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马克·吐温在其半自传体游记《苦行记》第五十四章真实地再现了19世纪在美华人受排挤,遭欺压的艰难处境。作品生动地勾勒出了当时美国社会所熟知的几种典型的华人形象:遭受排挤,备受欺压的廉价苦力;常常成为白人的替罪羊,生命得不到保障;有些人依赖鸦片麻醉自己,寻求解脱;通过这些华人形象的塑造,马克·吐温为处于美国社会底层的华工发出了不平的呼声。
Mark Twain in his semi-autobiographical travels, “The Absurd” Fifty-fourth chapter of a true reproduction of the nineteenth century Chinese crowded, oppressed by the difficult situation. The work vividly portrays several typical Chinese images that were well known in American society at that time: cheap coolies who were marginalized and bullied; scapegoats who often became whites and whose lives were not guaranteed; and some who relied on opium for anesthesia to seek relief ; Through the shaping of these Chinese images, Mark Twain made an uneasy call for Chinese laborers at the bottom of American society.