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Mark Twain was the author of many famous novels and short stories such
as "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn," "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer," "The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County," and "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Born Samuel L. Clemens, he was raised in a small village in Missouri. When he was twelve years old his father died, leaving him to take care of his family. He became an apprentice to a printer and later went to work for his brother who was a publisher. In 1861 he began to write his own short stories that were published in magazines. In many of Twain's novels and short stories he uses local color to help define his characters and give meaning to his stories ("The Norton Anthology Of American Literature" page 212-215).
The use of language that is specific to a particular area, the depiction of his characters and people throughout the story, the use of idioms, and the description of places as settings characterize local color. In other words local color is used to......

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