Mark Twain's Two Views Of The Mississippi

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In “Two Views of the Mississippi”, Mark twain illustrates how experiences lessons excitement with his narratives of the river. In life, different events or experiences loses their excitement with repetition. This happens because with time we learn what’s really going on and it’s not just magic anymore. The situation also becomes comfortable to us, and we become one with the surroundings. For this reason, it is why that many people change careers Midway through their life, because at one point they loved what they did and now it seems boring and the magic is gone. When starting a career most of the time the person going into it has very little experience. So to this person the job seems somewhat magical and new. With this little experience

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