It is time, at least, to speak the truth about society. Growing up with certain societal expectations from your peers may sound pleasant, but it really is not. By giving into peer pressure and the vast variety of trends people follow during a time period, a person can become completely altered. Many people believe that government and religion is to blame for its huge impact on young people 's lives, but Tom Sawyer from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain, is a perfect embodiment of how society has diversified him for the worse. Society has shoved Tom into a hole filled with racism, because he has learned to adapt to what society sees as, normal, being racist, and discriminating against blacks has become a norm for him in
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In an article written about Money & Wealth in Huck Finn, Roda Sumaiya says. "Money and wealth has been a great influence in Twain 's society and even our modern society. We can see that influence in Twain 's work. Twain is trying to tell us about his society and how their lives depend on money!” (Sumayia 14). Twain is trying to symbolize how money influence society into believes corrupt things for more money. Furthermore, by showing that money can lure people into traps of treasons and wrong doings, she also states that, “People would do anything to get rich, even if it means being involved in crimes.” (Sumayia 14). One could infer that if a man went out and bought and sold ten slaves to make a quick dollar, he would be alright. But then a chain reaction starts to happen, people start to realize that they can use slaves and sell them at different prices, making people prone to following the train just to get that simple end goal, a piece of paper money.. The perfect embodiment would be a slave owner on a plantation, the man is trying to make a good living by owning a plantation, but he needs workers, By owning slaves, the man makes an immense profit, and lives life as jolly as can be, completely forgetting about all of the sympathy that goes between slaves and their torn apart families. Society and social classes can really tear apart certain exquisite aspects of people if it involves money, fame, and
In an article written about Money & Wealth in Huck Finn, Roda Sumaiya says. "Money and wealth has been a great influence in Twain 's society and even our modern society. We can see that influence in Twain 's work. Twain is trying to tell us about his society and how their lives depend on money!” (Sumayia 14). Twain is trying to symbolize how money influence society into believes corrupt things for more money. Furthermore, by showing that money can lure people into traps of treasons and wrong doings, she also states that, “People would do anything to get rich, even if it means being involved in crimes.” (Sumayia 14). One could infer that if a man went out and bought and sold ten slaves to make a quick dollar, he would be alright. But then a chain reaction starts to happen, people start to realize that they can use slaves and sell them at different prices, making people prone to following the train just to get that simple end goal, a piece of paper money.. The perfect embodiment would be a slave owner on a plantation, the man is trying to make a good living by owning a plantation, but he needs workers, By owning slaves, the man makes an immense profit, and lives life as jolly as can be, completely forgetting about all of the sympathy that goes between slaves and their torn apart families. Society and social classes can really tear apart certain exquisite aspects of people if it involves money, fame, and