The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1263 Words

Mark Twain was born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835 in the town of Florida, Missouri. The Clemens family was well off and rather affluent in their home town of Hannibal, thanks in part to his father being a local judge. Mark held many jobs as a youth after dropping out of school, mainly as a printer’s apprentice, an editorial assistant and then later as a licensed river pilot on the Mississippi. Over the course of his life he penned numerous sketches and short stories, as well as 28 books. His most popular books were â€Å"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer† and the follow-up â€Å"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn†. Mark Twain was the best literary icon of his time and arguably the greatest American icon of all time. Extracts from†¦show more content†¦Adam laments on numerous occasions his misfortune of having been found by this creature and also the fact that it won’t just go back into the forest with all the other strange creatures. I enjoyed the first Sunday post where Adam started with the phrase â€Å"Pulled through† as if Sundays were some contest or race that needed to be completed. He then comments on the fact that for him every day was like a Sunday before the soon to be named Eve came along. I find this post to be used in the satire form of comic writing. I don’t believe the point was to shame Eve, but more of a sexist play of how woman as a whole control a Husband or significant others weekend through a â€Å"Honey do list† or the occasional constant nagging about mowing the lawn, fixing various items around the house and what-not. Adam’s following Sunday post is even shorter, more to the point and in my opinion funnier that his first. All that reads in it is â€Å"Pulled through†! He did not even have the time, energy or care enough to further elaborate and that speaks volumes in and of it self. Mr. Twain sprinkles in a little word play in the day where Adam is complaining about Eve putting up signs everywhere and turning the Garden into a summer resort. His last sentence reads â€Å"But it is best not to ask her, she has such a rage for explaining†, his use of the