Huckleberry Finn Religion Essay

The role of religion in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and On the Road, are displayed as being esoteric devices of no practical use to the common man. For instance, On the Road shows religion to be racist, prejudices and not a true Christian organization that would help everyone regardless of color, race, or sex. In fact, religion is represented in On the Road as being one filled with bigots and they to display very unchristian like behaviors. When Sargeant was need and obviously close to death the clergyman Mr. Dorset told Sargeant point blank that he was not welcomed in this church, and that he should go to the relief shelter to receive aid. However, it must have been obvious to the Minister that the shelter was overfilled since after all this was during the depression, …show more content…
Therefore, Huck the bible and religion was not a practical thing to believe in or even have in one’s life. For instance, Huck was a self-starter who was used to relying on himself and he would pray to God but receive no answers or help. He also realized that God doesn’t answer his prayers because Huck will not change and become the type of person that God wants, or truthfully what society wants. Therefore, he knows that his will be unanswered and that God is absent from his life. Both Characters from On the Road and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn know that God is not truly portrayed as how their society portray them. They both know instinctively that God and Jesus disapproves of the current behavior and that God really just wants us to love one another regardless of skin color, race or sex. They both know that God wishes society was different and wishes that society was more aligned to way that Huck and Sargeant views issues. In addition, Huck would not change himself to conform to society and religion. Huck would always follow his heart and what he felt was ethically right. Both of these stories show that religion is an aspect of society and how society views the downtrodden