Based on the dialect used throughout the adventures of huckleberry finn, which of the following statements about the characters within the story is most accurate?

a. jim’s use of dialect suggests that he is working hard to gain favor with the duke and the king.

b. the king’s use of dialect suggests that he may not actually be a king and is simply posing as one.

c. huck’s use of dialect suggests that he is just a young boy who wants to fit in with the crowd.

d. the duke’s use of dialect suggests that he really is a duke, attempting to act as a common swindler.

The correct answer is: B. The king’s use of dialect suggests that he may not actually be a king and is simply posing as one.

Indeed, the “King’s” dialect is definitely American Southern of low extraction. Although he is able to trick his way around with eloquence and bits of knowledge and culture it is evident for an observant, educated reader that he is not part of French nobility since not only would his language and his manners be more elaborate, stemming from a privileged upbringing; his accent would be less American and more European which is definitely not the case as his lines reveal.

i would believe it would be b., the author wants to draw the reader deeper into the experience