Mark Twain
Name
Mark Twain
Samual Langhome Clemens
Born
Florida, Missouri
November 30, 1835
Three important life events
He travels to Hawaii as a reporter
Twain founds his own publishing company "Charles L."
1847 his father dies
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1876 "Tom Sawyer"
1873 "Gilded Age"
1883 "Life on the Mississippi"
1865 "Jumping Frog"
1885 "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
Three quotes
Life Experiences effecting his writing
"secret of getting ahead is getting started." If you start right now you will be ahead than the people who don't get started just like literature.
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." kKndness it is a language hat all can o no mater what
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." If every one disagrees with you you should think it through.
his brother died
his wife died
his dad died
it would make his writing darker and more depressing
Why do we still read Mark Twain today
He continue to influence American culture and literature.
