Huck Finn - Life On The River

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how mark twain's novel "the adventures of huckleberry finn" uses language to draw the contrast effectively as well as through the atmosphere created, diction, punctuation, and figures of speech.
• Analyzes how huck describes the peaceful life on the river and the vile nature of the streets and lanes of a town in the first paragraph.
• Analyzes how huck's idyllic life on the river is as routine. the words "then" and "next" are repeated several times in the first half of the passage.
• Analyzes how huck conveys a sense of relaxed movement by diction and alliteration throughout the passage. the use of onomatopoeia'swift' allows passage to progress in the same continuous and serene motion as the river.
• Contrasts the first paragraph with the second, describing the disgusting nature of a town along the river and the streets within it.
• Analyzes how the overall atmosphere of the second paragraph is in direct contrast to the first paragraph, where the atmosphere created depicts filth.
• Analyzes how onomatopoeia amplifies the discomfort that the sow is experiencing by adding emphasis to the unpleasant scene huck is witnessing in this particular town.
• Analyzes how the punctuation in the first paragraph is simple and free flowing with the use of many comma’s and extended sentence length to exemplify the smooth motion of the river.
• Analyzes how the figures of speech used in the first and second paragraphs are in direct contract to one another, one being peaceful and the other being cruel.
• Analyzes how huck feels free while travelling on the river and appreciates the beauty surrounding him, while in the town he sees filth all around him.
• Analyzes how twain uses language to draw the contrast between life on the river and life in the towns along the river.