My quote for my journal entry is “ That book was made by Mark Twain… he told the truth mainly… there was things he stretched but he mainly told the truth.” Page 11. Huckleberry Finn is the narrator of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry is the one speaking during this quote, Huck is telling the story to the reader and his thoughts on Mark Twain. The importance of this quote is to show the reader before the start of the book how Mark Twain writes, to give a preview or an opinion of Mark Twain. The quote is foreshadowing into the author's writing. Based on this quote, I can infer that the author wants the audience to know about Mark Twain before they read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, basically he wants the reader to get to know him before we start to read the …show more content…
Huck, in the beginning is giving us a head up on how this book will be, or an overview of the author of the book. The way I have a personal connection to this quote is because we all know someone who tells the truth but stretches it in some kind of way. In my family, this person would be my sister. She always likes to have these great stories and big ideas, but we can always tell when she is not telling the truth. This quote is very relatable to my life, because it can happen to anyone, when my sister was little she would stretch the truth a lot, and everytime she did it, my mom would make her sit in time out for lying. out until she decided to tell the truth.The way this quote implies in my life is not only my sister but myself. When I was younger, I did the same thing, pretty much just like my sister, my mom used to get so angry at me. I can relate this quote to my life in so many different ways; everyone in their life stretches the truth some point in their life. The questions I would have is... Why did Mark Twain decide to introduce himself the way he