n Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses satire throughout the entire novel to poke fun at different aspects of society in the world at the time. These things include the idea of religion, the hypocrisy of people around him, and the importance of acting properly according to society 's standards. Twain does this through different characters, situations, and actions in the story.
Throughout Huckleberry Finn, Twain makes fun of religion on many different occasions. He mocks the idea of religion as a sacred and respectable thing, and as something supposedly motivated and defined by things like kindness and equality. The first example of this is Miss Watson, the sister of the widow who takes Huck in. She is determined to educate Huck …show more content…
It is first seen in Miss Watson at the very beginning of the story. She tells Huck how she wants to get to heaven at the end of her life, and how he should strive to do the same. "she was going to live as to go to the good place" (13.) Miss Watson is trying to be a good person; she is also very religious as shown by her trying to teach Huck about the bible. Despite all this, she owns a slave, Jim. "By and by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and everybody was off to bed" (13.) They call in their slaves then pray. Religion is supposed to represent love, peace, and equality. Owning another person is the complete opposite of …show more content…
Their feud had been going on so long that they could not remember what started it. " 'What was the trouble about, Buck?--land? ' 'I reckon maybe--I don 't know '" (119.) Buck even says to Huck about a boy he tried to kill: "Him? He never done nothing to me" (118.) The Grangerfords then proceed to talk about the sermon all day; they are discussing the importance of brotherly love as they continue a feud where they are constantly ready to kill other people who they plainly admit have done absolutely nothing to
Throughout Huckleberry Finn, Twain makes fun of religion on many different occasions. He mocks the idea of religion as a sacred and respectable thing, and as something supposedly motivated and defined by things like kindness and equality. The first example of this is Miss Watson, the sister of the widow who takes Huck in. She is determined to educate Huck …show more content…
It is first seen in Miss Watson at the very beginning of the story. She tells Huck how she wants to get to heaven at the end of her life, and how he should strive to do the same. "she was going to live as to go to the good place" (13.) Miss Watson is trying to be a good person; she is also very religious as shown by her trying to teach Huck about the bible. Despite all this, she owns a slave, Jim. "By and by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and everybody was off to bed" (13.) They call in their slaves then pray. Religion is supposed to represent love, peace, and equality. Owning another person is the complete opposite of …show more content…
Their feud had been going on so long that they could not remember what started it. " 'What was the trouble about, Buck?--land? ' 'I reckon maybe--I don 't know '" (119.) Buck even says to Huck about a boy he tried to kill: "Him? He never done nothing to me" (118.) The Grangerfords then proceed to talk about the sermon all day; they are discussing the importance of brotherly love as they continue a feud where they are constantly ready to kill other people who they plainly admit have done absolutely nothing to