"Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in and endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching"; a famous Greek philosopher, Eric Fromm, reflects Twain's idea of greed depicted in Huckleberry Finn in this quote. ... He grows into a young man who values friendship and trust over the colour of someone's skin and someone who feels ashamed by people full of greed, learning how cruel humans and society can be along the way. ...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Though mostly Twain sidesteps main issues by hiding messages within the text, he explains his feelings rather blatantly in a quote by Huckleberry Finn, "Human beings can be awful cruel to one another" (Twain 231). ... Though they had been traveling with Jim and Huck for a while, and even struck up a wavering friendship of sorts, they ended up selling Jim for an unimpressive amount of forty dollars. ...

• Word Count: 1348
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School