Huck Finn Analysis

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First of all, Huck Finn should be taught in schools because it brings up the history of important social issues. During chapter thirty-two of the book, there was an accident that took place in which the cylinder-head of a boat blew up, and as Huck was telling Aunt Sally about it, she asked if anyone had been hurt. Huck had said: "No'm. Killed a nigger." Aunt Sally had replied with: "We'll it's lucky, because sometimes people do get hurt." (p.230) Aunt Sally's reaction indicates that she believes a black man is not a man at all, and that his death was meaningless. The society Huck and Aunt Sally lived in during this time was a society that doesn’t recognize a black man’s death as anything important and it sheds light on the issue of racism and the way in which it was a normal part of people’s everyday life back then. …show more content…
During a long rant of his, he conveys his distaste for them by saying, "...when they told me there was a state in this country where they'd let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I'll never vote again...I says to the people, why ain't this nigger put up at auction and sold?" (p.39-49) This is a perfect example of the way people viewed blacks as property, not people, and how the idea of slave auctions were a normal thing back then. It also gives readers an idea of how racism worked during this time, and how even uneducated people like Pap think it’s okay to criticize a well-educated African American man for being able to vote, just because of his skin color. It’s also important to point out here that Twain purposely uses the n-word multiple times, not to offend, but to make people understand that racism was not only a huge part of America’s history, but of Americans’ everyday lives as well. Along with slavery and racism, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also brings attention to the culture of America during this

Huck Finn Character Analysis

Being a man takes courage, determination, establishment, and confidence. A man doesn't run away from a fight, stands up for his beliefs, and does anything to get what he wants. From Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the concept of cowardliness is spread throughout the town. In reality, the townspeople are afraid and need to understand the idea of what being a man is. Mark Twain uncovers the cowards with Sherburn's speech about being a man. No citizen "[brings] a man" (22) with them…

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Huck Finn Character Analysis

Huck has grown up in a small town without a father figure that could really show him the way of life. Huck is forced to learn about civilization on his own with the help of his friends. It begins with Huck's escape from his drunken, brutal father to the river, where he meets up with Jim, a runaway slave. The story of their journey downstream, with occasional forays into the society along the banks, is an American classic that captures the smells, rhythms, and sounds, the variety of dialects and the…

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Huck Finn Satire Analysis

"American Dad" uses extreme satire when it comes to religion. Stan Smith is a very Christian husband and father of two. He also works at the CIA. Because of his beliefs, Stan does not believe that gays are real and valid people, and also that there is something wrong with those of color. In one episode, his wife, Francine, gets a job as a real estate agent and ends up selling the house across the street to a gay couple. Stan becomes livid and demands that Francine quit her job and the couple across…

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Huck Finn Moral Analysis

morals. When Huck was taken into the care of Ms. Watson and the Widow, he was submerged into a household that matched society’s ethical beliefs perfectly. Their household was religious and upstanding, and they made sure to teach Huck Christian morals. Huck explains, “The widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways” (13). Even though Huck has been immersed…

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Huck Finn Rhetorical Analysis

Twain portrays is through sentimentality and gullibility. Readers first see gullibility and sentimentality illustrated when Huck’s father, Pap, comes to town and tries to convince Huck to give him six thousand dollars. Pap is known as a drunk, abusive man so the Widow and Judge Thatcher attempt to gain legal custody of Huck but are soon stopped by the New Judge. The New Judge then tries to reform Pap, believing that it is his natural right to keep his son and that he could help make him into a better…

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Huck Finn Quotes Analysis

Huck matures greatly throughout the novel, he opens up his conscience, and begins to value his relationship with Jim. Huck is seen running away from his father after he fakes his death, while Jim is running away from slavery. Huck considers turning Jim in for the money, but eventually realizes Jim is equal to him and everybody else. In the beginning of the novel, Huck views Jim as property. While on the island together, they confess their true reasons for running away. Huck shames Jim for running…

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Huck Finn Character Analysis

I think Tom is the antagonist in the story. Yes, Tom and Huck are best friends and they aren’t fighting against each other, but emotionally I think they are. Huck is Tom’s foil and they are the exact opposite characters. Even though they aren’t physically against each other mentally they are. Huck is the character that had to grow up early because if he wanted to be free he had to run away and that means you make your own decisions so he needed to grow up to survive. “I reckoned he believed in the…

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Huck Finn Theme Analysis

Only when Pap heard about Huck coming across a great deal of money did he come back only to try and take the money to buy more alcohol. When he ran into his son, He was not at all proud that Huck had become slightly more civilized or could read. In fact he was so concerned with himself that he yelled at Huck because he was fearful that his son would outsmart him. Later on, Huck plays on his knowledge of human cruelty in order to save Jim from being captured. On the raft, Huck must come…

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Huck Finn Literary Analysis

It is not fair to strip children's knowledge of history, due to the ideas they might take from it. Many schools across the country have banned the phenomenal novel,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, from the curriculum. America’s slave-filled past may be a sensitive subject, but banning the book will not hide it forever. Twain does not hold back his opinions, which gives students the opportunity to form their own. By removing it from the American high school curriculum, readers will…

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Huck Finn Civilized Analysis

Throughout the novel, Huck Finn struggles with what being civilized means and what it entails. As he meets more people he sees the different versions of civilized each person holds as their truth. At the beginning of the novel Huck makes it quite clear that he does not put stock in the widow and Miss. Watson's definition of civilized, this includes praying and learning from the bible. At first Huck did not seem to mind learning about the people from the bible until he finds out that they are all…

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