Jaraid's post of lif on the Mississippi

The best story that I have read for this semester has to be Mark Twain’s Life On The Mississippi. I really think that Twain captured the essence of his time with a bunch of young men of that time. It is also seen that the young men along with the rest of the town just wanted to get away and make a name for themselves in their town or where ever he lived. Every one had aspirations to be something great, and that just happen to be a steamboat men. The story is mainly about following a young man and his dreams to be become a steamboat pilot and his journey to become it. In Twain’s writing he is very descriptive. He describes the scenery very well. One example of this is when he describes who every thing looks when they are trying to find Jones’s Plantation. Another aspect of Twain’s writing that I really liked was his use of language in his story. In his writing, he aloud his readers to know how people of that time speak so that the reader can connect with character of the story. Over all, the story is a good story because it is a relevant topic because everyone wants to grow up and be something great.