Mark Twain Research Paper
I. AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most as Mark Twain, has been hailed by many as the father of American Literature. His two most famous works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (1884), are considered two of the greatest novels of all time.
Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on 30th November 1835. He grew up in the town of Hannibal on the Mississippi River, which would eventually serve as the basis for the place where Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn would live.
Twain tried turning his hand into many different professions throughout his life, but continued writing all the while. His first job was a printer’s apprentice and, a pilot. After two years of training, he acquired his license and began travelling the mighty Mississippi River as a pilot of a steamboat.
Twain grew up in Missouri at a time when it was a slave state. Though he began as a comic writer, the sorrow he faced in his personal life perhaps served to turn him into a serious, even pessimistic, writer in his later years. Twain passed away in 1910, but he is still one of the best-loved writers around the world.
II. SETTING The story took place in St Petersburg, Missouri, America in 1884 in the 19th century. Slavery in North America began in 1619. However, it continued right through until the 19th century. The …show more content…
When he was not able to go back they try to look for him and found him in the back room of a small bar. When they are to busy arguing Huck ran as quickly as he can to escape the two and look for Jim. And Huck reaches the house of the Phelps’ when a boy told him that Jim was brought to the house of the Phelps’. He was able to pretend the he was Tom Sawyer since they were expecting Tom Sawyer. Until the real Tom arrive. Tom pretended that he was Sid Sawyer. Huck and Tom plan to save Jim since he was locked-up in the
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most as Mark Twain, has been hailed by many as the father of American Literature. His two most famous works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (1884), are considered two of the greatest novels of all time.
Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on 30th November 1835. He grew up in the town of Hannibal on the Mississippi River, which would eventually serve as the basis for the place where Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn would live.
Twain tried turning his hand into many different professions throughout his life, but continued writing all the while. His first job was a printer’s apprentice and, a pilot. After two years of training, he acquired his license and began travelling the mighty Mississippi River as a pilot of a steamboat.
Twain grew up in Missouri at a time when it was a slave state. Though he began as a comic writer, the sorrow he faced in his personal life perhaps served to turn him into a serious, even pessimistic, writer in his later years. Twain passed away in 1910, but he is still one of the best-loved writers around the world.
II. SETTING The story took place in St Petersburg, Missouri, America in 1884 in the 19th century. Slavery in North America began in 1619. However, it continued right through until the 19th century. The …show more content…
When he was not able to go back they try to look for him and found him in the back room of a small bar. When they are to busy arguing Huck ran as quickly as he can to escape the two and look for Jim. And Huck reaches the house of the Phelps’ when a boy told him that Jim was brought to the house of the Phelps’. He was able to pretend the he was Tom Sawyer since they were expecting Tom Sawyer. Until the real Tom arrive. Tom pretended that he was Sid Sawyer. Huck and Tom plan to save Jim since he was locked-up in the