Today we are going to take a brief look at the Preface and A Word of Explanation sections of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain. In these sections we learn a little about our protagonist and a sort of metacognitive narrator who stumbles into him. Additionally, we are going to learn about the protagonist. We will glean a great deal from his thoughts about the new, albeit old, world that he now inhabits. If you have never read this book, this post will help guide you.
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Mark Twain’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee’: Parental Love
As I had read Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, I couldn’t help but think of the many themes in the text. Twain manages to explore a variety of disparate ideas. These include science and technology in an age when superstitions reigned, and the violence of society throughout time. He also analyzes the permanence of history, and even parental sympathies and loved ones. In this post, I would like to examine just one of these themes: parental love.
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