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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...

about a man he knew. Twain immediately presents the reader with the fact that he believes this particular individual may not even ...

the institution of slavery and as such the focus is on slaves, slavery and race relations. That is the theme of the work overall. ...

Dr. King does indeed work to build his credibility during his speech although it was probably not as necessary in his particular s...

she should behave. She goes to a home where she is treated very well and ultimately has a puppy of her own and this makes her life...

up with some sort of thesis. Perhaps the thesis could be that Twain was only writing about his society, writing an entertaining st...

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...

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

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

In twenty pages twenty works related to the King Arthur legend and Camelot are briefly reviewed and include Le Morte d'Arthur by T...

still considers himself superior to black people despite the fact that he himself is part of the lowest echelons of society; he me...

remarkable. This, in many ways, sets us up for the diversity of the work, which is perhaps as changing as the river itself. Twa...

In five pages this paper discusses the various depictions of King Arthur in the 1960 musical Camelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Freder...

In seven pages the novel's slavery commentary is examined. There are five other sources cited in the bibliography....

In six pages the various dialect types represented in this novel are examined. There is one other source used in the bibliography...

to Jim. There are other issues as well but this is the predominant one. So then, the question is whether or not Twain was actual...

and just as its midnight you back up against the stump and jam your hand in and say: Barley-corn, barley-corn, injun-meal shorts,/...

are cordially welcome to it. I have a lurking suspicion that your Leonidas W. Smiley is a myth -- that you never knew such a perso...

goes on to note that he never met anyone who didnt lie and that presents us with an incredibly strong, yet also powerfully subtle,...

death (As To Posthumous). There is one chapter, for instance, called "The Death of Jean" which was written just four months prior...

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

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 ...

the 1830s did not refer to blacks without using the epithet "nigger," or some other derogatory term. But because Twain accurately ...

vocation was to become licensed as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River" which is where he came up with his literary name, M...

creation of Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. For some time now, as the student researching this topic may be aware...

In five pages this paper discusses the last half of this Mark Twain novel in an analysis of the role the Tom Sawyer character play...

Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering...

Both works focus on an important racial figure as a primary element in the development of the plot. The relationship between Huck...

through personal discipline, education, enterprise and self-reliance. The book was published in 1901 - almost a hundred years ago...