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The early voyage of Samuel Clemens

The early voyage of Samuel Clemens . Natasha Wolman . www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/PJMIRROR.jpg. Papa bear: Marshal Clemens. Moved family to Hannibal because of business venture (Powers, 20) Business failures (Powers, 23) Deist (Powers, 23) Lawyer (Powers, 23) “Titan” (Powers, 40).

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The early voyage of Samuel Clemens

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  1. The early voyage of Samuel Clemens

    Natasha Wolman www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/PJMIRROR.jpg
  2. Papa bear: Marshal Clemens Moved family to Hannibal because of business venture (Powers, 20) Business failures (Powers, 23) Deist (Powers, 23) Lawyer (Powers, 23) “Titan” (Powers, 40) http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/characters/img/papa.gif
  3. Mama bear: Jane Clemens Loss of children (Powers, 28) Games with Sam (Powers, 23) Made sure that Sam stayed in school sent him to uncle’s in Florida in the summer (Powers, 39) Passionless marriage (Powers, 43) Extremely kind and brave (Wector) http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/characters/img/mama.gif
  4. The clan http://www.lucylearns.com/images/pirate-clipart-pirate-graphics-pirate-gifs-free-pirate-clipart-Pirates-skull-and-crossbones-3.gif 3 out of 7 children died (Powers, 28) Fear and loss (Powers, 28) Importance of Religion (Powers, 29) Every Sunday they went with Jane after 3 of their siblings had died Sam blames himself for everything bad that has happened (Powers, 43) http://www.berenstainbears.com/images/welcome_portrait.jpg
  5. Mississippi River Block from the Virginia house (Powers, 23) “The Hungry Mississippi…astonishes the children beyond measure. Its mile-breadth of water seemed an ocean to the… and the vague riband of trees on the further shore, the verge of a continent which surely none but they had ever seen before” (Powers, 22). Escape from crazy home life (Powers, 24) Transportation to new realms http://bacshortly.wordpress.com/the-mississippi-river/
  6. The psychic “in the early phase of Margaret’s illness: as Orion sat beside his sister’s bed one evening, Sammy came floating into the room, fast asleep. He placed his hands on Margaret’s blanket and fidgeted with it for a few moments, then drifted again” (Powers, 20) Nightmares and sleepwalking – bad health until 7 (Powers, 23) Benjamin’s death (Powers, 29) http://www.planebuzz.com/2007/06/
  7. Religion Deism (Powers, 23) Turning point? McGruffey’sElect Readers (Powers, 26) Religion in his writing (Powers, 27) Bible = literary image (Powers, 27) Benjamins death (Powers, 29) Affects of Presbyterianism http://www.craftsinindia.com/products/The-Holy-Cross.html
  8. Racist? Love for the “the real nigger show” (Powers, 36) No one who knew him (including Fredrick Douglass called him a racist) (Powers, 36) “ I have no race prejudices more creed prejudices… I can stand any society. All I care to know is that man is a human being- that is enough for me; he can’t be any worse” (Powers, 37)
  9. Slavery Corpse of Neriam Todd (Powers, 37) Jennie (Powers, 38) Sold 1842 Villagers a book by Mark Twain quotes that, “Judge Carpenter had but one slave –she wanted to be sold to Beebe, and was. He sold her down the river. Was seen, years later, chambermaid on a steamboat. Cried a lamented” “like one of the family” http://3story.org/stories/post/2011/03/09/dooped-into-bondage
  10. Troubles and Adventures Always in trouble Tom’s aunt Polly, “People who are born to be hanged are safe in the water” Ring leader Teacher’s worst nightmare Excavation on Holiday Hill Boulder wrecked a cooper’s shop Wector http://www.dare2livedog.com/product_images/Camp-Bolder-Womans-Boxy.gif
  11. People who influenced Sam’s writing Miss Mary Ann Newcomb: teacher who taught Clemens how to read (Powers, 25) Mrs. Bangs in the “Autobiography of a Damned Fool” Miss Watson in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Will Bowen = Best friend (Powers, 32) Joe Harper from Huckleberry Fin and Tom Sawyer’s Conspiracy Tom Blankship = father was a drunk, mother was Arabic and Native American, and sisters were accused of being prostitutes (Powers, 34) Huckleberry Finn in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Sidekick in Tom Sawyer
  12. Concepts and events that influenced Sam’s writing McGruffey’sEclectic Readers the book that taught Sam how to read included biblical text (Powers, 26) Sam’s writing has metaphors and idioms from the Bible Benjamin’s death was shown in the Villagers (Powers, 29) “The Mother made the Children feel the cheek of the dead boy, and tried to make them understand the calamity that had befallen. The case of memorable treachery” Marshall Clemens buried in a hilltop cemetery (Powers, 44) Cemetery was the model for the one in Tom Sawyer
  13. Works Cited Powers, Ron. Mark Twain: A Life. New York: Free Press, 2005 Wecter, Dixon, and Houghton Mifflin. “Books: Great American Boyhood.” Time . N.p., 1 Sept. 1952. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
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