Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again

"Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again" by Mark Twain is a satirical narrative that can be classified as a collection of letters written during the late 19th century. This work captures the experiences of a Chinese immigrant, Ah Song Hi, as he travels to America—a land he believes to be filled with opportunity and freedom. However, through his letters, Twain critiques the harsh realities and discrimination faced by Chinese immigrants in America. In this collection, Ah Song Hi recounts his journey from China to San Francisco, filled with hope for a better life. Upon arrival, however, he faces a series of humiliations and injustices, including mistreatment by authorities and the general populace. His dreams of equality are shattered as he experiences prejudice and violence simply because of his nationality. From being wrongfully arrested to the stark reality of being treated like a second-class citizen, Twain uses Ah Song Hi's experiences to highlight the disparity between the ideal of America as a refuge for the oppressed and the troubling reality that immigrants, especially those from Asia, faced in their pursuit of the American Dream. Through humor and irony, the narrative presents a poignant critique of American society and its treatment of marginalized individuals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.