英语好的来,对英语有了解的1.Brief introduction to Mark Twain and the humorous features of his short story Running for Governor within 500 words.(50’) 2.Analyze the character Soapy in the Cop and the Anthem by O Henry in about 500 words.T

英语好的来,对英语有了解的1.Brief introduction to Mark Twain and the humorous features of his short story Running for Governor within 500 words.(50’) 2.Analyze the character Soapy in the Cop and the Anthem by O Henry in about 500 words.T
英语好的来,对英语有了解的
1.Brief introduction to Mark Twain and the humorous features of his short story Running for Governor within 500 words.(50’) 2.Analyze the character Soapy in the Cop and the Anthem by O Henry in about 500 words.The information of O Henry and the settings of the story are in requirement.(50’) 第一题是简要介绍马克吐温以及他的短篇小说《竞选州长》的幽默特征.第二题是：分析欧亨利的《警察与赞美诗》中Soapy这个人的特征,要求写出欧亨利的信息以及这个故事的背景.要英文写 每题字数在500到800之间

英语好的来,对英语有了解的1.Brief introduction to Mark Twain and the humorous features of his short story Running for Governor within 500 words.(50’) 2.Analyze the character Soapy in the Cop and the Anthem by O Henry in about 500 words.T
1. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is the US critical realism literature founder, world renowned short story master. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."he is born in a Mississippi river bank small town Hannibal's village poor attorney the family,After his father died, he began to seek his own fortune .He once worked as a journeyman printer, a steamboat pilot, a newspaper columnist and as a lecturer. Twain's writing took the form of humorous journalism of the time, and it enabled him to master the technique of narration. He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. Mark Twain was very popular, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to president, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Upon his death he was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age", and William Faulkner called Mark Twain "the father of American literature". In the story Running for Governor, Mark Twain use a lot of humor and satire to reveal the truth of democratic election: slandering and cheating. From the novel we can see the stunning combination of humor and satire: humor implies satire and satire contains humor. As Mark Twain said, the humor is not just kidding, but the solemn criticism to social evils. In the first part of the novel, the grandmother said in the letter “You have never done one single thing in all your life to be ashamed of—not one. Look at the newspapers—look at them and comprehend what sort of characters Messrs. Smith and Blank are, and then see if you are willing to lower yourself to their level and enter a public canvass with them.” The word “ashamed” is a pun. It not only points to “I”, but reveals the so- called democracy and freedom in Electoral System. This paragraph also indicates the end of the story: “I” as an honest man have to withdraw from the competition. As the election going on, the opponents political frame-up comes to the top. “I” becomes the father of nine children innocently. “And at last, as a due and fitting climax to the shameless persecution that party rancor (ill feeling) had inflicted upon me, nine little toddling children, of all shades of color and degrees of raggedness, were taught to rush onto the platform at a public meeting, and clasp me around the legs and call me PA!” The author use the humorous situation to satirize the opponents who want to slander “I” unscrupulously. We can notice there are many remarks in the novel. One of them is “After this, this journal customarily spoke of me as, "Twain, the Montana Thief.", which is a humorous expression. With the expression ,the author wants to satire detractor’s repeating the lies.