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- 1. Mark Twain: How His Views on Race and Racism are Reflected in His Writings Eduardo Oyola Professor Owens ENG-1102-XTIL 10/T5 18 July 2010
- 2. The skin of every human being contains a slave.- Notebook, Mark Twain 1904
- 4. Born in Florida, Missouri. 1835
- 5. Halleyâs Comet closest approach
- 6. 1 of 6 children
- 7. 1863 Began signing his pseudonym "Mark Twain"
- 9. River Boat Captain
- 10. Famous Author
- 11. World Traveler
- 12. Married
- 14. (1876) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- 15. (1884) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 17. (1897) Following the Equator
- 18. (1870) The Noble Red Man
- 19. (1895) Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses
- 23. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 25. Views of life as a runaway Negro slave
- 26. Criticized for Twains use of racial slurs
- 28. Ironic Novel
- 29. Key characters are Slaves
- 30. Roxana (Roxy), and her son Valet de Chambre
- 31. Twain expresses his views on Racism
- 32. Prejudice
- 34. Twains Negative views against Native Americans plainly evident
- 35. âInjun Joeâ Joe is portrayed as a murderer, rapist thief
- 36. the most evil character in the book
- 37. The Noble Red Man
- 39. Twain in great detail, mocks Coopers âIndian expertsâ
- 40. Continues Negative views of the Native American
- 42. Turning point for Twains views
- 44. Twain was Anti-slavery, Racism, and Prejudice
- 46. Works Cited: Anderson, Frederick. Editor. A Pen Warmed Up In Hell: Mark Twain in Protest. New York: Harper and Row, 1972. Print. Bloom,Harold. Editor. Mark Twain: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Novelist). Penn: Chelsea House Publications, 1999. Print Blues, Thomas. Mark Twain & the Community. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1970. Print. Bond, Jenny, and Sheedy, Chris. Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara? The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books. New York: Penguin Group, 2008. Print. Camfield, Ph.D., Gregg. Mark Twain's Mississippi: Race. 2005. 15 July 2010. University of California, Merced.<http://dig.lib.niu.edu/twain/race.html> Rissetto, Adriana. Twain's Indians: The Noble Red Man. 4 Dec. 1996. 15 July 2010. < http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/projects/rissetto/noble.html> Smith, Russell. The Legend of Mark Twain. 1994. 15 July 2010. < http://www.bochynski.com/twainweb/filelist/legend.html>