Huckleberry Finn Satirical Analysis

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Interestingly enough, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (book) was indeed an excellent novel to read. It had tons of satirical elements being used that came upon in my reading. For instance, the tone of the story caught me as humorous at first, there were plenty of parts where the characters exaggerated way too much that made me chuckle some bits. The king and duke, two criminals that Huck invited to his raft when they were escaping the law, were talking about a play. They both excitedly discussed about Romeo and Juliet, and so they dispersed the parts between them, duke knowing more about the play decided to be Romeo because “…he was used to being Romeo, so the king could be Juliet.” (Twain 132). Very funny because the king without any …show more content…
Which is brought up so vividly in the beginning of the book when Huck is hiding from Jim from coming back home late. Huck hiding away from eyesight, he goes beyond the point when “There was a place on my ankle that go to itching, but I dasn’t scratch it; and then my ear begun to itch; and next my back, right between my shoulders.” (Twain 5). Relating to that, there are plenty of times when I myself began to itch in one spot and began to exaggerate in other parts of my body that begin to itch as well. At times when the characters did exaggerate over things, it was only when it felt amusing. In the middle of the story Huck explains to Jim that all kings and dukes are rapscallions, like “…Henry the Eight; this ‘n ‘s a Sunday-school Superintendent to him. And look at Charles Second, and Louis Fourteen, and Louis Fifteen, and James Second…” (Twain 157). So on and so forth, going up the timeline and naming all kings and dukes that Huck knows on the top of his dome. Exaggeration is sure enough a satirical element in this book that adds something worse than it actually is, making it delightfully
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