Pessimism As A General Tendency

Print   

02 Nov 2017

Disclaimer:
This essay has been written and submitted by students and is not an example of our work. Please click this link to view samples of our professional work witten by our professional essay writers. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of EssayCompany.

6th Period

Mark Twain Draft 2

Thesis: Twain is a figure of exceptionally literary significance in relation to the issue of pessimism as a general tendency in the 19th century. In part, because of the explicitness with which Twain expresses his growing doubt. Much of Mark Twain’s writing has been shaped by biographical, as well as historical influences, including his bond with his hometown and the Mississippi River, (which is clear with the topics of slavery he writes about.) In later years he develops pessimistic outlook in terms of his beliefs of nature and society.

Samuel Clemens was not always known as Mark Twain, his pen name came about later in life when Clemens wanted a different literary personality. Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1935 and had six older siblings. When he was four, his family moved to Hannibal a town along the Mississippi River.

While living in poverty in Hannibal, Samuel dealt with his father’s death of pneumonia at 12 forced his family into a financial hardship. While his brother was keeping the family up a float by being a journeyman, Samuel left school at 13 to become a painters apprentice and while there he learns how to paint and write. After two short years, Samuel joined his brother Orion's newspaper as a printer and editorial assistant. While working with his brother, Samuel found that he enjoyed writing. Then he moved to the East while it was new in 1867, he had just perched in New York City, writing about the East to a western newspaper, scanning the country for opportunities. It seemed doubtful, as he expressed his western prejudices about the East, which he expected to call such a foreign place home. While living in Mississippi, the writings he wrote were about nature because most of the time he wrote, he was by the river.

Bermuda was the closest English speaking country near America that influenced "Mark Twain". While playing miniature golf contributed to petitions including the banning of the automobile in Bermuda, Bermuda was a tourist attraction with beautiful sites that influenced Mark Twain’s writings. While there he found no rush, no hurry, no money-getting frenzy, no fretting, no complaining, no fussing and quarreling, no telegrams, no daily newspapers, no railroads, no tramways, no subways, or no trolleys. During the visit he became impressed by the status of black Bermudians who enjoyed basic Human Rights freedoms and liberties that his homeland still didn’t have. Bermuda also had an influence on a later famous novel "The Innocents Abroad".

When Mark Twain went back to the river he was influenced by his life on the Mississippi to write The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. To get the book to perfection he revisited the Mississippi Valley time after time persistently. Once he finally had The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he had literary works popping out into his what we know now fame. In the book Twain's imagination carried Huck, with a slave as side-kick, down the river with his picture of the West, with its intimate connection to the exploitation of slave labor; He stopped a third or the way in Huckleberry Finn to travel to Mississippi Valley, but the picture he came back with was that the Southwest had been destroyed by slavery, and its persistent racism. Mark Twain saw a problem with slavery while writing Huckleberry Finn so he decided to keep writing the book. He no longer saw the Mississippi Valley the same because the cruelty of racism and slavery; He did not find peace going to the valley anymore. This is when he changed his feelings towards slavery and he started writing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from HIS point of view of slavery.

Mark Twain traveled while writing, and most places he went he wrote about. But Twain worked for the Call, a local paper, in San Francisco, as a reporter and was the Pacific correspondent for the Territorial Enterprise. Twain worked for a variety of publications over the next few years and met American writers Artemus Ward and Bret Harte, who would encourage and help him in his writings. Twain stayed in San Francisco for four years and while there he met Ben Coon in a mining hotel and listened to his stories. The way Mark Twain heard this story is when Ben Coon told him about the tale The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County . In 1865 Twain decided to rewrite a tale he had heard in the California gold fields The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. This writing changed the tale by adding his own notes and also the traditional view of America’s humor. The story was about a contest gone badly when one frog was filled with lead shot so he couldn't jump. Twain's short story became a national sensation and within months the writer was known around the country.

Mark Twain’s travel around America and other countries sparked his imaginative mind to write many different works. While working in New York as a type setter, New York has an increasing influence on Mark Twain’s successful writings. Originally Mark Twain was sent to New York to work but while there he learned more about fashion, politics, arts, and commerce. He also learned how to entertain the New Yorkers and finds a new writing style by emphasizing his response on things. While in New York he wrote "The Innocents Abroad" that won him international attention. The book was a humorous look at aspects of European culture that impressed American tourists. The book was a great success, but a bigger personal success awaited Twain. In 1869, he met Olivia Langdon, the sister of an old friend. Twain, now 33, traveled back to California for a lecture tour and he continued to publish several sketches in a wide verity of publications. The same year he also began to secretly start seeing Livy. While in New York he also learns a lot of new history, literature, and the current events and of the politics of his world. Wrote letters to family with a new style of writing he acquired and he would use that style forever.

Throughout Mark Twain's life, he not only contributed his wonderful and inspiring stories to the world, but also gave the literary world something wonderful also. He was one of the first Americans to have a real American style of writing. Most authors of the nineteenth century would try to imitate English writers, while Mark Twain's loose rhythms in the language of his novels gave the reader a real sense of American way of speaking. Mark Twain's realistic style of writing has influenced many authors during his lifetime and after his lifetime. Ernest Hemingway once stated, "All modern American literature Huckleberry Finn," (World Book 532). Mark Twain truly was an American hero and his memory will live on forever.



rev

Our Service Portfolio

jb

Want To Place An Order Quickly?

Then shoot us a message on Whatsapp, WeChat or Gmail. We are available 24/7 to assist you.

whatsapp

Do not panic, you are at the right place

jb

Visit Our essay writting help page to get all the details and guidence on availing our assiatance service.

Get 20% Discount, Now
£19 £14/ Per Page
14 days delivery time

Our writting assistance service is undoubtedly one of the most affordable writting assistance services and we have highly qualified professionls to help you with your work. So what are you waiting for, click below to order now.

Get An Instant Quote

ORDER TODAY!

Our experts are ready to assist you, call us to get a free quote or order now to get succeed in your academics writing.

Get a Free Quote Order Now