H.Finn Vitality to American Literature - 11.19.15

     In my opinion, I do believe that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a vital text to development of American literature. Foster gives the example of that without Mark Twain's writing of this novel that America's satire would not be the same without it. It creates a sort of template for other authors to base themselves off of. Foster also talks about how dialect was the "hallmark of low, low 'comedy'" (Foster 104) He then goes on to tell us that by foster using dialect it brings the reader into the world of the narrator and helps us understand issues from a different social/ethnic perspective. In conclusion to this all, I do believe that Huck Finn is a vital text as it creates a template for future American literature and helps other authors develop their works.