In 1948, when the National Party won the general election in South Africa, a system known as apartheid took place in the country. The National Party is a South African political party that was founded in 1914. The members of the mentioned party are usually known as nationalists or Natz. Among its po...
The land of the free (except for slaves) and the home of the brave (and extremely violent and repressive) inculcated racial myths within Clemens during his antebellum childhood on the Mississippi that were slowly fractured, but never completely expunged, as he matured intellectually. ... Gerber in "Pudd'nhead Wilson as Fabulation,"" Mark Twain was not really a novelist - he was more of a "new journalist,"" who spun yarns that reflected American life as well or better than any "realistic- novel or overt political propaganda. ... In the public discourse this meant "coon- songs and show...
