Mark Twain, an American writer and speaker, whose real name is Samuel Langhan Clemen. "Mark Twain" is his pen name, originally a term used by Mississippi River sailors to indicate the depth of water measured on the waterway.
What kind of writer is Mark Twain
1. Realism.
2. Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 2010), formerly known as Samuel Longhorn Clemens, is an American novelist, writer and speaker. "Mark Twain" is his pen name, originally a term used by Mississippi River sailors to indicate the depth of water measured on the waterway.
3. Mark Twain wrote a large number of works throughout his life, including novels, plays, essays, poems, etc. His representative works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), Million Pounds (1893), etc. His works criticize unreasonable phenomena and the ugliness of human nature, and express a strong sense of justice and concern for ordinary people; He opposed imperialist aggression, showed his concern for humanitarianism and belief in democracy, criticized the racism, religious prejudice, social injustice and money ugliness of the United States, and expressed his desire for human freedom and equality.
4. His description of nature is also very detailed, describing the customs and natural landscape of the United States. Mark Twain is good at humor and satire, and tries to show social reality in a variety of styles. He has experienced the development process of the United States from early capitalism to imperialism, and his thoughts and creation are also manifested in the development stage from light teasing to bitter satire and then to pessimism. In the early stage, he was good at bitter satire, and in the later stage, his language was more exposed and intense.
5. Mark Twain widely used colloquial language in his works, enabling characters to speak on the page as in real life, thus breaking the dominant position of Chinese beautiful prose in 19th century literature. At the same time, Mark Twain's influence also involves literature. For example, the Mark Twain American Humor Award awarded by the Kennedy Center honors individuals who have influenced American society in a similar way to Twain. Several of his masterpieces have been adapted into film and other artistic genres.
The origin of Mark Twain's pen name
Mark Twain comes from the language of water surgery. Mark Twain used to be a navigator. When surveying the water depth with his partner, his partner called "Mark Twain!", which means "two marks", that is, the water depth is two stripes (about 3.7 meters, and one stripe is about 1.852 meters), which is a necessary condition for a ship to navigate safely. Another reason is that Cyrus, the captain of Mark Twain, who was once a respected navigator, would sometimes write stories about the Mississippi River for newspapers. The pseudonym chosen by the captain was also "Mark Twain".
In 1858, Captain Cyrus published an article predicting that New Orleans would be flooded. Samuel Longhorn Clemens (the original name of Mark Twain) decided to play a joke on the captain and wrote a very sharp satirical sketch imitating his style. Who would have thought that this game article had deeply hurt the captain's heart, so the captain gave up writing, and the pen name "Mark Twain" disappeared from the newspaper.
Mark Twain's classic quotes
1. When the truth is putting on its shoes, lies have already run all over the city.
2. Sometimes truth is more absurd than fiction, because fiction is carried out under certain logic, while reality often has no logic to speak of.
3. Where there are wrinkles, it only means that the smile has been there.
4. The violet leaves its fragrance on its ankle, which is forgiveness.
5. Always work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching you, and live like in heaven.
6. A man's most dangerous enemy is his own tongue.
7. The man with a hammer looks like a nail.
8. Traveling with someone is the best way to find out whether you like or hate this person.
9. He discovered a great rule of human behavior, which he did not know - that is, in order to make an adult or child want to do something, he just needs to make it difficult to get hold of it.
10. It is the same way to speak and explain your own thoughts. Some people have caused trouble, while others have won bursts of applause. This is the philosophy of expression.