An Analysis of the Writing Styles of Mark TwainContentsAbstract & Key Words-3Introduction -51. The Background of Mark Twain-41.1 Mark Twain and His Experienc-41.2 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -41.3 A General Introduction to the Mississippi-52. Analyzing Two Writing Styles of Mark Twain (in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) -52.1 Use of Colloquial Language-62.1.1 Vernacular Language -62.1.2 Local Color- 82.1.3 Pun-92.2 Satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-92.2.1 Vanity-102.2.2 Unquestioning Acceptance of Violence-112.2.3 Coward-122.2.4 Slave-132.3 A Combination of Colloquial Language and Satire-143. The Significance of Mark Twains Writing Styles-14Conclusion-15Bibliography-16推荐精选AbstractMark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910), was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories of the youthful adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.His colloquial Language and Satire in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Key Words: American writer, Huckleberry Finn.推荐精选1. The Background of Mark Twain1.1 Mark Twain and His ExperienceMark Twain, pseudorym of Samuel langhone Clemens, was brought up in the town of Hannibal, Missouri, near the Mississippi River. He was twelve when his father diod and he had to leave school. He was successively a printers apprentice, a tramp printer, a silver miner, a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi, and a frontier journalist in Nevada and California. This knocking about gave him a wide knowledge of humanity. As one of Americas first and foremost realists and humorists, Mark Twain usually wrote about his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experience. His life spanned the two Americas, the frontier America and the emerging urban, industrial giant of the twenty-century.As a witness of the civil war, Twain saw clearly the great changes in nations economic development and political life. With the final victory over the South the North once again enjoyed its wielding power in the nations administration. Now the acute conflict at home was undermined and the American people again focused their full attention on re-construction after the war. Because most majority of the slaves were emancipated, the slave-based economy of the defeated South had its prosperity became rootless. In this case, clusters of groundless southern poor whites and the newly freed slaves headed directly of indirectly for the new-liberated cities to seek opportunities. It may be called the Gold Rush rejuvenated, or rather, it was so-called the American Dream by some critics. Twain also could not help rushing to the west to will his American dream. He once believed the idea of development and industrialization since it would modernize the young country and encourage the enterprising spirit of the American who had long been famous for it. He was firmly enthralled by such fever, so once again he held an optimistic attitude towards the post-westward expansion. He drew much inspiration from the unparalleled and magnificent event and spoke highly of its decision-makers and its people.1.2 The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe best work that Mark Twain ever produced is, as we noted earlier