Huckleberry Finn timed write Satire is one device that is expertly used to portray what was and was not socially acceptable in the time period throughout the novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. In the beginning of the novel Huck and Tom decide to pilfer Jim’s hat from his head and deposit it on a limb of the tree shading him. “Afterward Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance, and rode him all over the state, and then set him under the trees again, and hung his hat on a limb to show who done it” (6). This is satirical for the audience because they are provided with two sides of the story and can see the extent of exaggeration and superstition of Jim. A second thing portrayed in this story is the way that Huck and Tom feel toward a colored person because of the society they were raised in. To them it doesn’t really matter if an unkind joke hurts Jim, amusing themselves at his expense was acceptable. Later this becomes satirical because of a friendship that is built between Huckleberry and Jim. The rhetorical device of satire is continually used throughout the book. …show more content…
He undergoes the difficult task of trying to explain the concept that there are multiple languages used by different people. “Does a cat talk like we do… does a cow… it’s natural and right for ‘em to talk different from each other… well, then why ain’t it natural and right for a French-man to different from us” (79-80), but Jim just can’t seem to grasp it. For Twains audience, this is humorous because all of them think it very obvious that people speak different languages, therefore Jims ignorance is to them, hysterical. However, in Huck’s day and age to educate a colored man was completely unthinkable and