厦大美国文学简答题与人物分析.doc

三、人物分析；不包括作者；4×5’ Franklin did not try to work on them all at once. Instead, he would work on one and only one each week leaving all others to their ordinary chance. While Franklin did not live completely by his virtues, and by his own admission he fell short of them many times, he believed the attempt made him a better man contributing greatly to his success and happiness, which is why in his autobiography, he devoted more pages to this plan than to any other single point; in his autobiography Franklin wrote, I hope, therefore, that some of my descendants may follow the example and reap the benefit. His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and status as one of Americas most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored on coinage and the $100 bill; warships; the names of many towns; counties; educational institutions; corporations; and, more than two centuries after his death, countless cultural references. Ethan Brand The protagonist Ethan Brand is searching for the unforgivable sin to give up everything, wandering alone outside for eighteen years. He even at the expense of the village with the old man Frye’s daughter’s soul to achieve their pursuit of the goal. But as it turns out, the crime is in his heart. He was so painful, eventually died in the lime kiln, leaving only a stone cold heart. Ethan Brand was burnt lime industry, like make blind and disorderly conjectures. In order to find “the unforgivable sin” he abandoned his social responsibility and moral responsibility, leave the lime kiln, bent on seeking the unforgivable sin. His heart strongly desired and impulsed. From the Ethan Brand back to the lime kiln, lime burning of Bart Lamb time to carry on the accurate judgment, and feedback the Bartram can be learned that Ethan Brand was a burning lime expert. This reflects he was in accordance with the principle of rational living reality and had normal business. When the crowd dispersed, Ethan Brand fell into a meditat