Along with satire Twain also dispenses copious amounts of irony just to emphasize everything wrong in society. Twain uses Huck’s friend Tom Sawyer to criticize the romanticism movement that peaked in those times. He mocks religion with the story of the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons, feuding families who attend the same church with rifles ready for battle. Racism is one of the biggest target with the issue of slavery so prevalent, so Twain uses an escaped slave named Jim to show life from a slave's point of view and how wrong they are treated. Although Mark Twain’s use of satire and irony see to oversaturate the book and make it seem like the made up adventures of a rambunctious young teen, it’s implied meanings of moral development and societal norms will teach many more students how to look deeper into books for years to
Along with satire Twain also dispenses copious amounts of irony just to emphasize everything wrong in society. Twain uses Huck’s friend Tom Sawyer to criticize the romanticism movement that peaked in those times. He mocks religion with the story of the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons, feuding families who attend the same church with rifles ready for battle. Racism is one of the biggest target with the issue of slavery so prevalent, so Twain uses an escaped slave named Jim to show life from a slave's point of view and how wrong they are treated. Although Mark Twain’s use of satire and irony see to oversaturate the book and make it seem like the made up adventures of a rambunctious young teen, it’s implied meanings of moral development and societal norms will teach many more students how to look deeper into books for years to