The themes that Mark Twain presented in his literary work reflect the
             writer's thoughts and experiences of life. From the onset of his literary
             work, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) demonstrated a clear interest in the
             lives of the youth. His famous Tom Sawyer' and Adventures of Huckleberry
             Finn' illustrate this. Aside from this interest, Clemens also exemplified
             fine expression in his work on the impoverished. The touching stories of
             The Prince and the Pauper' illustrate what poverty and tribulations he had
             experienced in his lifetime. But this does not tell the whole story about
             Clemens' difficult and troubled life.
             Though he was extremely content with his wife and beautiful children,
             his literature later demonstrated how cut up he was over the death of his
             favorite, Susy Clemens. She was his second born, and held a special place
             in his heart after his first child (a son) passed away very young.
             Analysis: Samuel Clemens was the second youngest of seven children
             born to John Marshall and Jane Lampton. He was also one of the only four to
             live to adulthood. Clemens grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which later was
             the setting for his novel The adventures of Tom Sawyer', in which his
             childhood friend Tom Blankenship was the actual character. One of Clemens'
             quotations indicates what he thought of his father in the setting of this
             book: "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could
             hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I
             was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven year."
             (Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions, 2003)
             Samuel married Olivia whom he had four children with. The first of the
             four was a boy named Langdon who dies quite early deeply bereaving Clemens
             After him they had Susy who was Cleme...