Twain uses Huck’s concerns about his community to show that the community makes people feel like they’re one of them if they don’t go along with slavery. In the book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ Huck describes that if he were to give Jim up to Miss Watson that she would be mad and disgusted that Jim left her presence in the first place. This explains that the community thinks that slavery is the best thing, and that if an African American leaves his “master” that they are ungrateful of what they have. Huck Finn talks about how if he were to go back to Miss Watson with Jim that he would be judged for helping an African American. This explains that the community treats someone who helps an African American as if they’re one of them. The community is so …show more content…
As Huck talks about Sunday school he talks about how when someone helps a slave that they go to ‘everlasting fire’. This explains how religion is forcing slavery on not just adults, but to kids as well. Religion is threatening kids, if you help a slave you’re going to hell. Huck is confused about religion because he sees the good in Jim, and can’t quite understand why he is being dehumanized. Huck tries to pray about give Jim up but can’t because he knows that you can’t cheat a pray and lie. This explains that for people who help slaves back then were probably scared of going to hell because they saw well in a slave. Huck ends up writing a letter to Miss Watson about where Huck and Jim had been, as he wrote his letter he felt as if he could finally pray, but then again couldn’t. Huck stated that he rather go to hell than give up Jim and pray for forgiveness. This explains that people who helped slaves didn’t always care about the religion and the rules of the bible so they do what Huck does and proceeds what they’re doing and takes the consequences of going to