The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn wouldn’t be complete without the ingenious literary elements imputed by Mark Twain. The overall plot of the story itself is rather amazing, however the dialogue, symbolism, and characterization truly tie down the story to a whole. Twain used as much information and detail as possible in order to make it achievable for the reader to get a feel of the characters situation while sticking to the time frame it took place in.
One of the most important elements that bring the novel to life is the new ground Twain took with the creative use of dialogue. Each of the characters individual traits where easily identified through their way of speech. For example, Jim, a runaway slave who joins Huck down the Mississippi river, has a truly distinctive way of speaking. For instance, Jim sais to Huck, “Well, you wouldn’t a ben here ‘f it hadn’t a ben for Jim … [y]ou’d a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittin’ mos’ drownded, too” (Twain 51). This gives the readers slight information involving the characters …show more content…
First and foremost, the Mississippi River that Huck Finn and Jim are canoeing down is one of the most indisputable forms of symbolism within the book. A river flows out to a wide and open sea where better days are to take place –a better future to look forward to. These two young fellows are out in the open, estrange to a world full of hypocrisy in hopes of a better tomorrow. There is also an unforgettable moment in the novel in which Huck disguises himself as a woman in hopes to not get recognized by anyone. However, this struck me as rather sexist for there were multiple signs in which the character was trying to perfect his “womanly” image. Huck “practiced around all day to get the hang of the things … only Jim said [he] didn’t walk like a girl,” (Twain 56) implying that there is a specific way woman ought to
One of the most important elements that bring the novel to life is the new ground Twain took with the creative use of dialogue. Each of the characters individual traits where easily identified through their way of speech. For example, Jim, a runaway slave who joins Huck down the Mississippi river, has a truly distinctive way of speaking. For instance, Jim sais to Huck, “Well, you wouldn’t a ben here ‘f it hadn’t a ben for Jim … [y]ou’d a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittin’ mos’ drownded, too” (Twain 51). This gives the readers slight information involving the characters …show more content…
First and foremost, the Mississippi River that Huck Finn and Jim are canoeing down is one of the most indisputable forms of symbolism within the book. A river flows out to a wide and open sea where better days are to take place –a better future to look forward to. These two young fellows are out in the open, estrange to a world full of hypocrisy in hopes of a better tomorrow. There is also an unforgettable moment in the novel in which Huck disguises himself as a woman in hopes to not get recognized by anyone. However, this struck me as rather sexist for there were multiple signs in which the character was trying to perfect his “womanly” image. Huck “practiced around all day to get the hang of the things … only Jim said [he] didn’t walk like a girl,” (Twain 56) implying that there is a specific way woman ought to