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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

biggest fools there is. ...he never plays them alike, two days, and how is a body to know whats coming? He pears to know just how ...

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...

Experience Perceptual Differences Between Children and Adults in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

of an irresponsible alcoholic father and the absence of his mother, he is actually quite fortunate in comparison to some of the ot...

Concept of Quests in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In five pages these two novels are compared in an analysis of how the concept of a quest is featured within each. There are no ot...

American Society in Literature

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

Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Its Racial Implications

In seven pages this paper examines the crimes of slavery and racial discrimination within the context of this novel by Mark Twain....

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...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

Analyzing Huck Finn

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

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 ...

Feminist Ideals in Twain's, Pudd'nhead Wilson

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

Literary View of Creationism

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...

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...

American Society in Three Literary Views

what her life has been. This view of Granny life offers a contradiction to every misogynist preconception of womanhood that was ev...

The Dialect Forms in 'Huckleberry Finn'

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

Literary Analysis of Existentialism

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

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...

Mark Twain’s A Dog’s Tale

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...

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 ...

Identity Search of Huckleberry Finn

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

Jane Smiley's Essay 'Say It Ain't So, Huck'

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

Mark Twain’s Writing

parable or a dream" (Dr. DoCarmo). It more often than not possesses no sentiment or emotion that would pull the reader into believ...

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...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: The Less Than Noble Hank Morgan

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

Racism and Puddn'head Wilson by Mark Twain

skinned and easily passes for white. This simple premise presents us with the curious question of whether or not this boy will e...

Racism in Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Classism in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

away. He stands as a man of a higher social class who has integrity. His mother, however, represents all that is bad in the upper ...