我认为,在我所追寻的以传统美国的方式对成长和学习过程作最佳描述的当属马克·吐温(1883)的小说《在密西西比河上》。这本小说讲述的是河道上一个主领航员的故事。吐温是一个在密西西比河岸边长大的年轻人。他把追求真理与寻求活力结合起来,坚持认为,想象力只有面对现实才是最具活力的,而这正是这位积极向上的人面对密西西 I think Mark Twain (1883) novel “On the Mississippi River” best describes what I learned in the traditional American way of growth and learning. This novel tells the story of a master navigator on the river. Twain is a young man who grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River. He combined the pursuit of truth with the search for vitality, insisting that imagination is the most dynamic only in the face of reality, and that is exactly how this positive person faces the Mississippi