Persuasive Essay On Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain describes the life of a young boy, Huckleberry Finn, who was raised by his father, an abusive drunk, and was eventually able to escape his grip. He was taken in by Widow Douglas who believed it was her Christian duty to civilize Huck. However, Huck never regarded the rules of civilization so he wasn’t too pleased to be living under the strict rule of the widow Douglas and her harsh sister, Miss Watson. One night after sneaking out of the widow’s household to meet up with his friend, Tom sawyer, Huck finds his father waiting for him in his room and he tells Huck that he needs to stop pretending that he is better than him just because he is educated and has a place to live now. A little …show more content…
One example of when Huck disregards the judgment of others is when he finds Jim on the same Island as him and he asks Jim what he was doing there. At first Jim was hesitant to tell Huck the story of why he left the widow’s residence, but when he does tell the truth he asks Huck to promise not to expose him. Huck responds by saying, “I said I wouldn’t, and I’ll stick to it. Honest injun, I will. People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum- but that don’t make no difference. I ain’t a-going to tell, and I ain’t a-going back there, anyways”(43). I can relate to this because one of my very close friends entrusted me with a very significant secret of his that has to do with his identity, although at first he was hesitant to open up to me because he was afraid I wouldn’t accept who he was anymore, in the end he revealed the confidential matter. Just like Huck Finn I promised him that I would keep his matter private, although I knew some people wouldn’t approve of it, I didn’t care much of what they had to say about the matter because just like Huckleberry said, it wouldn’t make a