The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is taking place at the Mississippi River and is showing hope while it contrasts the corrupt people on land with freedom of the water. The novel is telling us the adventures of the protagonists Huck and Jim. Every time they stop on land, they are meeting people who are deceitful and dishonest. To Jim, the river symbolizes slavery, which he tries hard to get away from. To Huck, land is more connected to civilization, especially including Miss Watson and his father, Pap. This essay deals with the life on land in contrast to the life on the river. After a steamboat crashed the raft, Huck is meeting the Grangerford’s. He is really enjoying his time there because they are very kind and the only thing he doesn’t like is how religious they are and that they are in a feud for many years with the Shepherdson’s. Twain is using a lot of satire in this chapter, to show us his view on feuding and religion, while giving us a taste of how Huck is feeling in the situation. Especially when they are going to church on Sunday and Huck is saying:” It was pretty ornery preaching all about brotherly love and such like tiredness, but everyone said it was a good sermon too” (p. 129). For Twain and Huck feuding doesn’t make sense at all and it’s a horrible reason to try to kill …show more content…
The Wilks family is the target of those two cons learns and they are trying to get money from them. A local young man named Peter Wilks, a fairly wealthy local tanner died and the King and the Duke are pretending to be Peter’s brother from England. Huck only knows the truth behind those men's tricks and is preventing it. Huck’s character is changing. He feels cheating innocent people is ridiculous. It is important to note that Huck is not telling anybody of the King and Duke’s plan. Instead, he first tries to fail their plan and then getting rid of