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My Platonic Sweetheart Mark twain

My Platonic Sweetheart Mark Twain

Mark twain Samuel Langhorne clemens November 30, 1835- April 21 1910), better known by his pen name mark twain. was an American author and humorist He is most noted for his novel The adventures of Tom sawyer (1876)and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1885), the latter often called the great American noⅴel

Mark Twain • Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel

Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orions newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the mississippi river before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. his travelogues were also well received. Twain had found his calling

• Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well received. Twain had found his calling

Mark twain(1835-1910)

Mark Twain(1835-1910)

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Mark Twain’s Masterpieces

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Mark Twain’s Writing Features local colour represented social life through portraits of local places which he knew best drew from his own rich fund of knowledge of people and places tall tales (highly exaggerated) a texture of most local color literature，a kink of humor

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a master of language short concrete direct in effect simp1e, even ungrammatical sentence & structures words he used colloquial language, vernacular language, dialects American dialect an American language Mark Twain was the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs, who descended from him

Mark Twain's Writing Features is of witty remarks mocking at small things and making humour people laugh is a kind of artistic style used to criticize the social injustice

Mark Twain’s Writing Features humour is of witty remarks mocking at small things and making people laugh is a kind of artistic style used to criticize the social injustice

Writing Characteristics of Mark twain Literature is an art of language. Mark Twains language is artistic and like a sharp weapon without doubt Mark Twain is famous for his humor and satire Mark Twains humor is based on the humor of the Western in america He used a lot of colloquial idioms and colloquial syntax He often described persons who was innocent, simple, naive, and ignorant as his heroes or heroines He used the artistic style of hyperbole on the basis of the western traditional humor and made his writing full of e allegories that lay behind the humor

Writing Characteristics of Mark Twain • Literature is an art of language. Mark Twain’s language is artistic and like a sharp weapon without doubt. Mark Twain is famous for his humor and satire. • Mark Twain’s humor is based on the humor of the Western in America. • He used a lot of colloquial idioms and colloquial syntax. • He often described persons who was innocent, simple, naive, and ignorant as his heroes or heroines. • He used the artistic style of hyperbole on the basis of the western traditional humor and made his writing full of allegories that lay behind the humor

Background information of this story My Platonic Sweetheart"is a short dream narrative. It was originally entitled The lost sweetheart and written between Jul-Aug 1898, but only published in 1912

Background information of this story • "My Platonic Sweetheart" is a short dream narrative. It was originally entitled The Lost Sweetheart and written between Jul-Aug 1898, but only published in 1912