2. Imagine If Twain Had Changed “A True Story” So That The Cook Spoke Standard Dialect. How Would Our Understanding Of Her Character Be Different? Would The Characterization Be Different— Would She Be A Different Person? Use A Couple Examples From T

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September 12, 2019.

Mark Twain ‘A True Story’- Character Analysis

If the cook speaks a standard dialect in ‘A True Story’, this will help in differentiating between the authorial voices with that if the person. The characterization of ‘Cook’ in story required some alterations in the manner, his character was displayed. Along with this, it might change the usage of grammar. At present, the story entails a standard grammar, which could have become non- standard in term marinating a conversational tone ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"nYRarg64","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Sloane)","plainCitation":"(Sloane)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":127,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/GDZ9VP7K"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/GDZ9VP7K"],"itemData":{"id":127,"type":"book","title":"Mark Twain's humor: critical essays","publisher":"Routledge","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Mark Twain's humor","author":[{"family":"Sloane","given":"David EE"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Sloane). Such voices rather appear as ‘personal’ and not narrative. Such experiments with the short voices can lead to narrative voice, which follows with a detailed expression of narrators.

With the change of standard dialect, our understanding of the character could definitely change. The reason remains the change in a narrative tone. Since readers believe throughout the story that ‘Cook’ tempts an authoritative and rather a conversational tone, therefore, our understanding of this tone can change abruptly. As many believe that once a change in tone occurs, the characterization changes instantly. The readers might abruptly get an idea of how the character is being depicted in the story. Same is true in this case since the tone of ‘Cook’ changes and so does his characterization, therefore our understanding of her character can be different ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"PT0bKRvo","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Sloane)","plainCitation":"(Sloane)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":127,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/GDZ9VP7K"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/GDZ9VP7K"],"itemData":{"id":127,"type":"book","title":"Mark Twain's humor: critical essays","publisher":"Routledge","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Mark Twain's humor","author":[{"family":"Sloane","given":"David EE"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Sloane).

She would not be a different person, rather a different character. The change of tone is always relevant to the character, and not to the personal qualities. The readers might observe a change in conversational tone and the body language. The human characteristics are dependent on what character- or role an author assigned to that body. With the change of dialect, the ‘Cook’ character might appear different but will remain relevant as to how it has been portrayed already ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"546upVpQ","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Sloane)","plainCitation":"(Sloane)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":127,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/GDZ9VP7K"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/s8f0QVnP/items/GDZ9VP7K"],"itemData":{"id":127,"type":"book","title":"Mark Twain's humor: critical essays","publisher":"Routledge","source":"Google Scholar","title-short":"Mark Twain's humor","author":[{"family":"Sloane","given":"David EE"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2017"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Sloane). There could be slight changes in the manner the author wanted this character and will alter the manner the character has been portrayed. Therefore, one might argue that with the change of dialect, the character and personification changes largely.

Works Cited:

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Sloane, David EE. Mark Twain’s Humor: Critical Essays. Routledge, 2017.