Today, after watching The Lost White Elephant, my heart is extremely complicated. There was sympathy for Jumbo, who was in a hurry to find the lost white elephant, hatred and disgust for the greedy detectives, and praise and admiration for Mark Twain. Thanked him for writing this story to reveal the darkness of the society at that time.
After losing the white elephant, officer Blount pretended to be calm and eager to help Jumbo, who had lost the white elephant, and asked him to tell all the details about the white elephant, as fine as possible. In fact, his real purpose is to create more illusion, create more lies, so as to increase money all the time, so as to get countless money. In fact, the white elephant was stolen by him and his friends, and then pretended to know nothing and nothing happened. They didn't give up until Jumbo who had lost the white elephant, gave them all the money they wanted. And one of the most common things Officer Blunt says is, " This is not a normal case." We have to tread carefully and keep it a secret. Thus we can see the greed, brutality, ferocity and shamelessness in this man.
The exact opposite of him is Jumbo, who lost the white elephant. he is a victim. Because he lost the white elephant very anxious, later by those detectives play pace about in an agitated state of mind, finally even bankrupt, become a tramp, he also want to find the lost white elephant, is really a very dedicated person, I for him thumb up.
Finally, I would like to thank Mark Twain, a great writer, for revealing the darkness of that society with such a simple story.
In fact, in this novel, I think the most exaggerated part is about the telegraph in the middle. While searching for the lost white elephant, several telegrams were sent from the telegraph machine, which sent different and even exaggerated messages. For example: " the telegram sent today said the lost white elephant was in the west." The telegram from tomorrow says it was on the north side. After a while, the white elephant ate a cat, and after a while, he ate some horses. But if you read it carefully, you will find that the information is actually from the Jumbo at that time. This further confirms that officer Blount, in order to get more money, can by hook or by crook, can create all the illusion that he can do. He also arrested a number of suspects as escorts in order to be more allow of no loop holes. Finally, when officer Blount felt that the money was almost there, he said that the white elephant had been found. It turned out that the white elephant was actually where their detective slept every day. If you read the word " white elephant" several times, you will find another layer of his understanding of " hundred phases", which has a sense of irony. Mark Twain adopted the pictophonetic method to make the article more valuable to read.
Thank Mark Twain for writing The Lost White Elephant.
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