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Read this paragraph from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.Well, three or four months run along, and it was well into the winter now. I had been to school most all the time and could spell and read and write just a little, and could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don't reckon I could ever get any further than that if I was to live forever. I don't take no stock in mathematics, anyway.What is the author's purpose for including this paragraph?to inform readers about one-room school housesto inform readers about mathematics instructionto persuade readers to stay in school to master basic skillsto entertain readers with a story of a disinterested student
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