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

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

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,...

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

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...

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

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

This 13 page paper explores the way Richard Wright describes the black community in his works Native Son and Black Boy. The writer...

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

a nineteenth-century technological marvel, believing this would put the ineffectual Arthur and the uppity nobles in their places w...

continues to rage well into the twenty-first century about whether The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn represents racism and should...

This essay considers Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild and Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and asserts that both protagonists were societ...

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

loves to play and loves to play hooky, desiring to have a good time. However, the adventure comes when Injun Joe becomes part of...

he has not really learned a great deal, except to perhaps further solidify his lack of desire to be civilized. In reading this sto...

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. ...

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...

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...

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

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

past, particularly those which occurred in totalitarian regimes that could not tolerate scrutiny any closer than that which it alr...

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

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...

Colette and sing happy songs about flowers and birds. (point one) But, of course, flower songs are not for grown ups. Now, the so...

is at his very very best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at is worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and...

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