Who Is Mark Twain's Critique Relevant Today

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First, I think that most of his critiques are relevant to today's society. The behaviors that he described are pretty accurate from when he wrote this in 1882. Most of his advice is relevant to today's society. Yes because children in today's society aren't well trained as they were back in 1882. They were trained by there parents to handle a weapon properly. Next, in today's society many kids and some adults aren't trained to handle a weapon properly. He also said that lying is bad. It is because it could get you in more trouble if you just told the truth. When you are little it is easy to lie but they are dumb when lying. In conclusion, do everything that your parents say when they are they. But when they aren't around don't do it. Sometimes

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