Part 1 of Essay
Mark Twain is one of the greatest humorists and writers that the world has ever seen. Mark Twain had a natural ability to portray the lives of real people and also add a humorous twist to their lives. As most people know, Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens. Samuel Clemens, despite his fame from his books and sho ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... in tobacco smoke, enthralled by games and gadgets, extravagant, sentimental, superstitious, chivalrous to the point of the ridiculous-he was all these things (Kunitz 160). One example of Twain’s first deals involves a patent that a friend had talked him into participating in. Twain lost a lot of money, but managed to continue with his financial dealings. In 1906, Twain wrote about his first deal who suckered him into a patent that would eventually cost him $42,000 in the long run. After trying to work with paten ....