It was written during the realism period after the Civil War and in this novel Mark Twain satirizes romanticism, religious hypocrisy, and racism. ... Mark Twain wrote, "The men took their gun [to church] and kept them between their knees or stood them handily against the wall."(Twain 109). ... The most important issue during this time is racism, and Mark Twain was satirizing this issue when Huck argued to Jim about the Frenchmen and Jim said, "Is a Frenchman a man?...... Through Jim's voice, Mark Twain was saying isn't a black man a man? ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

One such author was Mark Twain. ... Twain's novel is an exemplifies realism and more specifically regionalism because of its setting, plot, and the dialect which is used. ... The plot also makes the novel realism. ... Using realism Twain lets everyday people know how he thinks and shows that all people can change. Realism is utilized to bring to story and its themes down to ordinary people where all can understand Twain's view of society. ...

• Word Count: 1565
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School