... told Jim is. Silas Phelp's comes out of the house and asks Huckleberry if he is Tom. Seeing he can take advantage of the situation Huck uses quick thinking(a valuable trait he utilizes throughout the novel) and pretends to be Tom. Eventually he figures out that the Tom he is pretending to be is actually ... of Tom's plan because it is a lot of unnecessary effort which just increases their chances of getting caught. Chapter 38 Tom makes Jim scratch his coat of arms on the wall. He then gives Jim a few declarations which he has to sign. In addition to other pointless tasks, Tom tries to m...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... then went to Carson City, Nevada with Orion in 1861. The two had high hopes of getting rich quick by searching for silver and gold. Unfortunately the found nothing and short after Sam moved to Virginia City, Nevada to work at the Territorial Enterprise. On February 3, 1863 Samuel Langhorne Clemens began writing under his pen name, Mark Twain. Sam's pen name, which ... had "a practical commercial Mind" (Emerson 157). About a year later Mark left for Europe via steamship. The boat's name was Quaker City. On this ship Twain unknowingly met his future brother-in-law. Mark's mission for his ...

• Word Count: 1492
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School