Comparing Huckleberry Finn And You Are Not So Smart

Throughout history and within today's society, people have struggled to understand the rules and order that are upheld. After analyzing both The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and You Are Not So Smart, it is evident that the books displays a continuous theme that revolves around the rules and order of society. As individual rise to conflict with conventional beliefs of rules and order which in turn results in controversy between individuals and societies. Through our misunderstandings as an Ignorant population, many struggle to obtain a sense of our own morals, ethics, and intelligence. Therefore, creating a dependent population who relies on the rules and order of society to form their own beliefs and opinions. Both books struggle to follow rules and order within the context and time frame of the books because they rebel against the traditional sense right and wrong within their morals, ethics and intelligence.

As stated in the text,” The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time. When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,”(Twain 6). Since Huck was living with the widow he was compelled to uphold the rules and order that are considered correct within common society. However, huck rebelled against society's accepted rules, behavior, and ethics because he is not able to discern the necessity of following rules and order that dictate his thoughts and actions which in turn causes his behavior against the rules and structure of society to conflict to several systems to