When reading this type of writing students witness a groundbreaking form of literature. In the public schools this example of remarkable writing can be used to teach students the importance and greatness of realistic portrayals in a story. In reading the novel, a reader sees what life was like through Huck's eyes. Mark Twain purposely chose a unique angle of vision in the writing of Huck Finn. By choosing as his narrator a child who fails to judge the world and conditions he is living in, Twain forces readers to make that judgment themselves. Eliot explains this concept by saying, "He sees the real world; and he does not judge it - he allows it to judge itself" (349). In a school setting, this forces a student to form an opinion of the world and the racism that Huck was required to face as he lived his life. Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua, a scholar, made a good point in saying that good literature forces you to see yourself, issues and other people in a new light (ppd. In "Born To Trouble"). Twain took a courageous step in choosing to write the novel this way, but the style it is so wonderfully written in is what makes this piece of literature so magnificent and so classic. .
If the novel of Huckleberry Finn is read carefully it is quite simple to see the satiric intent of the author Mark Twain. This satiric intent is a marvelous education tool that can be used in public schools. Twain did not intend for most of the passages in Huck Finn to be taken literally; rather Twain uses this dialogue ironically as a way to emphasize the alarming truth about the old South. This is clearly demonstrated in the scene in which Aunt Sally hears about a steamboat explosion; Twain writes a conversation between Huck and Aunt Sally in which they speak, "Good gracious! Anybody hurt?" "No'm. Killed a nigger." "Well, it's lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt" (221). Twain is specifically making fun of and exaggerating Southern society's problems, he is showing how ridiculous racism truly is.