How does Mark Twain's quote about knowledge relate to the misunderstanding in 'The Cookie Thief' poem? by Mrs. Himes

Eli Johnson

elijohnson19 — 2025-09-25 18:27:31 UTC

This relates to the poem because the lady thought that the man was the one being rude, while it was actually her that was being impolite. This shows that she only got in trouble when she knew something that was wrong.

Zayne Stone

zaynestone — 2025-09-25 18:27:44 UTC

He says that ignorance isn't what gets you in trouble, Its what you think is true that does, like how the lady thought she was eating her own cookies, but she was wrong and was very embarrassed when she found out she was wrong.

kyree wedding

2025-09-25 18:34:05 UTC

bc the lay thought the cookies were hers but they were the mans

kieanna

2025-09-25 18:35:28 UTC

she knew at first then she didnt

aubree s

2025-09-25 18:40:35 UTC

the lady thought that the man was being rude but she did not realize it was her being rude and not him

Piper Bradley

2025-09-25 18:40:55 UTC

She didn't even check if it was her's, she just thought it was and took it. When she found out it wasn't, she didn't have enough time to say sorry and she felt bad afterwards. This shows that she was selfish at first but over all she felt bad.

jeremiah

2025-09-25 18:41:10 UTC

she presumed that the cookies were hers

Aubrey B

2025-09-25 18:42:35 UTC

The lady was being selfish and didn't think about why or even asked she just assumed that he was taking her food so later she realised that they were his and not her's.

Ava Bullis

2025-09-25 18:43:05 UTC

This quote relates to the poem because the lady was so sure that the bag of cookies were hers, but they were his and she just assumed the cookies were hers and she was being so nice by not saying anything. but in reality they were his and he was the one being nice.

she thot that wer hers

2025-09-25 18:43:32 UTC

gabby

gabriellasaunders — 2025-09-25 18:46:23 UTC

She presumed that the cookies were hers and she thought the man was being rude then she got on the plane and saw her cookies in her bag then she realized that she was the rude one. The lesson in this is don't make assumptions unless you have evidence.

A'Dream Ellison

2025-09-25 18:49:32 UTC

Mark Twain's quote relates to the cookie thief poem because the woman truly thought that the cookies were hers. Therefore, she began to believe that the man eating the cookies were taking hers. later on, she discovered that the cookies were the man's all along. "It's what you don't know for sure that just ain't so." This part of the quote relates the most to the poem because she didn't even know for sure that the cookies weren't hers and she almost started a verbal conflict on an assumption.

lorelei

2025-09-25 18:51:29 UTC

both of the poems relate that you might be in the wrong and it is late to say sorry and you have to think do you do that or did you think you did that

Francif

2025-09-25 18:57:05 UTC

The lady thought that the man was stealing cookies from her and she ignore him until minutes passed the lady gets irritated and the man shared the cookie in half and snatch the cookie from the man after when the flight came she gets her belongings soon she realized that the man was not eating her cookie he was eating his own cookie.

ian garza

2025-09-25 19:03:30 UTC

she thought the cookies were hers at first but she didn't even think to check if they were hers or not and the cookies weren't hers they were the mans

She thought the cookies were hers but they really wasn't they was the guys so the poem relates.

2025-09-25 19:04:40 UTC

James

2025-09-25 19:16:29 UTC

It isn't what you know it is how you use what you know

Harley Lytle

harleylytle — 2026-02-05 16:20:32 UTC

it is telling us that what we know is wrong will get us in trouble

Chaney

chaneypoole — 2026-02-05 16:26:50 UTC

This relates to the poem because the lady was careless and didn't think, she thought the man was the one being rude. When all that time she stole the man's cookies. The man was the one being kind.

Daisy

daisyphillips4 — 2026-02-05 16:28:39 UTC

She thought and then she realized.

Manny Sigler

mannysigler — 2026-02-05 16:40:11 UTC

In the quote, Mark Twain states, "It's what you know for sure that just ain't so," referring to when the lady thought the guy was thieving her cookies, but later, she realized he was just trying to share.

Claudia King

claudiaking — 2026-02-05 16:46:41 UTC

He says that ignorance isn't what gets you into trouble; it's believing something is true when it isn't. For example, the women thought she was eating her own cookies, but they were wrong, and she felt very embarrassed when she realized the truth.

isacc sharrow

isaccsharrow — 2026-02-05 16:57:58 UTC

Mark Twain's quote "It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so"explains the conflict

Lydia

ladyfour — 2026-02-05 17:01:44 UTC

He's saying what gets you in trouble is overlooking or being too confident . Like the lady when she thought he ate her cookies she misunderstood the situation and ate his cookies. She was so confident the cookie was her she misjudged the fact her were just in her bag.

Reid kiper

reidkiper — 2026-02-05 17:08:39 UTC

it means that the lady thought the bag of cookies was hers but since they are the same she thought it was hers and as she was taking them. After she found out she didn't have enough time to say sorry but it was too late.

Diezel

diezelbuck — 2026-02-05 18:15:29 UTC

Something that is wrong can get you in trouble

Kendrix Evans

kendrixevans — 2026-02-08 22:45:00 UTC

It is telling us that what we know is wrong will get us it trouble.

because she thought the man was being mean but then she found out she was being rude to him and he was repaying it but he was actually not a mean guy

aryanaseaton — 2026-02-09 04:19:12 UTC