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Naturalism and Realism in Twain's "Jumping Frog", 2004.
This paper describes Mark Twain's short story "Jumping Frog" as an example of both realism and naturalism.
4,725 words (approx. 18.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 167.95
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This paper discusses how and why Mark Twain's short story "Jumping Frog" can be said to be an example of both realism and naturalism. The paper cites examples from the text and discusses the ideas of other critics about these two literary genres.
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"Literary Genre Study Proposal. While doing preliminary research for my paper, the statement in the instructions that kept coming into my mind was "Do not worry if the fit isn't exact" for genres are not pigeon holes into which authors force their imaginative creations. I intended to write on "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" because I like Twain and the story is fun and easy to understand."
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"--A Review, 2007.
A discussion of how Mark Twain's short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," changed his career.
964 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper describes how Mark Twain's short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," made him an overnight sensation in the American literary scene. The reviewer gives a brief plot summary of the story, yet focuses on why this particular work gave Twain such widespread recognition. Also included are critic's remarks about whether Twain actually intended this short story to be humorous. The reviewer concludes that it is quite obvious why "Calaveras" made readers take interest in Twain. Besides its humor and interest, it is an insightful tale about the people who lived in the West during that time period.
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"In the story, Twain described a betting man by the name of Jim Smiley (a unique name in itself) and his leaping frog. "He'd give him a little punch behind," Twain wrote, "and the next minute you'd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut--see him turn one summerset, or maybe a couple, if he got a good start, and come down flat footed and all right, like a cat." Smiley bet on anything he could, similar to unfortunate gambling addicts today."
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Putting the Jump in a Frog, 2002.
A book review of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain.
2,360 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper introduces and discusses the short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain. Specifically it analyzes the dialect of the story and examines how it adds dimension and depth to the characters.
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"From the time Wheeler takes over the narration, Twain's tone is casual and humorous. Wheeler begins characterizing Smiley as a man who would bet on anything, even whether a preacher's wife would die or not. "Lots of the boys here has seen that Smiley, and can tell you about him. Why, it never made no difference to him--he'd bet on any thing--the dangdest feller" (Twain 1262). Already the reader has an idea about Smiley and his wagering. Wheeler's words are simple and sound uneducated, but it is clear he is shrewd and knowledgeable about many subjects; he just wants to appear simple. He sets up the scene for Smiley to teach a frog to jump, and because of his clear and affable explanations, the reader fully believes that Smiley can and will teach the frog to jump, and win yet another bet. "He got him up so in the matter of catching flies, and kept him in practice so constant, that he'd nail a fly every time as far as he could see him" (Twain 1263). The frog is smart, and the reader cannot see how this agile creature can lose any race, until a stranger with a trick up his sleeve comes to town."
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Realism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 2008.
This paper discusses the theme of realism in Mark Twain's novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
745 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 26.95
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Mark Twain's novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," is a realistic novel that reveals how a young boy's morals and actions are at odds with those of the society around him. This paper analyzes themes relating to the main character Huckleberry Finn, along with Jim, a black man and a slave of Miss Watson, who encounters Huck in the wilderness and agrees to travel with him down the Mississippi. Leaving the unadventurous clutches of his home, where he was held prisoner by father, Huck chooses to flee society and return to the natural world, where he feels at home and comfortable. Jim, however, is trained by society and, even though he believes he deserves freedom, he also considers himself inferior to whites. The author of this paper demonstrates the themes of morality, such as that of struggling with the notion of slavery, along with themes of friendship and freedom.
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"Huck's morals and actions are at odds with the society that surrounds him. This is clear when we see how Huck struggles with the notion of slavery. Huck's limited education allows him to understand how cruel slavery actually was. If he had been more educated and simply accepted what others tried to teach him, maybe he would not have been so open to his true feelings. However, Huck is blessed in that he has not allowed himself to be influenced by the morals others try to impose on him or what society deems right and wrong. Huck comes to realize that he cannot tell anyone that Jim has run away and tells him, "People would call me a low down abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum--but that don't make no difference. I ain't agoing to tell" (Twain 269). We also see Huck's inner struggle when he cannot bring himself to provide Miss Watson with the letter he that explains everything. Huck knows he cannot send the letter because he "couldn't seem to strike no places to harden me against him" (381). In an act of defiance, he tears up the letter even if it means going to hell. Huck knows that regardless of what society preached, he had a friend in Jim and that friendship was real and more important than any social code. Huck knew the difference between what was "right" in his heart and what was "right" according to social conduct."
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Jumping to Conclusions: ?Balinese Cockfight? and ?Bowling for Colombine?, 2004.
This paper compares the anthropological techniques used by Clifford Geertz in his book, ?Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight?, and Michael Moore, in his film, ?Bowling for Colombine".
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses that, when most people observe aspects of an issue that they are studying, it is often difficult not to come up with certain generalizations regarding aspects of a society. The author believes that, through their observations and studies, Geertz and Moore are able to find some in-depth looks at the societies they study; but they come up with some general conclusions in a scientific way, without enough evidence to support them.
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"Through applying certain anthropological methods, Clifford Geertz makes some strong points in his study of the Balinese cockfights. In order for him to study appropriately the Balinese cockfights, it was essential for him to become more of a part of the Balinese culture. Only by this can an anthropologist obtain a better understanding and a more in-depth perspective of a certain aspect of a society. Most people that would observe the cockfights would view it as a spectator sport, without much meaning behind the activity. After all, the Balinese government ruled the cockfights illegal and was ashamed that the fights were part of the Balinese culture."
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Mark Twain, 2007.
This paper examines the controversial works of Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain.
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The paper discusses how as both a journalist and fiction writer, Mark Twain commented on the events that were occurring in America at the time. In Twain's time the United States was undergoing many changes from an agricultural to an industrial and international country. Twain often had something to say about the impact of these changes on the nation and many of his thoughts created controversy. The paper looks at his "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "Innocents Abroad" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The paper reveals that at first, his readers saw him primarily as a humorist who couched his beliefs in fiction. However, as he became well known, he became more serious on issues such as black Americans as human beings, votes for women and anti-imperialism.
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"Throughout the years, and until this day, Twain's stories and books have been read with mixed reviews--not on the style, but on the theme and meaning behind the words. When Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in January 1885 it drew raves and boos from the beginning. It was praised by authors such as Ernest Hemingway and critics and scholars have treated it as one of the greatest American works of art. To the contrary, it was condemned by many reviewers in Twain's time as crude and by many commentators since as racist. In 1885 it was banished from the shelves of the Concord Public Library, which attracted a lot of publicity and press."
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", 2000.
A look at how romanticism is used in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and how realism is used in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" to address the issue of slavery.
2,182 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 68.95
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This paper compares two novels, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin", with a focus on romanticism in Stowe's novel and realism in Twain's novel. The paper also emphasizes the differing views of the two authors on human nature and religion.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe?s sentimental masterpiece, Uncle Tom?s Cabin, has a detailed plot, clearly defined heroes and villains, and a happy ending. All of these aspects evidence the Romanticism of the piece. It acknowledges the major problem of slavery, but is hopeful that it will end. The Realism of Twain?s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, provides a much different outlook from Stowe?s Romanticism. He was much more pessimistic than she; the Civil War?s brutality and the failure of Reconstruction had undermined some of his faith in human nature. His book has a much more uncertain ending, whereas in Uncle Tom?s Cabin, every conceivable issue is dealt with in a good way. Except for her use of dialects, Harriet Beecher Stowe was in every sense a Romantic; and even though there are a few Romantic aspects in his novel, Mark Twain?s writing shows that he was a definitive realist.
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Realism: Royal Politics at its Best or Worst?, 2005.
Realism is a very viable International Relations theory, as it is the way that the most powerful countries operate in today's society. This essay explains the theory of realism in depth.
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Realism, one of the two schools most predominant in the study of international relations has a long and exhausting history. Unarguably, it has been the most dominant theory of world politics since the foundation of international relations. This could be for various reasons, but many argue because of the United States' persistent use of this theory in its governance. Many politicians and scholars have wrestled over the question of the limitations and insights (if any) of realism. However, realism remains very prominent today, one reason perhaps being that the value of realism as an analytical tool seems to become more relevant to policymakers in times of crises. This essay is dedicated to examining the history and debates surrounding the theory of realism, and concludes with the authors' personal opinion of the value of this theory. This paper examines all fields of realism, from classical, to modern, as well as neo-realism.
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"Under the idea of maximal realism, when there are two equally powerful hegemons in place like was the case during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, there becomes an inherently unstable situation that is destined to collapse into a more stable state where one nation is more powerful and one is less powerful. Next, the theory of minimal realism holds that non-hegemonic states will ally against the hegemon in order to prevent their own interests from being subsumed by the hegemon's interests. Under the minimal-realism theory it is possible to have two equally powerful hegemons with whom a smaller entity may ally in turn depending on which hegemon better fits with the smaller entity's policies at the moment, creating a positive sum game for both sides, rather than a negative sum game like would be the case for maximal realism."
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Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn", 2008.
Looks at the story of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" and compares it to another Twain novel "Puddn'head Wilson".
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper relates that, in Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn", a young boy named Huck attempts to go out on his own in search of his identity. Twain starts the story with a child and takes the reader along a road of maturation for Huck. The author points out that, as with Twain's "Puddn'head Wilson", Twain focuses on the times of slavery in the Civil War era. In "Huckleberry Finn", he depicts how slavery alters the minds of both oppressed and the oppressor. The paper suggests that, in some ways, Twain may have imagined himself as Huck, wishing he had ran away when he was younger in order to find himself and to save the slaves, whom he witnessed suffering from racial segregation and oppression.
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"In Huckleberry Finn, Huck and Jim are in search for the city of Cairo. In the 1800s Cairo was a restored city that offered revelations of life for a runaway slave. Twain created Huck from a childhood acquaintance Tom Blankenship. Similar to Huck, Tom's father was a drunk, dirty, uneducated and lived without authority. Twain is often blamed as only representing a softer slavery than about plantation slaves. Within Puddn'head Wilson and Huckleberry Finn both depictions of slavery are of household slaves, which in some ways are viewed as having better lives than slaves who are worked hard out on the plantations."
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Mark Twain's "Puddn'head Wilson", 2008.
Reviews Mark Twain's novel "Puddn'head Wilson", a social satire on slavery, and relates it to the life of Samuel Clemens, Twain's real name.
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This paper explains that the themes of Mark Twain's strongly passionate book "Puddn'head Wilson" center on slavery and one woman's effort to relieve her son from slavery and from being sold "down the river". The author points out that, in this novel, Mark Twain includes elements of his life as Samuel Clemens, such as the setting in the small Mississippi valley, the use of different social statuses and the theme of racial segregation during the period in which he was growing up. The paper explains the plot of "Puddn'head Wilson", especially the section about the babies, which the author of this paper believes represents Twain's two identities as white Sam Clemens and anti-slavery Mark Twain.
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"In "Puddn'head Wilson", Twain talks about slaves being "sold down the river." This is where the slaves would get sent further south to the plantations that were known to work the slaves "to death". Nobody wanted to be sold down the river. The thought of this happening was so awful that it caused Roxy to switch her African-American son, who wasn't noticeably black, with the place of a white American to save her son from being sold down the river. This sets the stage for the rest of the book."
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Mark Twain, 2005.
This paper discuses Mark Twain's use of his satirical essays and novels to criticize the prevailing social evils of religion, slavery and imperialism during the 19th Century.
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This paper explains that Mark Twain's satirical remarks about religion can be found throughout his major works including "Innocents Abroad", "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn" and his one "Letters to Earth, which contains his opinions of the Bible and remains relatively unknown. The author points out that Twain was highly critical of imperialism whether it was performed under the flag of a hereditary monarch or under the name of America's monetary royalty: Twain's "Innocents Abroad" and "Prince and the Pauper" are veiled satirical criticism of Victorian Imperialism; whereas, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is considered a criticism of early European Feudalism. The paper relates that "Huckleberry Finn" is considered to be Mark Twain's masterpiece; through the illiterate speech of his young protege Huck Finn, Samuel Clemens makes pointed social commentary on the rich, the poor, the sober and the drunk and pokes at the church, the farmer, and the good "towner "as well. Many long quotes.
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Mark Twain as a Social Critic
Mark Twain's World
Karl Marx
Mark Twain on Religion, God and the Bible
Slavery and Prejudice Which Came First?
A View of Post Civil War American Economics or Twain as Prophet of Profits
Twain's Political Economy or a Tale of a Traveling Salesman
Huckleberry Finn - A Tribute or a Trial of Transcendentalism
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""Letters from Earth" continues outlining the injustices performed by the Human's God during the Great Flood, to the Jews during their exodus from Egypt and finally gives a detailed description of how God dealt with an enemy of his people, the Midianites. God did not just destroy these people; he destroyed all of their belongings and their animals. The only survivors of this massacre were the Midianites virgin daughters who were sold into prostitution and slavery. Satan completes his narration with a notation that the merciful the Christian Son of God who preached peace and love in the Sermon on the Mount is really the hypocritical mouth piece of the original God war who slays and slays the innocent along with the guilty and seems to enjoy every minute of it."
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American Realism, 2002.
An overview of the literary styles of William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain.
4,598 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper focuses primarily on three notable American writers from the 19th century, all of whom wrote in a style that could be considered exemplary of American Realism. William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain were all practitioners of the literary genre known as Realism. It looks at how all three men knew each other, both Twain and James were close friends with Howells, and how they were all born within the same ten-year period. It shows how, despite the many variations in the presentation of their work, they all displayed the same basic elements of the realist vision. All of them focused on ?realistic? characters, many of whom were of a lower class, and all of them paid special attention to everyday activities and what these activities revealed about psychology and underlying social values. Lastly, all of them used their characters to critique certain aspects of the society that created them.
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"William Dean Howell?s The Rise of Silas Lapham is an interesting and unusual work, which details an interesting figure, that of an American businessmen. In choosing this very subject matter, Howells already reveals the intentions of his realism?rather than choosing a romantic or adventurous theme, Howells focuses on the figure of an American businessman. More specifically, Lapham is a rags-to-riches story?he is an uneducated man who, like so many of the 19th century?s industrial giants, has amassed a massive fortune out of almost nothing. It is not, however, this fantastic rags to riches story upon which Howells primarily focuses. Indeed, Howells instead is most interested in Lapham and his family?s social interactions with the upper crust of Boston."
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Mark Twain on War and Imperialism, 2002.
Examines how American writer Mark Twain's anti-imperialistic views are relevant in today's times.
3,727 words (approx. 14.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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This paper likens Mark Twain?s anti-imperialist stance in the latter part of the nineteenth century to the protesters of the sixties in response to Vietnam, or the anti-war demonstrators of today. It shows that the sentiments are eerily familiar; the arguments stand the test of time. The paper introduces Mark Twain through a biography and then covers his anti-imperialistic theories. It examines his critics and then shows how his views are relevant today.
Table of Contents:
Mark Twain on War and Imperialism
Introduction
Biography
Twain's Anti-Imperialist Theories
Criticisms of Twain
Relevance to Current Events
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Newspapers and magazines responded to ?To the Person Sitting in Darkness? for a solid month. For nearly half of the remainder of the year, satirical cartoons and editorials appeared randomly throughout the country. Twain?s reputation was altered during the twilight of his life. From humorist and novelist, Twain was transformed into a political reformer and outspoken critic. The critic then became the recipient of criticism. Twain?s ?Defense of General Funston? denounced the capture of Filipino General Aguinaldo by deceptive practices under the leadership of General Funston. This essay was featured in the North American Review in May of 1902. When the U.S. Philippine?s Commission established the treason act in the same year, Twain had said he?d rather be labeled a traitor than to be labeled as a Patriot and classified with the Funstons. Just weeks before, Funston had delivered a speech in New York City in which he called for anti-imperialist writers to be ?hanged for treason?."
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Mark Twain: Naturalistic and Realistic Techniques, 2002.
A review of "Pudd'nhead Wilson" by Mark Twain with emphasis on style and technique.
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This paper analyzes Mark Twain's book "Pudd'nhead Wilson" which brings together the coalesced selves of small-town America and in their midst, three figures - Tom, Roxy and Wilson, who try to escape the reality of life by changing their social identities. It discusses how Twain limits the freedom of the individuals to the context of their relationship with the people in society and how the pessimism inherent in the story suggests that near the end of his writing career Twain moved from depicting realism to showing the lack of control that humans have over their lives, an aspect of naturalism.
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"Then, within the paradigm of the story emerges the sublimation of the truth. Combining the pessimistic scope of naturalism and the ordinary facts of realism, Twain presented the conflict of the environment and the characters. Throughout the story we see Roxy trying to change her destiny. She is a black slave and yet, she does not look like it. She exchanges her son with that of the owners again attempting to overcome the social constraint imposed on her by birth. Yet, all her efforts are useless for in the end nature triumphs, as does the conception of self-fixuality. Consider, that though Roxy has swapped the babies the difference is still there. The ?black and white? babies are now distinguishable by their characteristics."
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