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What Is Animal Cruelty In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

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In the novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Twain’s intention for Peter the cat was to illustrate animal cruelty in a comedic way, his choice of words contribute to this because the words create a funny sense. He describes animal cruelty in a comical sense by making this crucial topic appeal to a younger audience, but also teach a valuable lesson. Twain’s use of language contributed to the fulfillment of this intention because he makes Tom blame Peter for the drugging causing the event to seem funny. In the text it states, “...eyeing the teaspoon avariciously, and begging for a taste…‘Now you’ve asked for it, and I’ll give it to you’…So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Painkiller” (Twain 68). The excerpt from the
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