... not come from the actions and creativity of Mark Twain's stories "in all actuality, his plot of approximately every story was his-own-life. The brilliance of Mark Twain was how he integrated his life into-story, and the tongue that he used to tell those stories. In Mark Twain, a pseudonym of Samuel Clemens, one of American literatures' most admired authors, whose works although ... quite distinctive is that he used the experience of his own life, for inspiration of his work; subsequently, through his own life he was able to apply truths that are philosophical in nature. Through somewhat...

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... is a clear transgression of accepted norms, Clayton remains stoically quiet and motionless. When Ethan turns to leave - Martha follows him with an outstretched hand. Clayton follows Ethan, walking around Martha to get through the front door. This entire scene seems to tell the story of Ethan and Martha's desire to be together, but her mistake in settling for Ethan's brother Aaron instead. In the final, well ... , he wanders alone (like the fate of the dead Indian whose eyes he shot out) back into the alien, desert wilderness, similar to how he entered the picture so many years before, bu...

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