Social Lampoon The journey taken by two friends is rarely thought of as anything more than just an exploit. ... In the beginning of the story, Huck sneaks away from his home to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends. The boys start a gang and Tom Sawyer decides that every one in the gang must take an oath. "Now we'll start this bang of robbers and call it the Tom Sawyer's Gang. ... These social flaws can be changed if we as a society make a conscious effort to do so. ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Analysis The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was written by Samuel Clemens, or better known as Mark Twain. ... Under the pen name Mark Twain, Sam Clemens published over 30 works of literature--encompassing satire, historical fiction, short stories, and nonfiction. Many of his writings have reached the pinnacles of American and world literature, including the timeless Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Prince and the Pauper, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. ... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is considered as one of Twain's most fines...

• Word Count: 1037
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Twain took Huck's views of religion, slavery, and social acceptance to show how one could of broke free from the accepted yet untested ways of society. ... One of the most important elements in this novel was Twain's use of satire. He weaved in the use of satire to sort of exaggerate and make fun of the way he felt American society acted. Many characters were created solely on the purpose to satire human nature. ... Toward the end of the book, we meet Tom Sawyer one of Huck's good friends. ...

• Word Count: 883
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Best remembered for his creation of the world of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Mark Twain made use of these characters throughout his career. ... We find romance in "Roughing It" (1872), and boyish idealism in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876). ... Nevertheless, Twain is remembered most for the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn adventure stories that many people first read as children. ... But with Huckleberry Finn, he introduced readers to a likable main character who spoke like someone they might meet in the street, but not at a church social. ... "These types of paragraphs are used for t...

• Word Count: 1713
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The endemic insecurity of such a society required all of its members to deceive themselves in order to survive and make "sense- within the social context they were born. ... Oftentimes the best way to approach seemingly unmentionable themes was through the side door of comedy and satire - areas where Mark Twain had few, if any, equals. ... Early in his career he exhibited the humor that allowed for social commentary and criticism without attacking his subjects head on. ... Like so Many of Twain's protagonists, both black and white, including Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Jim, Pap, The Boss, P...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Twain's works are known for their humor and realism to social satire. ... The short story "A True Story" is a very well written example of how Twain uses dialect to address social issues. ... When he and Tom snuck out they ran into Jim which is Mrs. ... Jim's new slave owners name is Sally, Tom Sawyer's aunt, so Huck pretended to be Tom. ... One of the bullets shot Tom in the leg. ...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was an early twentieth century poet, dramatist, publisher, playwright and literary and social critic", one of the twentieth century's major poets." and a leader of the modernist movement in literature T.S. ... Louis; his mother Charlotte Champe Stearns (1843-1929) wrote poetry and was a social worker, a new profession in the early twentieth century. ... Once he learned to read, the young boy immediately became obsessed with books and was completely absorbed in tales depicting savages, the Wild West, or Mark Twain's thrill-seeking Tom Sawyer. ...

• Word Count: 4134
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School