Category: Mark Twain

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American author. He grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. He worked as a pilot, and then as a journalist. He was a noted abolitionist and women’s rights activist. His early writings can be classified as tall tale tradition, such as The…

The Novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain is about a boy named Huck, and a slave named Jims adventure to find freedom the story is centered in Missouri. Both Huck and Jim are looking for freedom from different things. Huck is looking for freedom from the grips of society, while Jim is looking…

Do you think our world has become worse or better in the past decades, here are a few reasons as to why its gotten worse. In Mark Twains essay The Damned Human Race he in his own words and by his views and the way hes seen the world, says that humans are acting like…

Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known as Mark Twain, when he began studying the 16th-century history for writing The Prince and the Pauper (1881), he was immediately fascinated with the indelicacies in old English speech and court languages. That is why he decided to write 1601, to experiment with Elizabethan dialogue and to entertain his friend…

Some of the best authors are those who use experiences to write their stories. Mark Twain is one of those authors. He traveled to the different regions of the world and used those travels to grow as a person. Mark Twain lived an adventurous life, defending his faith, and using his humor to make his…