Satire censures things, people, activities, or ideas, and makes people see things that they normally wouldn't permit to exist. Often times, satire is used to relay a message between an author and his reader. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses satire to reveal faults in society. The humor he includes leaves his reader laughing at him or herself, and often times responding with a "That's me" statement. By the end of the novel, Twain hopes the satire in his novel has left an impression to encourage change. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses satire to criticize romanticism and hypocrisy in society.
Mark Twain attacks romanticism. He uses the title Walter Scott, a romantic author, to name the "likely to break up and wash off" wrecked ship. …
