Huck Finn's Allusion In The Bible According To Mark Twain

Samuel L. Clemens, widely known as Mark Twain, is popular for his work if satrzing common aspects of life such as romantic novels, feuds, and the widely controversial topic, religion. Mark Twain criticizes arranged religion and certain aspects of it quite frequently. He is against traditional rites and often attacks conventional customs where followers of religion often practice.He shows us disinterest in religion and how senseless it can be sometimes His point of view can be displayed in the character Huck Finn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, , in a compilation of essays written by Twain tilted “The Bible According to Mark Twain” and how Twain narrates events in his novels in a way where he associates religion with negative connotationsand allusion . His

In Chapter One, Huck Finn was called to supper by his guardian, Widow Douglas and the Widow started mentioning bible verses. “After supper, she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out alla bout him; but by and by she let it out Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn’t care no more about him, because I don’t take no stock in dead people.” (14)Huck’s attitude towards the biblical figure Moses shows clear disinterest and leaving him pondering why would people still be interested in a supposedly dead man. A covert interpretation can be inferred from Huck’s attitude towards Moses; it’s senseless and foolish to care so much about a dead man rather than an alive man. Another way Twain expresses his outlook towards religion is when Huck starts talking with Mrs. Watson. Miss Watson had been nagging about Huck’s actions, telling him “don’t do this” and “don’t do that”.Later, she started telling him that he is going to go to Hell for stretching, and he promptly replied “I wished I was there”. This sent Miss Watson into a tirade “ Now she had got a start and she went on and told