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Use Of Setting And Atmosphere In 'The Invalid's Story'
Ashlyn George
Hensley
English 11/ First Period
06 February 2017
Part 4: Setting/Atmosphere In ?The Invalid?s Story? by Mark Twain, the setting is taken place on the train heading to Wisconsin. So the setting is symbolic because the train is traveling a lot of miles, but there is a lot of conflicts while on this long journey. While Cap is heading to Wisconsin on the train he doesn?t realize that he got the boxes mixed up, so the whole trip he actually has a box of guns, along with a package of cheese. Cap and the expressman Thompson start to get warm on the train and so does the cheese. The cheese starts to rot, but Cap thinks it?s his friend's body because it has been a few days since he?s passed away, so the cheese is symbolic to the dead

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