Compare and contrast the characters, style, and them of "The Black Ball" by Ralph Ellison and "Why, You Reckon" by Langston Hughes.

Preferably in a little detail, please.

mark twain, real name samuel langhorne clemens, was an american writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. among his novels are the adventures of tom sawyer and its sequel, the adventures of huckleberry finn, the latter often called "the great american novel". wikipedia

the positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness. i think its this

conclusions made on the basis of unstated or stated evidence are called inferences