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Shane Lillya 5/3/07 Per. 7

As I watched the A&E biography, “Mark Twain: His amazing adventure”, Mark Twain became less of a legend and more of person to me. One way he became more of a person is that I learned he had four kids. Since he had four kids he had to build a house for them. He also had to deal with the death of three of his four of his children. Since he went through so much with having kids, Mark Twain seemed to be more of a normal person. Another way that he was a normal person was that he was married. To be allowed to marry his love, Olivia Langdon, he had to get her father’s consent, a hurdle that took two years to achieve. Once he had married Olivia, he showed her his true self. She knew him as Samuel Clemens, his real name, rather then Mark Twain, a pen name that made his famous. Because of these actions, Twain really projects himself as a normal person rather then person of fame. During Mark Twain’s life he had many hardships. At one point in his life he was bankrupt and had to go through the difficulty of trying to pay off his debts. Another hardship for Twain was when he was trying to publish his books. This was a troublesome because he had to get his name recognized before people would buy his books. These hardships show that Twain went through the same troubles as an everyday person. The A&E biography taught me how Twain wasn’t as much of a figure but more of a normal person.