ATTENTION! Those trying to find meaning in this essay will be shot on sight. Mark Twain once said, “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” Mark Twain knows that everyone holds darkness inside them and really exaggerates it to the point where anyone can see it in his book Huck Finn. Mark Twain does an amazing job of showing some of the extremes of pride, greed, and envy in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’. First off, the instances in which contain acts of pride will be addressed before the others. The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons are the embodiment of pride within ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’. The use of titles such as Col. Grangerford and his clean clothes showed that the man held pride and believes himself worthy of the title. Buck shoots at a Shepherdson and afterwards Huck asks him why he wanted to kill him and Buck replies with, “Why, nothing-only it’s on account of the feud.” To believe in killing another because of their family show that Buck and the Shepherdsons and the …show more content…
Envy follows Huck throughout the boo and even follows him through the end of it. When Jim and Huck come across the wrecked ship Huck says, “Do you reckon Tom Sawyer would ever go by this thing?” What Huck says shows that he is envious of Tom and how he was brave. In another instance Huck thinks to himself, “...Tom Sawyer couldn't ‘a’ done it no neater himself. Of course he would ‘a’ thrown more style into it.” Huck once again compares himself to Tom and furthers the conclusion that Huck must holds jealousy toward what Tom can do. In conclusion, Mark Twain does an amazing job of showing some of the extremes of pride, greed, and envy in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.
Nobody ever wants to show their dark side to anybody, but sometimes its just brought out of them and sooner or later consumes