He sometimes wrote in a humorous style with irony. He used a certain dialect in his novels which potrayed racism and black stereotypes of his time period, which was during the civil war. This literary time period was called realism. Mark Twain's tragedies and disappointments in his life also greatly effected the style of his work as well as his themes. One theme he used was indirect satire, a type of satire in which the author exposes a character's shortcomings through their words and actions("Mark Twain" Online). He also used romance, race, and a "genteel culture". Mark Twain married a wealthy woman named Olivia. Because of this, he felt pressured and thought that he did not measure up. He wrote about this in The Prince and the
He sometimes wrote in a humorous style with irony. He used a certain dialect in his novels which potrayed racism and black stereotypes of his time period, which was during the civil war. This literary time period was called realism. Mark Twain's tragedies and disappointments in his life also greatly effected the style of his work as well as his themes. One theme he used was indirect satire, a type of satire in which the author exposes a character's shortcomings through their words and actions("Mark Twain" Online). He also used romance, race, and a "genteel culture". Mark Twain married a wealthy woman named Olivia. Because of this, he felt pressured and thought that he did not measure up. He wrote about this in The Prince and the