Episode-HJ

There are several reasons that we should read Huck Finn, the major thing that popped out at me is the failure of the government in the beginning of the novel. The episode that I have selected is when the new judge gives the custody of Huckleberry Finn to his father Pap, in which he had not seen in a long time. The reason I chose this episode in the novel was that it shows the falters in the United States government. The way in which they falter is that they did not think of what was best for the party that was actually being affected. The judge stuck by what he believed was best which was clearly wrong to the reader, especially when Huck said,"Then he said that he would cowhide me if I didn't raise money for him."(26). This shows that Twain is criticizing the government, that was embodied by the new judge, virtually made Huck a slave to his own father. This happens in the U.S today and it is still not fought against or brought up. It may not necesarily be about kids and their parents, but about the smaller and weaker off are getting dominated by the stronger and larger. This has been going on since before the Civil War but reached its abundance and noticability afterwards as being part of the reconstruction of the Union in 1865. One of the more recent and easily seen happenings of this is in New Orleans and what is happening in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in 2004. All of these instances include in some way or another the strong being dominant over the weak and the United States government not controlling or patrolling it a single bit. The reason for not helping the little guy, unclear. Reason to help, extremely noticable.//