Historical+Event+(Mexican-American+War)

During the Mexican-American War, many Americans did not want to be in the war. This event parallels to the event in the novel, Huckleberry Finn. Huck does not want to confront his problems and would much prefer to run away from them, which in the end causes these tiny problems to develop into big problems that are very dangerous and life threatening. In this case, Americans did not want to enter the war and to continue expanding westward, because it would cost them too much physically and mentally. They would much rather prefer to ignore the problems and run away from them, while avoiding confrontation with everything. If these problems were ignored though, the future would have had many problems that needed to be confronted with, because of their importance. The Mexican-American War was an event from history that paralleled the ideals in the novel Huckleberry Finn.

Well during the Mexican-American War, many Americans felt that the purpose of the government for expanding America at the time was pointless. They felt that the amount of loss for only the little gain was not worth it at all. They also felt that it was not their job to try and take land from the Mexicans. This was not the view that was shared by the government, particularly the president. The government used the idea of Manifest Destiny to claim their reasons for expanding westward. President Polk thought that it was his god given duty to expand the United States as far as possible, because god wanted him to do it. Many Americans disagreed with this idea, but it was not their place to be able to let their opinion affect the government’s decision. Americans did not want to face these problems at the time. They all had their own problems to deal with. Also, this war would cost them too much physically and mentally. Americans, at the time, would have preferred to run away from the problems and avoid confrontation. Home