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Mark Twain My definition of a hero is someone who is there when friends or family is in need or someone who is creative enough to help all in a different way. Intro to Mark Twain My 19th century hero is Mark Twain. He was a very famous writer and journalist most people have heard of him and very few have not. He traveled around a lot so that he could get ideas on the books that he wrote although most were written from his childhood life. Also he had a license to be a steamboat pilot and was a lecturer. ** Mark Twains life into perspective ** Samuel Langhorne Clemens or as everyone else knows him "Mark Twain." He lived from November 30, 1835 to April 21, 1910. He had 4 children and a wife named Olivia Langdon. The children’s names were Langdon who died of diphtheria, and later on he had Susy, Clara, and Jean all daughters that he had while living in Hartford. His occupation was lecturer, satirist, writer and American Humorist. He was born when Halley’s Comet came and predicted that he would die the next time it came and his prediction was right because he died of a heart attack the next time it came. Why He is My Hero Mark twain is my hero because he is someone who was and still is creative enough to have helped and shared his mistakes and adventures with everyone. He did that by writing and giving lectures to people around the world not just in the United States. He became my hero because he was and is legendary. If you ask anyone in almost all grades they will say they have heard of him and the books he has written. Then you can ask them what he was trying to say in each book to help make the world a better place and you ’ ll find the answer mostly is to always help those in need from the book “ Huckleberry Fin. ” Mark Twain really showed in that book heroism because he told them anyone who read it to help everyone in need no matter who they are and he does that in the book “ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ” I really admire the fact that he pronounces that in his book because it shows that he in that way wants to help everyone and that is very hero like. When twain was younger he got into a lot of mischief but when his father died he took on responsibility to support his family which shows that he was there for his family when they were in need. Twain had even stopped going to school to support his family which means he really cared for them deeply enough to help them in the time they most needed it. When twain had gotten to the age of 21 he became a steamboat pilot and his philosophy was in case of an emergency always help those on board before you help yourself and that gives him a lot of merit for caring for other people ’ s safety before his own. Twain also was big on telling the truth about politicians in one job that he had at a newspaper and it had gotten him in to much trouble with them. During Twains time he was much respected because of his stories, lecture, typesetting and being a humorist. That is why Samuel his my hero. Twains Legacy Samuel Langhorne Clemens will be forever known to all because of the books that he has written. As a student I have heard of his two most favorite books which are, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin.” Also Clemens was a very sympathetic person towards his family showing that he had much compassion for them and his stories especially since most of the characters were based on his real life family and best friends. Clemens was also just like everyone else except in a more mischievous way because unlike most people he created his pen name which means “a depth of only twelve feet in ship lingo,” to hide his identity when he wrote his more humorous and gossipy stories. Everyone also will remember him for his famous short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” which in some middle schools and maybe high schools students have to read it as an assignment. So no matter what age you are you are going to know and always remember Mark Twain. The advice he would give to modern society I think that the advice that twain would give to our society is to stop with the murder and to try harder in helping those who are in need. I also think that he would give the advice to think more about others than you think about yourself because too many people in our society today are stuck up and really only give for the publicity. Twain would probably think that although society has gotten more modernized its not better than it was back then even though we have gotten rid of slavery. He would really try to get our society into a better condition than what it is.
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