yes, you are right about Hank in _Connecticut Yankee_, however, I haven't read _Roughing It_. I see where you're coming from now-basically the satirical elements? Am I right? ******************************************************************* Sarah cinnimon@vvm.com http://members.tripod.com/~cinnimon4 ---------- cinnimon@vvm.com wrote: > In what aspects do you feel that Twain is somewhat "salingeresque?" Nothing in particular comes to mind. The narrator of _Roughing It_ I remember being especially amusing, and so the voice in _Connecticut Yankee_. I was thinking in very, very general senses, perhaps to the point that by "Salingeresque" I meant not only literal similarities of style but also general similarities of experience on the part of the active reader. -- Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu