Mark Twain, the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens, was, as a literary writer, a genius. His use of numerous literary devices throughout the novel are quite unique. Examples of them would be, irony;
'Here was a nigger, which I had as good as helped to run away, coming
right out and saying that he would steal his children - children that belonged to someone that had done me no harm.' p. 88;
and colloquial enunciation;
I ast 'm if dey 'uz gwyne to grab a young white genlman's propaty,
en git a hidin for it?' p. 112
Samuel Clemens was a very controversial writer in his time. Although he was fi…
