Tiểu luận Văn học Mỹ

HUE UNIVERSITY
INFORMATICS AND OPEN INSTITUTE

AMERICAN LITERATURE 1&2
Part 1. Write a short professional bio data about your profession,
responsibilities, education, interests and current work (no more than 150
words).
My name is Phuong Thao and currently, I am a doctor in hospital in Nghe An
province. My major is anatomy pathology.
I graduated from Hue Medical University in 2018 with bachelor degree in
General Medicine. Throughout the time studying in this prestigious university, I
earned some awards for health academic performances and leadership skill.
For my hobby, whenever I have leisure time, I usually spend almost time on
reading some kinds of book. Moreover, I am really into doing some research which
related to my major. It brings a variety of knowledge and fulfills my curiousity.
Beside that, sometimes I also listen to music to let off the steam and relieve all of
the pressure in hustle and bustle life.
Part 2. Choose one of these questions which are given in the task and answer it
in a 300-words essay.
In the satirical essay titled “Advice to Youth” what, exactly, is the advice that
Twain offers to the younger generation?
Mark Twain is most well known for his humorous style to his writing, which
frequently employs Horatian sarcasm. Twain's use of light humour allows him to
approach realism differently than most conventional speakers would when asked
to deliver a lecture to America's youth.
In "Advice to Youth," Mark Twain mocks the solemnity and moral seriousness
of customary graduation day addresses. Twain's article exposes the hypocrisy that
frequently hides beneath high-flown rhetoric because he is well aware of how
language may be perverted for the goals of self-interest.

Twain clearly wants recent graduates to share his skepticism about the bromides
and clichés that individuals in positions of power frequently bestow upon them.
Although Twain's method of accomplishing this goal—through sarcasm,
exaggeration, and tongue-in-cheek humor—may appear lighthearted, there is a
serious message hidden underneath all the badinage. Twain has learnt a thing or
two about authoritative figures over the course of his long life and would dearly
want for the younger generation to benefit from his knowledge.
Twain feels that it is essential to prepare his readers for the trials of adulthood
by telling them the harsh, unvarnished truth about what life is truly like. To that
purpose, he presents the sense that lying is a necessary talent if one wants to
advance in life. Once again, an essential lesson—how to deal with life's numerous
challenges—is presented with sardonic humor, which is pretty much the essence
of Twain's overall approach in "Advice to Youth."