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SATIRE SATIRESATIRE

= = =Why Read Huck?:=

To this question there is no simple answer. The first thing that comes to mind when any teenage person hears the question "Why?" is "Well, Why not?" When one looks past the simple Why not? answer you find that Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a book ridden with satirical views of society and life in a time period very different from our own. The best thing about these satirical views is that many of them can be applied to the society we know today, and if given the chance, show us a parallel between the times.

=The Task:=
 * 1) How is //Huck Finn// a critique of institutions, traditions, practices, and social characteristics of Twain's time period?
 * 2) How does //Huck Finn// work as a critique of our modern society and its institutions, traditions, and practices?


 * 1) Select one event from the novel that functions as a commentary on a part of society, its traditions, practices, or institutions (eg. marriage, law, education, etc.) Summarize the event and write an analysis of the event, focusing on Twain's commentary on that aspect of society.
 * 2) Research a historic event (post Civil War to the publication of the novel) that fits the topic introduced in the episode you've selected from the novel. Summarize the event and explain how Twain's novel acts as a critique of that event.
 * 3) Research a contemporary event similar (in terms of underlying ideas and issues or in terms of what happened) to the historic event that you have chosen. Again, summarize the event and explain how Twain's novel still acts as a critique of this event even though his novel was written so long ago.
 * 4) Write an essay that proposes a satyrical solution to the problem suggested by your current event.

=My Ideas:=

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