![]() ![]() These two parts of the American Psyche have been at war since the beginning of the nation, and come to think of it, these two parts of the World Psyche have been at war since the beginning of the world, and the hope of the nation and of the world is to embrace the Huck part and send the Tom part back up the river, where it belongs. ![]() ![]() Huck likes people, fair play, spreading the truck around. Tom likes kings, codified nobility, unquestioned privilege. It looks at inequity and says: All my life I have busted my butt to get where I am, so don't come crying to me. The United States of Tom looks at misery and says: Hey, I didn't do it. to their intelligence and an honor to their hearts. pleasant ways of lying, that grew out of gentle impulses, and were a credit. 0:00 / 1:20:19 Introduction On the Decay of the Art of Lying Mark Twain ISC English ENGLISH Explanation With Vocabulary Professor DC 42K subscribers Subscribe 1.1K views 3 years. And next, those ladies in that far country-but never mind, they had a thousand. ![]() America is, and always has been, undecided about whether it will be the United States of Tom or the United States of Huck. those people-and he would be an ass, and inflict totally unnecessary pain. They exist side by side in every American and every American action. “Huck and Tom represent two viable models of the American Character. ![]()
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