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Mark Twain An American Icon Voice of America Mirror of America Samuel Langhorne
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- 1. Mark Twain An American Icon Voice of America Mirror of America Samuel Langhorne
- 2. Why an American Mirror?What is America?PeopleStoryLanguageSpiritItselfAn icon
- 3. "When I was a boy there was
- 4. As a young man Twain worked as
- 5. “Mark Twain was a lifelong
- 6. In 1861, Samuel Clemens avoided the brewing
- 7. At 34 years of age he married
- 8. “I vividly remember seeing a
- 9. "I have no color prejudices nor caste
- 10. Because of financial problems, Clemens lived in
- 11. He developed as a speaker and traveled
- 12. When he died on April 21, 1910,
- 13. “I came in with Halley's Comet in
- 14. Mark Twain was one of the great
- 15. “Wisdom teaches us that none but birds
- 16. “Fleas can be taught nearly anything that
- 17. “Get a bicycle. You will not regret
- 18. “Everyone is a moon, and has a
- 19. “Nothing is made in vain, but the
- 20. “Of all God's creatures there is only
- 21. “The dog is a gentleman; I hope
- 22. “The best way to cheer yourself up
- 23. “In the first place God made idiots.
- 24. “By trying we can easily learn to
- 25. “Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.”
- 26. “Classic--a book which people praise and don't
- 27. “The holy passion of Friendship is of
- 28. “It is better to keep your mouth
- 29. "Good breeding consists in concealing how much
- 30. The End“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”Picture from Dave Thomson collection: www.twainquotes.com
- 31. Bibliography Page "Mark Twain." Public Broadcasting Service.
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Why an American Mirror?What is America?PeopleStoryLanguageSpiritItselfAn icon of America, Mark Twain was a true original who possibly did more for American literature than any other writer in history.
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Слайд 2Why an American Mirror?
What is America?
People
Story
Language
Spirit
Itself
An icon of America, Mark
Twain was a true original who possibly did more for
American literature than any other writer in history.
Слайд 3"When I was a boy there was but one permanent
ambition among my comrades...that was to be a steamboat man."
- Mark Twain
Слайд 4As a young man Twain worked as a riverboat pilot
on the Mississippi River. When he started his writing career,
Samuel Clemens adopted the name “Mark Twain,” which meant two fathoms, a safe depth for a riverboat.Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 5 “Mark Twain was a lifelong creator and keeper
of scrapbooks. He took them with him everywhere and filled
them with souvenirs, pictures, and articles about his books and performances.In 1872, he patented his “self-pasting” scrapbook, and by 1901, at least 57 different types of his albums were available. It would be his only invention that ever made money.”
Слайд 6In 1861, Samuel Clemens avoided the brewing Civil War by
going west. He took his first writing job as reporter
at the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.Serious news was often mixed with “reports” that had to be taken with a grain of salt. Soon, he began using the name Mark Twain and affixing it to sketches, reportage, and an occasional hoax. It was a time when he first discovered his talent, his calling, and his voice.
Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 7At 34 years of age he married Olivia Langdon Clemens.
She was the daughter of a New York coal magnate,
a member of the country’s wealthy elite. She would be partner, editor, and fellow traveler in success and failure for the next thirty-five years. She would also furnish him her family’s home in Elmira, New York, a place where he visited often and wrote many of his best-loved books.Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 8 “I vividly remember seeing a dozen black men and
women chained to one another, once, and lying in a
group on the pavement, awaiting shipment to the Southern slave market. Those were the saddest faces I have ever seen.”– Mark Twain.Though his most famous novel is criticized for being racist, Mark Twain never expected nor intended the controversy that arose with the publication of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was not racist, but depicted life in his times.
Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 9"I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed
prejudices. All I care to know is that a man
is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can't be any worse."Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 10Because of financial problems, Clemens lived in Europe from 1891-1901,
but this was neither his first nor last trip abroad.
In fact, he was an inveterate traveler. From the age of 17 to the last few weeks of his life he was always discovering new places and revisiting old. He crisscrossed the Atlantic more than a dozen times and also saw Turkey, Palestine, Hawaii, Australia, India, and South Africa.Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 11He developed as a speaker and traveled on lecture circuits,
much in demand. His early performances combined humor, information and
eloquence in measures that delighted most people.Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 12When he died on April 21, 1910, newspapers around the
country declared, “The whole world is mourning.” By then, Sam
Clemens had long since ceased to be a private citizen. He had become Mark Twain, a proud possession of the American nation. “I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I’m not feeling so well myself.” —Mark Twain
Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 13“I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is
coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go
out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together."Mark Twain died in 1910, the year Halley’s Comet appeared.
Pictures from www.pbs.org
Слайд 14Mark Twain was one of the great artists of all
time. He was and is one authentic giant of our
national literature.Twain's quotes and humor are as popular today as at any time in American history.
Слайд 15“Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out
early, and that not even birds should do it unless
they are out of worms.”
Слайд 16“Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can.”
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that
there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."Picture from www.pbs.org
Слайд 17“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you
live.”
Picture from Dave Thomson collection: www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 18“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which
he never shows to anybody.”
Picture from Dave Thomson collection:
www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 19“Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near
it.”
“I'd rather have ten snakes in the house than
one fly.”
Слайд 20“Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot
be made the slave of the lash. That one is
the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”Picture from Dave Thomson collection: www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 21“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to
his heaven, not man's.”
Picture from Dave Thomson collection: www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 22“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try
to cheer somebody else up.”
“Against the assault of laughter,
nothing can stand.”
“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”
Слайд 23“In the first place God made idiots. This was for
practice. Then he made School Boards.”
Picture from Dave Thomson collection:
www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 24“By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's
I mean.”
Picture from Dave Thomson collection: www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 26“Classic--a book which people praise and don't read.”
“The man
who does not read good books has no advantage over
the man who can't read them.”
Слайд 27“The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and
steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will
last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."Picture from Dave Thomson collection: www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 28“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear
stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Слайд 29"Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of
ourselves and how little we think of the other person."
Слайд 30
The End
“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”
Picture from Dave Thomson collection:
www.twainquotes.com
Слайд 31Bibliography Page
"Mark Twain." Public Broadcasting Service. 12 Aug 2004 http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/index.html
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Schmidt, Barbara. "Mark Twain's Quotations, Newspaper Collections, and Related
Resources." 4 Sep 1997. 12 Aug 2004 Pictures from the Dave Thomson collection are found at: http://www.twainquotes.com
"easylit. com." Mark Twain. 12 Aug 2004 http://www.easylit.com/marktwain/twainhistory.htm .
Railton, Stephen. "Mark Twain and His Times." University of Virginia. 12 Aug 2004 http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/
