Pudd'nhead Wilson: Slavery
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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 t ....
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mother's freedom and pay off his gambling debts. In the process, though,
he ends up murdering his uncle and is eventually caught. The truth about
him is let out and Tom is set into slavery and "Valet" de Chambre" is set
free.
The issue of slavery comes up throughout the novel. The reality of
slavery is shown in many places in the novel. There are two main aspects
of slavery dealt with most realistically in the novel: sex, and violence.
The reality of sex between slaveholder's and sl ....
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