Literary Criticism Of Mark Twain

Mark Twain, the famous American author, known as the “Father of American Literature” and best known for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was born on the 30th of November in 1835. Born with the name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, he chose to be called under the pen name of Mark Twain. Clemens worked along the Mississippi River early in his life. “Mark Twain” was a measuring term used to describe how deep the water was along the river. After years of work at the Mississippi River, he turned to working as a journalist. He became known nationally when his humorous tall tale, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, was published in November of 1865, in a New York Weekly, The Saturday Press. Later he became famous for more works such as Innocents Abroad, Roughing IT, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Pudd’nhead Wilson,

Many people like Julius Lester and Justin Kaplan have critiqued it showing their opinions about Mark Twain’s writing. Julius Lester claims that Twin demonstrates that has contempt for blacks and does not care about their lives in the novel. And there are also people like Justin Kaplan who thinks The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a matchless satire on racism, bigotry, and property rights in human beings. Many schools have banned this book in libararies and to be taught in class. There are some people who think that the story should not be taught to children because it teaches them to name call and learn how to be racists. Personally, I do not think that this novel encourages children to be racist. The way the teachers teaches it and introduces it to their students can have an effect on the way these children think of the book. I think that students should read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as it is a famous classic