Huck and Jim were trying to reach a town namedCairo. ... Cairo was just oneof the many towns Twain referred to in this novel. ... This quote showed thegreed and prejudice of Southerns. ... Many of the towns Twain described were based onhis hometown and nearby towns along the Mississippi shores. ... (Twain 47) and "...whymama, struck out for this town of Goshen..." ...
This family, known as the Grangerfords, is one of two wealthy families in the town, engaged with a feud with the other wealthy family, the Shepherdsons. ... The fact that any man of a civilized nature would not sentence his kin to death over a matter as childish as a feud, for not even our beloved pap would do such a thing. ... This one quote shows the reader how African Americans were viewed and treated in the South. ... The novel is filled with quotes similar to this one, painting a darker picture of the South each time. ... With just one quote, Twain is able to make a point about the rep...
Mark Twain once stated that "It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them" (Salwen). ... Huck lies to the entire town when he fakes his death to leave his father. ... He knows that his entire town is "firing a cannon over the water, trying to make his carcass come to the top," but even then he is so intent on avoiding his father that he does not alleviate the worries of everyone in the town who is worried about him (Twain 49). ... A prime illustrat...
