When two people travel together on a river, it’s usually only thought of as just an adventure. However, Mark Twain uses, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to make fun of many problems in “sivilized” society. Huck, is considered an uneducated boy, and is constantly forced to conform to society. A runaway slave by the name of Jim, tries to find freedom throughout the novel. In this novel, Twain uses satire to demonstrate many of "civilizations" problems.
At the beginning of the book, Huck meets up with his friends which include Tom Sawyer and decide to start a gang. Tom Sawyer becomes the leader of the gang and decides that one of the things they will do is kidnap people, and then hold them for ransom. They soon realize that they don’t actually know what “ransom” means. Tom had a working definition of ransom: "But per'aps if we keep them till they're ransomed, it means that we keep them till they're dead" (Twain 12). All the boys agree with Tom unanimously. Twain uses satire to show that even though something is utterly wrong, but if society thinks it is right, then people think it is true. Mark Twain could be using this example to make fun of slavery.
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These characters are con men who make their living by swindling people out of their money. Towards the end of the book, they are caught by a large crowd. They are tarred and feathered, thereby paying for their crimes. Huck expresses his thoughts on the con men by saying: "It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another" (294). Throughout this section, Twain shows that criminals aren't the only ones that can be cruel. The crowd considers themselves to be civilized. They would oppose cruel and inhumane acts like these, but de facto, committing one themselves. Twain shows that society can do such terrible things yet still view themselves as
At the beginning of the book, Huck meets up with his friends which include Tom Sawyer and decide to start a gang. Tom Sawyer becomes the leader of the gang and decides that one of the things they will do is kidnap people, and then hold them for ransom. They soon realize that they don’t actually know what “ransom” means. Tom had a working definition of ransom: "But per'aps if we keep them till they're ransomed, it means that we keep them till they're dead" (Twain 12). All the boys agree with Tom unanimously. Twain uses satire to show that even though something is utterly wrong, but if society thinks it is right, then people think it is true. Mark Twain could be using this example to make fun of slavery.
Religion and education were …show more content…
These characters are con men who make their living by swindling people out of their money. Towards the end of the book, they are caught by a large crowd. They are tarred and feathered, thereby paying for their crimes. Huck expresses his thoughts on the con men by saying: "It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another" (294). Throughout this section, Twain shows that criminals aren't the only ones that can be cruel. The crowd considers themselves to be civilized. They would oppose cruel and inhumane acts like these, but de facto, committing one themselves. Twain shows that society can do such terrible things yet still view themselves as