Exordium
Imagine if you had the innate ability to do the right thing, but society constantly told you to do something different. Imagine if no matter what you did, you would be viewed as an outcast. How easily would you give in to societal beliefs? It would be hard to go about daily life when constantly battling the personal struggle to do what is actually right and to put up with society telling you what they believe is right. During the pre-Civil War years, people in the south had favorable views of slavery and those that were against slavery were the minority and it was hard for their voice to be heard. Society’s views significantly impact how children grow up and how their viewpoints grow as they get older.
Narratio
In Mark Twain’s novel, …show more content…
Huck is able to overcome these moral struggles by the end of the novel through his experiences dealing with his father, living on the run with Jim, and being able to view other’s misdeeds. At times, the societal issues that Huck faces almost seem like too much to overcome yet we see time and time again how he is able to deal with …show more content…
Jim, who is a black slave, is treated like a piece of property. For example, he is forced to practice Christianity, which actually seems to be the opposite of Christian values. Jim is also forcefully separated from his family and has no legal recourse to get them back. Jim is very superstitious, and Huck, who knows this, puts a dead snake, (representing bad luck) at the bottom of Jim’s bed and Jim gets bitten. Even Huck, at this point in the book, treats Jim as less than human. Illustrates Jim’s actual humanity by contrasting him and Pap as parents. He portrays black values as more humane than white ones. In the novel, it is suggested that one must flee in order to gain freedom. Both Huck and Jim are fleeing from tyranny, which is a dangerous process and too serious for Twain to portray humorously. Huck, himself is conflicted throughout the novel between his feelings for Jim and his sense that he is breaking the law for helping Jim escape. When Huck plays the last joke on Jim, with the trash, he comes to realize that Jim is an equal. Finally, Jim informs Huck that if he and his children do not become free then he will get an abolishonist to help him escape. Huck is first very upset by this and feels he must turn Jim in, but changes his mind as he sees Jim as a person worthy of respect. To the moder readers Huck’s dilemma problems may seem funny, but in fact, he
Imagine if you had the innate ability to do the right thing, but society constantly told you to do something different. Imagine if no matter what you did, you would be viewed as an outcast. How easily would you give in to societal beliefs? It would be hard to go about daily life when constantly battling the personal struggle to do what is actually right and to put up with society telling you what they believe is right. During the pre-Civil War years, people in the south had favorable views of slavery and those that were against slavery were the minority and it was hard for their voice to be heard. Society’s views significantly impact how children grow up and how their viewpoints grow as they get older.
Narratio
In Mark Twain’s novel, …show more content…
Huck is able to overcome these moral struggles by the end of the novel through his experiences dealing with his father, living on the run with Jim, and being able to view other’s misdeeds. At times, the societal issues that Huck faces almost seem like too much to overcome yet we see time and time again how he is able to deal with …show more content…
Jim, who is a black slave, is treated like a piece of property. For example, he is forced to practice Christianity, which actually seems to be the opposite of Christian values. Jim is also forcefully separated from his family and has no legal recourse to get them back. Jim is very superstitious, and Huck, who knows this, puts a dead snake, (representing bad luck) at the bottom of Jim’s bed and Jim gets bitten. Even Huck, at this point in the book, treats Jim as less than human. Illustrates Jim’s actual humanity by contrasting him and Pap as parents. He portrays black values as more humane than white ones. In the novel, it is suggested that one must flee in order to gain freedom. Both Huck and Jim are fleeing from tyranny, which is a dangerous process and too serious for Twain to portray humorously. Huck, himself is conflicted throughout the novel between his feelings for Jim and his sense that he is breaking the law for helping Jim escape. When Huck plays the last joke on Jim, with the trash, he comes to realize that Jim is an equal. Finally, Jim informs Huck that if he and his children do not become free then he will get an abolishonist to help him escape. Huck is first very upset by this and feels he must turn Jim in, but changes his mind as he sees Jim as a person worthy of respect. To the moder readers Huck’s dilemma problems may seem funny, but in fact, he