Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

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Frank Herbert once said “Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery”. Mark Twain makes this obvious in his novel The Adventure Of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Twain shows us the downside of pursuing money in the novel, through Huck and Judge Thatcher, Pap, the King and Duke. My first example of slavery in the novel is, Huck didn't really care about money. Money didn’t mean anything to him so Huck wasn't a slave to money. Huck gave all of his money to Judge Thatcher. Judge Thatcher asked Huck if he wanted his interest, Huck said “I don't want it at all nor the six thousand, nuther. I want you to take it, I want to give it to you the six thousand and all.”. Money didn’t control Huck it had no meaning in his life. …show more content…

Pap told Huck, he heard he's rich now and he wants Huck's money. Huck said “I hain’t got no money.” Pap said “It's a lie. Judge Thatcher’s got it. You git it. I want it.” Pap said he was going to make Judge Thatcher give him the money. After they stopped talking about Huck’s money Pap made Huck give him his only dollar for whiskey because he hadn't had anything all day. Pap was a slave to money because he thought it should be just given to him so he thought shouldn't have to work for