Mark Twain

Chapter I

In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said:

"Here are gifts. Take one, leave the others. And be wary, chose wisely; oh, choose wisely! for only one of them is valuable."

The gifts were five: Fame, Love, Riches, Pleasure, Death. The youth said, eagerly:

"There is no need to consider"; and he chose Pleasure.

He went out into the world and sought out the pleasures that youth delights in. But each in its turn was short-lived and disappointing, vain and empty; and each, departing, mocked him. In the end he said: "These years I have wasted. If I could but choose again, I would choose wisely.

Chapter II

The fairy appeared, and said:

"Four of the gifts remain. Choose once more; and oh, remember-- time is flying, and only one of them is precious."

The man considered long, then chose Love; and did not mark the tears that rose in the fairy's eyes.

After many, many years the man sat by a coffin, in an empty home. And he communed with himself, saying: "One by one they have gone away and left me; and now she lies here, the dearest and the last. Desolation after desolation has swept over me; for each hour of happiness the treacherous trader, Love, as sold me I have paid a thousand hours of grief. Out of my heart of hearts I curse him."

Chapter III

"Choose again." It was the fairy speaking.

"The years have taught you wisdom--surely it must be so. Three gifts remain. Only one of them has any worth--remember it, and choose warily."

The man reflected long, then chose Fame; and the fairy, sighing, went her way.

Years went by and she came again, and stood behind the man where he sat solitary in the fading day, thinking. And she knew his thought:

"My name filled the world, and its praises were on every tongue, and it seemed well with me for a little while. How little a while it was! Then came envy; then detraction; then calumny; then hate; then persecution. Then derision, which is the beginning of the end. And last of all came pity, which is the funeral of fame. Oh, the bitterness and misery of renown! target for mud in its prime, for contempt and compassion in its decay."

Chapter IV

"Chose yet again." It was the fairy's voice.

"Two gifts remain. And do not despair. In the beginning there was but one that was precious, and it is still here."

"Wealth--which is power! How blind I was!" said the man. "Now, at last, life will be worth the living. I will spend, squander, dazzle. These mockers and despisers will crawl in the dirt before me, and I will feed my hungry heart with their envy. I will have all luxuries, all joys, all enchantments of the spirit, all contentments of the body that man holds dear. I will buy, buy, buy! deference, respect, esteem, worship--every pinchbeck grace of life the market of a trivial world can furnish forth. I have lost much time, and chosen badly heretofore, but let that pass; I was ignorant then, and could but take for best what seemed so."

Three short years went by, and a day came when the man sat shivering in a mean garret; and he was gaunt and wan and hollow-eyed, and clothed in rags; and he was gnawing a dry crust and mumbling:

"Curse all the world's gifts, for mockeries and gilded lies! And miscalled, every one. They are not gifts, but merely lendings. Pleasure, Love, Fame, Riches: they are but temporary disguises for lasting realities--Pain, Grief, Shame, Poverty. The fairy said true; in all her store there was but one gift which was precious, only one that was not valueless. How poor and cheap and mean I know those others now to be, compared with that inestimable one, that dear and sweet and kindly one, that steeps in dreamless and enduring sleep the pains that persecute the body, and the shames and griefs that eat the mind and heart. Bring it! I am weary, I would rest."

Chapter V

The fairy came, bringing again four of the gifts, but Death was wanting. She said:

"I gave it to a mother's pet, a little child. It was ignorant, but trusted me, asking me to choose for it. You did not ask me to choose."

"Oh, miserable me! What is left for me?"

"What not even you have deserved: the wanton insult of Old Age."

Oh so obviously false! Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was the writer of the stories involving Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and those took place in North America. He also wrote The Prince and the Pauper. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, also the writer of the stories of Professor Challenger, wrote four books and fifty-six short stories on that famous Consulting Detective.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as Mark Twain

Mark Twain cautioned against relying too heavily on extrapolation, humorously noting that while "figures don't lie," liars can figure. He emphasized the potential for inaccuracies and absurdity when drawing conclusions based on extrapolations, particularly when dealing with complex or unpredictable situations.

No, Mark Twain was not a singer. He was an American writer and humorist known for his classic novels such as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York. He chose this location because his wife Olivia's family had a connection to the area. Twain's grave is marked by a large monument with his name on it.

Edgar Allan Poe is known for his macabre and gothic stories and poetry, Ralph Waldo Emerson is known for his essays on individualism and transcendentalism, and Mark Twain is known for his witty and satirical writing, especially in his novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Mark Twain cites the dying words of Empress Josephine in his novel "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" to illustrate the humorous and exaggerated nature of the story. By using a historical figure like Empress Josephine, Twain adds a level of absurdity to the anecdote about the jumping frog.

Tom ignores Becky when she attempts to capture his attention. Tom feels self-important after his dramatic return. "Tom decided that he could be independent of Becky Thatcher now. Glory was sufficient. He would live for glory."

The feud in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is between two families, the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons. The feud is long-standing and violent, causing tension and tragedy throughout the story. Huck witnesses the destructive impact of this feud, highlighting the senselessness and futility of such conflicts.

Mark Twain's short story called "A Hopeless Situation" was based on a letter that Twain had received from a female writer who wanted him to help her get published. This short story basically says that your ability gets you further in life than influence.

wants to read. This quote humorously captures the idea that people often view classic literature as important to read, but struggle to actually sit down and read it. It suggests that classics are considered valuable primarily for their status and influence rather than for the enjoyment of reading them.

Jim received the charm to ward off witches from the hairball that was given to him by a magic man in Chapter IV of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" are two of Mark Twain's most well-known novels. Twain's writing often explored themes of childhood, adventure, and the American experience.

Twain was against Imperialism and the brutal conquest of other nations "for their own good" and to add them to the American Empire. Of the conquest of the Phillipines and the bloody slaughters done by the USA he wrote his book "In The Conquest of the Philippines" describing the massacre of 600 to 900 Moros (a Philippine tribe) by American troops standing at the rim of an extinct volcano where the tribe was hiding and shooting down on them. Although the president called this a "brilliant feat of arms." Twain had this to say:

The enemy numbered 600 - including women and children - and we abolished them utterly, leaving not even a baby alive to cry for its dead mother. This is incomparably the greatest victory that was ever achieved by the Christian soldiers of the United States.

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Aunt Polly - Tom's aunt

Becky Thatcher - Judge Thatcher's pretty, yellow-haired daughter

Dr. Robinson - The young doctor who is murdered

Huckleberry "Huck" Finn - The son of the town drunk

Injun Joe - The villain

Joe Harper - Tom's closest friend

The "King" - A con man who Huck meets in his adventures down the Mississippi

Mary - Tom's cousin

Pap Finn - Huck's abusive, drunken father

Reverend Mr. Sprague - The pastor of the village church

Sidney "Sid" - Tom's half brother

Tom Sawyer - The main character

Widow Douglas - The wealthiest person in the town

Mark Twain exposed the South's racism and dehumanization of African slaves to the whole nation (and even world). Huck Finn contains criticism of society/racism, religion, and politics all in one extensive novel masked as an enjoyable children's novel (like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was). The true main character, Jim, is a slave who escapes with Huck. As Huck learns more and more about Jim by traveling together, he realizes that black slaves are human, and even makes the connection that they have the same feelings as white folk. This is just a small part of the novel's true meaning, and Twain beautifully crafts a masterpiece while tricking southerners into reading it, and making them laugh at themselves.

A thematic I thought of for the book was, "During the journey to find ourselves, friendship and reality are the things that remind why we are on the journey in the first place." When Huck is deciding whether to turn in Jim back to slavery, he remembers the adventures and hardships they faced together. Remembering their intimate friendship reminds Huck why he decided to help Jim escape slavery in the first place.

Tom Sawyer's dogs were named Bull Harke and Bounce.

Simon Wheeler is best described as a garrulous and anecdotal character who loves to tell long-winded stories and share humorous anecdotes about his experiences in the mining camps of the Wild West. He is portrayed as a loquacious and good-natured raconteur in Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain was an incredible man and had a huge affects on American society that continues to live on today. He re opened America's wounds (civil rights) in his extremely successful novels (especially Huckleberry Finn) and broadened awareness which lead to more action in the civil rights movement. He was the first person to be famous for being famous! he basically made popular culture, Mark Twain left his legacy and we all are in his debt.

Mark Twain's family moved to Hannibal, Missouri because his father, John Clemens, found a job as a lawyer and judge there in the early 1840s. The family settled in Hannibal, which later became the inspiration for many of Mark Twain's stories, including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

When mark twain was 4 he moved to Hannibal, Missouri.