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'Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' by Mark Twain and the Craft of Storytelling

In 4 pages this paper examines the storytelling lessons on construction that can be learned from this amusing tale by Mark Twain. ...

Mark Twain’s The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

A 4 page aper which discusses Mark Twain’s short story The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Bibliography lists 4 source...

Realists: Mark Twain and Henry James

and he used to fetch him down town sometimes and lay for a bet" (Twain). Smiley was a character who would trick others and come ou...

Local Color in Three American Literary Works

In seven pages the way local color is used by the authors in such short stories as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's 'The New England Nun,...

Nineteenth Century Authors James, Davis, and Twain

Smiley, knowing full-well that this would set the old gentleman off on a rant about Jim Smiley and the celebrated jumping frog. Th...

Mark Twain’s Narrator

sedate man introduce the story, and tell the reader about the story, the reader is made to believe that it is a very true story fr...

Humor in Twain and Barthelme

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

Chapter Overview of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

of Hucks and Huck and Tom are often compared and contrasted. While Huck is intelligent and introspective, Tom is adventurous and ...

Kinetics of Frog Muscles

This paper addresses the kinetics and muscular structure that allow various movements by frogs. The author focuses on the frog's ...

'Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog' by Mark Twain and the Use of Vernacular

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...

Huck Finn and Pudd'nhead Wilson, issues of Racism

This research paper offers a detailed analysis of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson...

“The Private History of a Campaign That Failed”

History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...

Gifted Mark Twain

If we look at this simple statement and think about comedy we do not necessarily envision comedy as something that preaches. And, ...

Huck Finn is Not a Racist Book

and wrong the past was, as he also introduces what were still subversive ideas concerning race. For example, take the way that Chr...

An Analysis of Twain's, The Story of the Bad Little Boy

This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...

Original Adventure Story 'Sun Solders'

and others call him "Prairie Dog." Why would someone call a squirrel a dog? Maybe they...

Literary Portrayals of the Conflict Between Individuals and Society

In five pages this paper examines how the individual v. society conflict was portrayed in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, R...

Motivation and 'Self Reliance' by Ralph Waldo Emerson and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The ways in which 'Self Reliance' assists in understanding Huck's motivation in Mark Twain's novel are considered in this paper co...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Themes of Youth and Death

In five pages Mark Twain's novel is examined in terms of the argument that the death of youth is represented as the demise of thre...

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain

In five pages this paper examines Mark Twain's religious irreverence as reflected in The Mysterious Stranger. There are no other ...

Roughing It with Swan, Twain and the Indians

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

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and the History it Reflects

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

Southern Values and the Writings of Mark Twain

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

Consideration of the Quote 'No Man is an Island'

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...

Huckleberry Finn Critically Analyzed

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

The Moral Influence of Huck on Tom

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

Humorist Mark Twain

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

Local Dialect in Pudd'nhead Wilson

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...

Language and Social Class in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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...

Literature and Social Conflict

In five pages this paper examines how social conflict is reflected in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Charlotte P...