Mark Twain and his book « The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn »
Childhood is a romance, it is indifferent to obedience and diligence M. TWAIN
United States of America Many years ago there lived a man whose stories became some of the funniest stories in the world. Now people know him as Mark Twain but his real name was Samuel Clemens. He was born in 1835 and grew up in the little town of Hannibal, Missouri.
His father was a lawyer. The Clemens had three sons. The middle one was called Sam. It was a bright, smart, lively boy, inexhaustible on inventions and tricks. Sam could easily swim across the Mississippi and was a leader of all boys’ games. Samuel Langhorn Clemens is 15.
This is the house of the family Clemens When Sam was four, Twain's family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a port town on the Mississippi River that inspired the fictional town in « The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ».
When Sam was twelve his father died. The shock changed him and he was a different boy. He stopped his little-boy games and thought about his mother's hard work and money problems. Sam went to work in his brother Orion's printing shop. Не learned a lot there. Sam changed many jobs and visited many places in the USA. People in America began to read and like what he wrote, and soon his stories became popular all over the world.
What does the pen-name « Mark Twain » mean? That pen-name was the call of the Mississippi pilots when they measured the depth of the river.
The « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn» is one of the most fun books in the world. This is an amazing book about a naughty boy, living in a small American town, was written in 1876. Mark TWAIN described in «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn» his adventure and adventures of his friends.
« I told in the «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn» about my own misdeeds. I was a naughty boy and gave my mother a lot of trouble. But I think she liked it... » Mark TWAIN
Huckleberry Finn did not want to live according to the rules accepted in the provincial town. He dreamed of a free, heroic life, about the adventures and deeds.
This was a view of Tom and Huck, when they climbed the steep riverbank on the Mississippi. View of the Mississippi
Huck was travelling with his new friend, Jim. They were in different situations, but they were always ready to help each other.
What kind of person is Huck Finn? A dreamer and an inventor A fighter for justice Enterprising and resourceful A smart adventurer A brave boy, a hero, the leader Mischief-maker and witted A good actor, «a talented businessman»
Everyone should read this book and remember that his childhood is the happiest time. Huck Finn combined all the best a man can have: freedom of feelings and soul, which disappeared with the childhood.
Huck Finn missed the lessons at school, and he was always ready to the most desperate adventures, about which he had read in the books about the pirates. He transformed everything in the game. Only Huckleberry Finn knew how to turn a everyday life in the real fireworks of the fiction and fantasy, romance and games. Only Huck Finn could transform the most boring minutes in real celebration, when the world became interesting, colorful, mysterious, and cheerful.
Live and free life triumphs in the heart of Tom and Huck.
«The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn» is the novel, which should be read in childhood. Here come true all your childhood dreams. «The adventures of Huckleberry Finn» is a novel, which should be read in adulthood. Why? To learn how to enjoy detail, as it is done by Huck Finn and his friends. And to remember what it's like to be a kid.
