Of course, most critics will agree, his most controversial novel would unanimously be Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; a story about a run away boy and his run away slave and their journey down the Mississippi River to freedom. ... The racial, derogative, and offensive slurs and slang dialog are incorporated in the story of Huckleberry Finn for the pure purpose of effect and to also recreate the historical events accurately. ... The irony is that the book not only recalls an event that should never be forgotten, but is ridiculed for the display of the truths of our past, and the story of the ...

• Word Count: 2082
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck, the protagonist, is influenced by many different characters. ... The irony in this novel is that the protagonist spends most of the book wishing to be like somebody who is not very admirable at all. ...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

However, Mark Twain uses his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to reveal and poke fun of many problems facing American society. Satire, which is irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity, is the key tool in which he demonstrates many of the problems that plague civilization today. ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School