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

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

its influence is vast. This is both positive and negative. On one hand, the people are afforded some help from the government, but...

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...

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

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...

. . . 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

In 15 pages this paper examines how these boys mature throughout the course of Mark Twain's coming of age novel. There are no oth...

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,...

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 ...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...