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    Mark Twain's story, life on the Mississippi, depicts the river in both a positive and negative light. Twains uses imagery to help readers conceive the river in a pessimistic and optimistic way. He uses imagery to convey his central idea of the river as the most "wonderful" river.

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    Mark Twain's story, life on the Mississippi, depicts the river in both a positive and negative light. Twains uses imagery to help readers conceive the river in a pessimistic and optimistic way. He uses imagery to convey his central idea of the river as the most "wonderful" river.

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    Mark Twain's story, life on the Mississippi, depicts the river in both a positive and negative light. Twains uses imagery to help readers conceive the river in a pessimistic and optimistic way. He uses imagery to convey his central idea of the river as the most "wonderful" river.

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    SusanBaek

    October5th,2015

    CollegePrepWriting(CPW)

    Mr.Romano&Mrs.McGee

    TextualAnalysisEssay
    MarkTwain:
    LifeontheMississippi
    Prompt
    :
    WhatisthecentralideaofMarkTwainsLifeontheMississippiandwhichliterary
    devicedoesMarkTwainusetoaccuratelyportrayhiscentralidea?

    Issomethingsobeautifulasbeautyitself,eternal?Exploringthemortalityofbeautywill
    leadonetoamorerealisticconceptionoflife.Whatisdeemedbeautifulisultimatelyephemeral.
    Thefleetingnatureofbeautyisillustratedbyauthorsthroughliterarytechniques,whichhelp
    readersvisualizethebeauty,ortheimagethattheauthorwantstoportray.Suchliterarydevices
    includeimagery,metaphor,andcharacterizationallthreeaccuratelydescribeanideaoran
    objectineloquentways.InMarkTwainsstory,
    LifeontheMississippi
    ,Twainusesimageryto
    helpreadersconceivetheMississippiRiverinbothpessimisticandoptimisticways.Thetheme
    ofMarkTwainsstory,
    LifeontheMississippi
    isthatthroughexperienceandhardships,ones
    perspectivetowardswhatwasoncebeautiful,canmodulate.Essentially,Twainadequately
    manipulatesimagerytodeliverhiscentralidea.
    Twainportraystheriverinhisstory,
    LifeontheMississippi
    ,bothinapositiveand
    negativelight.Toconveybothofthesecontradictingmessages,Twainisaidedwithimagery,a
    usefulliterarytechnique,tocopiouslyconstructanimageinthereadersmind.Imageryisan
    illustrationofwhattheauthorportrayswithhisorherwriting.Heusesimagerytodescribethe

    riverinadistinctway.Theideaofthebeautifulriverisintroducedwhenhestates,Therenever
    wassowonderfulabookwrittenbymanneveronewhoseinterestwassoabsorbing,so
    unflagging,sosparklinglyrenewedwitheveryreperusal.ThismomentdemonstratesTwains
    aweandadmirationtowardstheriver,duringtheearlydaysofhissteamboatcareer.When
    Twainfirstglancesattheriver,hefindsthebeautyofnaturesparklingintheriver,which
    absorbshisinterestasheisabsorbedinawonderfulbook.DescribingtheMississippiasthe
    mostwonderfulbookwrittenbymandemonstrateshisadorationtowardstheriver.Towards
    themiddleoftheexcerpt,MarkTwainasserts,NowwhenIhadmasteredthelanguageofthis
    water,andhadcometoknoweverytriflingfeaturethatborderedthegreatriverasfamiliarlyasI
    knewthelettersofthealphabet,Ihadmadeavaluableacquisition.ButIhadlostsomething,too.
    IhadlostsomethingwhichcouldneverberestoredtomewhileIlived.Allthegrace,thebeauty,
    thepoetry,hadgoneoutofthemajesticriver!ThismomentexposesthechangeinTwains
    perspectiveontheriver.TheMississippiisnolongerthewonderfulbookhesawwhenhewas
    onlyarookie,butthroughexperienceandhardworkonthesteamboat,theMississippilostits
    grace,beautyandstoriesthroughhisperspective.Hedescribestheriverasonewholostallofits
    graceandbeautytoexpresshisdissatisfactiontowardsthelackofnewfangledrefinement.
    Additionally,hementionsthat...theromanceandthebeautywereallgonefromtheriver,
    whichclearlydelineateshisundeniabledisappointmenttowardsthedisappearanceofbeautyin
    theriver.Thisfinalquoteaccuratelyservesasthecentralideathereisnosuchthingas
    everlastingbeauty.
    Inthefinalanalysis,imagery,aliterarydevice,ispersistentlyutilizedthroughoutthe
    story.Inthebeginning,whenhewasfirststartingoutinasteamboat,hemadeapparentofthe

    riversbeauty,graceandthemultiplestoriesitholds,describingtheriversfeaturesinan
    optimisticway.Howeverasthestoryprogresses,thereisanevidentchangeinhisattitude.He
    notesthat,Allthegrace,thebeauty,andthepoetry,hadgoneoutofthemajesticriver!The
    river,oncefullofbeautyandcharm,wasnowadullpartofhislife.Throughimageryhewas
    abletoplantvividillustrationsoftheriverinthereadersminds,bothwhenitwasbeautifuland
    whenitwasdull.Itisevidentthatthecentralideabeingconveyedisonethatistragicthat
    beautyisntaneverlastingconcept,butratheraslowlyabatingconception.

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