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A 4 page paper which examines how Mark Twain attacks racism and slavery in his novel “Pudd’nhead Wilson.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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to racial criticism. Mark Twain was a man who lived during times of slavery and often presented African Americans in ways that seem somewhat distasteful today, but are very real
and vivid pictures of the people of Twains time. His work has been analyzed from many different perspectives as scholars attempt to truly decipher his position on race and slavery.
This becomes an even more difficult proposition it seems when we understand that Twain, while growing up, lived in a house that used slaves. In one of his works, "Puddnhead
Wilson," we have a very powerful novel that speaks of many different racial realities of the time. The following paper illustrates how this particular novel, in many subtle ways, actually
attacks racism and slavery. Puddnhead Wilson This story has many plots, the primary one being that which involves a slave woman who gives birth to the masters child at
the same time that the wife of the master gives birth to a child. Both of the children are males and the slave woman decides to swap the infants, both
of whom she will actually raise, so that her son can have the benefits of a white life. She is able to do this because her infant is very light
skinned and easily passes for white. This simple premise presents us with the curious question of whether or not this boy will ever be found out, in terms of his
actual heritage and race. This sets the stage for Twains assertion that race does not control who we are and who we can become. This also thus argues that ones
race is not important in relationship to intelligence and character. It is in ones upbringing that we can see how the differences of race evolve. In this work we
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