Examples Of Humor In Huckleberry Finn
HUMOR
3.1. Introduction
This chapter focuses on the humor language, through which the story is narrated, which is different time by time, sometimes juvenalian, then ironic, then sarcastic, but also the situations are intertwined with one another, so do even these types of humor. The main goal of this chapter is to capture the reality that is expressed through the humor, starting from the personal life Huck which is characterized as an immature teen to racism, slavery, lack of empathy, etc.
3.2. Humor as a language to portray the reality
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a novel that is written in humorous way. Humor is just a manner of expressing something, but the purpose may be deadly serious (Ross, 2), but it can also be one element of the comic, and basically denotes a smiling attitude toward life and its imperfections, (Bruntsch, Hofmann, Ruch, 6). …show more content…
Twain’s humor is a typical American humor, and cannot be sent attributions to the other countries; because humor changes from place to place, for example, the comic story has an English origin and witty story is typically French (Bercowitch, 8).
The novel is narrated by first person narrator Huck, who is just fourteen years old. His young age and his innocent nature prevent him from understanding anything that he says, but yet it is a very loyal description of principles that were ruling the then society, especially when it comes to racism and slavery towards black-skinned people:
“There`s Jim, chained by one leg,with a ten-foot chain,to the leg of his bed.”
3.1. Introduction
This chapter focuses on the humor language, through which the story is narrated, which is different time by time, sometimes juvenalian, then ironic, then sarcastic, but also the situations are intertwined with one another, so do even these types of humor. The main goal of this chapter is to capture the reality that is expressed through the humor, starting from the personal life Huck which is characterized as an immature teen to racism, slavery, lack of empathy, etc.
3.2. Humor as a language to portray the reality
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a novel that is written in humorous way. Humor is just a manner of expressing something, but the purpose may be deadly serious (Ross, 2), but it can also be one element of the comic, and basically denotes a smiling attitude toward life and its imperfections, (Bruntsch, Hofmann, Ruch, 6). …show more content…
Twain’s humor is a typical American humor, and cannot be sent attributions to the other countries; because humor changes from place to place, for example, the comic story has an English origin and witty story is typically French (Bercowitch, 8).
The novel is narrated by first person narrator Huck, who is just fourteen years old. His young age and his innocent nature prevent him from understanding anything that he says, but yet it is a very loyal description of principles that were ruling the then society, especially when it comes to racism and slavery towards black-skinned people:
“There`s Jim, chained by one leg,with a ten-foot chain,to the leg of his bed.”