How Did Mark Twain's Life Change

Mark Twain lived a long life of seventy-four years. Over this time, he had seen and experinced a lot of things. He experinced love, death, pain, and much more. After experincing these things, Twain changed. He became cynical, and had a darker view of humans, and life in general. Mark Twain's happy tone, turned stone cold towards the end of his career. It was a slow, but noticeable change. Mark Twain's childhood started in Florida, Missouri. He moved a lot during his childhood. At the age of four he moved to Hannibal, Missouri which would be a common setting for his stories. Although Twain was sick most of his childhood, around the age of 9 he kind of grew out of being sickly and started to play outside with the other children. The stories
He invested in a few things and lost money. To regain money Twain travelled the world giving lectures and charged people to come and listen to him. Twain wrote stories all through this time. But, Twain could not catch a break. From 1880-1909 Twains life was on a downward slope. Twain's wife and two of his daughters passed away, making it very hard on Twain. He bacame very cynical, and became very dark. Twain wrote "Letters From The Earth" which was published years after his death by his daughter. She didnt want to publish once he died in fear it would ruin his reputation. "Letters From The Earth" was very dark, and unlike any other story that Twain had written. Twain had many dark quotes about humans discriminating agianst one another. Twains remarks towards God seem atheist, its a very negative outlook on religion. One quote from "Letters From The Earth" is, "The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.” This quote shows how Twain lost his uplifting, light sense of humor. Twain really lost all hope in society, and saw the world a lot different after the tragedy forced into his life. It was a change that made him a completely different writer from the beginning of his career until the