What was Huckleberry Finn to do? What would you have done in this situation? He tells his story from a psychological first-person perspective, which helps readers to reach a deep
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Jim to Huck: “I hain’t ever done no harm to a ghos, doan’ hurt me.”
In Literature, The Hero’s Journey often starts out with the main character feeling uncomfortable with his or her situation. Then, he is forced or drawn into an adventure in some
Illustrations of The 1885 First Edition of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain hired E. W. Kemble to illustrate the 1884 First Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,* understanding how important that the drawings would be to bringing visual images of the
Twain Connects The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with Huckleberry Finn
Generations of readers, from young to old, have loved reading the spellbinding stories of Mark Twain, who Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner have called the “father of American Literature. Twain
Tom Sawyer Revisited: Reading the Book as a Child and as an Adult
On April 11, 2017, I will begin leading a discussion class on Mark Twain’s, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at the OSHER Institute on the University of Richmond campus. I will
Reading Tom Sawyer as a Child and as an Adult
It has been almost 60 years since my fifth-grade teacher read Mark Twain’s, The Prince and the Pauper, and Tom Sawyer, to our class for the last 15 minutes
Mark Twain’s Humor and Wisdom: The Prince and the Pauper
I just finished leading a series of eight classes on Mark Twain’s books, The Prince and the Pauper, and Tom Sawyer at the Lifelong Learning Institute in Chesterfield, Virginia. In discussing
