of conscience. Reproaches of conscience still conquer fear. Tom raises an oath of silence. At the trial, he tells everything that he saw in the cemetery. The now formidable Indian Joe was frightened of the punishment and flees from the courtroom.

I wondered if Tom could remain silent further? Finally, this story fell into oblivion b. This and what would Potter suffer? But he would not have to fear for his life and avoid meeting with Indian Joe. But then it wouldn't be Tom Sawyer. Since Tom Sawyer was a kind, empathetic boy, he could not put up with injustice. A pure soul Toma saved the life of Potter, undeservedly accused. Of note is the spirit of justice that cemented the friendship between Tom and Huck. They shared the treasure like brothers. Huck was by this time living with the widow Douglas. Huck healed as a man, everything was on schedule, but he, as if from unbearable pain, was tormented by it. He had already decided to nod his heels. But here Tom came to the rescue. He explained to a friend that time will pass and Huck will get used to it, and then they will gather a mob together, make an oath and become real robbers. And then they will be talked about, and the widow Douglas will even be proud of Huck.

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