Who Is Mark Twain A Humorous Person

Mark Twain Character Analysis

Mark Twain is a humorous man who often pokes fun at himself and others. For example, in his autobiography, he would never have published his first book had there not been "some industrial person" to gather his sketches for him. Later, on the second page, he pokes fun about the fact that he had fantasized often about killing Carleton in "new and increasingly cruel and increasing inhumane ways". In the second article, "Accidental Plagiarism", he pokes fun at when he recalls he had wished to "prepare the mans remains for burial". In the same paragraph he remarks on how his admirers had told him he had a basketful of brains, though he poked fun at himself by suggesting the basket was not very big.

Although Humorous, Mark Twain is also a kind and humble man. In his autobiography, he recalls how Carleton apologized, and he graciously accepted the apology. Also, in the second article, Mark was kind enough to at least let the man prove that he had in fact stolen Holme's dedication. His graciousness is also shown when he wrote the letter to Oliver Holmes, apologizing for the plagiarized dedication, and inviting Holme's to use any of his own works if he so wished. At the end of the article, Mark stated that if age was simply determined by "troubles and infirmities of the mind and
One example of this is when Carleton apologized for rejecting Twain's book, and he responded by calling him a true and valued friend, as well as promising to never again kill him. This characteristic shines through the most in the second article given, as he talks about Oliver Holmes in a very friendly manner. Whenever Mr. Holmes was mentioned in the article, it was with either respect or friendliness. Mark Twain speaks of how he first met Mr. Holmes, and at the beginning of the article he states how he feels a "peculiar warmth" towards him, which I would interpret as a budding