Twain uses satire within his novel to denounce American society. Satire is the use of humor, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about a boy Huck who has a drunk abusive father. He runs away and goes on an adventure with his friend Tom. Mark Twain uses satire when discussing the topics religion, greed and racism. To start off with, Twain uses satire to make fun of religion. It's ironic in this situation because people say they are good Christians, but then they go and kill other people. "Next Sunday we all went to church..the men took their guns along" (Twain 83). One of the most important rules of being religious is not to kill or hurt anyone. It is also ironic because Miss Watson tries teaching Huck about being a good kid and Christian but they own Jim as a slave, which isn't very religious. By saying all of this Twain is trying to prove a point that people don't stick to their word when they say they are religious. …show more content…
Huck's father, Pap, is an abusive alcoholic and is very greedy when it comes to alcohol. He is selfish and doesn't care about Huck one bit. All he cares about is his sons money. Pap randomly decides to come into Huck's life one day only because he needed money and he knew Huck had some. Twain exaggerates the fact that he is greedy by having Pap capture Huck so he could take his money. He lies to his own son just so he could get money which is selfish and not fair to Huck. He grew up in a house with a poor relationship with his father. This makes him have weird feelings when it comes to father figures. He doesn't know what it is like to have a good father and someone who cares about