And finally, the greatest example of Twain's use of the novel to speak out against the South is in found roof scene with Colonel Sherburne, a scene in which Mark Twain uses the Colonel to speak his mind, without hiding his opinions behind a metaphor, and telling the reader exactly how he feels of the South. ... In effect, he makes a mockery of the South, pointing out that they are destroying their own brothers and neighbors, for absolutely no reason. ... Kuhne goes on to say, "He wrote essays about atrocities committed against black, attacked plantation- and slave-owners, in Life on the...

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