satire in the adventures of huck finn
"There it is: it doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on! Somebody to hold in light esteem, somebody to be indifferent about." Mark Twain (1835-1910), U.S. author. "Three Thousand Years Among the Microbes," ch. 15 (written 1905; published in Which Was the Dream? ed. by John S. Tuckey, 1967). This quote says that people will always feel superior to some one different. The reason for this is that it makes people feel important and better about themselves. Slavery derived from this belief in superiority. Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses satire as a literary technique to present his ideals on slavery within his period of time. Satire is a method of taking a serious issue and representing it in a humorous way. The Author uses Huck's relationship with Jim, societies attitude towards Jim during their travel up the Mississippi River, and the use of racist terminology throughout the novel. Mark !Twain's use of satire in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn enables the reader to better understand his message of slavery. First, Huck's relationship with Jim shows the authors views on slavery. Huck was taught at home and in school that sla
After the event with the King and the Duke with the Wilks, Huck is glad to see Jim "Of course when they got to snoring we had a long gabble, and I told Jim everything" (Twain 188). Twain shows that Jim should have a better life than to be separated from his wife and children he loves, and to be forced to work for people who humiliate him. Through his use of satire, Twain illustrates the major themes of the novel. At times the author might criticize white people's actions, but he never categorizes them like using the term "nigger". People at that time treated servants terribly. Huck himself was racist when Miss Watson asks if anybody got hurt and Huck replies "No ma'am just a nigger" (Twain 34). Finally, the use of racist terminology throughout the book showed how Jim and slaves were treated. The people that they come in contact see nothing more than a servant when they look at Jim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. So by using this terminology the novel has more of a realistic approach because during that time the word "nigger" was a part of life and Twain wanted to change tha!t. But before night they changed around and judged it was done by a runaway nigger named Jim" (Twain 84). This uses language that reveals the way people looked at Jim. He never found anything wrong with the way slaves were treated. Buck's was on the jump most of the time" (Twain) 109.
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