How Does Mark Twain Use Realism In Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, By Mark Twain
Literary Time Period: Realism, in the form of writing, is when the author uses characters to depict subjects the way they are in everyday life. Realism describes what the world is like without using embellishment or exaggeration. The main point of Realism is to give a truthful and accurate representation of a certain subject even if that emphasizes the horrible ways of society.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a work of Realism and because it is written in this form, it reveals the truth of the time period. Many works during the time of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries used realism, like Mark Twain, as a way to show life and society the way they were without the opinions of the author themselves.
The work reflects the time period by showing one character’s point of view at a certain time in history. Huck Finn’s time period takes place before the Civil War. Thus, the viewers can read a middle class person’s point of view of the world at the time. Readers can see small details of life and society at the time and can conclude a small glimpse of why one event occurred in …show more content…
Huck comes off as a very practical and literal thinker as he simply states what he sees without adding his own judgment. Huck decides what he wants to believe in and chooses not to be swayed by what Miss. Watson considers acceptable behavior for him. As the book progresses, Huck makes his own choices about how to help Jim get down the Mississippi River even though he is going against the views of society. Huck then comes to a crucial decision he must face by deciding to help Jim or turn him in. “I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right, then, I'll go to hell.’ –and tore it up (pg.
Literary Time Period: Realism, in the form of writing, is when the author uses characters to depict subjects the way they are in everyday life. Realism describes what the world is like without using embellishment or exaggeration. The main point of Realism is to give a truthful and accurate representation of a certain subject even if that emphasizes the horrible ways of society.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a work of Realism and because it is written in this form, it reveals the truth of the time period. Many works during the time of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries used realism, like Mark Twain, as a way to show life and society the way they were without the opinions of the author themselves.
The work reflects the time period by showing one character’s point of view at a certain time in history. Huck Finn’s time period takes place before the Civil War. Thus, the viewers can read a middle class person’s point of view of the world at the time. Readers can see small details of life and society at the time and can conclude a small glimpse of why one event occurred in …show more content…
Huck comes off as a very practical and literal thinker as he simply states what he sees without adding his own judgment. Huck decides what he wants to believe in and chooses not to be swayed by what Miss. Watson considers acceptable behavior for him. As the book progresses, Huck makes his own choices about how to help Jim get down the Mississippi River even though he is going against the views of society. Huck then comes to a crucial decision he must face by deciding to help Jim or turn him in. “I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right, then, I'll go to hell.’ –and tore it up (pg.