Satire at it's Best In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Satire is the use of irony or sarcasm to expose vice or folly. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a very talented writer and use's satire a great deal in the novel. This novel is not only an adventure story but also a comedy in the way that Mark Twain pokes fun at the way people have become to be. He uses the flaws of man to make this novel a joy to read. "When we was ready to shove off we was a quarter of a mile below the island, and it was pretty broad day; so I made Jim lay down in the cano