The Story of the Bad Little Boy

Complete this in preparation for Thursday's test.

Follow this link to read The Story of the Bad Little Boy, a Mark Twain parody of a Sunday school story.

In the mid-nineteenth century, Sunday School stories were moral tales written for the little boys and girls who learned the difference between right and wrong at their local churches in Sunday School.

These stories always ended with a good dose of poetic justice. The good boys and girls were rewarded; the not-so-good boys and girls were summarily punished, learned the error of their ways, and turned out to be model boys and girls themselves.

Mark Twain pokes fun at these stories in The Story of the Bad Little Boy.

For the test, be ready to answer these questions:

What is a parody?
What details contribute to both the humor and the serious theme of The Story of the Bad Little Boy?