Analysis Of Mark Twain s The Tale Of Adventures Of...

Trenton Conquest Ms. Sherri Smith English II Honors November, 19th 2014 Mark Twain Mark Twain was a boy from missouri who rose to become one of america’s most iconic novelists. Twain stood out in his era by using his realistic writing style and mixing with his experience as a boy growing up in missouri, Twain wrote classics no other would dare write about at this time. Twain stepped out of societies bubble and wrote the tale of Adventures of Huckleberry Fin. Through is writing, Twain was open about the horrors of slavery and let the people of the world know his views, beliefs, and experience. This tale defined Twains ability to prove to the world that he meant what he said and was not afraid to say it which is why he stands†¦show more content†¦Twain loved his job working on a steam boat and found it to what he wanted to profession in, but with the breakout of the civil war is dreams were soon thrown out the window (Ensor, n.pag.) After spending around two weeks with a group of confederate soldiers Twain decided to join his brother Orion and trave l west to the nevada territory (Ensor, n.pag.) While Twain was in the west he spent most of his time writing newspapers (Ensor, n.pag). Mark Twain had little schooling growing up since his brother dropped out of school, Twain would come to learn much of what he knows through Print shops (Ensor, n.pag.). When Twain Struggled along his road to success, but with his family by his side he was able to soar through his troubles and succeed. He married a young girl named Olivia and they had 4 children named Langdon, Susy, Clara, and Jean. When Twain was writing his first novel he struggled with pushing it to be for a adult audience. The publishers insisted it would be for children and then Olivia talked Twain into making it a kid book that would appeal to adults as well ( Ensor, n.pag.). Sadly, only one of Twains daughters, Clara, outlived him and there are no current decedents of Mark Twain to this day (Appel, n.pag.). Twain won many awards within his time. He was known for being a very p restigious speaker and was known for his renown novels. Webster introduced Twain as a spokesman for the common man (Appel, n.pag.) His