Social normalities have always been a conundrum for most people especially fictional ones like Huck from the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry and Finn. At some moments Huck wants to stick to the social normalities of his time, but at others he wants to differentiate himself from the crowd. This occurs all the time in the non-fictional world. Huck seems to be stuck between both of these situations. He feels if he defies the social normality of slavery he will be mortified while in his heart he knows that he can’t denounce Jim, his friend and an escaped slave. While slavery is the main social aspect of the novel Huck begins to change his ways of life. He begins to practice religion, he changes his etiquette, and educated.
One of the large social properties of the time of the novel was proper etiquette. This included eating in the right manner, bathing, speaking formally, respecting others, and some other things. Huck is introduced to most of these characteristics, especially eating in the right manner and speaking …show more content…
In the novel slavery is both accepted and detested. It seems as though Twain doesn’t choose a side based on slavery. He just wants to depicts how it was which is why he shows Huck helping a slave escape slavery and shows noble families owning slaves. With Huck, slavery is a natural thing, but his his friend Jim is the exception to this. Huck’s deep connection with Jim seems to block the social normality of slavery. When Jim is not present slavery seems to be normal once again for Huck. When Huck meets the Grangerfords he describes them as a noble family who owned many slaves. This gives the readers the notion that Huck agrees with slavery. This all goes back to the fact that Twain didn’t want to choose whether slavery was a pro or a con he just wanted to express its simple nature in his novel because of how serious it was in his
One of the large social properties of the time of the novel was proper etiquette. This included eating in the right manner, bathing, speaking formally, respecting others, and some other things. Huck is introduced to most of these characteristics, especially eating in the right manner and speaking …show more content…
In the novel slavery is both accepted and detested. It seems as though Twain doesn’t choose a side based on slavery. He just wants to depicts how it was which is why he shows Huck helping a slave escape slavery and shows noble families owning slaves. With Huck, slavery is a natural thing, but his his friend Jim is the exception to this. Huck’s deep connection with Jim seems to block the social normality of slavery. When Jim is not present slavery seems to be normal once again for Huck. When Huck meets the Grangerfords he describes them as a noble family who owned many slaves. This gives the readers the notion that Huck agrees with slavery. This all goes back to the fact that Twain didn’t want to choose whether slavery was a pro or a con he just wanted to express its simple nature in his novel because of how serious it was in his