Analysis of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Introduction

Every now and then a composition of text is published that can doubt the opinions of a number of people with what they believe is true. Nothing is believed to be more truthful than the belief of morality, being truthful, virtuously pure, and the thought of an idealistic higher determination i.e. religious belief. The novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, doubts this trueness (Calvert 1992, Pp 55-63). However, Twain reasons and argues about the spiritual pretense that our culture confronts. With the masterful use of sarcasm and sketch, the writer expresses his disgust to the corruptible church goers and spiritual practices, often disguised in a veil of wittiness (Calvert 1992, Pp 55-63).

The Huckleberry Finn Adventures is frequently conceived as Twain's biggest masterwork. It combines his wittiness and astonishingly mature composition; Twain formulated a book that straightaway lashed out on many of the customs that the South cherished at the time of its issuing. Huckleberry Finn is the primary role, and by his eyes, the reader witnesses and evaluates the South, its mistakes, and its redemptive characters (Calvert 1992, Pp 55-63). Huck's friend and a runaway slave Jim, offers shelter while the two travel along the Mississippi on their small boat.

Discussion

Twain, in the composition, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, raises the issue of spiritual pretense in our society. Sarcastically, the writer doubts the spiritual exercises, customs, and how church goers bring the church doctrine into their dwellings (Fishkin 1993, Pp 23-29). Religion should be an essential function in a person's existence, but when discovering the precise one, one must assess the constructive and the unconstructive commandments and come to a conclusion established on them (Fishkin 1993, Pp 23-29).

Major themes in the novel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn include Dispute among culture and "ordinary life", Nobility, Food, Disrespect of Religion

Superstition, Slavery, Wealth and the River of Mississippi.

In this essay we will discuss one major theme which is “slavery”. In the book the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain explains that the respectable people, the likes of the widow Douglas and the spinster Miss Watson, cannot conceive of freedom and have built a slave society founded in hypocrisy (West 2001, Pp 16-28). Therefore, the thesis statement of this paper is that slavery in all its forms is the root of all evil.

The idea of being a slave is possibly the most renowned view of this book. Ever since the first publication Twain's view on slavery and thoughts regarding racial discrimination has been heatedly argued. In his public and private life, Twain was passionately against slavery (Wieck 2000, Pp 37-46).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn offers a symbol to clarify how and why slavery is immoral. Twain uses the character of Jim, who was a slave, to prove the compassion of slaves. Jim conveys the complex human feelings and fights with the way of life (Wieck 2000, Pp 37-46).

To avoid being traded and obliged to disconnect from his family, Jim escapes from his possessor, Miss Watson, and ...