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Mark Twain Reasoning - Paper

Mark Twain Reasoning

Zayne Tindall
American Literary Masterpieces/4[th]
Mr. Hubbard
3/7/11

Mark Twain's Intent

Mark Twain's intent on writing "The Boys' Ambition" was to show what the effect steamboats had on young boys, and the people of Hannibal, Missouri. The town of Hannibal was calm and quite, until the steamboats came in town. The town was described as white, drowsy, empty, and sleeping. Twain explains the peoples' reactions to the steamboats, "The clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and all in a twinckle the town is alive and moving." The young boys were greatly impacted by the arrival of the steamboats. It was every young ...

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of everybody." This maybe a sense of the glory he was referring to. The steamboat men also made good money. The steamboat men were paid a salary of one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty dollars amount. In two months time the river man made a preachers year ...

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Added: 3/18/2012 02:44:41 PM
Submitted By: meow12
Category: English
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