Twain's goal in "Corn-Pone Opinions" was to demonstrate how individuals adapt to specific lifestyles or ideas for self-satisfaction, or "self-approval." In this article, he provides several examples of fashions that have come and gone, such as the hoopskirt, merely because someone loved it at first and subsequently stopped wearing it. He also comments on other things that people took a liking to, only to see them replaced with something else later on; for example, he writes that women will stop wearing corsets when they discover that it is unhealthy for their bodies. In conclusion, Twain states that we need to be aware that what makes one person happy may not satisfy another individual. Thus, the only way to find out what you like is by trying different things and seeing which ones works for you.