Student Essay on Mark Twains Purposes For Writing

How Mark Twain uses his own life in his writings.

"Life On The Mississippi," The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain are a little extra unique than you may think. The majority of Mark Twain's novels are based from his younger childhood and different events that took place back then. Twain also uses people from his life as some of the characters in his stories. His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens but as an author he is known as Mark Twain. He was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. His father's name was John Marshall Clemens and his mother's name was Jane Lampton. He lived in Hannibal, Missouri from ages 4-18. The death of his father forced him to leave school in order to make money to provide for the family. Twain died on April 21,.....