Writing Style Of Mark Twain

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Mark Twain was one of the most famous, and arguably best writers of the 19th Century. This was due to his ability of being able to express thoughts clearly and plainly. His overall character was very sophisticated and caring. Even though; he was a vivacious and spectacular writer, he was very bad at managing the money he received from the books and jobs he worked. In fact, he was about 10,000 dollars in debt after writing only his third book. When Mark was young, he had many misfortunes and that was well reflected into his writing style. Mark Twain lived an extremely secretive and double life! Once he became a writer, he changed his name from Samuel Langhorne Clemens, to Mark Twain also known as his “pen” name. He also decided not to let the
Some of these books included; “The Innocents Abroad,” "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today,” and of course “The Prince and The Pauper.” When Mark Twain was writing, he was very consistent in maintaining the same writing style most of the time. He was sarcastic, humorous, realistic, somewhat fictional, dialectic, and related characters to real life people and events. In his famous book, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” he used most of his personal life’s struggles to write this book while growing up on the Mississippi River. "Please take it," says I, "and don 't ask me nothing—then I won 't have to tell no lies.” said huckleberry (41) (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). This quote shows that like the character Huckleberry Finn, Twain also liked being honest. One other important aspect of his life, to consider were his mannerisms. Mark Twain was very particular when writing; as well as, when he was being viewed by the public. When he was photographed, he made sure he wore only a white suit. This was in order to maintain his steady, but growing reputation. Finally, Clemens died on April 21,1910 when he was of the age of 74. He passed due to a heart attack at his country home in Redding, Connecticut. Soon after, he was buried in Elmira, New York where he wrote many of his

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