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matches, books and pens and become known as a man more powerful than the great Merlin (A Connecticut Yankee, 2002; Twain, 1979). T...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

"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; ...

In five pages this paper considers America following the Civil War and how this time period is reflected in Mark Twain's The Gilde...

In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

began disappearing from school library bookshelves, denying students the right to draw their own conclusions. The Adventures of H...

In five pages this paper discusses Huckleberry Finn's 'good nature' in a consideration of Mark Twain's view that a 'deformed consc...

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

This paper compares and contrasts two adolescent protagonists, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and J.D. Salinger's character Holden ...

night and by day. For about four years, Twain worked as a river pilot. He enjoyed the work which provided constant excitement. He ...

its utmost depths, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn touches upon a number of unprecedented issues; because of the shock value su...

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

In twenty pages this paper examines naturalism and realism of the 19th century in a consideration of Edith Wharton's The House of ...

In 5 pages this paper examines how Mark Twain's writings were influenced by the values of the American South in a consideration of...

Northwest Coast by James G. Swain and Mark Twain's Roughing It are two novels which deal with the outdoors and the American west. ...