Puddnhead Wilson

A detailed Summary of Puddnhead Wilson

The book, Pudd'nhead Wilson, seems like a modern day soap opera. It has one

main theme with other stories and subplots that revolve around it. With all these stories,

Mark Twain must of had many influences to help him write this wonderful book. Before

we begin to discuss that, let me give you a little background on his book.

Contrary to the title Pudd'nhead Wilson, the main character, to me, seems to be

Roxana's son Valet de Chambers/Tom Driscoll. Why the reason for the two names?

Well, let me explain. Roxy is 1/16 part black, but that still makes here black and a slave.

She belonged to Percy Driscoll, who had son named Tom. Tom was born around the

same time that Roxy's son, Chambers, was. Both boys looked remarkably alike, since

Chambers is only 1/32 part black, he too looked like white boy. So, in order to save her

baby boy from getting sent down the river, she switches the two babies. It seems almost

like the twinned, but unrelated story of the Prince and t

The minor character will now become the chiefest, and I will name the story after him --

village of Dawson's Landing in Pudd'nhead Wilson. Even though he moved the village a

royalty and far away places. While reading, one can't help to wonder if these twins are

Extraordinary Twins. After he finished writing Those Extraordinary Twins, he wrote a

Approximate Word count = 685
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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