Huck Finn Abolitionist Analysis

The way slavery was viewed differed from person to person. Jim viewed it as a prison to which escape was nearly impossible. Huck and Tom, on the other hand, view slavery as something that just happened, and they could not imagine life without slavery. This is evident through Huck’s use of the word abolitionist. The way he uses abolitionist shows that he does not truly know its meaning. All Huck knew is that being called an abolitionist was one of the worst things that could happen to him. His father had a different opinion on what the worst thing was. While in a drunken stupor, Huck’s father reveals his opinion on the way the government operated. He believed that it was wrong for Judge Thatcher to keep him from getting Huck’s $6,000, and how he disagreed with the fact that he had

I says I’ll never vote again.” Mark Twain was trying to depict the general disposition of southerner during this time. Huck finds himself in the middle of an intense family feud. The feud was between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons. According to some of the Grangerfords, they did not know exactly what started the feud. They suspected that it was over a lawsuit for land. Nevertheless, both families disregarded the unknown knowledge and instead had immersed themselves into a bloodbath. The families were so paranoid of the other that they would bring their guns to church with them. All of this both confused and puzzled Huck. He was against the fighting and did not think that killing was necessary. Mark Twain included the Duke and the Dauphin in order to expose the lack of education in the south. When the Duke and the Dauphin put on a play, they did not allow women and children to attend. This was not because of the inappropriateness of the play, but because at the time women and children were not as important as the men. The play, although it was intended to be Hamlet, ended up as a concoction of Shakespeare