Max-Shulman

Groupthree雷玮**LifeWorksThemeAchievementsWritingstyleVocabularySentenceFiguresofspeechText**March14,1919–August28,1988*ThesonofaRussianimmigrantpainter*Americannovelist,playwrightandhumorist,bestknownforhistelevisionandshortstorycharacterDobieGillis,aswellasforbest-sellingnovels.**Shulman'searliestpublishedwritingwasforSki-U-Mah,thecollegehumormagazineoftheUniversityofMinnesota,inthe1930s.*In1943hewrotehisfirstnovel,BarefootBoywithCheek(《无礼的赤脚少年》),asatireoncollegelife,whilestillastudent.*MaxShulmandiedAugust28,1988,ofbonecancerattheageof69inLosAngeles,California.**BarefootBoywithCheek*《无礼的赤脚少年》*TheFeatherMerchants*《衣冠楚楚的商人》*SleeptillNoon*《睡到正午》*PotatoesareCheaper*《廉价的土豆》**HowNow,DowJones（libretto）*《孩子们，团结在旗帜周围吧》*TheManyLovesofDobieGillis*《多比·吉尔斯的众多爱人》*IwasaTeenagerDwarf*《我是个少年侏儒》*RallyRoundtheFlag,Boys!*《集合到国旗下的男儿们》**TheTenderTrap《温柔陷阱》Broadwayplay**Theme*Hiswritingoftenfocusedonyoungpeople,particularlyinacollegiatesetting**Achievements*Adoptedtothescreen*RallyRoundtheFlag,Boys!《集合到国旗下的男儿们》*TheManyLovesofDobieGillis《多比·吉尔斯的众多爱人》*becamethebasisforthe1953movieTheAffairsofDobieGillis,followedbyaCBS(ColumbiaBroadcastingSystem)televisionseries*NominatedforTonyAwardforBestMusical*HowNow,DowJones《孩子们，团结在旗帜周围吧》*Best-sellers**Vocabulary*Sentence*Figuresofspeech*Text**Keen,calculating,perspicacious,acuteandastute—Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo,preciseasachemist’sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And—thinkofit!—Ionlyeighteen.*It’sjustbeenacasualkick.*Gee,thatwasadelishdinner,”shesaidaswelefttherestaurant.**ThestorygoesforwardataveryfastpacewitharacydialoguefullofAmericancolloquialismandslang.*Thelexicalspectrumiscolorful.*CoolwasIandlogical.Keen,calculating,perspicacious,acuteandastute—Iwasallofthese.Sameage,samebackground,butdumbasanox.Emotionaltype.Unstable.Impressionable.Worstofall,afaddist.Not,however,toPetey.**Simplesentences,ellipticalsentences,andinventedsentences*Thespeedofnarrationismaintained.*Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo,preciseasachemist’sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And—thinkofit!—Ionlyeighteen.*Firsthelookedatthecoatwiththeexpressionofwaifatabakerywindow.*IwasnotPygmalion;IwasFrankenstein,andmymonsterhadmebythethroat.**Itmakesthestoryvivid,dramaticandcolorful.**Ironic*Humorous**Keen,calculating,perspicacious,acuteandastute—Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo,preciseasachemist’sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And—thinkofit!—Ionlyeighteen.*IwantedPollyForashrewdlycalculated,entirelycerebralreason.**Iwaswellawareoftheimportanceoftherightkindofwifeinfurtheringalawyer'scareer.ThesuccessfullawyersIhadobservedwere,almostwithoutexception,marriedtobeautiful,gracious,intelligentwomen.Withoneomission,Pollyfittedthesespecificationsperfectly.*Thegirlsimplyhadalogic-proofhead.*Suddenly,aglimmerofintelligence—thefirstIhadseen–cameintohereyes.**---CanyougivemeonelogicalreasonwhyyoushouldgosteadywithPeteyBurch?*---Icertainlycan,declaredPolly.He'sgotaraccooncoat.*Theme**Ironic*Humorous