Question

A dialect is a nonstandard, sometimes regional, variation of a language, such as American

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The dialect used in Why, You Reckon gives the audience the idea that the character is not educated and, very likely, poor. It helps the enjoyment of the story. For example in the following quote

“Well sir, I ain’t never been mixed up in nothing wrong before nor since, and I don’t intend to be again, but I was hongry that night.” (Hughes 253)