American Realism

Over the past couple of days, i have read a few different pieces written by Mark Twain. I was expecting another boring story about people's outlook on nature, but was relieved after reading some of his works. Both his style and his stories differ from that of the American romantic authors, and I think that it puts him above them all and gives his stories a different twist from what is expected from other authors of his type. Most of them focus in on nature and how people react to it, but Twain is more realistic and goes into peoples' problems in daily life. His stories are far more interesting to me because instead of going on and on about his outlook on nature, Twain discusses the real issues and other things that people really experience. His writings aren't so much of him just describing his surroundings, but he goes into detail about his feelings and opinions on the entire situation.

Mark's stories all seem to have a life lesson or moral behind them which he expresses through examples on the little boys. The good boy goes through life trying to help people and do good deeds so that he can reap the benefits from it. Twain is obviously showing his opinions on the reason's people do things. If things are done for the wrong reasons, then the outcome might not always be as desired. But if the intentions were good, even if the actions aren't, the outcome is usually more favorable than not. Mark takes his readers on a different adventure than most authors by putting them through his own eyes on each aspect of his stories. This in my eyes is what puts Mark Twain on a level of his own when it comes to great American authors.