Mark Twain by: Quita and Devin

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Mark Twainby Quita and Devin

• Mr. Efirds 3rd period

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Biographical Info.

• Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
• Hes the most celebrated humorist in American
  history.
• His boyhood ended at twelve when his father died,
  at 18 he set out on his own.
• Although Twain became remarkably successful his
  later life was shadowed by disappointment and
  tragedy, and as he grew older he turned into a
  bitter man. One of his famous quotes
  was,Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which
  he never shows anybody.

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The geographical region represented is the dirty
south which include points on the Mississippi
River.
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Genres Used

• Autobiographical Realism
• Humor

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Historical Period

• 1835-1910 was the historical period when Mark
  Twain wrote. The historical period influenced by
  his writing was the civil war, which he was a
  solider in the confederate army.

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The literary period

• Realism
• Romanticism
• Modernism

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Huckleberry Finn

• When it was first published in 1884, the book
  disturbed and offended many reviews particularly
  spokesmen for the genteel tradition.
• They called it vulgar, rough,inelegant,irreverent,
  coarse, semi-obscene, trashy, and vicious.
• Today, we know the true worth of the book.
  Everyone now agrees the Huckleberry Finn is a
  masterpiece it is the one book in our literature
  that highbrows and lowbrows can agree on.

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Theme

• One of the major themes of Huckleberry Finn
  is slavery. Mark Twain was obviously against
  slavery because it is hypocritical.
• Throughout the book, we see Hucks interacting
  with Jim as a human, while everyone else treats
  him just as a piece of property. Twain was
  especially against the Christians who promoted
  slavery.

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The Style

• Mark Twain wrote that the difference between the
  almost right word and the right word is really a
  large matter. Choosing the correct word(s) is
  very important. Not only to make your thoughts
  clear, but also dont confuse the reader and
  muddy your argument.

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Major Themes
Major Themes

• Slavery
• Religion