When David Wilson, an up and coming lawyer that had an interest in fingerprinting, first arrived at Dawson’s Landing, his intelligence and wise humor seemed foolish to the incompetent townspeople. When David commented on wanting to kill half of the dog, the townspeople were distraught and labeled David Wilson a pudd’nhead. No. 6, a townsperson, said, “Perfect jackass—yes, and it ain’t going too far to say he is a pudd’nhead.” (Page 5) Another use of irony came later in the story and affected a different character. “Tom,” the son of Roxy, spent most of his early life criticizing and hating African Americans, while the whole time he was African American himself.  Roxy, the mother of Valet de Chambre, told obsequious “Tom” that he had African American blood, and that his real master had been the one he beat around for all those years. “Yassir, en dat ain’t all! You’s a nigger!—bawn a nigger en a slave!” said Roxy. (Page 47) Another example of irony came when “Tom” tried to relieve his gambling debts. “Tom” stole the twin’s Indian knife to sell for debt money; ironically he could not pawn it because the town had notified the police and pawnbrokers about the theft. “Tom” thought he had a flawless plan to obtain money for his debts until he heard what David Wilson had to say. “They found that the dagger was gone, and they notified the police and pawnbrokers everywhere. It was a great haul, yes, but the old woman won’t get anything out of it, because she’ll get caught.” said Wilson. (Page 78) Twain managed to incorporate many forms and examples of irony into another great classic.