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PuddnHead Wilson
Title: PuddnHead Wilson
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1149 | Pages: 4.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
PuddnHead Wilson
Would Anyone Care for Some Puddin’ on Their Head???
In Pudd’nhead Wilson, Mark Twain takes the different types of irony- verbal, situational, and dramatic- and uses them as an escape. He tries to explain the life of African- Americans through the satire of Caucasians.
Set in antebellum Missouri, Twain tells his story through the eyes of Pudd’nhead Wilson. Twain satirizes whites, more specifically the whites of the slave holding south. This is brought …showed first 75 words of 1149 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1149 total…is a direct and sustained imaginative engagement with the issues of slavery and race. The irony used throughout the novel is meant to call attention to ignorance on behalf of those who cannot see beyond color barriers. The crucial “identity” switch allowed for exploration and justification of the material presented throughout the novel and Twain expresses his feelings through the eyes of a “pudd’nhead”.
Works Cited
Twain, Mark. Pudd’nhead Wilson. New York: Bantam, 1959.
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