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How Does Mark Twain Use Dialogue In Huck Finn

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Mark Twain uses dialogue to add credibility to this story as it is done with the purpose of painting a picture of the setting and revealing more information and authenticity about the characters from the story. For instance, when Twain’s character had just arrived in the town he “found Simon Wheeler dozing comfortably by the bar-room stove of the old, dilapidated tavern in the ancient mining camp of Angel's.” This sentence is vital to the story as it set a scenery and at the same time the type of characters the readers can expect. By using imagery in his dialogue, Twain basically gave the readers a realistic and believable setting for the story. He was giving facts such as the West was a more lonely and old place but had visitors due to its
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