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Erior Eeportsr
Mark Tw ain was born Samuel Lang
hcrae Clemens in 1835, a year in which
Hallsy's Comet could be seen strewing
Ecrcss the evening sky. He died in 1910,
the next time that well known comet
rude its appesretee, just as he pre
dicted. Tcwerd the end of this year Halley's
Cornet will make its next appearance
for the first time since the death of th3
great American writer. What better
time than this to reacquaint oneself
with a writer able to capture the
"essence of the American spirit?"
1C85 i3 also Twain's 150th birthday,
the 100th anniversary of the publica
tion of "The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn," and the 75th anniversary of
Twain's death.
Too often when you read a book
review it urges you to buy or net buy the
new book based on its merits snd the
whole cf commercialism sometimes
taints your impression of the review.
This is certainly not the case here. ny
educated American has heard of Maik
Twain and probably has some idea cf
his work.
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The naraes Tom Sawyer and Huc
kleberry Finn conjure up seme kind of
image for most of us, and many have Twain."
read at least something written by
Twain. So the advertising gimmick of
"something new" isn't the god of tliia
review.
It takes no money to steep your mind
in Twain, as almost any library has sev
eral copies of his work. The Bennet
Martin Library at 14th and N streets
has at least three cooies cf "The Com
plete Short Stories of Mark Twain," as
well a3 a large supply cf his other
works.
Reacquainting oneself with Mark
Twain is kind of like reacquainting
oneself with America. His humor, some
times dark satire, sometimes side
splitting slapstick alone makes the
books and short stories worth reading.
Then, as one becomes involved in the
deeper meanings of a masterpiece like
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,"
you realize there is so much more to his
writing than firs'; meets the ey?.
as one critic said when comparing
Twain with another geat American,
Abraham Lincoln, "It wasn't only what
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characters hs-J tSss scur.d and feel cf a t
"A missionary preached that red pcrsen. Ar.d people are always!
morning, ms voice was De&uuiui. going to D3 interested m people, that's;
He told of the sufferings of the r.ovcr gcing to ch.ir:ji. When you read'
natives, he pleaded for help with Mark Twain you fed Bko you're reading S
such moving simplicity that Mark about a Mug breathing person. f
Twain mentally doubled the 50 cents "The ccmnWtts he made about so- j
he had intended to put in the plate, clety are applicable to situations you
As the address proceeded, describ- could find yourtslf in todsy," he said. I
ing so pitifully the misery of the Bergstrom, who tsaght an 'American j
savages, the dollar in his mind humor class where he used Twain, said, I
gradually rose to five. A little farther "He covera the full range of both!
along, the missionary had him cry- human frailties ... and human good-
ing. He felt that ail the cash he car- ness." j
ried about him would be insula- "Huckleberry Finn" is one of Twain's'
cient and decided to write a brge best-known works aid professor Cha-
check. rles Stubblefield, who teaches a class,
" 'And then that preacher went on Twain, said the book should be read
on,' said Mark Twain, suddenly whi- as gji adult bock. jj
rllng at me and coming to standstill, "If you read it o a child," he said. I
and failing into a drawl, "went on "go back and read U as an adult." j
about the dreadful state cf those He said many have called it Ameri-S
natives. I abandoned the idea cf the ca's greatest nevci 1
check. And he went on. And when Ernest Hemingivsy said that "ail I
the plate came around I took 1 0 modem America "l iterative comes torn I
cents out cf it.' " one book by Mark Twain called 'Hue- j
That kir.d cf humor aid insist is klsberry Finn." s
they had to say, but also the way they exactly the kind people expect of StubbieMd said w important re
Twain, as when he said. "Everybody is son for Twain's ennttnGfeff suecm isl
The humor of 1vain is universal and talking about the weather, but nobody that k$ k ti..-.::y.
timeless, and often contains some un- seems to do anything about it." 'The tMnes that he was satirizing?
asiis comments aooui numan naiure. uL associate professor of English the social pioblema like corruptive;
i a&e ior instance mus aaiecooie reiaiea Koert Bergstrom said part of Twain's influences cf power and the misuse o!
first hand to Twain critic Owen Wister, lasting appeal is that he is "realistic, power ere still thaely todsy," he said,
and retold in his "An Homage To Mark and net just in the technical sense. His 0 other issue that crocs un when
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tlirJ. tvj a c-.-t f;:i," he srid. "Tiie:
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