Consider both Hamlin Garland's "The Return of a Private" and Mark Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" as works of regionalist fiction. In a response of at least two paragraphs, compare and contrast these stories as examples of regionalism. How are they similar? How are they different?

"There Was Crimson Clash of War" by Stephen Crane. What happens in this poem? What is the theme or central message conveyed by the work? Do you think this work should be categorized as an example of literary realism or naturalism or both? Why or why not?

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Consider both Hamlin Garland's "The Return of a Private" and Mark Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" as works of regionalist fiction. In a response of at least two paragraphs, compare and contrast these stories as examples of regionalism. How are they similar? How are they different? 


"There Was Crimson Clash of War" by Stephen Crane. What happens in this poem? What is the theme or central message conveyed by the work? Do you think this work should be categorized as an example of literary realism or naturalism or both? Why or why not?