Mark+Twain+(info+from+the+movie)

When watching the movie about Mark Twain i wrote a lot of notes down and wanted to post the information i recieved from the movie onto the wiki.

Sam Clemens was a printer's apprentice, a riverboat driver, and a confederate soldier, but most of all, he was an incredible writer. He could flawlessly reproduce the words of Americans into his writing. He made American speech something to be admired. He wrote poetry, newspaper articles, made biographical sketches, and books (such as Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Life on Mississippi, Conneticate Yankee, Horse's Tale, etc.) He knew racism had to be resolved. Sam Clemens was someone who always told the truth. He wasn't afraid to deal with the things other people didn't want to deal with or speak of.

Sam Clemens was known for his dry humor and his whitty delivery. He was the sixth out of a family with seven children. His dad worked har and had to start over completely over five times becuase of severe financial problems. Clemen's mom was a devoted Presbatyrian and led her children through faithful lives. She was a happy individual and loved to sing and dance.

Sam Clemen's childhood was full of adventures and posibilities. He would discover new and interesting things in the forest that he lived in with the friends that lived around him. In the summer Sam would visit his uncle's house. He spent time with the slaves that worked on his uncle's plantation and learned a lot about them. He experienced the bad lives that the slaves lived and how horrible the idea of slavery was.

Sam Clemen's eventually adopted the pen name Mark Twain - which in boating terms means: 2 fathoms, 12 feet, safe water

Mark wanted to make a name for himself so he kept moving around the country. He wanted to trade cocoa plants in Brazil and had many other small ambitions, but his biggest goal was to become a steamboat man. He evnetually became an apprentice of a riverboat pilate. Then, Clemens realized how difficult the job was and began to lose hope in his dream.

Later in time, Mark lost his younger brother and blamed it on himself becuase he knew he should've been there for his brother.

(the rest of the movie i didn't see becuase i was sick)

I thought that the movie was very interesting and led us to know a lot about the author that we are learning about. Knowing background information on an author while or before reading their works can help you understand the point of view the author is coming from by understanding their life experiences. 1205195983

I thought that the movie that we watch was kinda interesting. I thought that it was cool how the movie showed all of the information about Mark Twain's life. I also thought that it was cool how they explained why he changed his name to Mark Twain. That is probably one of the most interesting things about him, to me at least, that he changed his name. Orginally his name was Sam Clemens and he went through practically his whole life with that name. He first started using a fake name when he started to send in different letters to papers and things like that. But the name that he first used wasn't Mark Twain and he never changed his name to his first pen name. When working on a steam boat they used the different phrases to tell each other the safety of the water. The phrase "mark twain" meant that the water was now good water but they were on the border of the good water and the bad water. As Sam Clemens started writing more of his works, that was when he adopted the name Mark Twain. Many people thought that he chose that name because he was always living on the border of good and bad and so he releated his name to his life. Personally, thats what I liked the the most about the movie. 1205274121

I thought the movie was very intriguing in many ways. It was nice to learn about Mark Twain's past, his childhood and how he grew up during his time.The movie talked about lots of events that occurred during his upbringing such as the split between the union and confederates. In class we discussed how the Civil War and the people Twain was around, might've influenced him in the way he saw things. Overall, I think Twain was a brillant and nice writer. I've noticed how he added a sense of humor in his work, and that is always an essential element when it comes to entertaining a reader. I also find it interesting how the movie pointed out how his real name wasn't even Mark Twain. Perhaps changing his names once he started writing could've told us about his character and how he wanted people to see him as. When the movie stated how his named had to do with whether the "water" was good or bad, I think that quote could possibly mean how Sam Clemens and his writing was changing but for the better. 1205293115

I liked this movie, I thought it was kinda cool how improtant river boat captins actually were to the US, now they are not so importan but back then it was a good job. And how they make as much money as the vice president, I found that amazing. It also sounded like they needed to be very smart since he said they need to memorise every single part of the river which could not have been an easy task. But it was a dangorous job too, his brother actually died because the boat blew up, that was just sad. They were not the most stable boats in the world. Numerous lives depended on the captin knowing how to do his job right. I also think that he was one of the most important men of that time. Overall I thought that this was one of the best movies that we have watched in Bro Toms class and I look forward to finishing it. 1205369362

I didnt really get wat the movie was talking about but i think that it is prety cool how he has so many things in his life that are happening that make him discover this new way of writting. And i also thought that its cool how he used Mark twain as his name for publishing everything which means in the river lenguage that there is a deep side and the boat is in complete safety. I also agree with ewe that his mom did a very good job raising him and influencing all his literature and maybe sometimes in life we just need a nice person to come to our lifes to show us of how much happiness there is in the world. Happyness is important because there are many people doing crazy things in life just because they cant fufill their dreams or because there are people that are mean to them and if we examine some things i think that if the people taht have killed innocent people in a school or other public place if they had someone that cared about them and talked to them about always doing the right thing. His mom is a person that i think mark twain admired the most and loved the most. I have heard that his books and writtings are amazing and by watching this documentry i can see were he is getting most ideas from and how the world around him affects his writting and all his feelings. 1205443447

I thought it was interesting how much we actually know about him. I mean we know alot about the other writers but we seem to know more details when it comes to Mark Twain. We know about all the deaths he went through, all hsi houses, his wife and family, all his different jobs, etc. It is also prettycool to see how much one person can accomplish in one lifetime. In my opinion, Mark Twain is the most interesting writer that we've learned about or seen a movie on so far. He just does some things differently than the others that keeps me wondering what he is going to do next.1205466645

I think we know more about mark twain because in the movie it showed him with photographers gambling and stuff. Another reason was because he was always on stage and from what i got from the movie was that he was hillarious. He would not even have to say a word and the audience would crack up. This is how he made so much money i think it was something like 300 dollars or something and back then i think that was a lot. Mark Twain seems like a real american doing a little of everything there is to do. It seems like he accomplished more than most people do in a lifetime. He just seems like a really cool guy and i would have loved to had had him as a dad. That house that he earned was bigger than a lot of houses now adays and that is saying something. 1205469397

Mark Twain is a very great writer. From reading some of his works in the past, I understand his unique writing style, which made him such a success. From watching the movie in class about his life, I can better appreciate the things he writes about and the feelings he expresses. Mark Twain has written several well known pieces which have helped shaped our society 1205471162