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The Angelus: Oil painting made by Jean-François Millet depicting two peasant farmers standing in prayer over their field. It has a solemn atmosphere as it shows the two famers standing in prayer in front of their field. It depicts an everyday life occurrence for these people.

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Women Reading: Painting made by Henry Matisse displaying the calmness of a woman reading. This is a very accurate and lifelike image of a woman reading a book.

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Henry James was regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism.

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Mark Twain was the main contributor during the period of realism with his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Narrator Point of View: The point of view the book/novel is written in. There's three different point of views: first, second, and third-person.

Tone: The tone of the book depicted through events that are happening. The tone of a book could be dark and gritty, cheerful and happy, or melancholic and sad. (etc.)

Author's Purpose: What the author is trying to convey through their writing. The lesson that the author is trying to impart onto readers.

Dialect: Special tics in language to add a characteristic or level of realism to the characters.

Symbolism: The use of literature to represent other ideas or qualities.

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The theme of Huckleberry Finn explores the relationship between one's race and identity and the value of the person in regards to that. Huckleberry Finn also shows the hypocrisy in people's attitudes and actions when it comes to race and preconceived prejudices. There is a certain double-standard within people when their minds are clouded with prejudice. It also focuses on Huck's conflict between conforming to society's expectations and his own moral correctness.

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Stendhal otherwise known as Marie-Henri Beyle was considered one of the earliest practitioners of realism.

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It emerged during the nineteenth century in French literature. It was an artistic movement that opposes the exaggerated language of the Romanticism movement. Realism focuses on portraying things truthfully without romantic or fantastical literary language. It does focus on extraordinary people in unusual situations like Romanticism. Realism is more likely to focus on ordinary people in everyday circumstances. Realism uses sharp details to depict less than perfect and gritty details of life. Personal experiences are usually used in realism literature. It aims to portray an accurate and unsentimental depiction of social issues and problems.

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It is a story about the relationship between a young white boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River. The novel focuses on how society treats the both of them differently as they travel together. Huck is searching for freedom from civilization and society. Jim, the runaway slave, is searching for freedom from slavery. As the two boys search for their freedom, it's seen through Huck's eyes how differently they are treated. Despite the both of them being runaway children, Jim is treated worse for being of a difference race. The novel depicts this inherit hypocrisy and double standards when it comes to race. Huck battles with conforming to society's values and his own morals.

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The Thinker: A bronze sculpture made by Auguste Robin of a nude man sitting in a thinking position. It shows a pretty realistic depiction of how someone looks when they're deeply contemplating something.

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Realism emerged in the nineteenth century. Realism was created as a rejection of Romanticism. Realism rejected against the exaggerated and drama of the Romantic movement. It doesn't sensationalize events and focus on the brighter parts of life. Realism focuses more on accurately depicting the bad parts of life. It utilizes strict language and sharp details to emphasize problems faced in urban environments or lower classes. It usually follows characters who have to face real life problems in society. Realism is much more pessimistic and solemn compared to Romanticism.