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The Invalid's Story

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Tim Shorey
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English 11/Fifth Period
06 February 2017
Part 4: Setting/Atmosphere The setting of Mark Twain?s short story ?The Invalid?s Story,? is a very cold box car traveling across the United States. The time the story takes place in is the late 1800?s. The train is heading for Cleveland, Ohio to Bethlehem, Wisconsin. The symbolism for the train is the longer struggle you have carrying on a lie. The story even shows that they eventually die, which is symbolic for a lie can get you in a lot of trouble or even hurt. Mark Twain, I believe was trying to prove a point in the story about invalid statements can cause more harm than good. The atmosphere for Mark Twain?s short story ?The Invalid?s Story,? is a very cold box car on a train

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