Denominated as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain was born in the small river town of Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He was the sixth child born to John and Jane Clemens (Editors, 2016). At the age of four, Mark and his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a small slaveholding town with a population of nearly 2000 people (Bailey, 2013). They transferred here in hopes to better their current life and financial situation. There, his father took on many jobs to support his family. He worked as a storekeeper, lawyer, judge, and a land speculator. He strived for wealth but often found it hard to put food on the table (Editors, 2016).
Samuel lived in the town of Hannibal for 13 years. The small river town was an idealistic place to live. However, it was a slaveholding town so it was a common place for violence. Samuel saw much demise and savagery throughout his childhood. During his elementary years he witnessed the manslaughter of a local …show more content…
Although he lived through the period where slavery still existed, he managed to look past the thought and saw them as more of workers than slaves. In his famous book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, the character Huck is based on Mark himself and Jim as their slave. Huck recognized that Jim was a slave but was friends with him despite that. In the book as well as in Twains life, slavery and racism are both existent but he didn’t participate or agree with either one. Mark’s religion relates to Huck’s as well. Mark wasn’t a very religious man and Huck seems to have similar views. In the book Huck stays with a widow that has very strong religious views, she tries to reach out to him but he wasn’t very open nor fond of the idea. Also in the book, Huck grew up with a bad relation to his father and didn’t live with him full time. In his real life, Mark lost his father at the age of twelve so both of them grew up without a father figure throughout most of their lives. (Twain,
Samuel lived in the town of Hannibal for 13 years. The small river town was an idealistic place to live. However, it was a slaveholding town so it was a common place for violence. Samuel saw much demise and savagery throughout his childhood. During his elementary years he witnessed the manslaughter of a local …show more content…
Although he lived through the period where slavery still existed, he managed to look past the thought and saw them as more of workers than slaves. In his famous book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, the character Huck is based on Mark himself and Jim as their slave. Huck recognized that Jim was a slave but was friends with him despite that. In the book as well as in Twains life, slavery and racism are both existent but he didn’t participate or agree with either one. Mark’s religion relates to Huck’s as well. Mark wasn’t a very religious man and Huck seems to have similar views. In the book Huck stays with a widow that has very strong religious views, she tries to reach out to him but he wasn’t very open nor fond of the idea. Also in the book, Huck grew up with a bad relation to his father and didn’t live with him full time. In his real life, Mark lost his father at the age of twelve so both of them grew up without a father figure throughout most of their lives. (Twain,