Is There Life on Mars?

I must admit something, and Mr. Wasserman I know you might despise me for this, but I honestly think that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn isn’t that great of a novel, and it is borderline annoying. Perhaps this novel will get better since I’m done with the play and all, but I still have my doubts. Anyways, I’m having a little trouble finding these satires funny, or even finding them at all. Personally, the only one I found slightly humourous was when Pap was telling Huck that he should quit school, but only because Huck was slowly becoming more educated than him. This eventually led to Huck wanting to go to school, but not because he wanted to learn, but this wanting was out of spite for Pap. That, plus Pap voting are the only satires I sort of smiled at, but other than that, there really aren’t many satires that I find to be “the classic examples of satire.” For example, I actually liked Jonathan Swift’s proposal;after all, it did make me laugh, because it made me incredibly uncomfortable. Isn’t that what a satire supposed to be? Something that makes you incredibly uncomfortable, yet it’s so true that it’s hilarious? I have hopes that Huck Finn will get better, and that these satires will jump out at me more.

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