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    Mark Twain:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Biography of the author: Mark Twain‚ real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ was born in 1835 in Missouri. At the age of 11 his father died. Shortly after his father’s dead‚ he worked as a journalist for the journal that belonged to his elder brother. He then began making journeys around the United States of America while being a typographer and writing reports for his brother’s newspaper. Later‚ he worked as a coxswain on the Mississippi. After the American

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The main idea behind this story is just an average little schoolboy getting into loads of trouble all the time and learning things through experience. He’s not the role model little boy at all‚ but he’s certainly not the one everyone would pick on and such. Tom Sawyer goes out on all sorts of adventurous… adventures‚ some thought up through imagination and others as serious as a heart attack. Throughout this book you will notice how Tom Sawyer grow up into a more

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    Adventures of Tom Sawyer Test Realism‚ defined by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language‚ is the representation in art or literature of objects‚ actions‚ or social conditions as they actually are‚ without idealization or presentation in abstract form. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ Twain portrays an accurate depiction of society during the pre-civil war time. Twain paints a picture of a boy’s world along the Mississippi River‚ where two mischievous boys‚ Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

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    The Report on The Adventure of Tom Sawyer The book I read is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer‚ which was written by Mark Twain‚ and before I read the book‚ I search some information about him‚ I think it may support a lot of help for my reading. Introduction of the author: Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Clemens. He was one of the greatest American writers. He captured a peculiarly American humor. He represented a new American voice. Mark was born in Florida‚ Mississippi‚ in 1835

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By: ------------------------- My class just finished a superb book named The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ which was written by Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg‚ inspired by Hannibal‚ Missouri‚ where Twain lived. This boy goes through countless adventures through his childhood and into adulthood as we travel along with him

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    something significant in the world. Tom Sawyer is inspirational and is filled with encouraging words‚ just like bible verses. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a better book for teachers to teach to their students‚ than Black Beauty‚ because it is entertaining‚ it is youthful‚ and it is complex. The novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is very entertaining. It has interesting

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer “Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls‚ I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account‚ for part of my plan has been to try pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves‚ and how they felt and thought and talked‚ and what queer enterprises they sometimes engage in.” – Mark Twain Quoted above is a statement Twain said in the preface of his book‚ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The first time I read

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    “‘Tom‚ I’ve a notion to skin you alive!’” (Chapter 19‚ page 120). The book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ written by Mark Twain‚ is a book about a young life growing up alongside the Mississippi. Tom gets into lots of trouble with Huck and Joe‚ while also going for Becky‚ who he is “engaged”. The main theme of the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is that throughout everything‚ children will stick to their childish thinking. Every once and awhile‚ Tom and his friends forget what they’re doing

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been labelled as a picaresque novel. A picaresque novel is an adventure story that involves an anti-hero or picaro who wanders around with no actual destination in mind. The picaresque novel has many key elements. It must contain an anti-hero who is usually described as an underling(subordinate) with no place in society‚ it is usually told in autobiographical form‚ and it is potentially endless‚ meaning that it has no tight plot‚ but could go on and on. The

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    Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION Picaresque as a Literary Genre The term Picaresque was derived from the term “picaro” which means the same with rogue‚ rascal‚ bohemian or an adventurer. The term “picaresque” in Literature wasn’t created until in the early 19th century‚ when the novel Lazarillo de Tormes wtitten by an anonymous writer because of its heretical content was published in 1553 and became popular right then. Most picaresque novels incorporate several defining characteristics according to Thrall

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