Don't you give me none o' your lip," says he. "You've put on considerable many frills since I been away. I'll take you down a pe
g before I get done with 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? I'LL take it out of you. Who told you you might meddle with such hifalut'n foolishness, hey?--who told you you could?" How does the dialect affect characterization?
In this excerpt from Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", the use of dialect accentuates Huck's father hostility towards his son.
Explanation:
In this excerpt, Huck's father finds out that Huck has learned to read and scolds him. Parents want the best for their children, but in this case it seems that Huck's father wants his son to be as miserable and uneducated as he is. The use of dialect accentuates how angry he is with Huck.
