Or so Mark Twain would say, as indicated in the novel Huckleberry Finn. ... Perhaps Twain's biggest mockery of religion was through the hypocrisy that he used on nearly every religious character in the novel. ... In this passage Huck is pointing out the hypocrisy of the Widow Douglas; although she forbids him to smoke, she still uses snuff (a form of tobacco) for herself. ... Like a man who looks in a mirror, goes away and forget how he looks, the religious people in "Huckleberry Finn" profess faith in God and yet live a life of sin. ... Far from being a children's novel, Huckle...

• Word Count: 691
• Approx Pages: 3

Then there is Jim, who accompanies Huck and is a runaway slave seeking freedom from the world that has denied it to him for so long. However, Mark Twain uses his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to reveal and poke fun of many problems facing American society. ... In the beginning of the story, Huck sneaks away from his home to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends. ... Religion was an fundamental part of civilization in Twain's time period and by using religious hypocrisy he exhibits his objection to the blind faith that society places towards religion. ... Religious hypocrisy i...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Miss Watson and Widow Douglas, both try to teach Huck societies ways. ... Through Huck's speech patterns Twain allows the readers to notice the exact stature of Huck. ... He also used religious dialect to show the hypocrisy. ... Watson, who was very religious but still believed she was better then the slaves because she was white and educated. ... The censorship and controversy of Huckleberry Finn is unarguably because of the subject of "race" and "language". ...

• Word Count: 2082
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School