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Essay Archive - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Satirical View of the Old South
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Satirical View of the Old South
Elaborate uses of race, unprecedented statements about the role of
religion and an overall mockery of the society of the old south serve as a
method of conveying Mark Twain's opinion of society. In his dandy
riverboat adventure The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain attacks
the traditions of slavery, racism, and the accepted traditions of the old
south. He helped expose the hypocrisies of the southern society through
this novel.
Twain stands firmly by his principles. He is a firm believer that
slavery is sinister. ....
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