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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,...

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...

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...

'The Company of Wolves' by Angela Carter, 'The Swimmer' by John Cheever, and Short Story Journeys

In six pages the deceptiveness of appearances is examined in a consideration of the journeys each of these short story protagonist...

Conforming By Way of Nonconformity in 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages the ways in which Melville's short story protagonist can only conform to social demands through nonconformity and no...

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 ...

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...

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Dramatic Irony

In five pages Twain's use of dramatic irony in Chapter XXXI is examined in terms of Huck's decision regarding Jim's mistake and it...

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...

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. ...

Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Phoenix Jackson in Eudora Welty's 'A Worn Path'

did not try to respect her or help her, indicating they merely thought she was odd. No one bothered to try to understand her neces...

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...

Contrasting and Comparing "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien with "Luck" by Mark Twain

A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...

Huckleberry Finn: Prejudiced or Non-Prejudiced Text?

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

More Discussion Questions for Huck Finn

drawn eight sets of arms on the figure in her final, unfinished drawing, because she intended to later go in and remove all the se...

Analysis of My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell

In five pages this research paper discusses the 1858 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell in an analysis of the title protagonist....

Life and Writings of Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain

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

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...

King Oedipus, Prince Hamlet, and Their Tragic Flaws

In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....

Comparing Achilles and Odysseus

Odysseus was renowned for both his brain and his brawn. He was also had bravery, and competence at his skills. Odysseus was an a...

19th Century Naturalism and Realism

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

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...

Mark Twain's Life Transition Represented by Huckleberry Finn

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...

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Slavery, and Freedom

Pilot and the Passenger (1956), vernacular language carries democratic social value" (Review). As difficult as it has been for A...

Antebellum Southern Culture and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

culture to some extent. The culture is implicit in much of what goes on and is woven throughout the content of the book. Identity ...

Mark Twain's Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses

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

Comparative Analyis of Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain's Hank Morgan in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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

Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Racism

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

Gregor Samsa's Changes in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis

concerned that he cant get up and go to work to support his family. Even from the start, he does not want to be a burden on his fa...

Freedom Quest of Huck Finn

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...