Read the excerpt then answer the question: Excerpt from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain "Then Miss Watson she t
ook me in the closet and prayed, but nothing come of it. She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn't so. I tried it Once I got a fish-line, but no hooks. It warn't any good to me without hooks. I tried for the hooks three or four times, but somehow I couldn't make it work. By and by, one day, I asked Miss Watson to try for me, but she said I was a fool. She never told me why, and I couldn't make it out no way." In at least 150 words, explain how Twain uses satire to develop theme in this excerpt
Satire is a form of speech that makes caricatures of the subject for the purpose of exposing a fault or criticizing the individual. In this expert. Finn used satire in exposing the fact that prayers were ineffective for him.
<h3>What is Satire?</h3>
Satire is a form of irony that uses humor to expose the inadequacies of a person or thing. Huckleberry Finn, used satire in this excerpt, to explain that prayers did not work for him even though Miss Watson encouraged him to pray.
Despite praying, he was unable to catch some fish with his hook.
