The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain the author included several themes throughout the book. There is one theme that is more distinguished throughout the course of the novel than any other. Mark Twain was influenced by the racism and prejudice he witnessed growing up, so he used slavery and racism in his book. He showed what a major effect it had during the time period. The time the novel was written the novel was written slavery had been abolished. Slavery and racism were a major problem affected everyone living through it. The characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were affected by slavery and racism, and it changed everyone’s views on certain situations. Mark Twain is a wonderful author who uses the stylistic devices
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Mark Twain is a wonderful author who uses the stylistic devices and elements of satire in the novel. The plot is centered on Huck and Jim’s adventures together. Jim is introduced as a runaway slave in the novel. Huck’s character is one who is “troublesome” and rough but when the book goes on and Mark Twain introduces his character with Jim’s Huck learns about the true meaning of friendship and compassion where they build a special bond with him. This shows how Huck treated Jim no differently even though society makes them be their slaves. As the novel goes on, Miss Watson is introduced. She is known to be a “good Christian woman” who has strong values, but she is a slave owner in the story. Miss Watson owns a slave Jim, which is why he escaped because he heard she was going to sell him to New Orleans. “Here she was a –bothering about Moses, which was kin to her, and no use to anybody…yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it” (Chapter 1). Twain uses satire to show how hypocritical a "good Christian woman" Miss Watson is trying to show she is because she owns a slave as property, which is not something a person with good values would do. Miss Watson ended up to realizing that show should not have done that to Jim. She felt guilty for trying to sell Jim and gives him his freedom in her …show more content…
In one situation Huck finally had come to the decision to write a letter to Miss Watson that Jim is going to escape. He matures through the book as he first started off lying all the time but now wants to start telling the truth. The quote, “But I didn’t do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking—thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell.” (Chapter 31 page 3) is showing Huck’s thought and as he finished writing the letter he realized he wouldn't be able to submit it. The thoughts through Huck's mind were about the times where he has such a good building friendship with Jim and how he trusted him and couldn’t betray him by sending the letter. When it come to the point in the book where Huck thinks he's helping Jim escape. “Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well, I can tell you it made me all over trembly and feverish, too, to hear him, because I begun to get it through my head that he was most free—and who was to blame for it? Why, me.” (Chapter 6) Huck has been trying to get Jim to his family but as Huck and Jim work together with each other in the novel there is a connection where Jim helps Huck more than Huck helps
Mark Twain is a wonderful author who uses the stylistic devices and elements of satire in the novel. The plot is centered on Huck and Jim’s adventures together. Jim is introduced as a runaway slave in the novel. Huck’s character is one who is “troublesome” and rough but when the book goes on and Mark Twain introduces his character with Jim’s Huck learns about the true meaning of friendship and compassion where they build a special bond with him. This shows how Huck treated Jim no differently even though society makes them be their slaves. As the novel goes on, Miss Watson is introduced. She is known to be a “good Christian woman” who has strong values, but she is a slave owner in the story. Miss Watson owns a slave Jim, which is why he escaped because he heard she was going to sell him to New Orleans. “Here she was a –bothering about Moses, which was kin to her, and no use to anybody…yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it” (Chapter 1). Twain uses satire to show how hypocritical a "good Christian woman" Miss Watson is trying to show she is because she owns a slave as property, which is not something a person with good values would do. Miss Watson ended up to realizing that show should not have done that to Jim. She felt guilty for trying to sell Jim and gives him his freedom in her …show more content…
In one situation Huck finally had come to the decision to write a letter to Miss Watson that Jim is going to escape. He matures through the book as he first started off lying all the time but now wants to start telling the truth. The quote, “But I didn’t do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking—thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell.” (Chapter 31 page 3) is showing Huck’s thought and as he finished writing the letter he realized he wouldn't be able to submit it. The thoughts through Huck's mind were about the times where he has such a good building friendship with Jim and how he trusted him and couldn’t betray him by sending the letter. When it come to the point in the book where Huck thinks he's helping Jim escape. “Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well, I can tell you it made me all over trembly and feverish, too, to hear him, because I begun to get it through my head that he was most free—and who was to blame for it? Why, me.” (Chapter 6) Huck has been trying to get Jim to his family but as Huck and Jim work together with each other in the novel there is a connection where Jim helps Huck more than Huck helps