Realism was a popular literary movement in nineteenth-century america american realist writers attempted to convey life authentically by
including elements in their works such as true to life settings and characters, as well as regional dialects that reflected how people really talked.
which of the following excerpts contain elements of realism?
"no, you won't. set down and stay where you are, i ain't going to hurt you, and i ain't going to tell on you, nuther. you just tell me your secret,
and trust me, i'll keep it and, what's more, i'll you. so'll my old man if you want him to. you see, you're a runaway 'prentice, that's all. it ain't
anything. there ain't no harm in it. you ve been treated bad, and you made up your mind to cut bless you, child, i wouldn't tell on you. tell me
all about it now, that's a good boy"
(mark twain, the adventures of huckleberry finn
she had pagan eyes, full of nocturnal mysteries, and their light, as it came and went, and came again, was partially hampered by their
oppressive lids and lashes, and of these the under lid was much fuller than it usually is with english women. this enabled her to indulge in
reverte without seeming to do so-she might have been believed capable of sleeping without closing them up. assuming that the souls of men
and women were visible essences, you could fancy the colour of eustacia's soul to be flamelike. the sparks from it that rose into her dark pupils
gave the same impression
(thomas hardy, the return of the native)
then the gardener's eldest son set out and thought to find the golden bird very easily, and when he had gone but a little way, he came to a
wood, and by the side of the wood he saw a fox sitting so he took his bow and made ready to shoot at it. then the fox said, 'do not shoot me,
for i will give you good counsel i know what your business is, and that you want to find the golden bird. you will reach a village in the evening
and when you get there, you will see two inns opposite to each
other, one of which is very pleasant and beautiful to look at: go not in there, but rest for the night in the other, though it may appear to you to be
very poor and mean.'
(jacob grimm and wilhelm grimm, grimm's fairy tales
now, as christian was walking solitarily by himself, he espied one afar off, come crossing over the field to meet him, and their hap was to meet
just as they were crossing the way of each other. the gentleman's name that met him was mr. worldly wiseman, he dwelt in the town of carnal
policy, a very great town, and also hard by from whence christian came. this man, then, meeting with christian, and having some inkling of him,
--for christian's caring forth from the citnf destruction was mich niedarnar not only in the town where he writ hutakit hegan to he
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