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"Just like the world was asleep" (Twain 108) (Chapter 19) (OPEN…
"Just like the world was asleep" (Twain 108) (Chapter 19)
CLOSED MINDED PEOPLE
Because this quote is surrounded by quotes describing the imagery of the scene, this quote is most likely describing the visual of the river as well .
Surface level thinking
OPEN MINDED PEOPLE
This scene could be describing the scenery
Or the silence implies an absence of people
"it was so still"(Twain, 108) (chapter 19)
Further represents the absence of people on the river
When there is an absence of people, there is an absence of their opinions
During this time period (1844) it was a social standard to have a distaste towards black people
In this quote "the world" represents life on the shore
If the world was quiet the shore opinion was absent from river life
SHORE LIFE VS LAND LIFE
Critical Race Theory
DEFINE
Purdue Owl: "a theoretical and interpretive mode that examines the appearance of race and racism across dominant cultural modes of
expression"
UCLA School of Public Affairs: 'provides a critical analysis of race and racism from a legal point of
view"
Racism is engrained in the American society
White Privilege: the idea that white people receive advantages (i.e. education, power, etc) over people of color