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racist and a whole host of other uncomplimentary terms; however, it has been -- and continues to be -- instrumental in describing ...

what her life has been. This view of Granny life offers a contradiction to every misogynist preconception of womanhood that was ev...

he knows of an undertow there which will hold her back against the gale and save her. For just pure woodcraft, or sailorcraft, or ...

The first task at hand in our study is the provision of a historical explanation of existentialism. A concise explanation is prov...

story we can see this as Huck states that "I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the wi...

Pilot and the Passenger (1956), vernacular language carries democratic social value" (Review). As difficult as it has been for A...

culture to some extent. The culture is implicit in much of what goes on and is woven throughout the content of the book. Identity ...

that perhaps he had been allowed to do exactly what he wanted. One can imagine that Huck achieved a sense of self-reliance and the...

slept wherever he could. For associating with Huckleberry Finn, Tom was whipped by the schoolmaster and ordered to sit on the girl...

well-familiar, spoken in a regional dialect they could easily understand. According to Twain, "Humor must not professedly teach, ...

A 5 page consideration of the use of local dialect in Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson. The focus is on the character Roxanne. Ba...

THis five page paperis an analysis of Mark Twain's use of language to reflect social class. There are 2 sources used in the bibli...

This 5 page paper discusses the influence the character of Huckleberry Finn has on his friend Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain's classic n...

"because she had done it herself" (29). Then, Miss Watson took her turn, introducing him to a spelling book, with the...

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

This paper contrasts and compares how the trickster is presented in Joel Chandler Harris' Brer Rabbit stories and in Mark Twain's ...

of this last. The shadings have not been done in a haphazard fashion, or by guesswork; but painstakingly, and with the trustworthy...

who finds themself trapped with a, almost willingly, woman going insane. Twains "Huckleberry Finn" takes the reader with him along...

footsteps. This is demonstrated through the parallels between Huck and his father. In the part of the novel where Huck is abducted...

In five pages this paper examines society's evils as represented within Mark Twain's classic American novel. One source is listed...

deeper meaning is ridiculous. If one takes Twain at his word, then the story is nothing but a novel, an entertaining story of a yo...

scene that demonstrates the main thematic thrust of the story, Huck writes to Miss Watson telling her of Jims whereabouts. After w...

I tried for a second or two to brace up and out with it, but I warnt man enough--hadnt the spunk of a rabbit. I see I was weakeni...

with which Twain was quite familiar. There appears to be no individual he likely knew as Huck Finn, but perhaps, as a writer, Tw...

A 12 page research paper on Mark Twain's classic novel Huck Finn. This paper includes a 9 page essay, an annotated bibliography an...

claiming Twains work was a masterpiece (Smiley). Smiley then moves on to illustrate the history of Hucks writing. She indicate...

There have actually been schools which have banned Huckleberry Finn from their libraries and their classrooms, based upon the refe...

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

Finn" but also in many others of Twains tales. This importance is made apparent even by the chosen pen name of the author. Samue...

for a marriage proposal will cause scholars to revise previous assessments that Twain was ineffective in representing women and un...