Can someone help me understand this huckleberry finn assignment?

Question

Satire differs from humor. The satirist has stylistic weapons such as irony, exaggeration, understatement, hyperbole, caricature, parody at his/her disposal. Keeping track of satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an important component in understanding Twain's larger purpose and the overall meaning of the work.

For each of the chronologically-listed incidents below:

A. Write the sentence in quotes and the page number of the incident listed.

B. Write a short summary of the incident (one or two sentences) in your own

words.

C. Identify who or what is the target of Twain's satire.

D. Which literary weapon of satire is used? Explain.

E. Write a one sentence statement of Twain's larger purpose concerning the

incident.

1. Pap's character

2. The new judge/ The remaking of Pap

3. The Grangerford/Shepherdson feud

4. Emmeline Grangerford

5. The Grangerford house

6. Relationship between Pap & Huck

7. Search for Huck's dead body

8. Wreck of the Walter Scott

9. All of Chapter XIV

10. Slave hunter incident (Chapter XVI)

11. The king and the duke

12. Romeo and Juliet Play

13. The Royal Nonesuch

14. The revival meeting

15. All of Chapter XXI

16. Sherburn Boggs episode

17. Circus episode

18. Wilks family episode

19. Wilks funeral

20. Jim/Huck relationship

Answer 1

I haven't read Huck Finn in so long that I can't remember the information you need for the answers, but I *can* tell you what to do step-by-step to answer each question.

1. Pap's character:  this character is introduced very early in the novel.  What sentence gives a good description of Pap's character?  

Use your own words to describe the incident - re-word what Twain said.

There is a target of Twain's satire... who or what is the target?

What type of idiomatic speech (irony, exaggeration, understatement, hyperbole, caricature, parody) is used to describe the character? Explain why you chose that type of idiomatic speech - why is your choice relevant?

Give a statement about what you think Twain is trying to say about the real world based on the description of Pap's character.

Answer 2

It is also many years since I read Huckleberry Finn, and I really cannot remember details of the novel other than very generally.  However, these sites should help you with your work with it.