... shows that they do not apply what they learn on Sunday to their everyday lives, making them religious hypocrites. Uncle Silas is also guilty of religious hypocrisy as he "come[s] in every day or two to pray with [Jim]" (311). The wit and irony in this situation is not as apparent, and may go unnoticed. Uncle Silas buys Jim and is holding him captive ... humorous. His reaction would be less outrageous if he merely becomes irritated that a black man is allowed to vote, but Twain shows how ridiculous Pap's perspective is. When Huck gets reunited with Jim in the fog and finds him asleep, he...

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• Grade Level: High School

... that is not the moral thing to do. In the novel, Huck is also coming of age, in the same way our country too came of age. He started out down the river to change his way of life, but actually he ended up changing largely in a spiritual way. Twain's use of structural irony allows the reader to see the vulnerability of this 13-year-old boy, and then grow with ... Jim's friendship over white societal values. This is a huge step, not just for Huck, but for Americans as well. This is the first instance Huck admitted that he was willing to risk his life for Jim's freedom. Huckleberry Finn is ...

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Twain uses irony in many points during this novel, by having his characters speak words (or, in Huck's case, think things) which are the opposite of the message he is trying to send. For example, in chapter five Huck's father says, "And looky here - you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what he is. You lemme catch you fooling around that school again, you hear? Now looky here; you stop that putting on frills. I won't have it. I'll lay for you, my smarty, and if I catch you about that school I'll tan you...

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... effective ways Mark Twain represents the notion that the idea of slavery is hypocritical is through his use of characters such as Miss Watson and Widow Douglas. Watson and Douglas are sisters and both possess extremely religious views but, despite their good morals and ethical values, they still hold no concern about the injustice of slavery. Miss Watson has no remorse when it comes ... country where they'd let that nigger vote, I drawed out" (122). The irony in this that Huck's father, a man who is clearly morally, financially, socially, and intellectually inferior to the mixed-race ma...

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