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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...

Comedy and Satire in The Works of Mark Twain

So, while Twains comments are funny, as seen thus far, and while he himself claimed that humor was the key, we also note that he p...

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...

Analyzing Huck Finn

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

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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...

Comparing Mark Twain Novels Life on the Mississippi and Roughing It

In seven pages the ways in which Mississippi River people and towns are presented in Twain's Life on the Mississippi are compared ...

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...

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; ...

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 ...

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...

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,...

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 ...

Racism in The Long Walk Home and 4 Little Girls

A five page paper exploring the them of racism as it existed in the decade preceeding the Civil Rights Movement. These films serv...

Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Problem of Racism

Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is fundamentally a detailed examination of racism. The writer argue...

Racism within the Context of Literature

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

Examining Books on Racism

This 6 page paper discusses three works on racism: Paul A. Winter's Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints; Faces at the Bottom of th...

Racism Themes in William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages this paper discusses the racism themes in this play and also considers the role racism plays in contemporary America...

The Global Nature of Racism

This research paper examines racism, taking a global perspective and arguing that this is a pervasive problem that can be found an...

Grisham's A Time to Kill and Racism

This research paper/essay examines Grisham's novel A Time to Kill and also offers a brief overview of the author's life in order t...

The Relationship of Ignorance to Racism

In this research paper, the writer argues that the fundamental cause of racism is ignorance. The writer goes on to discuss this ar...

A Call For the End of Racism

This research paper chronicles the pain and suffering that can be attributed to racism in the United States. The writer calls on s...

Hitler's Germany and the Jim Crow South/Similarities in Regards to Racism

some instances, for example, it refers to the social changes which when a lesser developed country (a preindustrial society in som...

Canadian Policy and Racism

the effect was similar in that the vast majority of immigrants arriving in Canada prior to the 1960s were from the British Isle o...

Comparing Racism: 1965 and 2005

that appears in both the North and South, but few would call it a situation where there is tension. Going back forty years, things...

Racism: Seaside, CaliforniaSeaside, CA and Racism

races than they are toward others; for this reason, certain races are badgered with no other justification than because of their c...

Baby Boy vs. White Man's Burden

Belafonte, and the two eventually become sympathetic toward each other. The movie portrays a culture which is seemingly opposite t...

Analyzing the Novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

consider the color of that persons skin nor do they rationalize the behavior with a variety of preconceived notions which society ...