The Impact of Surroundings on the Characters in

摘要

There are two outstanding traits in The Prince and the Pauper composed by Mark Twain. The first feature includes two parts. One is the two boys' unique characters including benevolence, honesty and obstinacy; the other is contradictions and complexity of human nature expressed in this novel. All these are highlighted by the two different worlds which the two boys are from. The next feature is exposing and criticizing the sharp confrontation between feudal rulers and poor people on life and humanity by contrasting the two worlds.