feat+then+tragedy

It seemed like whenever this man would get a break something bad would happen to him. Like when he meet this girl later to become his wife. He almost lost her because of his dumb friends. When they were about to have their first kid together tragedy struck and her father died and then when her friend came to give assistance she died right in front of their eyes from a disease. Then when they were about to have their second kis the other one died from an illness. I would have given up by now but mark just kept on trucking along even though he blamed the childs death on himself. When he just built this gorgeous house the way he wanted it he found out that he needed to go back to work in order to pay for the house. Something he did not want to do. Would you have given up by then? 1205469912

I agree with sSi. Mark Twain did encounter some of the most difficult things that one could encounter in life. I very much admire his ways of dealing with these problems. Mark Twain took his experiences from his own life and used them to write novels. A great example of this is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is a great representation of what his own childhood was like, growing up in a small town along the Mississippi River. I think that being about to write about yourself but in other fictional characters is a gift discovered by Mark Twain, and books of today wouldn't be able to write in this style without him. 1205471269

I agree with both of you. Mark Twain did seem to have a great deal of tragedy in his life. I know that other than what we heard in the movie he also lost his wife not long after and two of his daughters. I know that death was more common in these times because they didn't have all the medicine and cures that we do now but a death is what it is. It hard not to mourn the loss of someone and especially loved ones. It's hard to think that even with all this tragedy he seemed to be a generally happy man. He had a somewhat good sense of humor and he wrote some very amazing books. I also compliment him on taking life experiences and turning them into these great stories. 1205472949