Read the author’s “Notice” from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the question. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

What is the author’s purpose in including this ironic notice?

a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is meant to be a serious work of literature.
b) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is intended to be read rather than analyzed.
c) to warn readers that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn does not follow a typical plot
d) to remind readers that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has no political agenda