Satire of Huck Finn

Samuel L. Clemans, whose pen name is Mark Twain was one of American's   greatest
writers who was known around the world for his works like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn. He is recognized as many to be one of   the greatest American writers.   I just finished
one of his books The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which I felt was a very moving
book . The book is about a young boy (Huck Finn) whose father is and old drunken
alcoholic. Twain satires alcoholism, which is mentioned through out this novel. When pap
who constantly drinks and is violent with Huck, came home drunk and " He cased me with
a clasp knife and says he would kill me "{mark 29).   Because of the alcoholism, pap did
not care about Huck, just his money, so he wouldn't care to kill him, as he never knew
what family meant.

Many parts of the book satires racism.   One time pap is walking through town and
sees a black man all cleaned up walking the road to go vote,   " It was " lection day, and I
was just about to go and vote myself if   I warn't too drunk to get there; but when they
told me there was a State in this country where they'd let a nigger vote,   I drawed out.   I
says, "I'll never vote again "(mark 27).   Pap thinks because a person is black that he
shouldn't have the right to vote and since one is, well he won't ever again, but in reality he
is a drunk and could care less about his vote counting, because he really doesn't care
about his country.   The very first satirical scene happens after Tom and Huck plays a trick
on Miss Watsons' slave , Jim. "Afterwards Jim said the witch bewitched him and put him
in a trance, and rode hi all over the State, an then set him under the tree again and hung his
hat on a limb to show who done it "(mark 5) . This show Hucks humorous while showing
blacks as very superstitious like the hair ball "he said there was a spirit inside, and it
knowed everything"(mark 17). This book shows how the white refused to accept the
black race when Huck... [continues]

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