The Satire Element in Huckleberry Finn

The Satire of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain proves himself a literary genius with the novel, Huckleberry Finn. At first glance, the novel appears quite innocently filled with wild adventures centered on the two main characters, Huckleberry Finn, an unruly young boy, and Jim, a black runaway slave. A closer examination of this novel reveals that many of the comments have deeper meaning filled with satire, concerning mostly the views of society at that present time. …

…ridicules the hypocrisy among people in this book along with satirizing society. Mark Twain uses much satire in the novel, Huckleberry Finn, especially centered upon the society that was present at that time and their stereotypes, attraction to crass humor and their hypocrisy. He ridicules society for what Twain thinks is their ignorance. One would wonder why Americans hail Mark Twain as their author as he scoffs at the American society in this particular novel.