The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written in 1884 following the civil war by Mark Twain. Mark twain was born by the name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he used the name Mark Twain as his pen name. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835, and died in Redding, Connecticut on April 21, 1910. Mark Twain was well know writer, and is best know today for his books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain depicts to the readers of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn social, and economic wrongs of society such as, the gullibility and selfishness of society, and the racism throughout society. Twain depicts to the reader ofThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn societies gullibility. By employing
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Twain uses Pap, Huck’s father, and the King and the Duke as an example for the selfishness of society. Pap, Huck’s father is the poor drunkard of the town. Huck does not live with his father, he instead lives with the Widow Douglas who has taken him in to raise him. Huck Finn has money that he, and his friend Tom Sawyer had found. Pap is Huck’s father so believes that he is initialed to the money that Huck found. Pap lived a violent and drunk life at the expense of Huck. Pap does not care about his son, and takes the money and property Huck owns in total disregard to Huck’s feelings, showing Pap’s Selfishness. "I heard about it away down the river, too. That's why I come. You git me that money tomorrow-I want it"(Twain 28). This quote by twain shows how society is selfish, because it shows pap being selfish, the same way society is. We see Pap be selfish to huck later on in the book when he ask him to quit school, because it would make him smarter than Pap. This shows that Pap is selfish preventing Huck’s growth as a person and as a student so that he could be better than Huck. Twain uses the King and the duke to depict selfishness. The King and the Duke are pretend nobles from Europe. The King and the Duke tick people into seeing their Ludicrous play so that they could see money. This shows the selfishness of the King and the Duke, because they did not care that they were …show more content…
Mark Twain shows his views on Slavery within The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with Huck and Jim sailing down the river with Huck trying to free Jim. Jim is used by twain to depict the struggles of a slave, how they were wronged, and their Humanity. We see Jim’s human characteristics as he talks about the difficulty of leaving his family to avoid being sent to New Orleans. Jim runs away with the goal of going to north to work to free the rest of his family. Twain depicts Jim caring for Huck as a friend, to show the society that has enslaved him and threatened his life is wrong. As Jim and Huck approach Cairo, the free state Huck and Finn are trying to reach, Huck begins to have an inner struggle. Huck begins to struggle with what he has ben taught about slavery, and how it is a sin to help a slave to freedom. We see Twain depict Huck within this debate and Huck ultimately choose to help Jim. Twain uses Huck and Jim’s journey to depict the wrong of society to use people as slaves for work. Mark Twain effectively depicts to reader the wrongs of slavery, and that slaves are real people that have feelings to, even when we don't realize
Twain uses Pap, Huck’s father, and the King and the Duke as an example for the selfishness of society. Pap, Huck’s father is the poor drunkard of the town. Huck does not live with his father, he instead lives with the Widow Douglas who has taken him in to raise him. Huck Finn has money that he, and his friend Tom Sawyer had found. Pap is Huck’s father so believes that he is initialed to the money that Huck found. Pap lived a violent and drunk life at the expense of Huck. Pap does not care about his son, and takes the money and property Huck owns in total disregard to Huck’s feelings, showing Pap’s Selfishness. "I heard about it away down the river, too. That's why I come. You git me that money tomorrow-I want it"(Twain 28). This quote by twain shows how society is selfish, because it shows pap being selfish, the same way society is. We see Pap be selfish to huck later on in the book when he ask him to quit school, because it would make him smarter than Pap. This shows that Pap is selfish preventing Huck’s growth as a person and as a student so that he could be better than Huck. Twain uses the King and the duke to depict selfishness. The King and the Duke are pretend nobles from Europe. The King and the Duke tick people into seeing their Ludicrous play so that they could see money. This shows the selfishness of the King and the Duke, because they did not care that they were …show more content…
Mark Twain shows his views on Slavery within The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with Huck and Jim sailing down the river with Huck trying to free Jim. Jim is used by twain to depict the struggles of a slave, how they were wronged, and their Humanity. We see Jim’s human characteristics as he talks about the difficulty of leaving his family to avoid being sent to New Orleans. Jim runs away with the goal of going to north to work to free the rest of his family. Twain depicts Jim caring for Huck as a friend, to show the society that has enslaved him and threatened his life is wrong. As Jim and Huck approach Cairo, the free state Huck and Finn are trying to reach, Huck begins to have an inner struggle. Huck begins to struggle with what he has ben taught about slavery, and how it is a sin to help a slave to freedom. We see Twain depict Huck within this debate and Huck ultimately choose to help Jim. Twain uses Huck and Jim’s journey to depict the wrong of society to use people as slaves for work. Mark Twain effectively depicts to reader the wrongs of slavery, and that slaves are real people that have feelings to, even when we don't realize