Mark Twain the Traveling Man Sam Clemons, better known by his future pen name Mark Twain, was a famous writer and a talent beyond most of our wildest dreams. What made him so special was his unique style and point of view. His works transcend time and can make one feel like they’re visiting those times and places today, no matter the year you find yourself in. More recently, some of his classics have been considered controversial, because of the content regarding slavery and the terminology of the times. Though Clemons doesn’t persuade his readers to believe any certain standpoint his viewpoint does come through. Many are unaware of where that viewpoint was derived; it came from a lifetime of world travel. His experiences around the world, with many cultures, and people have sculpted his personality and his writings. They make his stories so well rounded that we can all relate to them and sit in envy as we wish we could have had such grand adventures and he. Clemons was born in 1835. At four years old he relocated, with his family, in Hannibal Missouri, a small frontier town on the banks of the Mississippi. Growing up his father and uncle were both slave owners. He spent many of his childhood summers on his uncle’s farm, in the slave quarters, listening to tall tales and the slaves’ mystical stories. Clemons’ father passed away …show more content…
He quite frankly had become very antigovernment, specifically anti-imperialism. He was more involved in political organizations with views that coincided most with his own and spoke out against the worldwide atrocities he had witnesses while traveling the world. Clemons once said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice.” This explains much of his outlook on humanity in his later years. He knew what life was like all over the world, he understood the people and cultures, and knew what the problems truly were, not just what he had been told to think and believe by others.