two views of the mississippi by mark twain

There always are two sides to everything: two sides of a story, two objectionable views on certain arguable subjects, and opposites are always two sides of one specific aspect (i.e. black and white are both colors). On the other hand, there are sides that are not completely adverse, like the two ideas in Mark Twain's "Two Views of the Mississippi". In this piece, Twain states two colorful views depicting the thoughts that arose before he became a crew worker on a steamboat and afterward. It is clear, shown by the grace of the first part of the text, that his view of the water before he began working is more pleasant and imaginative than the side after he was mad to look farther into the river. In other words, his new job had him take on a new perspective that was not as savory; he was made to more or less research each wave and tide for his work, and he definitely showed a bit of anguish in having to do so. One could truly wonder if the need for Twain to work on this steamboat was as magnificent as the view of the Mississippi river. "I still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed when steam boating was new to me," he states. (Twain 350.) Then, he begins to describe it more in detail:

"A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood....in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating black and conspicuous....and high above the forest wall a clean‐stemmed dead tree waved a single leafy bough that glowed like a flame in the unobstructed splendor that was flowing from the sun."

His magnificent recollection of the wonderful and rich color from only the sun and the surrounding trees alone would be enough to hinder leaving behind. He also mentions the ripples of the water, the swells and the declines, and states, "...in another the surface was broken by boiling, tumbling rings..." (Twain 350.) He goes on to use as equal of imaginative speech. One can picture him standing on the bank just as