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Source Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917), 32-37. 1. Irony is defined as an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. Identify one example of irony in "The Boys' Ambition" and explain why it's amusing.
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2. Why does Twain spend so much time describing the town he grew up in, the steamboat, and the cub-engineer?
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3. Choose one passage that was especially powerful for you. Explain why it can be affected so strongly to anyone.
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Source Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917), 32-37. 1. Irony...

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