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Mark Twain portrays a controversial author

Mark Twain portrays a controversial author in almost all of his writings Starting when he was a little kid Twain was exposed to slavery war and most detrimental death At the age of ten he witnessed a slave die at the hands of his overseer and when he was twelve Twain s father a lawyer died of pneumonia His mother then became his sole caretaker she was described as an enthusiastic vivacious woman who filled his head with stories of adventures and peril He later went on to write novels such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur s Court In the tale Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur s Court Mark Twain uses many different characters to show the different sides of various controversial topics such as slavery and magic and superstitions This novel takes place in both America after slaves are freed and Medieval Europe when peasants were treated like slaves bounded by shackle and chain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur s Court shows the worst of slavery through peasants This book was written after slaves in America were free but told of the hardships and trials they had faced in the past The book does not refer to the slaves as so but rather freemen and although the two names are different both were horrible things that kept people from their freedom 



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