Satire and parody are two types of comedy that have been used all the way back to the era of Mark Twain. Satire resembles parody but it is critical and is used to educate or make a change. Parody is just poking fun at something with no purpose. The episode of the Simpson’s on the Odyssey was a perfect example of a parody. The clip of the "Do the Right Thing" is a good satire. It has a white man pronouncing how his favorite celebrities are all black but yet he still uses the word nigger. Afterwards
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stereotypical racism back in that time period. Mark Twain did in fact make Jim a simple-minded character lacking intellectual abilities but he also humanized Jim by giving him traits like feelings and also by giving him somewhat of a paternal role to Huck. “Doan’ know‚ yit‚ what he’s a-gywne to do” (85). “I went in en unkivered him and didn’t let you come in? Well den‚ you k’n git yo’ money when you wants it; kase dat wuz him” (320). These two quotes from the beginning and end of the novel show that
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Twain is about the journey Huck goes through‚ facing the challenges of living on a raft and constantly looking for food and money. However as Huck makes his journey down the river he makes a moral one as well. In the beginning of the novel Huck’s way of thinking is childish and heavily influenced by the widow and Pap‚ by the middle of his journey his own morals start to change and he is able to identify right and wrong despite what society thinks‚ and finally by the end Huck see’s how corrupt civilization
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main character‚ Huck Finn‚ is greatly influenced by his jaded father‚ Pap Finn. Through Pap’s actions he becomes worthless in the eyes of young Huck. Twain uses Pap’s abusive and absurd behavior to emphasize Huck’s desison making in his transition into adulthood‚ and to show hope for Huck’s future. Youth‚ hope‚ and change are all the things that Huck represents and Pap is against. Pap is what one would consider a resentful alcoholic who doesn’t believe in change of any kind. Huck is merely a child
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1. What does Twain accomplish by using Huck as a narrator? The story isn’t embellished by third parties by using Huck. He was there and he lived it. 2. A.How is Jim introduced? B. What is significant about Jim’s story of the witches? C. How has Huck’s attitude towards Jim changed by chapter 8? Jim is in the kitchen when Huck sneaks out‚ almost catching him. Jim sits down waiting to hear the noise again‚ almost sitting on Huck and Tom. Soon he falls asleep and Tom plays a
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Huck and Jim’s relationship is present throughout the novel. It is first seen when Jim risks being seen as a runaway slave when he goes to Jackson Island searching for Huck. This tells us that Jim cares about Huck and is risking his own life for him. Huck promises to help Jim escape the south and become a free man. Even though Huck is raised with racist views on the black part of society he is still willing to help Jim head towards freedom. Their relationship is based on friendship‚ but as time passes
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Huck first introduces Pap early in the story and his appearance is noted right away. Huck describes him as; “most fifty‚ and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greasy‚ and hung down‚ and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines. It was all black‚ no gray: so was
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reader understand the world of the antebellum South. When Huck Finn‚ a young‚ naive‚ lower-class white boy trying to escape his father finds Jim‚ a fugitive slave‚ their adventures present him with a renewed‚ more accurate perception of society. Stuck on a raft drifting down the Mississippi River‚ Huck and Jim learn many new things about their world as they pass by numerous people and towns. Their encounter on Jackson’s Island occurs as Huck is fleeing his father‚ a racist drunk man that exemplifies
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missing the true message of it. Huck Finn enlightens us on what slavery and racism was like from a new perspective‚ it shows moral conflict‚ and it makes you uncomfortable. Throughout history slavery has been taught from the same point of view an old‚ white man. Huck Finn gives the perspective of Huck‚ the protagonist who is conflicted between his moral principles‚ and what society tells him he
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It is clear that these con men’s lies are terrible‚ for the fate of the innocent people that they have hurt. Meanwhile‚ Huck himself tells a number of lies and even cons a few people himself; most impressionable the slave-hunters‚ to whom he comes up with a story about a smallpox outbreak in order to protect Jim. From the time Huck meets him on Jackson’s island until the end of the novel‚ Jim spouts a wide variety of superstitions and wise tales. Where Jim initially appears
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