Louis Ladanyi
Mrs. Gonsalaz
English III
2/28/17
Mark Twain’s outlook on society
The united states, a young self-conflicted nation by race, politics, and social class on the brink of civil war. Hundreds of thousands of lives will pay because of the ignorant and stubborn citizens of the united states. Mark Twain uses satire to shed light on the substandard religion, government, and class structure in Huckleberry Finn based off of his personal observations of nineteenth century white society.
People may argue that Mark Twain was a racist by the language he used which may be true. If you want a general idea of how he viewed slaves you have to analyze the character Jim. He does not put any negative connotations in any of actions but it is quite the opposite. Jim morally is the perfect human being. He is compassionate, caring, and selfless. Jims main weakness is lack of an education. Mark Twain is not saying all African Americans are senseless and naïve, but he is proving a point about how heavily African Americans are born into a futile situation in life. Mark Twain at young age has seen how slaves talk and act from living in the slave state of Missouri. " It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger, but I done it, and I weren’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither.” (pg. 65) Mark Twain knew that slaves were just as human as he was. Despite society teaching him otherwise he had to fight everything he was taught to look past skin color.
Mark Twain is very critical of organized religion. He continually attacks organized religion with satire throughout the whole book. He bluntly points outs its flaws such as hypocrisy, shallow and abused for greed. Most characters in the book are devoted Christians but act against everything they so called believe in. Even Huck falls victim to the charade. In the beginning of the novel he believes that slave abolition to be a mortal sin and punishable by eternal hell. He has a change of heart when starts to interact with Jim. Huck mentions what his Sunday sch...
