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Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly -- Toms Aunt Polly, she is -- and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in ...

was of majestic form and stature... her gestures and movements distinguished by a noble and stately grace... She had an easy, inde...

from such a cultured youth. This is a very symbolic disguise and one that establishes how Huck is searching for his identity throu...

I couldnt ever feel any hardness against them any more in the world. It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cru...

In five pages this paper considers the views of authors Henry Fielding, Aldous Huxley, and Mark Twain regarding a hypothetical sce...

In five pages this paper discusses how dialect is used for the purposes of realism in this late 19th century American novel. Ther...

In 15 pages this paper examines how these boys mature throughout the course of Mark Twain's coming of age novel. There are no oth...

In five pages Mark Twain's use of regional dialects in his classic 1884 American novel is examined with its intentions often being...

In 5 pages this great American novel is analyzed in an historical overview of the relevant 19th century issues including children'...

This paper supports the high school curriculum addition of this controversial 1885 novel by Mark Twain. One source is cited in th...

wisest and smartest of his people, respected by his people. Huck tells us that, "Strange niggers would stand with their mouths ope...

to be always luck for me; because as soon as that rise begins here comes cordwood floating down, and pieces of log rafts--sometime...

particular excerpt almost seems to serve as an introduction to how religion is seen in the society of Huck Finn. The reader sees t...

shows compassion, but also seems confused at times as well. For the most part he is out to have a good time and enjoy a good adven...

his civilized life. The plot, other than Huck running away, involved Huck running and coming in contact with Jim, a slave he kn...

mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before" (Twain Chapter I NA). In examining this approach to language, we not...

journeys, "After leaving his ruined home in a galaxy far, far away, Luke Skywalker began a journey taken by countless other heroes...

to read and teach to students, especially in the younger grades. Fishkin believes that to fully understand the work, students must...

in Twains book is that which involves dialect, a subject that gained a great deal of criticism when the book came out. From the ve...

town drunk and taught him to steal chickens whenever the opportunity availed itself. In other words, Twain quickly establishes tha...

Hucks scheme as being "too blame simple" (323). Instead, he proposes the lengthy chore of digging Jim out, which will take about ...

examine the realities of the time and thus see the attitudes of Twain. First we see that Huck is very disturbed by the fact that J...

imitates life (Hamlin et al 12). It is important for the student to realize that as essential as Huckleberry Finns character was ...

We learn that he forced his partner, Mr. Rogers, out of the business just as it was becoming successful; Lapham and his wife run i...

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. While vastly different in tone, each author addresses the fact that slavery and the le...

that Twain struggled with "how to reconcile the felt memory of boyhood with the cruel implications of the social system within whi...

journey with a runaway slave and ultimately finds his way back to civilization and a home. Offering a very simple and adventurous ...

in which the term nigger is used. Today this is a derogatory term, but it has to recognised that when Mark Twain grew up it was in...

. . . Dont go a-thinkin you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because yeh cant" (Crane 5). In his innocence, however, he ...

reflecting the exact opposite of those ruled by determinism. Having adequately grasped the meaning behind Jewetts perspectives, i...