The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson BIOGRAPHY Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He took up the name “Mark Twain,” which was a riverboat term for “two fathoms deep,” as an alias to use in his writings. Clemens’ family was very poor when he was growing up, and his father died when he was only 11 years old. Needing money for the family, Clemens’ quit school to work for his brother as …showed first 75 words of 517 total…

…showed last 75 words of 517 total…tribulations of the two boys, who turn in to men together and eventually go on to play themselves as twins. The plot raises many questions about upbringing and social status. C. A. Frost says it best by stating that “It is the way you are raised and how you are accepted that gives you your place in society, not wealth, poverty or color.” This rings true throughout Twain’s The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson.