1st batx ppt

1. MARK TWAIN
Jurlendy Olvera
B-53

2. LIFE
 Real name: Samuel
Langhorne Clemens
 Born: November 30, 1835.
Florida,Missouri, U.S.
 American author and
humourist
 Social criticism in his works
 Good at performing
colloquial speech
 Obscene word: "Nigger"

3. CHILDHOOD-YOUTH
 Parents: Jane Lampton Clemens and
Josh Marshall Clemens –lawyer and
judge.
 Sixth of seven children.
 Clemens Family moved to Hannibal.
 Josh died because of pneumonia.
(11y-o)
 He left and worked as a printer in NY,
Philadelphia…

4.  1st work at Hannibal Journal
 "The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer"
 Worked as river boat pilot.
 Pen name: "By the mark,
Twain" in 1863
 Travelled to Europe and
Polynesia as a journalist
WORK

5. FAMILY
 Married to Olivia
Langdon in 1870
 Three
daughters:
Susy, Clara and
Jean

6.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1876).
 He was a critic of slavery.
 Based on Finn's belief in the right
thing to do though most believed that
it was wrong.
 Became famous.
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

7.  Death: April 21,
1910 (74)
 Some schools have
his name.
 Mark Twain Prize for
American Humor.
 The Mark Twain
Boyhood Home &
Museum
LEGACY