Final answer:
Twain satirically renames the Garden of Eden as 'Vanity Fair,' drawing on cultural references to comment on modern society's materialism and loss of spirituality.
Step-by-step explanation:
Mark Twain has Eve rename the Garden of Eden to "Vanity Fair," a term that would be familiar to most Americans at the time, especially through the work of John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' which depicts a never-ending fair in the town of Vanity, representing mankind's sinful attachment to worldly things. The renaming signals a satirical comparison between what was once an idyllic place of purity and the commercialism and moral vacuity associated with the term "Vanity Fair" by the time Twain was writing.
The concept of 'Vanity Fair' has also been embedded in the American consciousness, as described by Meinig, through the symbolic landscapes such as New England Villages and Small Town America which embody ingrained ideals and collective thoughts. Twain plays on these entrenched ideas and by renaming the biblical paradise to something so culturally and commercially charged, he comments on the differences between pastoral idealism and the reality of modernity, influenced by the Industrial Revolution and capitalism, suggesting a loss of spirituality and rise in materialism.