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Taking place outside the farmhouse of the story’s narrator, “A True Story” is mostly told by Aunt Rachel, a 60-year-old Black woman who works for a white family. She tells her story to the narrator, who is only referred to as “Misto C—,” potentially the redacted name of Mark Twain’s real name, Samuel Clemens.
A True Story. Mark Twain. It was summer-time, and twilight. We were sitting on the porch of the farmhouse, on the summit of the hill, and "Aunt Rachel" was sitting respectfully below our level, on the steps—for she was our Servant, and colored. She was of mighty frame and stature; she was sixty years old, but her eye was undimmed and her ...
Dive deep into Mark Twain's A True Story with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion
Summary. At the close of a summer day the narrator sits on a farmhouse porch atop a hill. A sixty-year-old black servant, Aunt Rachel, sits respectfully on a lower step cheerfully enduring ...
Dec 27, 2023 · 1. Context. 2. Immorality Of Slavery. 3. Conclusion. 4. Racism. 5. Twain’s Writing Style. 6. Narrative Structure. 7. Legacy. One of his greatest creations is ‘A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It’, a narrative about an incident that took place in a rural Mississippi village.
Nov 23, 2011 · A True Story, Word for Word as I Heard It. By Mark Twain. The Civil War Issue. For Twain, a humorist from the West, breaking into The Atlantic was an accomplishment he had aspired to...
