huck finn analysis
-The man vs. man conflict is brought up many times throughout this story. The first that is posed is the conflict between Huckleberry and Pap. Pap is Huckleberry's abusive biological father, and an alcoholic to boot. He first comes in and tries to steal his son's fortune, just so he can get drunk. Huckleberry is kidnapped by his father for a short time, and during this is beaten many times. Huckleberry eventually escapes as he saws his way out of a shed with an old saw he finds. He then kills a pig to fake his own death and smears blood all over the shed so the story is more believable. -The conflict between man and nature in this book are shown many times, most occurring on the Mississippi River, as Huckleberry and Jim escape many towns. The first time it appears is when Jim predicts a storm coming. Two days later it does, and floods ensue. Jim and Huckleberry have to wait out for the next few days until the river recedes. Later on, Huckleberry loses Jim in a massive fog, but they are later reunited. Huckleberry makes up a false story explaining how he got lost, but Jim doesn't buy it. -The man vs. himself conflict is another conf
The word "Nigger" is used multiple times in the story, as to stress their ignorance. At fist glance, this is seen by many to be very racist, but in actuality is good, because Huck starts to question society's ways, as I will further that idea next. But at the same time, he has his own prejudices as in chapter twenty-three, Huck has a revelation. -Ignorance is also highly satirized, in other cases as with the feud between the Grangerfords and the Sheppardsons, but no one can remember the cause of the feud or see any real reason to continue it. When Huck frees Jim, he sees that as wrong, because society's values have taught him that freeing slaves is a punishable offense, so in his naive mind, he thinks that he has done wrong. Watching Jim mourn because of his far away family, Huck concludes that blacks must love their families as much as whites love theirs. He sees Jim as a nice, kind hearted man (which he is) and wishes to set him free. When Huck hides some of the money they have stolen (approximately $6,000 in gold) and they find out about this, Hick runs to hide and is caught but luckily Duke tells Dauphin not to kill Huck. In their society, whites are seen as the superior race, and blacks are owned as property, and are slaves to common folk. Blacks are constantly being called "nigger" throughout this story, as Jim is called it and so is the general population of blacks. Basically, in my view, the Mississippi is used as a symbol of freedom or possibly a getaway. Satire:-One of the main satirizations of this book is the satire made by the general southern public, as they are mostly portrayed as ignorant, bigoted individuals. When Sophia runs off with a Shepardson, the feud reignites, and Buck and another boy are shot.
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