Samuel Clemens was a talented author who used several literary elements throughout his works. Clemens novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was written as a critique of southern romanticism. Clemens despised romantic literature. He felt as though it instilled false hopes in its readers. Therefore, it seems rather ironic that Clemens would include elements of romantic literature within a work that criticized this form of literature. Through out this popular novel, elements of romantic literature surface. It is unknown whether this were included to "poke fun" at romantic literature, or simply a mistake made by Clemens. Whatever the reason, the elements do appear within this novel.

The most prominent element of romantic literature in this novel is Tom Sawyer. The author included this character to show just how ridiculous romantic literature could be. Clemens uses Tom's character to show the "false hopes" that romantic literature can instill in its readers. Tom, Huck's closest friend, is a well read somewhat educated young boy. Therefore, Huck looks up to Tom and follows his lead. Tom talks Huck into doing many ridiculous things to create an adventure

The instance being discussed is Huck's arrival at Aunt Sally's farm. Clemens had to realize it was a bit far fetched for Huck to be so lucky. He knew everything to tell Aunt Sally, because after all, she was his best friend's aunt. Clemens had to have known that this was not a realistic ending. Clemens even notes that Huck "was easy and comfortable" (175). It is not made clear in the novel why Clemens included this element of roamantic literature within his plot. This is why the reader could be swayed to believe that Clemens had become tired and was looking for a quick way to end his work. It is ironic though that he would leave this element in is work after reading the work over. Through out the novel Huck faces many hardships. Samuel Clemens does not make any of these hardships unrealistic. The rest of his novel is a realistic account of what might have happened on the Mississippi River a hundred years ago and an excellent example of realism. Why then does he make this flaw at the closing of his novel, knowing that it was far fetched? Perhaps Clemens left this element in his work to make scholars wonder.

It is however ironic, that Clemens would allow a romantic element into the very plot of his work. Whether this was done intentionally or not is unknown. It seems strange that an author, who hated an element, as much as Clemens despised romantic literature, would include it within the plot of their work. After reading the novel through, one might be swayed to believe this was an accident. Perhaps Clemens became tired and was looking for a quick ending to the story. Whatever the reason may be, at the closi

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