The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

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Overview Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is probably Mark Twain’s most well-known and famous novel. It was written in 1885 and banned by the Concord, Massachusetts Library that same year because of “rough language”. Even though it was written so long ago it still remains a classic today. Mark Twain’s style, literary devices, satire, and dialect all contributed to its success. In the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is presented a large amount of money. This causes his delinquent lifestyle to change drastically. Huck gets and education and a home to live in with a caring woman. One would think that Huck would be satisfied. However, he wasn’t because he wanted his old lifestyle back. When Huck’s drunk father returns, he is unhappy with Huck. He feels that no son should live better than his father. He tries to take Huck’s money, but fails repeatedly. He then takes Huck and brings him to a cabin on the outskirts of town. Huck tries to escape but cannot. He then stages his own kidnapping and murder, and takes a raft to the Mississippi River. He meets up with a runaway slave, Jim, when they decide to leave the area. They both escape big problems and continue their road to freedom. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, uses many different literary devices, including “real” language, diction and satire. Twain’s style is simple and conveys his ideas in a boyish mood. The book is somewhat of an irony in itself because of this style. He gives his complex observations on society through the eyes and through the speech of a young boy out for adventure. He also pays close attention to detail in dealings with the different areas down the river, especially in speech and dialogue. “Real” language is the way the characters talk, of the time period that people really spoke. Twain wrote his novel this way and it was more effective because one can l...