Illusions Twain was a realist in terms of his writing style, however, in his writings he had many illusions about what America was like, and he showed these in his writings. He is now considered to have been a critic of the American scene, and he would improve on what he saw as wrong, or emphasize it in his writings. Hadleyburg is a perfect example of this because it is supposed to be an incorruptible, …showed first 75 words of 609 total…

…showed last 75 words of 609 total…and the evil they practiced followed. <Tab/>Illusions are all over, and Mark Twain must have realized it because he makes it obvious in his writings. His being a humorist as well as a realist made it easy for him to show the way he felt about the world at the time of his writing. Hadleyburg has a lot in common with America today, the illusions of invulnerability, equality, and incorruptibility.