hucelberry finn
In Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, the values of Huck and Jim traveling down the Mississippi River are contrasted against those of the people residing in the southern United States. Twain satirically portrays organized religion and society's morals throughout the novel. The freedom and tranquillity of the river gives way to the deceit, greed and prejudice of the towns lying on the shore of the river, causing them to disguise themselves and keep their identities hidden. These two runaways - one a slave, the other a beaten boy - attempt to build a sanctuary from civilization upon their raft, but the influence of the shore values continue to find their way into the thoughts, actions and feelings of both Huck and Jim, which becomes the major theme of this novel. While traveling down the Mississippi upon the raft, Huck and Jim's sense of freedom subordinated all others. Jim was a "runaway nigger" (Mark Twain, pg. 89) running from the law, yet he was free, while on the raft, to li
Mark Twain contrasted the values of the shore and the river in a way which positively portrayed the river values and the lives of Huck and Jim, and negatively and often satirically, portrayed the values of rural Southern United States. Twain gave freedom to Huck and Jim and showed that all races of humans share like feelings and should all be treated as equals. Throughout the book Huck contends with the influence of society's values and in the end makes a decision to embrace that of equality ve and think as any white man. According to the rest of society, Huck was dead, murdered and thrown into the Mississippi; but on the raft he was alive. Both lived an idyllic life on the raft and as Huck put it, "...it's lovely to live on a raft" (Ibid., pg. 115). Later, when the Duke and Dauphin came aboard and they agreed to all be friends, Huck was relieved and felt that everybody should "...feel right and kind towards the others..." (Ibid., pg. 121) while living on a raft. Throughout their travels on
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Duke Dauphin, United Twain, Mark Twain, Huck Jim, Buck Grangerford, Mississippi River, Southern United, Huck Jim's, Grangerfords Sheperdsons, Mississippi Huck, ibid pg, duke dauphin, huck jim, southern united, ibid pg 121, organized religion, shore river, rest society, rural southern, huck jim's, southern united twain, idyllic life raft, rural southern united, deceit greed,
Approximate Word count = 672
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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