what is the summary of the professional by Mark Twain​

Answer:

Mark Twain was an American humorist, novelist, and travel writer. Today he is best remembered as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain is widely considered one of the greatest American writers of all time.

Clemens spent his young life in a fairly affluent family that owned a number of household slaves. The death of Clemens’s father in 1847, however, left the family in hardship. Clemens left school, worked for a printer, and, in 1851, having finished his apprenticeship, began to set type for his brother Orion’s newspaper, the Hannibal Journal. He soon became a sort of itinerant printer and found work in a number of American cities, including New York and Philadelphia.

While still in his early twenties, Clemens gave up his printing career in order to work on riverboats on the Mississippi. Clemens eventually became a riverboat pilot, and his life on the river had a lasting influence affect on him. Notably, the riverboat life provided him with the pen name Mark Twain, derived from the riverboat leadsmen’s signal—“By the mark, twain”—that the water was deep enough for safe passage. Life on the river also gave Twain material for several of his books, including the raft scenes of Huckleberry Finn and the material for his autobiographical Life on the Mississippi (1883).

Clemens continued to work on the river until 1861, when the Civil War exploded across America and shut down the Mississippi for travel and shipping. Although Clemens joined a Confederate cavalry division, he was no ardent Confederate, and when his division deserted en masse, he did too. He then made his way west with his brother Orion, working first as a silver miner in Nevada and then stumbling into his true calling, journalism. In 1863, Clemens began to sign articles with the name Mark Twain.

Throughout the late 1860s and 1870s, Twain’s articles, stories, memoirs, and novels, characterized by an irrepressible wit and a deft ear for language and dialect, garnered him immense celebrity. His novel The Innocents Abroad (1869) was an instant bestseller, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) received even greater national acclaim and cemented Twain’s position as a giant in American literary circles. As the nation prospered economically in the post–Civil War period—an era that came to be known as the Gilded Age, an epithet that Twain coined—so too did Twain. His books were sold door-to-door, and he became wealthy enough to build a large house in Hartford, Connecticut, for himself and his wife, Olivia, whom he had married in 1870.

Twain began work on Huckleberry Finn, a sequel to Tom Sawyer, in an effort to capitalize on the popularity of the earlier novel. This new novel took on a more serious character, however, as Twain focused increasingly on the institution of slavery and the South. Twain soon set Huckleberry Finn aside, perhaps because its darker tone did not fit the optimistic sentiments of the Gilded Age. In the early 1880s, however, the hopefulness of the post–Civil War years began to fade. Reconstruction, the political program designed to reintegrate the defeated South into the Union as a slavery-free region, began to fail. Concerned about maintaining power, many Southern politicians began an effort to control and oppress the black men and women whom the war had freed.

Twain continued to write over the next ten years. He published two more popular novels, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) and Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894), but went into a considerable decline afterward, never again publishing work that matched the high standard he had set with Huckleberry Finn. Personal tragedy also continued to hound Twain: his finances remained troublesome, and within the course of a few years, his wife and two of his daughters passed away. Twain’s writing from this period until the end of his life reflects a depression and a sort of righteous rage at the injustices of the world. Despite his personal troubles, however, Twain continued to enjoy immense esteem and fame and continued to be in demand as a public speaker until his death in 1910.

please helpppppp need to turn this in my first hour

What word has a similar denotation, but opposite connotation of the word nosy?

Some scientists study weather. They look at weather from years ago. They also try to guess what today's weather will be like. What do you think?

It is important to know what weather was like in the past.


Agree

Disagree


Explain why you voted the way you did.

my first day at school write an essay​

Rewrite:
She had dinner with her family.Then she did her homework.
--->Before....

This pot contains water in to passive​

What did teacher zhang convince ji-li to do

How does Shakespeare use the motif of morning?

Which email body below is professional?

-I would like to know more information about the Summer Volunteer Program,
including how to apply. Thank you and have a great day.

-I am contacting you in regards to the math exam we have completed. I earned a score
of 83, but in the grade book it says I got a 38. I hope you can fix this mistake. Thank
you.

-Please help me with chapter 2, before the exam. I'm available to meet with you at your
convenience.

-I'd like more detailed information about the summer volunteer program. Can you
forward any details you have to me?

-All of these.

-None of these

plsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

PLEASE HELP ME WJJAJAANJS

I. Choose the words which has a diferent sound in the underlined part in each line(0.8p)

1.A.bloom B.gloop C.flood D.sloot

2.A.fields B.flowers C.lemons D.parks

3.A.populated B.loaded C.harversted D.lived

4.A. comment B. development C. environment D. investment

53. Last night, we ____ for you for ages but you never ____ up. A. waited – showed B. would wait - showed C. were waiting - were showing D. waited – was showing

Amy goes to her friend, Maria's house, on a wintry evening only to find her dead. When the police learn about the incident, they question Amy how she found out. Amy says that she knocked on the door and rang the bell repeatedly. Since the light was on in one of the rooms, Amy knew Maria must be home and decided to look through the window. The windows were frozen, so she breathed on the iced glass, and that's when she noticed Maria’s body on the floor. The police suspect Amy is the murderer. Are they correct?

wha does Ishmael suggest about political leaders with his statement that commodores breathe air "second hand"?

Moby dock movie/story

PLEASE HELP!!!

Investigate the effect of heat on different foods. Find the independent and dependent variables.

And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest.

The theme expressed in this paragraph is that

the pen or the pencil are fine for the test. is it correct?​

what the term humanity means

Part A
Consider Dickinson's poems “I Heard a Fly Buzz —When I Died”
and "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain.”
Which topic do the two poems share?
o the feeling of loss
o the rhythms of nature
o the process of grieving
o the quest for truth

Part B
What evidence from the poems supports the answer to Part A?
Select the two correct answers.

Which of the following titles shows correct capitalization?The New York TimesThe New york TimesThe new york timesThe new York times

linda/not/eat/anything/because/full

20. Lan likes fashion. She always wears ……………………clothes.

A.fashionable B.new C.typical D.modal

21. I might go ultimately. It depends _____________ the weather.

A. on B. in C. for D. at

22. These shoes are made ______________ good leather. They are very strong.

A. from B. by C. of D. with

23. For a long time the Ao dai has been the _____________ of songs, poem and novels.

A. words B. things C. object D. subject

24. 25.Vietnamese women today often prefer to wear modern clothing at work because it is more _______.

A. careful B. easy C. expensive D. convenient

25. Hello. You must be Van. ______________________

A. Yes, please B. That’s a good idea. C. That’s right, I am D. Yes, let’s

26. Tourists should wear _____________ clothes when they visit hot countries in the summer.

A. traditional B. tight C. loose D. formal

27. Some women prefer to ___________ their ao dai with flowers.

A. produce B. wear C. add D. embroider

28. What do you think about my new design? - _______________________________

A. That’s a fine B. It’s great. I love it. C. Yes, I agree. D. Yes, let’s

29. Beautiful scenery is usually a rich source of ___________ for an artist.

A. pattern B. tradition C. design D. inspiration

30. Lan and Maryam always _______________ in touch. They correspond at least once a month.

A. make B. keep C. take D. go

31. English, Chinese, and Tamil are also ________________ spoken in Singapore.

A. Primary B. primary C. wide D. widely

32. These shoes are made ______________ good leather. They are very strong.

A. from B. by C. of D. with

33. Wearing uniforms helps poor students feel equal ______________ others.

A. up B. on C. off D. to

34. Vietnamese women today often prefer to wear modern clothing at work because it is more ._________.

A. careful B. easy C. expensive D. convenient

35. They haven’t seen each other, but they write to each other frequently. They are ______

A. pen pals B. pen-friends C. classmates D. A and B

36. Is education is free ____________ children from 6 to 11 in Vietnam?

A. to B. at C. between D. for

ill give u brainiest if u do this
Which of the three innovative traits do you think are the easiest to achieve? Explain your answer.

What does Poe use to create the effect of time passing quickly in this passage?
O A. Short sentences
O B. Parallel structure
O C. Figurative language
O D. Sensory imagery​

I'm writing an short story, and in the story there's a name plate on a door. it says "Mrs. Michaelson Room 302" would I need to italicize that? Put it in quotes? Both? sorry if this question makes no sense, i'm not the best at explaining things.

Can someone restate this question .
Did the elephant, the monkey, the peacock, and the rabbit become friends?

They arrived early at the show. They had great seats. (and)

what is life from the perspective of an animal?​

The telltale heart how does the selection contribute to the development of the narrators state of mind