Essay Archive - Huck Finn's Conflict with Society
Huck Finn's Conflict with Society
Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1883. The
novel deals with many problems of society. Huck Finn "can't stand"
hypocrisy, greed and "sivilz"ation, qualities that are still present today.
One trait shown in Huck Finn is hypocrisy. In Twain's other novels,
as well as Huck Finn, Twain is very critical of the hypocrisy of organized
religion. Early in Huck Finn, Huck is confronted with two different
versions of heaven. Miss Watson's view of heaven is not appealing to Huck.
In her heaven, all that one does is sing and play the harp.....
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