Mark Twain's Cannibalism In The Cars

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Mark Twain, hailed as the first professional comedic genius, proved his worth in his short story “Cannibalism in the Cars” where he exhibited his own comedic tactics as shown in his guidelines for humorous stories named “How to Tell a Story”. In “Cannibalism in the Cars”, the audience is treated to such a humorous story where Mark Twain uses a simple story in a complex form, a subtle “nub”, and prominent symbolism in order to captivate the audience and keep them grasping at his every perfectly chosen word. In his rubric on how to tell a humorous story, aptly named “How to Tell a Story”, Mark Twain expounded on the idea of the content does not matter, but the delivery and form does. Twain puts his own idea to the test in his short story “Cannibalism