Other Writings by Mark Twain

"The Man that corrupted Hadleyburg"

Someone in Hadleyburg had enough with the offensive environment, and he sought revenge caused by Hadleyburg's cruel intentions. So he made an evil plan to corrupt Hadleyburg.

"The Mysterious Stranger"

The person had missed Satan's visits to his lonely town and on one day, Satan did return, but only to say a final goodbye, since he was off to other places and would not return during this man's lifetime. The man asked if he would meet him in another life and Satan said that there is no other, enlightening the man to see that there is no afterlife or reincarnation of any sort. Almost an atheist view on life.

There is some satire in these stories, such as How the man wants to Corrupt a town that is almost corrupt on its own (The Man who corrupted Hadleyburg) and how Satan's presence made the man cheerful instead of dreadful (The Mysterious Stranger)

All three of the stories were done in 1st person, as if he is actually the character in the stories, and might have possible been in an experience such as the ones depicted in the stories. They could be fragments of his life. The themes in these stories have little in common with Huckleberry Finn, the only thing in common was between that book and The Mysterious Stranger is that the min characters were enlightened by what they learned in the end.