A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.

Mark Twain uses Pap and his speech about the government to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses Buck's explanation of feuding to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses the description of the Grangerfords and Shepardsons bringing their guns to church while listening to a sermon about brotherly love to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses the King's description of Peter Wilks as "diseased" instead of "deceased" to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses the King's desire to sell all of the property and steal everything from Mary Jane and her sisters to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses the Royal Nonesuch and the Duke's description of the people who fell for it to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses the handbill for the Royal Nonesuch and the fact that it draws a crowd to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses the undertaker's loud "whisper" about the dog who had a rat during the funeral to satirize this issue.

Mark Twain uses Sherburn and his speech to the potential lynch mob to satirize this issue.

We know that Jim feels comfortable with Huck on the raft when he berates Huck and implies that he is this.

The emphasis on this word in the line "I could almost kissed his foot" implies that Huck feels superior to Jim and is astounded that he would even consider doing this.

Huck's use of this word when he described apologizing to Jim indicates that Huck still feels superior to Jim.

Twain's emphasis on this word in the climatic moment indicates that Huck loves Jim so much that he willingly chooses to sacrifice himself and go to hell to save Jim.

In his description of his time on the raft with Jim when he is making his ultimate decision, Huck uses this word to symbolize the calm periods during their journey.

In his description of his time on the raft with Jim when he is making his ultimate decision, Huck uses this word to symbolize the obstacles or difficulties that Jim tired to shield Huck from during their journey.

Huck's use of this word to describe his thoughts and words after he makes his ultimate decision implies that society still has some hold on Huck.

This character's use of the line "I was born and raised in the South, and I've lived in the North; so I know the average all around" might indicate that he is Mark Twain's voice in the novel.

In his speech, Sherburn compares a mob to this.

In his speech, Sherburn describes the people in the mob like they are this animal.

Time period during which Twain set the novel

Word that Huck emphasizes to show his sense of responsibility to Jim when he considers Jim's friendship before he tears up the letter

Time period during which Twain was writing and publishing the novel

Only character who knows that Jim is free until the very end of the novel and who uses this information to fulfil his desire to have an adventure while risking their lives, especially Jim's life.

Symbolizes freedom for Huck and Jim; Huck refers to it as "home" on several occasions

Only character who knows that Pap is dead until the very end of the novel and may have kept this information from Huck to protect himself

Symbolizes dangers, constraints, and hypocrisy of society

Place where Huck wants to go in the end and some believe show's Twain's view of the collapse of reconstruction after the Civil War

Scene that Twain uses to compare and contrast to the attempted lynching and satirizes mob mentality as well

Type of contrast that Huck faces throughout the novel