The Yankee's Regime In The 19th Century

The future is something that will happen in time to come. But what happens when you rush the future? The Yankee was a devout protestant man of the 19th century who believes in the power of advancement and the future. Although the Yankee was a man of the future, he progressed into a man of the past. It was because of the Yankee’s bigoted beliefs that led him to change the regime of the 6th century; consequently until his external downfall, at the end of the novel.
From the start of his journey, the Yankee imagined different ways to change Arthurian Britain into his modern 19th century. In the 6th century, the power belonged to the king and church, and the people of the 6th century were “slaves to their master”. Because of that, he detested the Catholic Church by speaking up against it and viewed the church as corrupt. The Yankee was business and practical minded, as an outsider, abhorred the unfairness of the rank and social stratification. He saw it in a way the people of the 6th century could not, having power is academic; power belongs to the King, because the slaves allow it to be this way (lack of rebellion). In the 6th century, the Divine right of kings was unquestioned and a way of life, but yet the Yankee wanted to establish a
The truth was, he was just a good actor, and he saw their world as corrupt and was determined to change it. He held a mentality of power from the very beginning, “I would boss the whole country inside of three months; for I judged I would have the start of the best-educated man in the kingdom by a matter of [1,300] years and upwards. I am not a man to waste time after my mind’s made up and there’s work on hand”(Twain 17). In due time, he was “Sir Boss”, a magical hero, who had traits of exceptional cleverness, determination, moral fortitude, knowledge, and exemplary physical and honorable