He not only uses this humorous effect to make the book entertaining but also to accentuate his various themes and to help complement his main point, the cruelty of making slaves out of blacks. ... Another example of verbal irony that Twain uses in chapter 20 is when the duke and the king are interrogating Huck about their raft and Jim. Huck covers for Jim by saying that "Goodness sakes, would a runaway nigger run south?" and therefore uses his own mistake of going south to protect Jim. ... Dramatic irony is used in theatre quite often, but it is easy to point out in this book because Twain u...

• Word Count: 939
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The reasons why the book should be banned vary, but the goal of the people against the book remains the same. ... In Chapter 31, Huck decides to wash away his sin by writing a letter to Miss Watson stating the whereabouts of Jim. ... Huck also questions religion when he thinks about praying in Chapter 3. ... He spelled the words like how they were spoken down south in 1835. ... Completely banning a book is harsh. ...

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

What is unique about this book is that Twain's own boyhood experience was when slavery was an accepted practice in the South. ... During Chapter 8 when Huck first stumbles upon Jim, using quick and non-expressive sentences, he doesn't ask Jim why he is on Jackson's Island nor if he cares that Jim told people he's not dead. ... Obstacles to their friendship are shown in Chapter 11 when Huck, dressed like a woman, is told that there is a $300 reward for Jim's arrest. ... Twin states before the book, "In this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri neg...

• Word Count: 887
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The book the adventures of huckleberry Finn was written by mark twain this book takes place, during 1835-1845 in the state of Mississippi surrounding it most of the book takes place to what our young explorer uses for travel. ... This book is a great literary masterpiece the book is mainly about huck an his new friend Jim a run-away slave owned by the widow Douglas who took in huck to civilize him. Most of the book is about huck helping Jim run-away to the south so he can be a free man and finally own himself, during their trips Jim and huck meet up with many new friends and enemies. ... In th...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

His first popular book was "Innocents Abroad- (1869), followed by "Tom Sawyer- and "Huckleberry Finn- (1876). ... Finally I would say that Mark Twain was both influenced by the opinion of his parents, but also by the general attitude people had towards slaves in those days and especially in the South. ... This is a stereotypical description of small towns of the South in those days: "Dawson's Landing was a slaveholding town, with a rich, slave-worked grain and pork country back of it."" (6) The reader soon learns that this innocent image is just upon the surface and in the depth we f...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School