How does Twain’s use of dialect in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contribute to the realist nature of the novel?

Twain uses regional speech patterns and vocabulary to reflect how people in the novel’s time and place actually spoke. This makes both the characters and their setting feel more believable, which contributes to the novel’s realism. The dialect may sometimes be challenging to read, but difficulty is not its main purpose.

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