In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there is a big theme of reality vs appearance. Meaning, things aren’t always what they seem to be. Huck is a great liar and has had some help with his his tricks as well. Two big parts, or well my favorite ones I have picked for examples are when Huck fakes his death with a hog to leave his pa’s house. Also I picked when they want to hide Jim so they paint him up like a sickly person.
Example one, Huck is getting sick of living with his Pa, he beats him and drinks too much. So when Huck sees a way he pretends like robbers have come in and gotten him, which works well because Pa thought the robbers were around yesterday. His plan was to kill a hog by chopping him up and making it seem like it was him, On the page 42“Well last I pulled out some hair and blooded the ax good, and stuck it on the back side, and slung the ax in the corner. Then I took up the pig and held him to my breast with my jacket (so he wouldn’t drip) till I got a good piece below the house and then dumped him into the river.” …show more content…
While they had Jim it would be difficult people would think he’s a runaway slave. So the Duke had a good idea to dress up Jim as a very sickly man. On the page 200“He dressed Jim up in King Lear’s out-fit-it was a long curtain-calico gown, and a white horsehair wig and whiskers; and then he took his ears and neck all over a dead, dull solid blue, like a man that’s been drownded nine days.”
In conclusion, this is how i’ve proved and explained some different types of reality vs appearance. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there are many more, but, i think you can understand by just these two. Things are not always as you see
Example one, Huck is getting sick of living with his Pa, he beats him and drinks too much. So when Huck sees a way he pretends like robbers have come in and gotten him, which works well because Pa thought the robbers were around yesterday. His plan was to kill a hog by chopping him up and making it seem like it was him, On the page 42“Well last I pulled out some hair and blooded the ax good, and stuck it on the back side, and slung the ax in the corner. Then I took up the pig and held him to my breast with my jacket (so he wouldn’t drip) till I got a good piece below the house and then dumped him into the river.” …show more content…
While they had Jim it would be difficult people would think he’s a runaway slave. So the Duke had a good idea to dress up Jim as a very sickly man. On the page 200“He dressed Jim up in King Lear’s out-fit-it was a long curtain-calico gown, and a white horsehair wig and whiskers; and then he took his ears and neck all over a dead, dull solid blue, like a man that’s been drownded nine days.”
In conclusion, this is how i’ve proved and explained some different types of reality vs appearance. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there are many more, but, i think you can understand by just these two. Things are not always as you see