Mark Twain in 1867. The story focuses on the tail of of an old Simon Wheeler, In this
fictional story Wheeler is a character who loves to gamble and make bets with other
People. Wheeler is described a person who ‘’if there was a horse race you would find
him flush’’. Twain perfectly demonstrates a time period with his abnormal choice of
words and his look on others lives even if that other person is a fictional character.
The way Twain uses the tone of the story to give good examples of the characters for
instance in the story a character said ‘’I would feel under many obligations to him’’ in
this instance Twain uses this word