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A CURIOUS DREAM:C○ NTAINING A M○RAL A CHAT WITH A SKELET○NAB○UTD| LAPIDATED CEMETERIES Mark twain

A CURIOUS DREAM: CONTAINING A MORAL A CHAT WITH A SKELETON ABOUT DILAPIDATED CEMETERIES. Mark Twain

Contents 口 Biography 口 Plot summary 口Ref|econ

Contents  Biography  Plot Summary  Reflection

Samuel Langhorne Clemens 口 Pen name: Mark twain 口“ Greates↑ American humorist of his age 口“ The father of merican literature", aa riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor a The Adventures of Tom Sawyer n Adventures of Huckleberry finn

Samuel Langhorne Clemens  Pen Name: Mark Twain  “Greatest American humorist of his age"  “The father of American literature".  a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain as his pen name o MISSISSIPpI riverboaTs n Twain an archaic term Cle l of two 口“ According to the mark Lon the linel, tthe depth is] two [fathoms]", which means"the water is safe to pass

Mark Twain as his pen name  Mississippi riverboats  Twain: an archaic term of two  “According to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]”, which means “the water is safe to pass

His Writing style a Obser ves and reports images of the romantic, the real, the strengths and weaknesses of a rapidl changing world 口 Full of humor n Written in colloquial style n Focuses on human greed, cruelty and questioned the humanity of the human race

His Writing Style  Observes and reports images of the romantic‚ the real‚ the strengths and weaknesses of a rapidly changing world  Full of Humor  Written in colloquial style  Focuses on human greed‚ cruelty and questioned the humanity of the human race

Background o A two-part nightmare story lamenting the neglect of cemeteries 0 1870, Buffalo n a parody of " a ghost Story n Not exactly a Gothic fiction 口 A public issue a the woeful neglect of local cemeteries

Background  A two-part nightmare story lamenting the neglect of cemeteries  1870, Buffalo  A parody of “A Ghost Story”.  Not exactly a Gothic fiction  A public issue  the woeful neglect of local cemeteries

Main characters a the fictionalized version of Twain himself 口 The skeleton a John Baxter Copmanhurst A CURIOUS DREAM. CONTAIMInO A JIORAL

Main Characters  “I”  the fictionalized version of Twain himself  The skeleton  John Baxter Copmanhurst

o "Yes, sir, thirty years ago I laid me down there, and was happy. For it was out in the country then-out in the breezy, flowery, grand old woods and the lazy winds gossiped with the leaves, and the squirrels capered over us and around us, and the creeping things visited us, and the birds filled the tranquil solitude with music. Ah, it was worth ten years of a man's life to be dead then

 “Yes, sir, thirty years ago I laid me down there, and was happy. For it was out in the country then – out in the breezy, flowery, grand old woods, and the lazy winds gossiped with the leaves, and the squirrels capered over us and around us, and the creeping things visited us, and the birds filled the tranquil solitude with music. Ah, it was worth ten years of a man’s life to be dead then!

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Good-by, friend, I must be going. I may have a good way to go to-night -don't know I only know one thing for certain and that is that I am on the emigrant trail now, and I'll never sleep in that crazy old cemeTery again

“Good-by, friend, I must be going. I may have a good way to go to-night –don’t know. I only know one thing for certain, and that is that I am on the emigrant trail now, and I’ll never sleep in that crazy old cemetery again