1. Mark Twain’s purpose in Corn Pone opinions is that no one really makes their own decisions, everyone just goes along with what everybody else is saying.
2. When Twain says “I” he is talking about his opinions & what he has to do, but when he says “we” he expands the situation to the entire audience.
3. The anecdote shows how he believes people make decisions. It sets the tone for the topic. It really doesn’t distract us at all.
4. Jerry thinks that everyone gets their opinions from everyone else, Twain thinks that even though most people do get their opinions from others, one person had to come up with that specific opinion first.
5. The appeals (hoopskirts, bloomers and wineglasses) strengthen his because they are great examples of how everyone follows the 1st example, given that the person started it has some credibility.
6. It’s ironic because calculations are supposed to be facts. The opinions that everyone thinks are not set in stone, like facts are.
7. I think his purpose for making the 3rd paragraph so long was to help get as many examples into one paragraph before the reader stopped for a break, he did this because he thought that it would help get his point across. If he were to break it up more I think it would be when he says, “Broadly speaking, there are none but corn pone opinions.”
8. Twain is saying, that while men are supposed to be the leaders of our society, they really just follow the crowd like everyone else.
9. I think its almost like putting quotation marks around the words, it makes the reader really pay attention & he puts his voice behind them

11. When Twain says “if Eve should come back” that is a hyperbole because walking around naked, would be way over the top.  For him to say, “A nobody introduced the bloomer” I think that he is wrong  because everybody is somebody its just a matter of who you are.