Dialects in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Words: 1412 Pages: 5 23152Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which takes place in St. Petersburg, Missouri, and in various areas along the Mississippi River. There are four dialects spoken in the novel: (1) Missouri Negro; (2) backwoods Southwestern; (3) the "ordinary Pike County"; and (4) four variations of modified "Pike County." Mark Twain used several dialects in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to distinguish his characters. Jim’s Strong Dialect Twain grew up in Florida, Missouri, and this is where he was […]