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Volume 3: A blow of destiny, the king appears Chapter 59: Strange ghosts and heavenly dreams, Piao Miao magical skills, and the adventures of Tom

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    As soon as the Transcendence Master Philosopher King started to use it, he used the amazing skill "Transcendence". The huge palm force hit Demon Guiguzi. Demon Xia Guiguzi flipped over casually, and the formation of "Strange Ghost Heavenly Dream" suddenly appeared, and he blocked the Transcendence Master Philosopher King's attack.  Great palm power.

    The face of the Transcendent Philosopher King changed, because another guardian jumped out of the crystal building - the devil Mark Twain.

    On another battlefield, Demon Hero Sun Wuzheng was surprised by the existence that rushed out of the floating pot space - Piaomiao God Xiao Qian. Piaomiao God Xiao Qian's "Piaomiao Magic" is unparalleled in the world, and the two were tied.  , it is true that the demon Sun Wu has only used one point of power at present.

    One of the Demon Guardians - Mark Twain

    Mark Twain (1835-1910), formerly known as Sam Langhorne Clemens (s), was an American humorist, novelist, writer, and famous speaker.

    His humor, wit and fame make him one of the most famous people in the United States.  His friendship is vast.  Helen Keller once said: I like Mark Twain - who doesn't like him?  Even God will love him, give him wisdom, and draw a rainbow of love and faith in his heart.

    Mark and Twain's most commonly used pen name is generally believed to come from his early career as a sailor. It means two marks, that is, the water is two ounces deep and the water flow is steady (1 ounce is about 1.8 meters). This is  Necessary conditions for safe navigation of ships.

    But there is also a theory that when he was wandering in the western United States, he often bought two drinks in a hotel and asked the bartender to write two marks on the bill.  However, it is impossible to verify whether it is true or false, or whether both are false.

    Mark Twain was born when he was 4 years old in rural Florida, Missouri, USA.  The family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a Mississippi River port city, which became the inspiration for the city of St. Petersburg in his later books, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Wanderer."

    At the time, Missouri was a slave state in the Confederacy, and young Twain began to learn about slavery, which would become a later theme in his adventure novels.

    Mark Twain was color-blind, which inspired his witty jokes in social circles.  When he was 11 years old, his father died of pneumonia.  That same year he became a printing apprentice.

    In 1851, he became a typesetter.  He also contributed articles and began to write drafts for the "Hannibal Magazine" founded by his brother Orion.

    At 18, he left Hannibal and worked as a printer in New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati.

    At the age of 22, Twain returned to Missouri.  During the trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, the steamship pilot Bisbee asked Twain to become a steamship pilot for life.  This occupation was the third highest paying occupation in the United States at the time, with a monthly salary of $250.

    Because the ships at that time were made of very flammable wood, lights were not allowed to be turned on at night.  Navigators need to have a good understanding of the ever-changing river and can therefore avoid the hundreds of harbors and wooded areas along its banks.

    He spent more than two years meticulously studying 2,000 miles of the Mississippi River before receiving his pilot's license (1859).  During his pre-licensing training, Twain persuaded his brother Henry Clemens to work with him on the Mississippi River.

    Henry died in 1858 due to the explosion of the ship on which Henry was working.

    Mark and Twain foresaw Henry¡¯s death in a dream one month before his death, which inspired him to have a great interest in psychological metaphysics.

    Henry's death made Mark and Twain feel extremely guilty.  And he felt responsible for the rest of his life.  He continued to work on the river and served as a pilot until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, which curtailed traffic on the Mississippi River.

    Missouri was a slave state and considered by most to be part of the South, but it did not join the Confederacy.

    When the war started.  Mark, Twain, and his friends joined a group of Confederate militiamen and participated in a so-called battle in which one man was killed.

    Mark and Twain found that he couldn't bear to kill anyone, so he left.  His friend joined the Confederate army; he went to join his brother Orion.  At that time Olean was appointed secretary to the governor of Nevada and administered the West.

    Mark, Twain and his brother spent more than two weeks traveling by stagecoach across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.  They arrived at the Mormon society in Salt Lake City.  These experiences became a major part of the book "Hard Times" and provided information for "The Calgary Frog".

    Mark and Twain¡¯s journey ended in the silver mines of Virginia City, Nevada.  There.  He became a miner.  After giving up their jobs as miners, Mark and Twain worked at the Enterprise, a newspaper in Virginia City.

    Mark Twain later traveled to San Francisco, California, where he continued to work as a reporter.?and started giving presentations.

    In 1867, a local newspaper offered a steamship trip to the Mediterranean.

    During his journeys to Europe and the Middle East, he wrote his famous 1869 collection of travel letters, Travels of Idiots.

    In 1906, Twain began writing his autobiography for the North American Monthly Review.  A year later, he received a doctorate from Oxford University.

    Mark and Twain had gone through a period of melancholy, which was the death of their beloved daughter and wife.

    His early works were mostly light and humorous poems, which later gradually evolved into descriptions and records of human vanity, hypocrisy and cruelty.

    His mid-term works, mainly "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", combine rich humor, solid narrative and critical reflection on society.

    ? Good at using colloquial expressions, he helped create and promote a unique type of American studies based on the development of American spirit and language.

    For a variety of reasons, many of Twain's works were suppressed at the time.  And because of its frequent use of the word nigger¡ªa very common expression in the early days of the Civil War when the story takes place¡ª"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was repeatedly boycotted by American high school education.

    It is difficult to write a complete biography of Mark Twain because of the sheer volume of his works (many published in unknown newspapers) and the different pen names he often changed.

    ¡°In addition, no written records can be found for a large part of his speeches and lectures.  Therefore, the collection of Twain's works is an ongoing process.  The most recent time.  Researchers rediscovered Twain's work in 1995.

    The first masterpiece, "The Famous Frog of Calgary," was first published in the New York Saturday Paper in 1865.

    The birth of "The Idiot's Journey" in 1867.

    In 1872, the second travel study book "Hard Times" was published as the sequel to "Travel for Idiots".

    The content of "Hard Times" is a semi-autobiographical description of Twain's journey to Nevada and his later life in the American West.  This book satirizes the United States and Western society with a fool's criticism of many countries in Europe and the Middle East.

    The next work "Hard Times" focuses on American society.

    The subsequent "The Gilded Age" is not a work of travel studies, because the two previous books were both works of travel studies, and this was the first time he wrote a novel.  This book is also famous because it is the only book he wrote in collaboration with someone else; he wrote it with his neighbor.

    The next two books were about his experiences on the Mississippi River.  "Old Days on the Mississippi" was a series of sketches published in "The Atlantic Monthly" in 1875. The most distinctive feature is Twain's awakening to romanticism.

    After "Old Days", he wrote "Life on the Mississippi".  Later he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", which describes his childhood in Hannibal.

    ???????? Imitate your own childhood character and create the characters of Tom and Sawyer.  This book also introduces the characters Huckleberry and Finn as supporting characters.

    Although the plot of "The Prince and the Beggar" often appears in many movies and academic works today.  But it is not generally accepted.  This was Twain's first attempt to write about beggars. The disadvantage was that Twain did not have enough experience in British society.

    During the writing period of "The Prince and the Beggar", he started writing "The Wanderings of a Naughty Boy" and also completed another travelogue, "Wandering Overseas".  "Wandering Abroad" is a travel diary of Mark and Twain's travels to Central and Southern Europe.

    The next published work was "The Wandering Naughty Child", after this book was published.  making him even more famous as a great American writer.  "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is the sequel to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", with a more serious atmosphere than the latter.

    The book became required in most schools in the United States because Huck gave up on obeying the rules, which is what many people his age thought (Huck's story is set in the 1850s, when slavery still existed).  After the release of "The Adventures of Tom and Sawyer" in 1876, he handwritten about 400 pages of the story "The Wandering Boy".

    "The Adventures of Tom" (Sawyer) is a famous American children's work.

    The work is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri (a fictional location) in the United States 30 to 40 years ago when it was released. It tells the story of the adventures of young Tom, Sawyer, and their partners such as Huckleberry and Finn.  Tom is a naughty character who is very popular among children in the United States.

    It has been adapted into movies and animations many times (World Masterpiece Theater).

    Tom always likes to come up with strange ideas and play pranks.  But he got away with it a few times, and although he was a bit stupid and unpredictable, he also had a bit of cleverness and a sense of humor.

    Tom likes a girl named Betsy, Thatcher (her), and whenever there is nothing??When you win her heart.  You will be immersed in a lonely mood or start an adventure.

    Several times, Tom imagined himself as a menacing pirate or any other character he could think of, and played role-playing games with his companions.

    In the story, Tom has the following main deeds: fighting bugs, deliberately attracting the attention of girls at school, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirate games in the Mississippi River.  But his most famous incident is that he used his cleverness to persuade his friends to paint his fence, etc.

    At first, the sales of this novel were not good.  It was not until after his death that the novel became widely popular and became an American classic and an American bestseller. It is also Mark Twain's most famous work.

    Among the above books, "The Adventures of Naughty Boy" is the most valuable one. Tom and Sawyer are only supporting characters in the story.
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