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Twain Research

ASSIGNMENT: THIS ASSIGNMENT IS WORTH 50 POINTS. YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM THE OPTIONS BELOW TO MAKE UP A TOTAL OF 50 POINTS.

1. Read three newspaper reviews of the novel when it first came out. Explain what he was praised for and for what was he criticized? (5 quotations minimum) 20 POINTS

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/hucrevhp.html

2. Read about the first illustrator of Huckleberry Finn, , E.W. Kemble: what were his struggles and successes? His models and concerns/?What aspects of racism do you see in his own essay about the process of portraying Huck?? 35 POINTS

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/hfillcomp.html

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http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/colophon.html

3. View the different "Representations of Jim” throughout the past 150 years .

Explain how the pictures show the " persistence of racist stereotypes and the slow emergence of the conviction that Jim is a character whose humanity is the equal of Huck's " 35 POINTS

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/jiminpix.html

4. Mark Twain gradually became a kind of folk hero. Look at the cartoons of him from Life Magazine and analyze at least 5 cartoons to get a sense of what Twain had come to represent for the American public. (Describe each cartoon and how it represented Twain.) 20 POINTS

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/sc_as_mt/mtinlife.html

5. By the time he died in 1910, Mark Twain was perhaps the best-known national celebrity. His final illness, death and funeral were treated as front page news across the country. Most papers relied on the Associated Press reports of these final events . To get a sense of what Twain meant to the American public, read at least 5 obituaries and describe the emotional attitude towards him by his survivors as well as the facts mentioned about him Use at least four quotations as support. 30 POINTS

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/sc_as_mt/funrobit.html

6. Twain is famous for his "zingers" - one or two line pithy sentences that are humorous, satirical, and, occasionally wise.

Read the quotes on http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html

Choose ten of your favorites and paraphrase EACH.

20 POINTS

http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html

7. Extra Credit (Up to 15 points extra)

Cable's inflammatory essay "The Freedman's Case in Equity"

George Cable traveled with Twain on the lecture/entertainment circuit. His lectures were educated, lofty, and intellectual. He wrote an article about freed slaves that rocked the South. Read the entire article, paraphrase it, and summarize it. Use at least 5 quotations in your summary.

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/hfequity.html