The reading of this tale would be rather meaningless without the previous knowledge of the historical context of its time, specially the facts involving the Cardiff Giant statue, its creators and the profitable use they made out of it. The ... disappointment and a feeling of humiliation on the ghost that slowly went away with its forsaken soul. By knowing historically that some men took advantage of the giant's image to make money over a naive middle class at the time by charging them a certain amount in order to see the statue, we can relate it to the tale and notice the critic Twain ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate