The second point to his popularity is Twain’s realistic portrayal of people in his work. Human behavior in the stories is a big part of what made his writings great. His observations of human nature was shown in Twain’s stories …show more content…
The greater purpose of his work was constructive social criticism, he focused on the attitudes and antiracism in Missouri (Samuel). Some other topics that he brought-up were slavery, poverty, and class differences (Samuel). Since Twain was a young man he had become severely concerned in the treatment and life of slaves.
A good example of showing the real life of a slave is in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn the character Jim is a run slave and the story goes into what his life would be like if he was free. In some stories Twain uses the characters to criticise others and put them under the spotlight, sometimes they were politicians, sometimes they were companies.
He showed the nature and spirit of Americans in the 19th century (Samuel). The books were able to correctly show the outcome of what an American would do in the situation showed in the book. Twain was able to think about the character and perfectly write what the character would …show more content…
Twain started to make posters by the hundreds for his speeches, they were crazy just like his personality. The people knew where to go, how much it was going to cost, and at what time the speech or show would start.
The posters, that were all across the towns, promised that Twain would jump through hoops, or ride a tiger through the town (History). However the posters’ promises were sadly not fulfilled, he didn’t jump through hoops, or ride a tiger through the town (History). Oddly enough the people still came, and the money was still rolling in, he even became known for his crazy posters (History). An example of one of his more famous posters said “Doors open at seven thirty, the trouble will begin at eight.” That was one the first posters that he wrote, so the posters became quite