Why Mark Twain Is The Greatest American Author Of All Time

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type of friends that everybody has,
crazy enough to get everybody's attention but smart enough to know when to
stop. I read some of the things that Tom had done in the book and some of
the lies he would tell and I thought "man he is crazy for doing that" but
as I thought about it more it seems reasonable to a kid at that age and why
wouldnt he act the way he did ?
Mark Twain takes a big step to the side when he writes about one of
Miss Watsons slaves. Jim is a strong black slave in about his mid-twenties.
As you read about Jim and see what he's had to go through you can start to
understand that his actions are very much like what slaves in that time
really did. Jim overhears a conversations between Miss Watson and a slave
trader. With the thought of being traded down south Jim makes a run for it
and escapes from Miss Watsons house. You can even get a feel for how some
of the slaves spoke back then because when Twain has Jim speak in the story,
Twain actually spells words how they ...

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