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Haliburton makes the Americans look as if they are the same as his character Sam Slick. The name "Sam" stands for an all American name and "Slick" stands for untrustworthy but at the same time smart. At the beginning of "The Clockmaker" Haliburton makes an offensive statement about Americans: "I heard of Yankee clock pedlars, tin pedlars, and bible pedlars" (83)...
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Referring to Americans as occupying themselves with trifles, he also refers to Americans as Yankees, meaning foreigners. The character Sam Slick who is an American target in "The Clockmaker" is both obvious and plentiful; Nova Scotians as targets are far less frequent. "How is it that an American can sell his wares, at whatever price he pleases, where a blue-nose would fail to make a sale at all?"(83)...
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