As Mark Twain composed "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," he implicitly amplified the setting to be more that an average backdrop for the characters to interact in. ... Twain's use of this type of diction really illustrated the ideas, beliefs, and culture of the South, from the racism to the illiteracy and hierarchy of the setting in the passage. ... Twain's purpose to add this, is to strengthen the basis for the setting with these political differences. ... The political diction helps with the aura of the beliefs of the setting and characters. To conclude, Twain's use of...

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