Monday, May 27, 2019

Language Usage in Huckleberry Finn

Jims dialogues, we can all the way see that he has troubles with English, he often makes grammatical and spelling errors. From this I concluded that Jim is almost probably uneducated, I do think that hes not stupid though because up to this point In the throw Mark Twain have showed how Jim uses his logic, for good example when Jim was arguing about Solomon, we can clearly see how he used his logic in criticizing the story. Therefore from the language Mark Twain uses we can encounter that Jim Is uneducated but hes not stupid although he book doesnt literally introduce so.Racism Mark Twain repeatedly used the word Niger In the book to describe how In the town where It took place, everyone uses the word Niger casually, from old ladles to Houck himself uses the word very casually. This shows how at that time, dark skinned people be very discriminated by the white. They are treated as slaves, up to the point where they will sell them in exchange for money. From the words that Mark Twain used in describing the society, we can clearly see that slavery and racism both re still an on going thing.If we compare this to today, it is completely different, people are now forbidden to say the word Niger and dark skinned people are way more respected. Faking Huckleberry Fins own death In the chapter in which Huckleberry Finn faked his own death, although Mark Twain didnt on the dot tell us what he was going to do, but we were able to conclude that he was up to something. Through the language that the author used to describe this march we can see that hes not stupid, he uses a lot of his logic.

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