Mark Twain Use Of Humor In Huck Finn

Have you ever heard of Mark Twain? You know, the person referred to as the father of literature, writing around 30 books in his lifetime? Well, his story is documented by not only himself, but also by others who interpret his works to be phenomenal. These three works prove to be the strongest sources for an interpretation of what he did, that being Humorist or Comedian?, The Father of American Literature, and an excerpt from Roughing It. All three describe the life of Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens, who wrote the novels he is now famous for. On the contrary, each author shows Mark Twain’s work in different point of views to explain his style of writing and presentation of humor. Through this method, they give the reader the option of deciding

Each citation from his work is quoted and there isn’t much opinion to be found. What opinion you can find is only what the author himself wrote or that he posed a question to the reader. It doesn’t hinder the flow of the work in the slightest, yet it gives the reader an opportunity to look back at Twain’s thoughts about the separation between a comedian and a humorist and decide whether or not the fact given has convinced them to agree or disagree in response to the provided question. In the text it states,“It is tempting, therefore, to speculate what Twain, were he alive today, might think about the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which is awarded each year by the Kennedy Center in New York. The award’s title, most certainly, would sit well with him… Would Twain have found this legacy flattering? To judge by his writing, not all stand-up comedians would stand up to his high standards of humor. It would be very interesting to hear what Twain’s thoughts would be on our current comedians.” Any opinion expressed throughout this text is explicitly based on if-then statements picturing Twain living in today’s world and how he might feel about the standards of humor set today. Because of these speculations and the way the author constantly looks to the text before writing differentiates this text from

It takes the role of a rise to fame story rather than opinionated statements. What doesn’t come from Twain’s life are citations put in place by well-respected individuals holding high positions and honorable awards. These men have studied the text in which Twain has labored over and feel how great a piece of literature it was even for its time. Both men referred to it as breaking what was normally accepted into literature at the time, especially in his books like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. In the text it states,“In that same preface, he cautioned his readers against being too judgmental of his wayward heroes. ‘Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls,’ he wrote, ‘I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.’” By including this into the text, it shows how Twain personally felt about writing a novel out of his time period. When the other facts about Twain’s life are put into one area and illustrated into a text of their own, it makes for a different way to explore his