Comparing 'St. Looey And Life On The Mississippi'

American regionalism is the theory or practice of regional rather than central systems of administration or economic, cultural, or political affiliation. The “local color” of the landscapes of the countryside, shows the point of views for most american regionalism authors. Regional literature is fiction or poetry that focus on the characters, dialect, customs, topography and other features that are for specific region, authors like Mark Twain and Sarah Orne Jewett use this for their writings. In different languages such as colloquial language, technical language and sensory language are able to support the author's idea by making it relatable or comparing the text from how the author feels or thinking of. Regional details such as historical

Mark Twain uses colloquial language when he says, “He would speak of the labboard side of the horse in an easy, natural way that would make one wish he was dead. And he was always talking about “St. Looey” like an old citizen.”(411). The description that Mark Twain describes as himself thinking as what could or did happen in the past, and him talking about “St. Looey” like an old citizen is a simile to how he could possibly be thinking about that over and over again that he feels the need to talk about it. The author, Mark Twain says “ Assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as upon a wonder they are seeing for the first time. And the boat is rather handsome sight, too.” (410). Reading on the author goes into form detail based on what others see about the steamboat, which can define that the author has interest that have fascinated himself, as one finding or interested in something else of their own. The conversational tone from the description of the steamboat, “fancy-topped chimneys, with a gilded device of some kind swung between them, all glass and gingerbread”, “the paddle boxes are gorgeous with a picture or with gilded rays above the boat's name; the boiler deck”(410). It's as if the reader is able to understand how glorified the steam boat truly is. Mark Twain is able to

“I never wanted for pa’tridges or gray squer’Is while he was to home. He’s been a great wand’rer, I accept , and he's no hand to write letters. There, I blame him, I’d ha’ seen the world myself if it has been so I could”(436). This shows the example of colloquial language, by how the grandma is speaking, using her own words to speak to sylvia. As well as, “Last winter she got the jaybirds to bangering here, and I believe she’d a’ scanted herself of her own meals to plenty to throw out amongst ‘em, if I hadn't kep’ watch. Anything but crows i tell her, I'm willin’ to help support- though Dan he had a tamed one o’ them that did seem to have reason same as folk”(436). The way the author is describing colloquial language, is by really showing that the grandma isn't the same as most people, with proper speaking as well as its own “slang”. The author also uses, figurative language, “the sharp dry twigs caught and held her and scratched her like angry talons”(440). The simile is used to show the feeling on how the tree feels as she walks into the forest. Sylvia doesn't understand the difficulty so to show what she went through the author compared it to a situation between the tree and her skin. Sarah Orne Jewett shows the story coming to life by the textual evidence in her