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Discuss The Use Of Satire In Huckleberry Finn

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Throughout the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ray Bradbury uses satire to make the book more interesting and less of a series novel. One of the main examples he uses of satire is the use of religion. It could be considered one of the themes is the book illustrating the use of religion and how some people take religion in a light was, while others take it in a very serious way. Throughout the essay this idea will be shown by textual evidence and an outside source. Right from the start of the book it can be seen religion is trying to be forced on Huck. Widow Douglas and Miss Watson are the two women who Huck is adopted by. They are both very religious, this can be seen by their conversations they have with Huck about how he should act. “Here she was a-bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody…yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it” (2). This demonstrates the idea that Mrs. Watson used the bible to guide her everyday life and the way she should be living.
Another quote from chapter one says, “…they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed”(3). This shows that even though the African …show more content…

Such as war, when they believe that the Jesus or God wanted the war to happen. This could be backed up by the idea that the wars in the middle east are to bring God back to the earth. This would suggest that God is using things he doesn’t want to happen to bring himself back to the Earth. "Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you He will not fail you or forsake you." Deuteronomy 31:6 is where that verse comes from. This is saying that God will not let you fight the battle alone or forsake you. Therefore, if he was trying to break the nations apart through war he would be going against his own

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