They go about setting a "rightful plan" to set Jim free. ... Then Tom decides that the boys need to leave warning notes to make sure that it's all "done up proper" about Jim's planned escape and blames it on "a desprate gang of cutthroats from over in the Ingean Territory." ... After all that, Tom proceeds to tell everyone that Jim is a free man and was freed in Miss Watson's will when she passed on. ... Is what Tom Sawyer states when asked why he freed an already free slave. ... Not only is the author of the book a male, but the narrator is male as well. ...

• Word Count: 758
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Review of The Ordeal of Mark Twain While looking for an interesting perspective as to Mark Twain's pessimism later in his life, I happened upon an old book titled The Ordeal of Mark Twain, written by Van Wyck Brooks back in 1920. ... To put it simply, his book is a challenge. ... The main concept in the book is that Twain's career was a tragedy- a tragedy for himself and a tragedy for the reading public at large. ... In this line, Brooks notes the obvious comment Twain seems to be making about man's hypocrisy, in that man is not willing to be good, yet forces that standard...

• Word Count: 670
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I chose The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a book for my report because this title caught my attention. ... I only picked up this book because of the topic: adventures. ... This book is about the adventures of a young boy called by Huck Finn. ... Jim became a free man. ... I would recommend this book for people that like adventures stories as I do. ...

• Word Count: 896
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School