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Satire Examples In Huckleberry Finn
Camp Priest
2.24.2013
Mrs. Workman
Satire Examples
Twain’s Examples
Example 1: The first example of satire is from chapter 16 when a homeowner sees Jim and thinks that he is an intruder and sends his dogs on to him, then as soon as he realizes that Huck is with him he calls them off, this is a form of satire because it is funny because people often do that to people depending on their race, as in racial profiling. For example if he had seen Huck first he may not have sent his dogs onto them. Example 2: The second example of satire is from chapter 17, when Huck stays with the Grangerfords in this chapter they mention how much they hate the Shepherdson’s; this may be a satire about how much society hates God’s children, because Jesus is our shepherd and Christians are His children therefore making all Christians the Shepherd’s children. Although not all of society hates Christians, it has become politically correct to not be a Christian for some reason and in our public schools they are
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Example 4: The only clear satire in chapter 20 is that how the Duke and the King are more concerned about how they are going to catch Jim, the run-away slave, and not concerned about the man who is robbing every one of their money. This is a satire to about how our government today is more worried about video piracy and not other very important matters. Example 5: This last satire was not written to apply to this matter but it fits perfectly, in chapter 22 the Duck and Dauphin finally put on their show after a long time of planning and work and choreography, but only 12 people tend the show, this may be a satire example of Obama Care, and how Obama spent so much money and time to produce it but when it was actually released less people signed up for it than people signed the petition to revoke Justin

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