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

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In five pages this paper discusses Huckleberry Finn's 'good nature' in a consideration of Mark Twain's view that a 'deformed consc...

"because she had done it herself" (29). Then, Miss Watson took her turn, introducing him to a spelling book, with the...

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

of this last. The shadings have not been done in a haphazard fashion, or by guesswork; but painstakingly, and with the trustworthy...

who finds themself trapped with a, almost willingly, woman going insane. Twains "Huckleberry Finn" takes the reader with him along...

footsteps. This is demonstrated through the parallels between Huck and his father. In the part of the novel where Huck is abducted...

This paper contrasts and compares how the trickster is presented in Joel Chandler Harris' Brer Rabbit stories and in Mark Twain's ...

In five pages this paper examines society's evils as represented within Mark Twain's classic American novel. One source is listed...

The first task at hand in our study is the provision of a historical explanation of existentialism. A concise explanation is prov...

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

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...

slept wherever he could. For associating with Huckleberry Finn, Tom was whipped by the schoolmaster and ordered to sit on the girl...

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...

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