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Analysis of "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note“

“The first thing I noticed, then, was the landlord. His eye was on the note, and he was petrified.He was worshiping, with all his body and soul, but he looked as if he couldn't stir hand or foot. ”

Henry uses this discovery to his advantage and lives like a king for the month he has the money.Twain is making a statement about the worship of money throughout all classes of British society.Everyone—from the landlord of the hotel to the aristocrats that Henry dines with—is in awe of his million-pound bank note and, as a result, treats him as an honored member of society. 

Twain uses hyperbole throughout the story. For example, instead of simply writing that Henry wanted to eat a pear that a child dropped in the gutter, Twain writes that his "whole being begged for it." 

He gently satirizes the emotions of youth through Henry's character. Although Henry has only just met Portia Langham at a dinner party, he falls in love immediately. To the reader, he introduces her as "an English girl of twenty-two, named Portia Langham, whom I fell in love with in two minutes." Everything that Henry feels is a hyperbole—his hunger, his love, his excitement—which reflects the inexperience and immaturity of many young adults.