In-class Essay from "The Genuine Mexican Plug"

"... without the shadow of a doubt, a Genuine Mexican Plug!" (Twain 392). Anybody who knows what a plug is knows that the horse is dilapidated and useless. However, Mark Twain from his own journal "The Genuine Mexican Plug" is fooled by the speaker's energy. The story is about Twain being tricked into buying an old horse from an auctioneer and the troubles he had to endure with the horse. The reader can assume that Twain is …

…front of a crowd of people. Mark Twain from the story is credulous and determined. He belongs in a group of young people that just started to emerge into the real world. They are ambitious for success and sometimes fame. When Twain heard the way the auctioneer's brother speak, he didn't question him. He just assumed that the plug was something he must have. Twain's misfortune teaches the readers that ambition can occasionally blind reason.