“a Fable” by Mark Twain

John Alarcon American Lit. Mr. Mason Research paper A legend by Mark Twain- Close reading In this short fib a depiction is the reason for the occurrences described. Animals in this horizontal surface are visualized in a human like manner, each having their testify ideas and feelings and a common method of communication. The painters cat is portrayed as a well-mannered and intelligent being. In the sentence The creatures out in the woods heard of this through the housecat, who was greatly admired by them because he was so learned the cat is made to look astute because the otherwise animals are oblivious to many of the affairs he tells them.To a human, what the cat says whitethorn not sound accurate or right but to a group of animals thats dont know any infract the cat seems brilliant. The vocabulary used by the cat to describe the painting and the mirror, also indicated that the cat is smart. The adjectives he uses are large and descriptive, the way he speaks and constructs his sentences shows how his level of thinking is superior. The Other animals were not described and interacted with in-depth enough to delineate a personality for each of them.They were on the whole made to be alike(p) to one another because they were all in the like situation with the selfsame(prenominal) opinions and ideas toward the painting . The only animal that stood out besides the cat was the pot. This being that he was the only one to have a doubt in the toward the greatly admired cats story. The cat aroused the involvement and curiosity of the animals. He was the one that informed then of said painting. It was the doubts of the tramp that provoked the animals to finally get a look at the painting. The ass was the first to investigate the situation all the other animals after him got the same result from looking in the mirror.They stood in front of the painting which and all they saw was a reflection of themselves. Being that a different animal looked in the mirror every time, every animal got there make unique reflection of them selfs and were convinced it was the only thing inside the mirror and there was no dainty and charming painting. What the creator is trying to explain in this story is that every person has their accept meaning and opinion to a story. The painting being a story or work of literature and the mirror being your imagination that gives its own unique reflection and understanding of the text.