Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

I stood by the duke at the door, and I see that every man that went in had his pockets bulging, or something muffled up under his coat—and I see it warn't no perfumery, neither, not by a long sight. I smelt sickly eggs by the barrel, and rotten cabbages, and such things; and if I know the signs of a dead cat being around, and I bet I do, there was sixty-four of them went in.

How does Huck’s use of dialect to describe the setting affect this part of the story?
A) The expressions he uses decrease the conflict by showing that Huck and the others will be good sports about the townspeople’s retaliation.
B) The expressions he uses increase the conflict by revealing how frightened Huck and the others are at the thought of the townspeople’s revenge.
C) The expressions he uses add humor and lessen the tension that is building as the townspeople file in to exact their revenge on Huck and the others.
D) The expressions he uses heighten the suspense that is building as the townspeople file in to exact their revenge on Huck and the others.

The expressions he uses heighten the suspense that is building as the townspeople file in to exact their revenge on him and the others" is how his utilization of dialect to point out the setting affect this part of the story.

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clashspores clashspores · Answer 2 · 2018-11-20T22:27:16+01:00

The correct answer is C.

Huck's use of dialect in this excerpt from chapter 23 of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" affect the story by lessening the tension in the story.

Huck uses language to create humor while describing how the townspeople are filing in to extract their revenge. He knows that they are carrying some king of weapons, but downplays it by saying that it was "no perfumer". Then, he explains that he smelled rotten eggs and vegetables and sixty-four dead cats, using exageration as a way of mocking the situation.