Webster’s Dictionary defines satire as trenchant wit, irony or sarcasm used to expose or discredit vice or folly. This literary device has been used throughout the course of history and continues to be used today. These people use this device because they see it fit to poke fun at the awkward traits in everyday life. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses satire to point out the evils in society, get a …showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1286 total…the style of writing that he so despises. Although this book was highly criticized because of its satire when it was first published, the situations in which Twain materializes the character of the American people have now become classic. Mark Twain uses satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to point out the evils in society, get a rise out of the gullibility of people, and as a Realist, poke fun at the Romantic Movement.