The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn don

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Twain's major theme in the novel is man's inhumanity

to man. He develops this theme through the inhumane actions of Pap toward

Huck, the dishonesty of the King and the Duke toward the Wilkes girls, and

the betrayal of Jim for money by the King and the Duke.

Twain uses the inhumane actions of Pap toward Huck to help develop

the major theme of his novel. "' I'll take you down a peg before I get done with you'" (20). This quote shows how man is inhuman to other men, even if they are related and supposed to love each other. Pap acts malevolently towards Huck, even though Huck is his son. Not only is Pap mentally abusive toward Huck, but he is also physically abusive toward him. "But by and by pap got too handy with his hick'ry, and I couldn't stand it. I was all over welts"(24). The way that Pap treats Huck shows the inhumanity of man toward other men and helps to develop the major theme of the novel.

The dishonesty of the King and the Duke toward the Wilkes girls also help to develop the major theme of the novel. The Duke and the King take their cruelty to another level because they steal and lie to the Wilkes girls, who are left all alone without parents. "And not sell the rest o' the property? March off like a pass

the inhumane actions of Pap towards Huck, the dishonesty of the King and

King and the Duke the theme of this novel is well developed.

el of fools and leave eight or nine thous'n' dollars' worth o' property layin' around jest sufferin' to be scooped in?-and all good, salable stuff, too."(170-171) The Duke and the King are so inhumane that they will go as far as stealing from three innocent girls. "And he said of course him and William would take the girls home with them"(176). Not only do the Duke and the King steal money from the girls, but they also lie to them about bringing them to England just so they can have more money. They plan cruel and inhumane things to do to the girls when the girls have done nothing to deserve it.

These two living conditions were not very similar; there were a few similarities that can be found. The first similarity is how each living situation started out easy, but became hard and tiresome for Huck. Though living with the widow started out hard and became easy, the similarity is the change for the opposite difficulty than what the difficulty was to start with. Another similarity is that Huck is not happy with wherever he is. He was not happy at the widow's because of all the rules nor was he happy at his father's because of the beatings that he received. Though this could be said about any living situation, the problem is exaggerated in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

The Duke and the King are cruel to their fellow man, Jim, even when him and

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Approximate Word count = 1345
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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