The extract describes a boy named Jacob Blivens, who is always perfect, unlike other normal boys, who are quite the opposite. In the story Mark Twain ridicules the accepted norms and institutions of the society as he discusses the qualities of Jacob Blivens and tells his tale.
     Jacob is so ‘good’, because he loves to read the Sunday school books, and is fascinated by the good little boys portrayed in the books, he believes they existed and he idealizes them thinking will meet one of them.

     The main idea of the story is to turn conventional wisdom on its ear as the good little boy gets destroyed. The story teaches us to be own self in different situations and to be honest, especially with our dreams and believes, to have own ideas and thoughts in life.

          Stylistic analysis

 The Story Of The Good Little Boy by Mark Twain

The story under analysis comes from a short story ‘The story of the good little boy’ written by Mark Twain. Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American humorist, lecturer, essayist, and author wrote ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ (1876).

The author was famous for his humorous and witty quotes and sayings. Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and was the author of the classic American novel called ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.
His most famous works ‘Huckleberry Finn’, ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’ are still considered classics and reflections of American history.
    Twain made historical contributions to the literary world by chronicling a specific culture and time in American history. His portrayal of boyish pride and slavery has been studied by scholars in both grade schools and Universities.
Mark Twain continued to write and travel throughout the remainder of his life. His wife, Olivia died in 1904 and Twain passed away from a heart attack on April 21, 1910. By the time of his death, Twain was already renowned as a great American author.

'The story of the good little boy' by Mark Twain

    My expectations about the plot and events of this story were correct. I didn't read it before, but the plot is familiar for me. It is an interesting story maybe because it is true to life and I know a person, who is also the good girl, she obeys her parents and lives as they say her how to do it. It is not as easy as ABC. As a result, she hasn't own family, friends and it is too hard to communicate with her and to find even an idea to talk about something or to support her. She lives in her own world was created by her parents. 

    The reason that Jacob was so “good” was because he loved to read the Sunday-school books, and was fascinated by the good little boys portrayed in the books, he believed they existed and he idealized them thinking he would meet one of them. And see what happened to them in the end, however, every time he looked at the end he saw that all of them died and the picture of the funeral with everybody else weeping. Consequently he never met any of those boys.

I've created my own blog for the first time. It was not difficult ecxept some details. I think blog is a useful thing for communication and exchanging opinions and interests. I'll be glad to have an interesting and informative talk with you;) For reading I've chosen "The Story Of The Good Little Boy" by Mark Twain. 

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