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Essay Galaxy - Pudd'nhead Wilson: Slavery
Pudd'nhead Wilson: Slavery
One would expect a novel written with a setting in ante-bellum
south to discuss issues dealing with slavery. This is exactly what Mark
Twain did in his novel Pudd'nhead Wilson. The following discusses the
topic of slavery and how it was used in Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson.
Pudd'nhead Wilson is the story of two boys, one a black slave and
the other a white man, switched at birth. Tom, the slave who is living
"white" with his foster father, his uncle, goes unnoticed in this
condition for all of his life. However, Tom has several bad habits,
mostly gambling, that eventually cost him his freedom. He racks up large
gambling debts, and in an effort to pay them off sells his own mother back
into slavery. His mother escapes, though, and demands to have her freedom
bought back or else she would tell Tom's uncle the truth ....
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Number Of Words: 851 |
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