The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
1 You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before. 2 Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece--all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round --more than a body could tell what to do with. The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.
The author's choice to have Huckleberry Finn narrate his own story
A lends the work a dark and serious tone. .
B lends the work a captivating, tense tone
C lends the work a surprisingly hostile tone.
D lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.
D lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.
D lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.
To determine the answer to this question, we need to analyze the passage and the language used by Huckleberry Finn, the narrator of the story.
The first sentence of the passage sets the stage for the narrator's voice: "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." This indicates that the narrator is speaking directly to the reader and assumes that they have prior knowledge of Tom Sawyer's adventures.
Throughout the passage, Huckleberry Finn uses informal language and colloquialisms, such as "ain't," "I never seen," "more than a body could tell what to do with." This casual and vernacular language gives the story an informal, lighthearted tone.
The way Huckleberry Finn narrates the events, sharing his thoughts and observations, adds to the informal tone. He provides personal opinions, like "It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up" and "But it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways," emphasizing his own perspective.
Therefore, based on the informal language, casual tone, and the personal narrative style, the correct answer is D: lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.