what instances of satire can you find in chapters 17 and 18?

Chapter 17

Buck misspells Huck's pseudonym, and Huck memorizes the misspelling in case someone asks him about it.

'I bet you can't spell my name,' says I.

'I bet you what you dare I can', says he.

'All right,' says I, 'go ahead.'

'G-e-o-r-g-e J-a-x-o-n-there now,' he says.

'Well,' says I, 'you done it, but I didn't think you could.

It ain't no slouch of a name to spell-right off without studying.'

I set down, private, because somebody might want me to spell it next, and so I wanted to be handy with it and rattle it off like I was used to it." Page 103

Chapter 18

Most people in Huck's place would have loved having a personal servant, but Huck is uncomfortable, and refuses to take advantage of the man assigned to him. Although he does adhere to aspects of racism ingrained in him due to his upbringing, he has more respect for blacks than most Southerners of the time.

"Each person had their own nigger to wait on them-Buck too. My nigger had a monstrous easy time, because I warn't used to having anybody do anything for me, but Buck's was on the jump most of the time." Page 109

Most people in Huck's place would have loved having a personal servant, but