Mark Bauerlein

In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, a novel written by Mark Twain, the issue of slavery is extremely prevalent. Twain correlates the sixth century and nineteenth century through the idea of slavery. Hank Morgan, the protagonist of the novel, romantically travels back in time and perceives that people of lower class, especially those without a title, were treated horribly. Hank attempts to resolve the idea of slavery in the sixth century by bringing King Arthur on a journey as a…

a novel written by Harper Lee and was published in 1960. Lee’s Novel was an Instant success, it went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and to be known as a great American Classic. On the other end, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a Novel written by Mark Twain. It was published in 1885, eighty-five years prior to To Kill a Mockingbird. Although these two books were written almost one-hundred years apart, the themes they deal with are…

Mark Twain’s setting in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County” , a folktale story he wrote illustrated as “Angel’s Camp” a gold mining community in the mid-19th century. The story takes place in a mining town in the west where it is populated primarily by men, many of them looking for their own fortune. A gambler, “Jim Smiley” a man who tricks people in bets for money; however, wins every bet he makes. One day Smiley gets out-tricked for the first time when he makes a bet with a…

infamous Egyptian pharaoh. WIth the help of her charm and intelligence, she played an important role in the history of the Roman empire. Her desire for power and wealth brought her into the lives of Julius Caesar, Octavian Caesar, and his right hand man, Mark Antony. As a woman in ancient Egypt, Cleopatra was determined have everything she could, even if it meant killing. Contrary to popular belief, Cleopatra, meaning ‘glory of the father’, was not at all Egyptian. In 69 BC, she was born into…

Tom and Huck On the banks of the mighty Mississippi two boys have an adventure that tests their loyalties and friendship. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, lays out this great tale which was the inspiration for the movie Tom and Huck. The movie starts out with Tom and his friends going down the Mississippi river and hitting a rock. Tom would have drowned if it were not for someone picking him up out of the river, he later found out it was Huckleberry Finn. The…

Mark Twain’s motivation behind writing from that perspective is to make the story a little more personable to the reader. From this perspective twain is trying to reach out to the audience and connect them through Finn’s experiences and pushing through…

and wild ways are expressed with his superstitions as well. This is shown with his throwing salt over his shoulder (Pg. 18) and his other superstitions such as burning the spider, about the snakeskin, and talking about the dead (Pg. 61). Another way Mark Twain expresses Huck's wildness and confused morals is that he never tells the truth. One of his bloated lies is the one about being a girl (Pg. 68) that he keeps bloating and bloating to cover up his old lies. His seriousness later changes…

It seems as though the king see’s Sir Thomas More as more of a representation of a concept then an actual human being. His approval is important to the king because it would make him appear more morally astute. In the preface More is described as “a hero of selfhood.” More refuses to sacrifice his sense of self even if it would mean sacrificing his life. He showed that he would refuse to compromise himself even when faced with his death and showed a high level of bravery even if he didn’t want…

biography.com/articles/Mark-Twain-9512564 2. Robert Fulford's column about irony (http://www.robertfulford.com/Irony.html) 3. Justin Rivera "Advice to Youth" by Mark Twain: Satire (http://justinrivera16.blogspot.com/2008/08/advice-to-youth-by-mark-twain-satiremn.html) ----------------------- [1] http://www.biography.com/articles/Mark-Twain-9512564 [2] Robert Fulford's column about irony (http://www.robertfulford.com/Irony.html) [3] Justin Rivera "Advice to Youth" by Mark Twain:…

There are many subjects that throughout time have been considered, “taboo.” That was until Mark Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In this novel, twain writes about many of these subjects that would have never been included in literature before. He approaches the topics of slavery, child abuse, Southern hypocrisy, and racism, all while satirizing them. Twain is attempting to portray these ideals to his reader, but keep it comical by including the satire along with it. Many even say that…