Thursday, October 29, 2009

Mark Twain

The name Mark Twain means mark number two.
His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
His books are controversial because he uses a lot of ironic languages.
Some interesting things about him, American writer, Journalist, Humorist, won a worldwide audience.
Irony means the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of it literal meaning. example, how nice when I said I had to work all weekend.

Jules Verne was a french author who helped pioneer the science fiction genre. He wrote " the journey to the center of the earth, from the earth to the moon, around the world in eight days" His connection with Twain is he also use ironic languages in his writings.

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