Mark Twain

The two institutions that Mark Twain attacks and ridicules in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- that will be critiqued in this paper -- are religion and government. There are multiple examples of Twain's brilliant use of his narrative and dialogue to illustrate how he really feels about religion and about government. The novel that Twain produced has been used in schools all over the United States because of the many themes that embrace social realities in the 19th century, but his use of irony, parody, satire and even silliness had important impacts on the novel and on his legacy as one of the great authors in American history. Thesis: Through his characters and his dialogue, there is no doubt that Mark Twain was editorially lampooning and outright attacking the institutions of religion and government in 19th century America; this was both intentional and editorially important to the...
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