英語課堂小說《月亮與六便士》（課堂PPT）

1、1Moon and sixpencec2 is one of the three long masterpiece written by British novelist William Somerset Maugham in 1919. 3Maugham is known as the Maupassant of England. He wrote a lot of books and had achievements in addition to the fields of poetry.He was one of the most popular novelists in the fir

2、st half of the twentieth Century.His works had a considerable number of readers in all levels.4In this novel, Maugham used the first person narrative technique, narrated the whole story. This novel, with a vivid plot, a profound words in the literary sensation, people had rushed to see after the adv

3、ent of it.5The protagonist is a writer, met Stricklands family which looked like very happy, but Mr.Strickland always seem to lack vitality.Soon after,he left the family and went to Paris to find his art firmly.Begining of the story6The protagonist found Mr.Strickland, tried to persuade him to chang

4、e mind, but Mr.Strickland refused his offer. Mr.Stricklands wife couldnt accept the fact that he left in tears all day.Then7Five years later, the protagonist found that Mr.Strickland still immersed in his dreams with no regrets even he had lived in extremely poverty. In the process of the pursuit of

5、 art, his talent has gradually been recognized.8Later, Strickland decided to abandon the civilized life, he went to the original island-Tahitiin which near the South Pacific . Protagonist met Mr.Strickland by chance ,he found that Mr.Strickland married a native girl and alraedy had three children, s

6、pent three years of happiness.Later9Finally, Mr.Stricklands children died,and he had leprosy. He finished a very shocking painting on the wall when he was blind. His native wife buried him, and according to his wishes,destroyed his works . Despite protagonist felt regret, he still understand Mr.Stri

7、cklands pursuitand from his painting .End10InfluencesThere are many roles choose to pick up six pence and a lot of roles struggling between the moon and six pence ,but theres so few roles like Strickland that Maugham portrayed in the book who had 100% of the courage to choose dreams and never look back.11Always refer to the society, this is the mission of the nove