"I AM yo' Huckleberry"

The character/narrator, Huck, already reveals Twain’s genius, specifically in his realism. Huck is frank, practical, and mostly logical, and people misunderstand Huck, assuming he understands concepts that he has never been taught (e.g. Miss Watson balking at his ideas of prayer and Providence, or Tom's annoyance at his ideas concerning the practical application of genies). The repetition of phrases such as "I don't take no stock in ___" set up a personal rhythm of speech and make Huck more real. Twain also lures the reader into reading further by describing events through the eyes of the boys in such ridiculous ways that the reader must read further in order to understand what is taking place (e.g. the A-rabs and elephants). The incorporation of superstition is interesting because Huck tells what he feels is important without extraneous details...it makes no difference that his touching the snakeskin is three days before Jim is bitten, or killing a spider couldn’t logically bring his father; they can't be coincidence to Huck. Finally, the quirky scene endings, such as “it had all the marks of a Sunday school" or that Huck’s father could only be "reformed with a shotgun" add to the narrative richness.