In the beginning of the book when Huck lives with the widow, Huck expresses his feelings on being civilized.
The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the …show more content…
Huck and Jim run into two men that were both on the run also. They were runaway con men who falsely claimed to be the Duke of Bridgewater and the disappeared Dauphin of France. The Duke and the Dauphin traveled with Huck and Jim and scammed people as they went from town to town. In one town they pretend to be the relatives of a deceased man so that they could obtain his money. This act of greed struck Huck and made him see the evil that lies in society. Huck sees even further into this evil when the Duke and the Dauphin make their way into the next town and are caught for their scams. The townspeople tar and feather the two con men and parade them through town, which disgusts Huck deeply. “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another”(Twain 325). Through the characters of the Duke and the Dauphin, Twain gives an idea of how society makes it seem like it is alright to be cruel to one