http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/country/America/American_poets.html | | | | | | AMERICA Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ one of the major authors of American fiction. Twain is also considered the greatest humorist in American literature. Twain’s varied works include novels‚ travel narratives‚ short stories‚ sketches‚ and essays. His writings about the Mississippi River‚ such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ Life on the Mississippi‚
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popularity and fame of Mark Twain Place: United States Time: 1835-present Event summary: Whether it’s Superman for Clark Kent‚ or Jackie Chan for Chan Kong-Sang‚ Americans have always had a fascination for pseudonyms. However‚ there is one alias that supersedes all others and continues to influence readers around the world even a century later. Born Samuel L. Clemens in 1835‚ Mark Twain is widely considered the first truly American author. Even more fascinating that the fact that Twain “published more
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In the biography Mark Twain: The Divided Mind of America’s Best-Loved Writer by David W. Levy it was made clear that Mark Twain was very involved with all the society changes in his time period. Many of his novels have a theme circulating around the different changes and problems in society including slavery and racism. Mark Twain has been through the years preceding the Civil War‚ the Gilded Age and industrialization‚ this book explores his attitude and actions during the time period. This book
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Tommy Sha Mr. Tavares English 2 L1 15 September 2012 The Adventures of Mark Twain History. Most people would want to be remembered throughout history; they want to make a name for themselves. Well Mark Twain certainly made a “name” for himself. Seriously‚ Mark Twain was only a pen name‚ but his real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Mark Twain was not always a writer. Before he found his calling‚ he was a typesetter‚ contributed articles to newspapers; riverboat pilot‚ gold miner‚ and then
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November 30‚ 1835‚ in which one of the greatest American authors would be born; Samuel Longhorne Clemens‚ better known as Mark Twain. Writing over 12 novels and about 30 short stories Mark Twain is considered by many a strong figure and icon of American Literature; William Faulkner‚ another very good American Author titled Twain as “The father of American Literature” Twains writing career would begin in 1864‚ when he moved to San Francisco and began to write for various newspapers; during that
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Everyone has ideas and customs that they believe are their own. But Mark Twain has once stated‚ “We are creatures of outside influences – we originate nothing from within. Whenever we take a new line of thought and drift into a new line of belief and action‚ the impulse is always suggested from the outside.” Although people may think that they created their own thought and ideas‚ they have not. Something in the outside world caused them to think about those thoughts‚ or to come up with those ideas
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Mark Twain is noted by many as an influential writer in American Literature. Twain produced many great novels throughout his life. Some of his novels contained humor while others were implying a different set of thinking. Further pieces from Twain incorporated the current era of time or shared his viewpoints on certain moral aspects such as racism‚ religion‚ and war. War is noted all throughout American History with several authors composing their positions on the issue. One piece from Twain that
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their soldiers and the defeat of their war opponent. This is an ironic situation‚ because in Christianity (and many other religions)‚ murder is a sin and the people in church are asking God for everything he’s against: war and destruction of humanity. Also‚ even though the identity of this man isn’t exactly confirmed‚ he introduces himself as God’s messenger who is supposed to have ethical appeal towards the Christians. After the messenger’s departure‚ Mark Twain wraps up his story by saying “It was
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The point made by Mark Twain’s “The War-Prayer” (1905) is simple‚ even simplistic: that the unspoken part of the desire for victory over the enemy is the desire that misery and death befall others. The irony‚ as noted by the stranger who comments on this silent prayer‚ is that it is directed supposedly “in the spirit of love” to “Him who is the Source of Love” (398). In fact‚ Twain’s piece makes this irony unmissable‚ as it ends with the failure of the congregation even to understand the stranger’s
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uncomplicated story-teller allusion to historical events and superhuman characters colorful language‚ straitforward narration‚ and characters capable of human emotion Points earned on this question: 7 Question 4 (Worth 7 points) Mark Twain was famous for all of the following except: bringing humor to the American novel using his journalistic experience to enhance his writing using classical allusions capturing the sounds and rhythm of American speech Points earned
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