Social Criticism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Throughout his classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain is critical of several aspects of society and of human nature. Of these aspects, he most successfully criticizes religion, romanticism, and the racism that was ever-present in society through the use of varying methods.
Twain begins his harsh criticism of religion in the first chapter during a conversation between Huck and Miss Watson. Miss Watson tells Huck about how she plans to “live so as to go to the good place” (3), or heaven. Huck then says, “Well, I couldn’t see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn’t try for it” (3). In this case, Twain is belittling the idea of
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