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1、AMirrorofAmericaLET’SGOMARKTWINOFMISSISSIPPICONTENTSSecondpart.(Hiswriting)1.MarkTwainandtheMississippi.2.MajorWorks.3.WritingFeaturesthirdpart.(Writingstyle)1.LifeandWriting2.aLocalColorist3.UseofVernacular4.HumorFourthpart.(Others)1.HisFamousWords2.AMirrorofAmericaFirst

2、part.(Hisexeperience)1.Earlylifeexperience2.HisMarriage3.InHisMiddleAges4.HisLaterLife5.HisDeathPARTONEFirstpart.(Hisexeperience)1.Earlylifeexperience2.HisMarriage3.InHisMiddleAges4.HisLaterLife5.HisDeathTwain'srealnamewasSamuelClemens."MarkTwain",whichmeans"watermarktwo"

3、,wasacallusedbysailorsontheMississippitowarnshipmatesthattheywerecomingintoshallowwater.TheNameofMarkTwainMarkTwain(1835-1910)MarkTwainwasagreatAmericanwriter,andhewasalsoafamousspeaker.SamuelLanghorneClemens(MarkTwain)wasborninFloridaandhewasnotahealthybaby.Infact,hewas

4、notexpectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter.Butwithhismother'stendercare,hemanagedtosurvive.Asaboy,hecausedmuchtroubleforhisparents.Heusedtoplayjokesonallofhisfriendsandneighbors.Hedidn'tliketogotoschool,andheconstantlyranawayfromhome.EarlylifeexperienceBorninalittletowninMi

5、ssissippiAt11,helosthisfatherAt13,hestoppedschoolingTrampprinterSteamboatpilotontheMississippiConfederateguerrillaProspectorReporteronthefarwesternfrontierTravelerabroadHisMarriageAt34yearsoldhemarriedOliviaLangdonClemens,daughterofaNewYorkcoalmagnate,amemberofth

6、ecountry’swealthyelite.Shewouldbepartner,editor,andfellowtravelerinsuccessandfailureforthenextthirty-fiveyears.InHisMiddleAgesBy1900TwainhadbecomeAmerica’sforemostcelebrity.Hewasinvitedtoattendshiplaunchings,anniversarygatherings,politicalconventions,andcountlessdinners.R

7、eportersmethimateveryportofcall,anxioustoprintanewquipfromthefamoushumorist.Toenhancehisimage,hetooktowearingwhitesuitsandlovedtostrolldownthestreetandseepeoplestaringathim.HisLaterLifeTherearemanytragiceventsinhislaterlife:thefailureofhisinvestments,hisfatiguingtravelsan

8、dlecturesinordertopayoffhisdebts,andaddedtothis,thedeathofhiswifeandtwodaughterswhichlefthimabso