Huckleberry Finn
Floating down the river, Huck matured quite a bit and, of course, learned many lessons. Remarkably, the lessons that Mark Twain conveyed to the society of his time apply to our society today just as well. Like Shakespeare, Twain had a very good grasp on how our species thinks. From Huckleberry Finn, I found several examples of lessons that will apply to our society and to future societies because the human race has little hope of "changing its spots." During his adventures, Huck learned one of the most important lessons that anybody, today or in the past, can learn. One must be very careful of who he trusts. There are always evil people who try to get ahead by stepping on others, as Huck learned again and again. By first trusting the King and the Duke, he and Jim got into a lot of difficult situations. After the ordeal with Mary Anne and the money, Huck learned that one could not trust so quickly. The townspeople who went to the Royal Nonesuch were very angry, but they didn't question the King and the Duke, they just trusted that the show would be good. Throughout the story, Huck determined that the only way he could truly trust anyone is to go through bad experiences with them. He
Sadly, there are several other lessons that still apply to people today. While relating to the first, the second lesson is different. Don't believe everything that you hear or see. All too often people in Huckleberry Finn, as well as in today's society, are too gullible. Mark Twain displayed people's gullibility many times in the book. Huck believed everything that Tom Sawyer said and he was then disappointed when he discovered that Tom was lying. Considering that Huck believed that a band of Arabs was in town, that Twain was also mocking people's stupidity was apparent. Another example from the book was the feud between the Sheperdsons and the Grangerfords. Though no one knew the real reason for the feud, both sides relied on the stories that they heard to feed their hatred for one another. Huck believed that the Grangerfords were the perfect family because of their outer appearance; the southern mansion, nice clothes, and polite manners. They weren't as perfect as they appeared, however, because of their "mob mentality." Yet another example of people believing everything that they hear is the town in which the King and the Duke pretended to be the dead man's brothers. Only when someone questioned their declaration was the truth told. learned to trust Ji
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Approximate Word count = 865
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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