Mark Twain

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Mark Twain

This paper examines the significance of the writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain).

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Paper Summary:

This paper reviews the life and writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. The author justifies Twain's place in literature, despite that he wrote to please the masses due to his portrayal of American characters in a humorous, yet poetic language and his loyalty to American settings, themes, and language.

From the Paper:

"Twain above all else sets out to entertain. The word adventure in the titles of some of his novels also gives the stories a sort of a fun and interesting side. He turns the regular, old-fashioned novels into serious and believable literature. In the novel Huck Finn, Mark Twain tells the story through the eyes of Huck, and by doing this; he goes in the narrative style of writing that is very well suited for his talents. Twain does a good job of making it seem that Huck is telling the story and not Twain. There is no way that Huck could not have written such a story but he would have told it. Mark Twain makes the novel sound as if Huck was really telling the story. "