Characterizes Henry is describes Henry was standing in the door...his body swaying to the torture of his mental distress.
The Californian's Tale Summary. An unnamed narrator narrates his experiences thirty-five years earlier mining for gold in the Stanislaus River region of California. The Stanislaus region was once lush and peaceful, with balmy woodlands and a thriving populace supported by the riches of the Gold Rush.
Manifest Destiny vs. Truth. Mark Twain's “The Californian's Tale” is a story about the harsh truths that too often befell Americans who, lured by the nineteenth-century notion of Manifest Destiny, headed West to seek indefinite fortune. The journalist John O'Sullivan stamped the phrase “Manifest Destiny” in 1845.
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complete question is,
A. Henry was standing in the door...his
body swaying to the torture of his mental
distress.
B. It was a lovely region, woodsy, balmy,
delicious, and had once been populous,
long years before...
C. Not a sound in all those peaceful
expanses of grass and woods but the
drowsy hum of insects..