Twain Essays

In the late 19th Century, America experienced it’s most “gilded era,” so to speak, in non-traditional women’s literature encompassing new inquiries into of gender freedom and equality. A common element of several of the works from this time period focused on themes of the Cult of True Womanhood and non-traditional …

Many people have the ability to be a heroic figure. Huckleberry Finn, as shown in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is in a constant struggle with his conscience, which qualifies him as a heroic figure. Huck keeps it a secret when he finds out that Jim is a runaway slave. He …

In the story “A Curious Dream” in American Short Stories, Mark Twain describes an unusual dream that he had with the dead skeletons. At beginning of the dream, when he is sitting on the doorstep, he encounters skeletons are leaving their graveyard to find a new location. Then there is …

The fact that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a fictional book, has caused such an outcry from certain people is downright ridiculous…although somewhat understandable. Those who believe the word nigger is an unacceptable insult in every circumstance are completely narrow minded and stubborn because they are choosing to associate “nigger” …