Examples Of Satire In Huckleberry Finn

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Huck Finn Flashing back to the 1800’s and the early 1900s many people are lead to believe that it is okay to have one race “inferior” to another. This belief is a monstrous motif that is manifested in all of history. One historical being, Mark Twain drafts a book that fully reiterates a seemingly loathing attitude. This attitude embracingly illustrating how atrocious the bondage of slavery is. In the eyes of a young naive boy- Huck Finn, Twain informs society about the many faults and failings humans have. Through adventure, trials and overall tribulations Huck Finn soon grasps a mentality of understanding that equivalence between race is not only important but crucially substantial. Twain continually uses satire and dark themes as enticements to exposing the truth about how badly “slavery” impacts the rules of society. …show more content…

In one instance, Huck is proven invalid as Jim gives him a reasonably logical argument about Louis XVI. “I see it warn’t no use wasting words- you can’t learn a n***** to argue. So I quit” (Twain 84). One can see the prejudicially narcissistic demeanor that white southerners have. Twain wants to evoke the notion that deep down some southerners understand that the resourceful comments and arguments made by african americans is not only logical but compelling as it brings them to say “wow, that is a good idea.” This fact also leads to the depiction of arrogance versus selflessness in the flagrant bias of Mark Twain. When Huck says “...It warn’t no use wasting words” he does not have fully sensible response to answer Jims argument. His pragmatism for Jim matures, but he doesn’t want to fully establish that reality. In conclusion, with his remorseful attitude, Mark Twain lets the reader and the overall world know that the white southern company is corrupt and prejudicially oblivious to acceptable