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FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INCDDACTS in Theory and Practice Robert E Worden PhD Sarah J McLean PhDSeptember 2009 423 New Karner Rd Suite 5 Albany NY 12205 PH 5184566323 FAX 5184566312Robert E Worden PhD. BY: MARK TWAIN. Background Information. What is satire?. Satire is the use of . ____________ or . sarcasm to denounce or make fun of a specific idea, object, concept, or person.. Mark Twain uses satire to:. By Mark Twain. Meet Mark Twain. “I was born on the 30. th. of November, 1835, in the almost invisible village of Florida, Monroe County, Missouri… the village contained a hundred people and I increased the population by 1 percent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done for a town.”. English 11. Humor. Read the Notice/Explanatory etc. to the novel as a class, pg. 6. Mark Twain sates in the “Notice” that persons attempting to find a moral in this book will be banished. While he slightly overstates his case, we should not forget that this novel is very funny. It is important to find the humor in the novel. Too often we as readers are so concerned with the social aspect that we forget to look for what is funny.. Mark Twain. Introduction. Background. Discussion Starters. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain. Images provided by Index Open, Jupiter Images, and Shutterstock.. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Dr. Maier. Satire. Definition: A genre that pokes fun at some element of society (or society as a whole) and often uses laughter as a means of correcting vice.. . Horatian versus Juvenalian Satire. Horatian Satire: pokes fun at society through good-natured and playful humor. . The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. by Mark Twain. Please take out note-taking materials. There will be a quiz.. Setting: St. Petersburg, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River.. Author. : Mark Twain. MacCool. and the . Giant’s. . Causeway. About the . legend. The story . takes. place in Ireland. The . characters. are Finn . MacCool. . who. . is. a . giant. . from. Ireland, . Benandonner. Unit Intro. English 9 Honors. September . 2016. Goals. . Analyze the impact of language on how we understand a text, censor a text, or discuss a text.. Understand Twain’s intent in writing . Huckleberry Finn. Self-study Process. John N. Gardner, President. Andrew K. Koch, Executive Vice President. Foundations of Excellence 2013 Winter Meeting. February 22, 2013. Orlando, Florida. ®. Overview . Welcome. Who We Are. "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn" . Ernest Hemingway . Racism & Slavery. . written after . Emancipation Proclamation. abolished slavery, but time period of story set during slavery . A picaresque novel:. Involves clever rogues or adventurers engaged in a series of episodes.. A genre of generally satiric prose fiction that depicts in realistic, often humorous detail, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.. About the Author. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens. . Clemens was born on the Missouri frontier, learned several trades, traveled widely, and transformed himself into Mark Twain.. Four years after Clemens was born, his . The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Meet Mark Twain “I was born on the 30 th of November, 1835, in the almost invisible village of Florida, Monroe County, Missouri… the village contained a hundred people and I increased the population by 1 percent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done for a town.” Jamie. Annie. Fay. Leo. Spunky. Cider. Muskrat. Nudnik. Iggie. Zoid. Finn and Sadie Clawson. All the prior Clawson buddies. Jasper, . Triple Scoop,. . and their . Jasko. buddy. Stinkerbell. Missy. In memory of.