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Chapter 23
Explanation and Analysis—Huck Finn:
Though Huck does not intentionally hide the truth from readers, he is still an unreliable narrator in his own way. This is mostly due to specific limiting factors in his life: first, he is 13 years old and has not gone through regular schooling. This leads to several incorrect references and allusions, like in the following conversation he has with Jim:
“Well, Henry he takes a notion he wants to get up some trouble with this country. How does he go at it—give notice?—give the country a show? No. All of a sudden he heaves all the tea in Boston Harbor overboard, and whacks out a declaration of independence, and dares them to come on. That was his style—he never give anybody a chance. He had suspicions of his father, the Duke of Wellington.”
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