Samuel Clemens is considered to be one of the best humorists writers in American history. Clemens wrote several pieces, which portrayed life in America. By using his knowledge of America he was able to create life-like characters and situations on those he observed on his adventures (Henderson). This enables Clemens to write humorous pieces in which his readers are able to relate to. Samuel used the nature/culture along the Mississippi River in many different stories. Also, he uses exaggeration in order to add humor to his stories.
             Most of Clemens' works pertain to an environment along the mighty river because this is what he knows and is comfortable with. Since he traveled the Mississippi River he is able to base most of his characters off what he saw. This allows the people of the nature/culture to find humor in his stories, whereas someone from Russia might not see the humor in it because they aren't familiar with the ways of those parts.
             "I wouldn't think nuffn; I'd take en bust him over de head-dat is, if he warn't white. I wouldn't 'low no nigger to call me dat." This is a line taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which shows how Clemens uses dialect in his stories. This might not have been funny to the people of these region because many of the people talked with a drawl and weren't as educated as what today's society is. This type of dialect is often associated with ignorant people; creating humor for today's society and for those that were educated during this time.
             Many of Samuel's characters come from a lower class, which also helps with the humor (Zwig). Although not all of Clemens' readers are of a lower class, many people are able to laugh and enjoy the characters because of the situations that the characters find themselves in. As one man, Sydney Smith said, "Most men, I observe, are of the opinion that humor is entirely confined...