Satire in Huck Finn What is satire? What is irony? Satire is a kind of literature that tries to open people’s eyes to the need for change by exposing the flaws of a person or society What is irony? Irony as you may recall is a contrast between what appears to be true and what IS true, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

Satire in Huck Finn Example: Government Judicial system: Pap is an example of satirizing the government judicial system because of his relationship to Judge Thatcher and his son. You expect a father to care about his son, but he scolds him about learning to read and “getting religion.” We may laugh at Pap, but we should also be aware of the messages: the new judge is too easily tricked by Pap’s “Reformation” and there is something wrong with a system that would let Pap take Huck.

Find an example for each of these in the novel Man’s Cruelty to Man Religious Hypocrisy Romanticism (look in your notes to recall what this is) Superstition

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With your partner… Find one example for each of the ideas then… Create a satirical cartoon representing one of these examples that you have found.