![]() ![]() ![]() Or-I should say-IMAGES of us are admired and feared. On one hand, we're admired and on the other, we're feared. There, Tom thinks about running away to "join the Indians" where he'll "hunt buffaloes and go on the warpath in the mountain ranges and the trackless great plains of the Far West." When he returns, he'll be with "a great Indian chief, bristling with feathers, hideous with paint." He'll go into Sunday-school "with a blood-curdling war-whoop."ĭeb's comments: Tom's image reflects America's love/hate attitude towards American Indians. Tom has been rebuffed by the girl he's sweet on (Becky) and runs off to the woods. This takes place in chapter eight on page 74. Summary: The first Indian that Twain introduces readers to is an unnamed figure in Tom's imagination. ![]() of the text quotes Twain as saying "Williams has made about 200 rattling pictures for it." Twain selected Williams to do the illustrations. It includes original illustrations by True E. [Update, : Unless otherwise noted, illustrations shown are from the 1980 printing by the University of California Press, edited by John C. The phrase "war-whoop" appears three times.The phrase "Injun Joe" appears 33 times.The phrase "honest injun" appears two times.Two chapter titles include the phrase "Injun Joe.".The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was first published in 1875.(Note: Page numbers below correspond to the eBook copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that I read in Google books.) News about the NewSouth book, and Waller's comment, too, prompted me to read (reread?) Tom Sawyer. Waller Hastings (a colleague on child_lit) pointed to the lack of critical discussion of Twain's portrayals of Indians. I imagine that I probably read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn when I was in school, but I don't remember much. I've received several emails, asking what I think of the change. The article also says that the editor, Alan Gribben, replaced "nigger" with "slave" and "injun" with "Indian." The article says that NewSouth Books is planning to release a version of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a single volume titled Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. On January 3rd, Publisher's Weekly carried an article called Upcoming NewSouth 'Huck Finn' Eliminates the 'N' Word. ![]()
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