Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "Well, I'll learn her how to meddle. And looky here-you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is." What is Twain's most likely intention for employing humor within this quotation?

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Miley

27 July, 14:38

Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "Well, I'll learn her how to meddle. And looky here-you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is." What is Twain's most likely intention for employing humor within this quotation?

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Ireland Sanchez · Answer 1

The intention of Mark Twain in this excerpt from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in his employment of humor in the said quote would be trying, in any way, to the make the other party to not feel bad or make them feel better, uplift their spirits, or simply to encourage them.