Respect Of A Child In The South During The Late 1800's

Even though the book shows immaturity I think the audience it's intended for is old enough to not be influenced by bad behavior in a book. This leads me into my next point The strength of writing of Mark Twain. Mark Twain’s writing is very unique because of the way he studies the background of the people the books are about. One of the best features of the book is the way Mark Twain uses dialect. "No! W'y, what has you lived on? But you got a gun. Oh, yes, you got a gun. Dat's good. Now you kill sumfn en I'll make up de fire." (Twain). As you can see in the quotes Mark Twain has a magical way of writing and giving an accurate picture of how it was in the mid 1800s.

Mark Twain aims more towards the darker/evil side of mankind rather than the lighter/happier side of mankind. His story talks about how mankind mistreat and disrespect others and nature. Like in one instance he talks about how men kill and hunt for the sport/thrill of it, while anacondas kill only when they desire food. He also says that men are the animals that blush because we are the only animals that do stuff that we are ashamed of. Although not all men are like these cruel/evil monsters that

American author Mark Twain was one of the most influential people of his time. Twain is perhaps best known for his traditional classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel about an adventurous boy named Huck Finn as he traverses about on the Mississippi. Under first impressions, Huckleberry Finn would be considered nothing but a children’s tale at heart written by the highly creative Mark Twain. However one interprets it, one can undoubtedly presume that Twain included personal accounts within its pages, humorous and solemn opinions on the aspects of the diverse societies around him during his life. Throughout the entire story, Huck Finn would often come into conflict between choosing what was consciously right and what was morally

The first aspect of society Twain ridicules is its attempt at respectability. Huck Finn, a boy referred to as "white trash," has grown up totally believing what society has taught him. Society attempts to teach the

“The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance….” Albert Camus, a French author and philosopher once made that observation about society. In his mind, a lack of understanding of the issues led to problems for everyone. Mark Twain, an American novelist, saw problems in society and went about to expose the ignorance behind them and encourage change. That is what he was doing in one of his most well known novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, three issues, identified by Twain, are explored in education, religion, and conformity that are still relevant today.

Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reflects the author’s ideas relating to southern society during the 19th century. Satire is used as Twain’s tactic of ridiculing the United States’ way of life, as well as values before the Civil War. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn highlights religious dogma, sentimentality and gullibility, a code of honor, romantic literature and its plots, and the average man.

Huck’s relationship with Miss Watson, the lady that raised him, is another example of Twain’s opinion of family structure. Miss Watson’s goal was to “civilize” Huck, however, Huck hated that. Being civilized is a metaphor for leading a normal life -- she attempted to fit Huck into a normal family mold. As the novel progressed, Huck changed his views on what constitutes a family, therefore rejecting the idea of being civilized. Huck knew that at that moment he was choosing to abandon conformity, and he says, “...because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.” Twain uses this moment to reject society’s views about family, and to use Jim as Huck’s new family, the new person that Huck will stand up for.

By using a child as his main character, Twain is able to compare the power and also the vulnerability of a child with the ones of a black slave. The reader can see that they are both in similar positions. Such as: they are both abused, each of them is in the position of losing their freedom and both are at the mercy of white adult men.

Mark Twain harshly undermines our society in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain himself says, “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” The side of majority in most cases can refer to the norms of society, in which Twain claims is where you wouldn’t like to be. That is because Twain’s views society as feeble in weak. He sees society at an almost hypocritical view, which can be seen through his great American classic. In Mark Twain’s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain satirizes religion, civilization, and human nature to expose the flaws and weaknesses behind American society.

Mark Twain’s protagonist, Huck, in his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, removes himself of white society’s, symbolized by Widow Douglas home, because he doesn’t believe in what Widow Douglas beliefs in and he does not want to change, so he rather be civilized. In the novel, Huck utter, “When you got tpt the table you couldn’t go right to eating, but you had to wait for the Widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals” (para 3). This example reveals that Watson bows her head and prays every times she eats, but Huck feels that he shouldn’t pray before he eats because no one was there when he was getting beaten by his dad. Therefore, it is evidence that he does not believe in anything because no one was there to save him from getting beat and nothing happened to Huck’s father. Quote is important because Huck will be defiant towards white society’s capricious rules because no one was there to stop the abuse from happening. According to Huck, “I felt so lonesome. I most wished I was dead” (para

Mark Twain is satirizing the advice young people are given by authoritative figures on different issues in life. The words of wisdom used to guide youth usually promote the same ideals and are repeated so often that in some sense they lose their strength. That does not mean though that the issues they touch upon are not important. Twain uses humor to actually make young people go beyond the banality and conformity and ask questions of importance.

The authors are criticizing two major but different ideas in each book, the hypocrisy of “civilized society” and the individual versus society. Twain really despises the society that surrounds Huck. For example the judge allows Pap to keep custody of Huck. This shows hypocrisy because while the judge is supposed to be doing what benefits Huck by keeping him safe, he is giving Pap, a drunken father, the right to custody over Huck. The author criticizes the judge because, back then, the right to property was put before the welfare and freedom of a person. This can also be compared to how black people were mistreated, because they were seen as property. The freedom of these slaves weren't a priority because they were in fact slaves and shown no

In Mark Twain’s “Advice to Youth” he is giving advice to the parents of children through satire. Though it may seem he is speaking directly to the children, he uses horatian satire to address the parents and express what he believes to be the problems of how they are raising their children. Children are being raised to always do the right thing, though their parents know they will eventually make mistakes. Twain was trying to change this approach in parenting. Instead of teaching children to be superior, the children should be taught how to be a successful adult. All children are going to disobey, lie, and make mistakes. Mark Twain’s satirical approach is meant to show parents that children should be prepared to be an adult, instead of having to learn everything the hard way. In “Advice to Youth” Twain uses techniques like irony, reversal, and understatement to subtly hint that parenting needs to change.

Huck makes a good point when he is living with the widow Douglas. Huck didn’t like to be in a civilized home, he wanted to be out doing adventures with Tom Sawyer. Twain

Mark Twain himself had this to say about his novel: "Huckleberry Finn is a book of mine about a boy with a sound heart and a deformed conscience that come into conflict...and conscience suffers defeat.” In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, his view of society starts out as naïve and childish, but as he experiences life on the Mississippi, he grows into a man with a realistic standpoint of what the world really was. He develops his views through other characters he meets meandering the mystical waters of the River. Along with major changes in Huck’s standings, Twain uses social commentary to attack the formalities of the people and environment he lived in harmony with in a subtle, sophisticated manner.