Do you think Mark Twain as a kid was superstitious?
I think he was because of the effortless details he puts of how everyone is so superstitious. Or maybe he had superstitious friends and they told him lots of ghost stories. I loves how detailed he is! I can relate to some of the superstitious that he writes about. I as a kid used to believe that mad someone mad or hurt their feelings, that they would come to me as a ghost and haunt me! Or if I broke a mirror, I would have 7 years of bad luck.
In the book there is so mush superstition by everyone. I feel like Jim is the most superstitious of all of them. I think it's funny that most of what he says could also be coincidence.
I think Mark Twain was a superstitious person because he seems to know many of the ways and things that good or bad luck can come from. However he can also just be referring to the stories and beliefs that he's heard from around town or others he has talked to. So he can just be using the stories and beliefs he has heard in his life or he can be telling about his own beliefs through his characters.
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