Episode101

Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” satirizes many of societies flaws, one of them being the way the people during his time period practice religion. Twain show many instances in which his characters themselves portray a racist state of mind even if coming from a very religious background. One of the characters who is the best example for this would be Mrs. Watson, although a very religious woman she herself owns a slave and is willing to separate him from his family. If a white person were to be separated from his family it would be an outrage but since the man is black Mrs. Watson does not even think about the fact that selling her slave would be separating him from his family. Sally is also a good religious woman who follows the church’s rules, but does not see any harm in a black person getting hurt. When Huck pretends to be Tom sawyer and is recounting the story about the cylinder head on the steamboat blowing up Sally asks if anyone was hurt. Huck replies that the only person hurt was a black man; she quickly reacts by stating how happy she was and how lucky they were that only a “nigger” was hurt. Twain uses his characters to show how the society in his time period were practicing a religion which was not revolving around the bible but around what the government said was right and wrong.

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