Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain writes about a great variety of social institutions within the American society, mocking them. The style he uses to write about these outside subjects, shows that he is not only describing them humorously but also making the audience view them in a criticizing way. The way he portrays America through his criticisms and ridicules changes the meaning of the overall message. Family feuds, slavery, and wealth and greed were all written about in this book to mock the ways Americans lived by.
Twain made a big point on family feuds in the middle of the book. It all came from the classic Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. This was alluded into The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to point out the specific flaws in America, being ignorance and foolishness. Mark Twain is trying to show that a majority of the people of America just believe anything said to them. They do not look deep into things before they make conclusions. In other words, Americans just follow the crowd. In the book, the two families, the Grangerfords …show more content…
He did not just add them into his story and write about them, but he brilliantly placed them in and mocked several of the social institutions within America. He did this to show everyone what was wrong with America and to show his thoughts about all of them. Twain was successful on writing about all of these outside subjects because everything he wrote about made perfect sense. The audience had a clear picture of what America was like back in the 1800s and now can see that not much has changed. People are still foolish and ignorant; there is still racism going on all over; and people are very greedy and selfish. Twain added and indirectly described these social flaws of America--family feuds, slavery, and wealth--to plainly mock them and show the people reading the wrongdoings of the
Twain made a big point on family feuds in the middle of the book. It all came from the classic Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. This was alluded into The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to point out the specific flaws in America, being ignorance and foolishness. Mark Twain is trying to show that a majority of the people of America just believe anything said to them. They do not look deep into things before they make conclusions. In other words, Americans just follow the crowd. In the book, the two families, the Grangerfords …show more content…
He did not just add them into his story and write about them, but he brilliantly placed them in and mocked several of the social institutions within America. He did this to show everyone what was wrong with America and to show his thoughts about all of them. Twain was successful on writing about all of these outside subjects because everything he wrote about made perfect sense. The audience had a clear picture of what America was like back in the 1800s and now can see that not much has changed. People are still foolish and ignorant; there is still racism going on all over; and people are very greedy and selfish. Twain added and indirectly described these social flaws of America--family feuds, slavery, and wealth--to plainly mock them and show the people reading the wrongdoings of the