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Question 13 • English III

Which of the following quotations by Huck’s father in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an example of irony?

Answer

"Starchy clothes—very. You think you're a good deal of a big-bug, DON'T you?"

“You're educated, too, they say—can read and write. You think you're better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can’t?”

“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.”

"All right. I'll ask him; and I'll make him pungle, too, or I'll know the reason why.

Explanation

The irony is in Pap’s resentment that Huck can read and write, as though education makes Huck think he is better than his father. Pap treats Huck’s education as a fault even though Pap’s own illiteracy and behavior make him a poor model of superiority. The quotation beginning “You’re educated, too, they say” best shows this contrast.

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