Mississippi Delta

Though the excursion was difficult, and Mark Twain found various faults with the places he visited, he found just a few things in particular that made the trip worthwhile. He found new friends and traveling companions on the trip, which helped him open up in new ways. He also discovered that getting outside of your cultural bubble kills the sense of bigotry and hatred towards new people. In many ways, Mark Twain was able to gain a lot, both physically and mentally, from his time aboard the…

Compare and Contrast Assignment: I am going to compare and contrast two characters from the book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain. The two characters are: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. I am going to use a point-by-point way of comparing the two. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were both young boys, adventurous, smoked a little[ Now they stretched themselves out on their elbows and began to puff, charily, and with splendor confidence.(1st sentence of 8th paragraph of Chapter…

Key Phrases and Sentences: for each of the numbered phrases and sentences respond to the questions. It’s best to do this as you read. (Skip 1 and 2) Mark Twain is an author we will read soon -- he’s hilarious and this quote is supposed to be funny. What does it mean? Is he literally talking about church? Or something else? Mark Twain's quote means that a bad person can not be fixed because he is in the presence of something righteous. If a sinner goes to church for only 20 minutes of the…

A worn path by Eudora Welty Phoenix Jackson and the phoenix bird of mythology are very similar they both overcome obstacles and keep going no matter what and they both go on a journey. Phoenix jackson and the mythological bird both overcome obstacles. Phoenix jackson overcome obstacles throughout the story when she walking the path she is an older women and it is during the winter and it's cold so her bones are weak and it takes alittle longer for her to do things. She also has something like…

Twain uses his watershed to urge readers to similarly step up for what is right. Another watershed for him, at the climax of the story, happens when he makes the momentous choice to save Jim from slavery after he discovers that Jim has been ‘kidnapped.’ Not only does this decision, like the choice to stop the con men’s scam, put him at great risk, but it goes against one of the pillars of white society---subjugation of slaves. Therefore, he feels morally conflicted; should he conform to…

This water connection would unite the Pacific Ocean with the Mississippi River framework, in this manner giving the new western area access to port markets out of the Gulf of Mexico and to eastern urban areas along the Ohio River and its minor tributaries. At the time, American and European adventurers had just infiltrated…

The character Huckleberry Finn represents many of the important themes and lessons taught distributed throughout the novel. A major theme that was important was the theme of the conflict between "civilized life" and "natural life". Huckleberry was raised as an orphan, who enjoyed being by himself at the worst of times. Sleeping in barns, being in the center of a lake for heavy thinking, etc. Throughout the book he was attempted to become civilized for a while. Such as attending school and…

Cavelier Ssieur de la Ssalle. L,la salle was born in Rouen, France on November 22, 1643. La Ssalle was murdered by Pierre Duhant on March 19,1687 in present day Huntsville, Texas. Robert de la Ssalle was best known for leading an expedition down the Mississippi Rriver, claiming the region for France. La salle grew up in Rouen, France. Hhis family was an upper-class family. La Ssalle’s brother, Jean, became a priest in the Sulpician tradition. Robert was…

In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Religion is a reoccurring theme. It shows up time and time again through various characters and thematic situations. Each individual character has a differing view of religion, but they all show Twain’s individual views of the topic. He uses the people of differing levels of faith, and various backgrounds to make his opinion clear. Twain has an incredibly cold view on religion, as the novel progresses it becomes apparent that no good can come…

When one is reading the short story, A Worn Path, by Eudora Welty, he or she begins to wonder why Welty chose the name, Phoenix, for her main character. As many people know, a phoenix stems from “the Egyptian myth about a bird which renews itself periodically from its own ashes” (Bartel). Considering the age and state of Phoenix Jackson, she seems like the least person to relate to the vibrant bird-like phoenix. However, Phoenix Jackson and a phoenix have a lot in common. Eudora Welty named her…