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Explanation and Analysis—Missouri Dialects:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer includes accurate Southern dialects, meaning that characters speak in different ways so as to capture their geographic location, class position, racial identity, and more. Twain’s attention to the different types of dialects is one of the reasons Tom Sawyer is considered a realist novel—he accurately represents how people in Missouri spoke at the time.
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Chapter 35
Explanation and Analysis—Missouri Dialects:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer includes accurate Southern dialects, meaning that characters speak in different ways so as to capture their geographic location, class position, racial identity, and more. Twain’s attention to the different types of dialects is one of the reasons Tom Sawyer is considered a realist novel—he accurately represents how people in Missouri spoke at the time.
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