Huckleberry finn

             Like many authors of his day, Mark Twain, who wrote The Adventures of.
             Huckleberry Finn, wrote about the world as it was. This era of writing was also referred to as the realistic movement. Twain, is considered a master realist, and was exceptionally talented at creating a realistic novel. An example of realism The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Twain brings characters who have real problems concerning the issues of the period. In the novel, Twain leads his readers through a story in which a young Southern boy has multiple adventures, discovering how society works. Though the novel may seem simplistic on the surface, there are many layers to the story. While The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a realistic novel, there are many elements that satirize events that occurred at the time. By making the novel humorous, exposing the ridiculous side of historic events, Twain uses satire as an important element of his story, which leads into the irony of the novel. "The novel is filled with satirical sketches, sometimes subtle and sometimes broad, from the opening pictures of Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas to Huck's final decision to 'light out for the territory' to escape civilization. " (Johnson 224). Another element of the novel, morality, becomes a constant hurdle for Huck to clear. Through the character of Huck, Twain gives his readers insight to the moral climate of the time by using Huck's beliefs as a reference point by which society is judged.
             The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, therefore is a realistic novel. When using realism, an author attempts to represent things as they are. Realism, however, consists of two other components: regionalism and naturalism. When using regionalism, an author expresses things, as they would be in certain regions, such as the way a character acts or speaks in a specific geographic environment. Naturalism was the other movement that evolved from realism.