AmEriCAn humor AnDAmEriCAn populAr hEroEs wErE Born togEthEr. thE First populAr hEroEs oF thE nEw nAtion wErE ComiC hEroEs, AnD thE First populAr humor oF thE nEw nAtion wAs thE AntiCs oF its hEro-Clowns. thE hEroiC AnD thE ComiC wErE ComBinED in novElAmEriCAn proportions in populAr litErAturE.
thE hEroiC thEmEs ArE oBvious Enough AnD not muCh DiFFErEnt From thosE in thE lEgEnDs oF othEr timEs AnD plACEs:AChillEs,BEowulF, siEgFriED, rolAnD, AnD kingArthur. thEAmEriCAnDAvyCroCkEtt lEgEnDs rEpEAt thE FAmiliAr pAttErn oF thE olD worlD hEroiC story: thE prE-EminEnCE oF A mighty hEro whosE FAmE in myth hAs A tEnuous BAsis in FACt; thE rEmArkABlE Birth AnD prECoCious strEngth oF thE hEro; singlE ComBAts in whiCh hE DistinguishED himsElF AgAinst AntAgonists, Both mAn AnD BEAst; vows AnD BoAsts; priDE oF thE hEro in his wEApons, his Dog, AnD his womAn.
DAvyCroCkEtt ConquErED mAn AnD BEAst with A swAggEring nonChAlAnCE. hE ovErCAmE AnimAls By ForCE oF BoDy AnD will. hE killED Four wolvEs At thE AgE oF six. hE huggED A BEAr to DEAth; hE killED A rAttlEsnAkE with his tEEth. hE mAstErED thE ForCEs oF nAturE.CroCkEtt’s most FAmous nAturAl Exploit wAs sAving thE EArth on thE ColDEst DAy in history. First, hE ClimBED A mountAin to DEtErminE thE trouBlE. thEn hE rEsCuED All CrEAtion By squEEzing BEAr-grEAsE on thE EArth’s FrozEn Axis AnD ovEr thE sun’s iCy FACE. hE whistlED, "push Along, kEEp moving!" thE EArth gAvE A grunt AnD BEgAn moving.
nEithEr thE FEArlEssnEss nor thE BolD huntsmAn’s prowEss wAs pECuliArlyAmEriCAn. FAr morE DistinCtivE wAs thE ComiC quAlity, All hEroEs ArE hEroiC; FEw ArE Also Clowns. whAt mADE thEAmEriCAn populAr hEro hEroiC Also mADE him Comi
C、mAyBE, sAiDCroCkEtt, you’ll lAugh At mE, AnD not At my Book. thE AmBiguity oFAmEriCAn liFE AnD thE vAguEnEss whiCh lAiD thE ContinEnt opEn to ADvEnturE, whiCh mADE thE lAnD A riCh storEhousE oF thE unExpECtED, whiCh kEpt voCABulAry ungovErnED AnD thE lAnguAgE FluiD—this sAmE AmBiguity suFFusED Both thECroCkEtt lEgEnDs wErE nEvEr quitE CErtAin whEthEr to lAugh or to ApplAuD, or whEthEr whAt thEy sAw AnD hEArD wAs wonDErFul, AwFul, or riDiCulous.
DAvyCroCkEtt is An ExAmplE oF ______
A、A hEro-Clown.
B、A populAr writEr.
C、An olD worlD hEro.
D、A hEroiC thEmE.