ipl-logo

Is The Use Of Satire In A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

855 Words4 Pages

In the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain develops a satire that is dual because of the superior attitudes of the British. Mark Twain did not exactly express his feelings or ideas in his novel, but he did illustrate the hopelessness of political and social reform. Twain's novel did not express his feelings, but in his comic book he had the same concept of what he wrote in his novel. A good comic book should be judged on if it has the same concept as his novel. When you are writing a comic book, you don’t want it to tell the whole story of the novel, you want it to be somewhat like the novel, not exactly. "Comic books should not be judged by whether or not they successfully stuff a long novel into a comic format (which is surely impossible for many reasons), but by what …show more content…

“Each adaptation emphasizes a different aspect of the original, and these differing lenses may serve to help us rediscover old texts in new lights, to see, in effect, those aspects of prose narrative difficult to discern” (Kanter). This shows that Kanter agrees that it should show some of the novel but shouldn't be exactly like it. A novel is a long story, but a comic book should be short, sweet, and straight to the point. If you don't have a good comic book, it will be long and take forever to get to the point. Hank Morgan puts his attitudes, views, and intentions in his story, but he lacks insight and desire in his writing. When Morgan is writing, his attitudes, views, and intentions are there and the reader can understand what he is putting out there. He only lacks insight and desire in his writing, and his readers can also see that too. "Even though Hank Morgan is an advocate of progress, a man whose views, attitudes, and intentions are to be admired, his personal flaws — prudery, lack of insight, and desire for self-glory — cause him to become the 'evil invader' of the innocent and idyllic land of Camelot”

Open Document