III. Text Introduction & Organization

3.1 Text Introduction

3.2 Theme

3.3 Text Organization

Part 1 (Para. 1): 

    This part serves as a general introduction to the passage, through which the reader will get a glimpse of Mark Twain, who was not only adventurous, patriotic, romantic, and humorous, but also cynical, bitter and unhappy. 

Part 2 (Paras. 2-7): 

    This part depicts Mark Twain’s life experiences before  his writing career, which provided him with rich material for his later humorous writings.

Part 3 (Paras. 8-18):

    This part introduces Mark Twain’s writing career. 

Part 4 (Paras. 19-22):

    This part tells the reader the reason for his shift from a humorous writing style to a bitter and satirical one and the crumbling（崩溃；破碎，粉碎 ） of his last illusions.