French Revolution Huckleberry Finn Analysis

The French Revolution is regarded throughout the world as one of the greatest and noblest fights against corruption in the world. The bourgeoisie, or wealthy merchant-class, as well as the nobles dominated politics and forced all taxes and pains onto the defenseless farmers that had no say in the corrupt government. Instead of continuing to accept this harsh treatment, The French people became inspired by the way the American colonists fought against England and began a revolution of their own. In much the same way, Mark Twain attempts to overthrow the corrupt and oppressive ideals that often rule over people’s everyday lives like racism and the hypocrisy that runs rampant in the church through his book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain uses his words instead of guns and cannons to fight for a more honest world, but his goal is still very much the same as the goal of the poor, oppressed farmers that lived under the French Monarchy so long ago. Throughout Huck’s adventures in the South, Twain speaks on how he feels towards racism through the characters that Huck encounters. For example, the King is willing to sell out Jim, the runaway slave that he believes belongs to Huck for just forty dollars because he does not think of Jim as a person, but as an item, an opportunity to make a quick buck. As Huck says about the King’s underhanded scheme, “Maybe there’s …show more content…
From racism towards Blacks to hypocrisy in the Church, society has a lot of major problems that need to be fixed, and Twain made a big step towards helping those problems go away, or at least lessen. The sad truth, however, is that Society is naturally corrupt and selfish, looking out for number one before anyone else; and the only way to make the world a better place is one person at a time, slowly showing the rest of humanity how a person should act and hoping that they emulate these