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Mark Twain is someone Americans are taught to love. Older relatives, English teachers and the media always praise him. But when you actually take the time to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you find that his work is more w1. than you could ever imagine.

The novel describes a young boy named Tom sawyer growing up in a small town a2. the Mississippi River. He explores the countryside on a riverboat with his friends, falls in love with girls, starts secret clubs and s3.for treasure. Twain’s idea of childhood is magical--a time of imagination, wonder and, of course, adventure.

More importantly, t4. the eyes of Tom Sawyer, Twain c5. makes fun of US culture. For example, Tom hates going to church, and Twain uses scenes of Tom there to make fun of religion(宗教) and its old traditions.

Twain’s writing is full of these kinds of critical(批判的) points about c6.and politics.

That’s w7.he is so loved in the US-- he wasn’t afraid to state his opinions, and he did so clearly.

He also believed strongly in w8. right to vote in elections and gave a famous speech on the subject, c9. “Votes for Women”, in 1901.

“Tom was a great hero once more-- the pet of the old, the envy of the y10.,” Twain writes in Tom Sawyer. But he could just as well be describing himself.

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