... for so long. However, Mark Twain uses his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to reveal and poke fun of many problems facing American society. Satire, which is irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity, is the key tool in which he demonstrates many of the problems that plague civilization today. In the beginning of the story, Huck sneaks away from his home to play ... the burial of the dead. While the Dauphin continues to ramble on and comes to explain his misuse of orgies for obsequies, "Obsequies ain't used in England no more, now ¾it's ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School