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Satire is a very common subject in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Satire is a very common subject in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn An important satirical target in the novel is civilization One may think that civilization is the key factor in living a good healthy lifestyle but Twain suggests otherwise through his use of satirical tools Throughout the novel Huck runs into more trouble when he is part of a civilization rather than living on the raft with no troubles in the world One day Huck the duke and the king arrive in a small town on a steamboat They hear the town gossip about a man Peter Wilks who has passed away and Wilks daughters are waiting for their two uncles from England to arrive The duke and the king decide that they are going to pretend to be the two uncles from England to receive money that Wilks left for his family After the duke and the king introduce themselves as the two uncles they receive six thousand dollars in gold that they hide in the mattress of their bed One night Huck decides to do the right thing and give the money back to its rightful owners the daughters of Wilks Huck steals the money from the mattress and plans to hide it for the sisters to find after Huck and the others leave town Huck runs into trouble when he is about to leave the Wilks house when the oldest sister 



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