Huckelberry Finn

I think the novel is really out there, not in a bad way, it just gets the word out. It is powerful. It poses questions or religion, society, slavery and isolation. I would say this is a very bold novel and Mark Twain is very brave. He may come across as opinionated, but I believe that he just speaks the truth. I think Huck is Mark twain because they are both bold with their beliefs.

In the beginning of the book Huck 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. But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn’t do no good.” This quote here shows a view on religion that heaven is not worth trying for in a boy like Huck’s mindset. He sees no point in acting a certain way to get to heaven. He’d much rather do what he wants and stand up for his own beliefs, not follow someone else’s.

There is another instance where Huck is bold and brave and it is when he and  the widow were talking about how he cant smoke and then Huck says “And she took snuff, too; of course that was all right, because she done it herself.” Here Huck is poking at hypocrisy and questioning her authority because she does one thing and says another.

Huck is not the only bold character. Jim is strong willed and not a follower. In chapeter eight Huck and Jim are talk ing and they start talking about how the widow and Mrs Watsom were going to sell Jim for Eight hundred dollars and he says this “De widder she try to git her to say she wouldn’ do it, but I never waited to hear de res’. I lit out mighty quick, I tell you.” It basically says, they wanted to sell me but I was worth more than that. I didn’t let them sell me, I ran. This quote is a symbol of freedom and a brak from society and its dumb rules.