Andres Flores
Professor Kazel Morgan
Engl. 2328.002 33762
Oct. 13, 2017
X pages
Huckleberry Finn
The Mighty and Mysterious Mississippi The mighty Mississippi River in the 1800’s was the life’s blood of the nation. As a fast growing agricultural and industrial nation; trade moved from North to South and back again. Along its banks, cities, towns, and villages sprang up. Our story begins on the banks of the Mississippi in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The Mississippi divides the nation both physically and civilly; on the East side the nation is mostly civilized with industry and agriculture, but the West is the developing frontier. Where the Ohio and Mississippi converge is also dividing point; where ‘free’ states begin …show more content…
As a child, Huck is afforded a certain latitude with his thoughts and deeds. Since he is still young, adults realize his thoughts and morals are still forming. Only a child would be open-minded enough to so readily embrace new ideas. Adults and powers-that-be, excuse his prejudices because he is a child and doesn’t know any better, and then ‘we’ admire his moral awaking because it shows he’s growing up. Being a juvenile allows Huck to sort out his questions without being judged-and to change his opinions once he has made up his mind. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about Huck growing up-not getting older, but maturing in terms of the way he thinks about things. Huck toils with things that aren’t right or wrong; religion, money, slavery and honesty. Twain uses Huck to render a picture of the hypocrisies of his adult characters and of Huck’s. As Morrison had asserted, Huck can only find the time to think about conflict in himself on the river. Away from second and third opinions he can formulate his own ideas and …show more content…
Twain humanizes Jim and humbles Huck. In the misconception that the superficial societal conventions of his day are identical with the standards of civilization, Huck never realizes that his basic integrity and his compassion reveal to him to be a truly civilized human being in our eyes. But he only learns this while on the river after being separated by the fog and current of the river. While in the company of "civilized" folk Huck is constantly asked to comprise his principles, to do the right thing even if it is
Professor Kazel Morgan
Engl. 2328.002 33762
Oct. 13, 2017
X pages
Huckleberry Finn
The Mighty and Mysterious Mississippi The mighty Mississippi River in the 1800’s was the life’s blood of the nation. As a fast growing agricultural and industrial nation; trade moved from North to South and back again. Along its banks, cities, towns, and villages sprang up. Our story begins on the banks of the Mississippi in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The Mississippi divides the nation both physically and civilly; on the East side the nation is mostly civilized with industry and agriculture, but the West is the developing frontier. Where the Ohio and Mississippi converge is also dividing point; where ‘free’ states begin …show more content…
As a child, Huck is afforded a certain latitude with his thoughts and deeds. Since he is still young, adults realize his thoughts and morals are still forming. Only a child would be open-minded enough to so readily embrace new ideas. Adults and powers-that-be, excuse his prejudices because he is a child and doesn’t know any better, and then ‘we’ admire his moral awaking because it shows he’s growing up. Being a juvenile allows Huck to sort out his questions without being judged-and to change his opinions once he has made up his mind. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about Huck growing up-not getting older, but maturing in terms of the way he thinks about things. Huck toils with things that aren’t right or wrong; religion, money, slavery and honesty. Twain uses Huck to render a picture of the hypocrisies of his adult characters and of Huck’s. As Morrison had asserted, Huck can only find the time to think about conflict in himself on the river. Away from second and third opinions he can formulate his own ideas and …show more content…
Twain humanizes Jim and humbles Huck. In the misconception that the superficial societal conventions of his day are identical with the standards of civilization, Huck never realizes that his basic integrity and his compassion reveal to him to be a truly civilized human being in our eyes. But he only learns this while on the river after being separated by the fog and current of the river. While in the company of "civilized" folk Huck is constantly asked to comprise his principles, to do the right thing even if it is