Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn :: English Literature

hybridizing Twain Tom sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThere are many wonderful books written by great authors. However thewriter who inspired me the most is the one and only Mark Twain. I wasimpressed by his books since I was a child. The two novels which Ienjoyed were two of his most famous works, Tom Sawyer and TheAdventures of Huckleberry Finn. These books are considered to bemasterpieces by a lot of people.Samuel Clemens, better cognise by his pseudonym Mark Twain, was born inFlorida, Missouri, in 1835. When Samuel Clemens was twelve years old,his father died. After his fathers death Clemens went to become aprinters apprentice. His childhood dream was to become a steamboatsalesman, and ride on the river down the stream. He had this goalachieved early in life until the Civil War came along putt him outof business.The Civil War forced Clemens out west in search of gold but ended upbecoming a newsman for the Virginia City newspaper. While Twain wastraveling the na tion with his lectures he met his future wife Olivia.While trying to earn Olivias passion, Twain wrote over two-hundred loveletters, trying to earn her fathers respect and havepermission to marry her. He then after this wrote his very first bestseller which wascalled Innocence afield. Through many writers Twain was slowlybecoming the United States first celebrity. He was selling his name,Twain becamespokespersons for all different types of products, putting his faceon to anything which companies thought would help sell there products.While Twain was away from the public life, he was able to create twovery well k directn classics Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn. However at one point in time, Twain experience financialproblems and had to declare bankruptcy. His next money making thought wasto travel the world and make money by giving lectures. He became veryfamous from this. During this trip however his wife became very sickand died along with one of his daughters . When he returned home he wasvery lonely, and his life changed a lot. At the time Mark Twain wasthe most influential person in the country. This man who started outas a printers apprentice and a steamboat salesman was able to becomethe most well known person. Twain died in 1910 and still until now heis very respected and a well known writer.When I was a little girl I loved to read Tom Sawyer and The Adventuresof Huckleberry Finn. I remember reading it at my grandmothers garden