Examples Of Dry Humor In Huckleberry Finn

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Huck shows dry humor in this dialogue when he said that he wishes he could have some bad luck like this everyday. Huck found snake skin yesterday and according to Jim, snake snake symbolizes bad luck. Jim tells Huck that because he touched a snake, Huck will soon encounter bad luck. From what Jim said, the opposite thing happened. Instead of bad luck, Huck and Jim both found eight dollars the next day. After finding the eight dollars, Huck said if this was Jim's definition of bad luck, then he wishes he could have bad luck everyday. The usage of this dry humor is used to reveal Huck's immaturity and clueless self. This shows the reader that Huck is still young and doesn't take many things seriously like "bad lucks". However, this scene also

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