Mark Twain

I chose to read Mark Twain and I didn't find him romantic at all. He has a really wise sense of humor and his punch lines are hard to understand at first. When I read his two stories I found them very interesting. But the main one that truly caught my interest was the good little boy and bad little boy. The complete irony of the two boys situations was very humorous. He focused on the biblical stories and told of how the lifestyles of the two boys compared to the bible stories. The two boys ware Jacob and Jim and they both had very different lives. From the way they lived them to how they ended up.
Jacob was a very good boy and he tried very hard to do good deeds but his good deeds always backfired on him. From helping a blind old man to helping a child do good and not steal. He always ended up getting hurt or scolded. As for Jim, he always did wrong. He stole and disobeyed his mother and lied and cheated and beat his family. Jacob died a horrible tragic death whilst Jim lived a long prosperous life. The theme was to not force anything. If you are a genuine person then you can live your life to its fullest. Don't try to live someone elses life for them. I think these stories were directed to society in general and not a specific set of people. I think this because it isn't very formal or informal it just is. It is subtle but easy to understand. Mark Twain is very biblical in this and it shows that he was very religious.
As the reader of these pieces of literature I felt that they were very relevant. They spoke to everyone and told us all not to be too concerned of others and to really take care of ourselves.
I chose to read Mark Twain because I had always heard of him and never truly read anything by him. I like the passage where the good boy wanted to talk to the subjects of his Sunday books. It was interesting because he realized the boys never lived long enough for him to talk to them.
That within itself should have been enough for him to realize that being too good and trying too hard will get him nowhere in life. It was a good theme to learn early on in the story. Its just such a shame that he didn't see the irony of the situations. Maybe if he had he would have lived to be old just like Jim did.