Not only does Twain reveal the conformity of advice, he also reveals how blindly following the advice may not be helpful in the future toward the children. To start his speech to the youth, Twain urges them to take root and value the advice that he is about to give him. He claims that he says it “beseechingly, urgingly,” to value the advice. Twain exaggerates the importance of the advice that he is giving the youth, claiming that they should follow his advice. However, his speech ultimately criticizes adults to reveal that not always blindly following the advice will lead these youth to be prepared for the future. At the start of his speech, Twain claims that these young girls should always follow their parents advice. However, he then adds…show more content… He states that when in doubt of what someone has said, the young girls should "not resort to extreme measures." However, Twain asserts that the youth should, instead, "hit him with a brick." Unlike what is expected, Twain uses irony to reverse the expected action and describes the extremes. Twain’s use of understatement, as he makes “hit[ting] him with a brick” seem less grand and important than it actually is admits that the youth should not think too deeply and always go to extreme measures. The descriptions of hitting the other with a brick explains that the youth should confess and apologize if she has hit the other with a “brick.” Twain reveals that the youth should think deeply before creating action, as they will not need to confess to their wrongdoings afterwards, ultimately admitting that blindly following this advice will not be helpful in their future actions. Twain then discusses lying, where he states that many adults do not believe in lying, while some adults are more extreme. Though a bad, "single [and] clumsy" lie may be ruinous to the youth's reputation, lying must still be sometimes
