Analyzation of "Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain

The steamboat was necessary to little towns like Mississippi Valley, USA because it was the lifeline, the pride and joy, the only real big thing. Unlike cities or big towns, this community had nothing for recreation. The author Mark Twain was known for his realistic depictions of rural life and adventurous misfits. His "Life on the Mississippi" truthfully depicted what many out-there communities experienced on a daily basis. He also depicted what little boys' in those communities felt and their thought processes (sort of). The time and place is the US of A during the 19th century, in a community far from the big industrializing cities of the east coast, chicago, and the west coast. His audience is a whole spectrum of people, his generation and succeeding generations. To me, he wanted to remind America where it was before this big boom in inudstry, and to share a different world with city-folks. He wanted to reminisce about the innocence of his youth, and how life was very different when he was a young'un. Again, this document provides an idea of what life was like to a person who experienced a dramatic change over their lifetime. That's why this is a PSD. But it gives us the mindset, which was a sort of dreamy, relaxed set. Although we know they worked hard for their sustenance and life was very boring, they enjoyed this sort of unrushed life. It was suited to them.