The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
What are examples of irony in Huckleberry Finn?
There are several episodes of irony
There are several episodes of irony
Verbal Irony (Jim)
"I's rich now, come to look at it. I owns myself, en I's wuth eight hund'd dollars."
Situational Irony
"I was so sorry to hear Jim say that, it was such a lowering of him."
Situational Irony: Pap's take on a black man's right to vote.
"They said he was a p'fessor in a college, and could talk all kinds of languages, and knowed everything. And that ain't the wust. They said he could vote."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn