Webster's Dictionary defines satire as trenchant wit, irony or sarcasm used to expose or discredit vice or folly. This literary device has been used throughout the course of history and continues to be used today. These people use this device because they see it fit to poke fun at the awkward traits in everyday life. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses satire to point out the evils in society, get a rise out of the gullibility of people, and as a Realist, poke fun at the Romantic Movement.
             Twain portrays the evils of the world through a humorous encounter that Huck has with some bounty hunters. When two slave hunters confront Huck and ask him if has seen any runaway slaves, Huck, knowing full well that he is the company of Jim stumbles and debates whether or not to turn Jim in. "I didn't answer up prompt. I tried to, but the words wouldn't come. I tried for a second or two to brace up and out with it, but I warn't (sic) man enough-hadn't the spunk of a rabbit. I see I was weakening; so I just give up trying, and up and says: He's white (87)." The two bounty hunters were suspicious of Huck's stammering and decided that they wanted to see for themselves. The quick thinking Huck comes up with a lie that the person who is with him is his father, but he is extremely sick with smallpox. The men take his word for it and give Huck twenty dollars. 'I reckon we'll go and see for ourselves.' "I wish you would, because its pap (sic) that's there, and maybe you'd help me tow the raft ashore where the light is. He's sick-and so is mam (sic) and Mary Ann." 'Oh, the devil! We're in a hurry, boy. But I s'pose (sic) we've got to... Say, boy, what's the matter with your father?' "I will, sir, I will, honest-but don't leave us, please..." 'Your pap's (sic) got the smallpox, and you know it ...