Huckleberry Finn Naturalism Analysis
In addition to lifestyle, Twain represents realism through his depiction of regional dialect, using characters such as Jim, Sister Hotchkiss, and Huck. First of all, Jim was one of the characters whom everyone questioned whether or not he was a human, or a piece of property. In the beginning of the book, when Huck and Tom are sneaking away from Miss Watson, Jim notices them and asks, “Say, who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats ef I didn’ hear sumf’n. Well, I know what I’s gwyne to do: I’s gwyne to set down here and listen tell I hears it again.” (5). Jim is suspicious of Huck and Tom, and he asks whether or not they are a human being, or property. And since he was a slave, he never had the opportunity to get an education and learn how to speak
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Hotchkiss when she was discussing with a group of women, how ridiculous the runaway slave was saying, “...to Sister Dunlap, jist this minutes, how did they git that grindstone in there? s’I. Without help, mind you…” (280) Here, Twain shows that even though Mrs. Hotchkiss is from an upper class, she still doesn’t understand how to properly use language. Mrs. Hotchkiss’s appearance is deceiving to her dialect, and this shows how reality is much different than many may think. Finally, in the end of the story when Huck and Tom discuss how to break Jim out of prison, Huck says, “...the first dark night that comes steal the key out of old man’s britches after he goes to bed, and shove off down the river on the raft with Jim...Wouldn’t that plan work?” (233) Huck tries to find the most reasonable way to break Jim out of prison, but Tom thinks the plan is too simple and because it is so simple, he contradicts Huck’s plan. Twain uses Tom to show readers that someone’s imagination can go wild, and it may not benefit the situation, and uses Huck as the dose of reality, showing that being realistic would assist the situation. Furthermore, through his authentic depiction of dialect of Jim, Mrs. Hotchkiss, and Huck, proves that Twain represents realism throughout the
Hotchkiss when she was discussing with a group of women, how ridiculous the runaway slave was saying, “...to Sister Dunlap, jist this minutes, how did they git that grindstone in there? s’I. Without help, mind you…” (280) Here, Twain shows that even though Mrs. Hotchkiss is from an upper class, she still doesn’t understand how to properly use language. Mrs. Hotchkiss’s appearance is deceiving to her dialect, and this shows how reality is much different than many may think. Finally, in the end of the story when Huck and Tom discuss how to break Jim out of prison, Huck says, “...the first dark night that comes steal the key out of old man’s britches after he goes to bed, and shove off down the river on the raft with Jim...Wouldn’t that plan work?” (233) Huck tries to find the most reasonable way to break Jim out of prison, but Tom thinks the plan is too simple and because it is so simple, he contradicts Huck’s plan. Twain uses Tom to show readers that someone’s imagination can go wild, and it may not benefit the situation, and uses Huck as the dose of reality, showing that being realistic would assist the situation. Furthermore, through his authentic depiction of dialect of Jim, Mrs. Hotchkiss, and Huck, proves that Twain represents realism throughout the