How does Mark Twain use humor to present serious ideas? What does this
reveal about Twain as a person? Humor was a tool that Twain could use.
This humor strengthened what he saw as a major problem. Mark Twain used
his humor to empathize his point of an issue. Doing this made all of the
serious situations not as serious as they really are. Knowing this
about Mark Twain you can tell he is a empathetic, humors, and serious
type of person.