Essay Archive - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Twain's Development of the Theme
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Twain's Development of the Theme
In Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he uses
several different themes. His themes help to portray the meaning and
message of the novel. 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 h....
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