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Why D’oan’ a Frenchman Speak Like a Man?
In the next section of dialogue in Chapter 14, Huck Finn continues his struggle to set Jim straight on some of the finer points of history and culture. As we
What Would Huck Do (WWHD)?
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
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
A Pallatte of Litchatte Posts from July 2016 through July 2017
Dr. Murray Ellison received a Master’s in Education from Temple University (1973), a Master’s Degree of Arts in English Literature from Virginia Commonwealth University (2015), and a Doctorate in
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
Huck & Jim Embark on a Heroic Journey for Different Reasons
Joseph Campbell has written about the recurring patterns of the Hero’s Journey he has observed in classic literature from ancient stories like The Odyssey and Don Quixote through more modern tales, like The Lord
Pap’s “Govment” Speech in Huckleberry Finn
“Then the old man got to cussing, and cussed everything and everybody he could think of, and then cussed them all over again to make sure he hadn’t skipped any,
Don Quixote and the Enchantment of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain used Miguel de Cervantes’ early seventeenth-century novel, Don Quixote as an inspiration for both his Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Quixote’s purpose was to go on quests,
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
