Huck Finn
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English 10
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3/5/07
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is narrated in the point of view of a little boy by the name of Huckleberry Finn. It is written like that for a reason. From the point of view of a little boy, the reader can really augment the experience of the reading adventure. The story really emphasises on the language of Huckleberry Finn to be the language that was spoken in that time period. It is also written in the way it was spoken because Huck wasnt really educated and he didnt say or spell things correctly. With Huck as the narrator of the story, a lot more can be taken out of the reading.
When the story of Huckleberry Finn was written, it was written in the point of view of a little boy named Huck Finn. It was written in such a way that the reader can be taken back into that time period of when slavery was present. Also, with Huck as the narrator, the book can be read and enjoyed by all ages. Back in the day, slang was used and Huck portrays that a lot as a character in the novel. An example of the language was when Huck said, “She worked me middling hard for about an hour, and then the widow made her ease up. I couldnt stood it much longer.pg.”(2) Huck said stood instead of stand. This is an example of slang usage in the language of the novel. By using stood instead of stand, Huck makes the reader visualize a kid with an accent and also a kid that isnt really educated in the usage of words. Another example of slang is when Miss Watson was telling Huck how to act and he said, “All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warnt particular.”(2) Huck used somewheres instead of somewhere and warnt instead of werent. With Huck saying words like that and with them being written in the book, the reader can really see how the language was back in those days; just by the way the book was written. If the book was written with an adult as the narrator, the reading experience would have dramatically changed. As the story progresses, Huck changes and through the words, the reader can really experience time. The book is written in the point of view of Huck so the reader can feel the emotions going on inside Huck. The emotional impact is loads bigger that that of an adult because little kids think differently and respond to curtain situations differently. The story with Huck as a narrator also gives the writer