In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain implements a wide range of humor composed of irony, satire, and exaggeration. He not only uses this humorous effect to make the book entertaining but also to accentuate his various themes and to help complement his main point, the cruelty of making slaves out of blacks. Huckleberry Finn reeks of irony. ... writes with dramatic irony by helping the reader realize what is happening before the characters in the story does. A very humorous use of irony in Chapter 17 is when Buck misspells Huck's other name for "George Jaxon", and then Huck "set down, private becaus...

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... Mark Twain, the distinguished novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and literary critic who ranks among the great figures of American literature. He was born in 1835 in Florida, Missouri and died in 1910 in Redding, Connecticut. Best remembered for his creation of the world of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Mark Twain made use of these characters throughout his career. During his childhood he lived ... center of all actions, forcing us not only to see things through Huck's eyes, but to hear it all expressed through his language. Mark Twain knew how to tell the joke that would m...

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