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. .
The correct answer is D. The author's choice to have Huckleberry Finn narrate his own story lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.
D lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.
To determine the author's choice of having Huckleberry Finn narrate his own story and the tone it lends to the work, we can look at the given passage.
In this passage, Huckleberry Finn introduces himself and talks about the events that took place in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He mentions that the previous book was made by Mr. Mark Twain and that it mostly tells the truth but also includes some exaggerations. From this, we can infer that Huckleberry Finn is a character who speaks in a casual, informal manner.
Furthermore, Huckleberry Finn describes his life after finding the money hidden by robbers and how he escaped the widow's attempts to "sivilize" him. This demonstrates his rebellious nature and his desire for freedom and adventure. The passage also includes phrases like "I lit out," which reflect his relaxed, informal style of speaking.
Based on these observations, the author's choice to have Huckleberry Finn narrate his own story lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone. Therefore, the correct answer is D: lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.