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Phrases such as “while I lived” and “the grace, the beauty, the poetry” indicate most about the narrator’s feelings <em>that Twain was disappointed by his new feelings about the river.
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When he says “While I lived” He referrers to the time he had spent in the river, the adventures, the excitement.
The grace, the poetry, the beauty describes the way the narrator has always seen the river, as a magnificent scenario full of life and susprises. A place where he has lived his most amazing adventures
A functional text is a text which helps us to do something such as cook a recipe, assemble a piece of furniture etc. The approach in learning from such text could be relying on headings and graphics to see what are the steps from the headings and the graphics to show us how to put things together with a picture for example.
The theme is bravery and able to be strong and keep fighting for his rights and everybody rights for his people i guess