"Luck" is a short story by the brilliant American novelist Mark Twain. In this story, readers learn about the life of Scoresby, a military hero, through the depiction of a clergyman who was once an instructor in a military academy. This was actually a story within another story. As a matter of fact, an unnamed narrator retells the story he once heard from the clergyman. This story is told in the first person point of view. In the first person point of view, the narrator participates in the action of the story, but it is biased and limited view. Therefore, the reader should question the trustworthiness of the account. From the account of the narrator, the reader learns that as a young man in the military academy, Scoresby was not bright. So out of charity, the clergyman cheated to help him pass his examinations. However, the clergyman was...