Hyperbole And Understatement In Mark Twain's Roughing It

In the story “Roughing it” by Mark Twain, Mark uses lots of Hyperbole and Understatement in the story. In the story he tries to find a job and to stay in the job. The things that Mark Twain does in the story make it way more interesting to read. In one of the parts he mixes up some pills that other people didn't want. In another part in the bookstore he is reading books and other people are trying to find books but Mark Twain isn't helping because they are bothering him. First of all, Mark Twain wanted his stories to be funny. So he made it at many job places to make it sound funny. For example, at the Pharmacy he mixes up the pills and gives it to people that don't need those pills. In the grocery store Mark eats food on the job rather than