For Huck there were many influences around him that made him superstitious. His two closes friends, Tom and Jim, are both superstitious, although Jim is much more older, practical and wise, Tom is the other extreme being immature and who enjoys a far-fetched story line. In one incident, Jim shows that he enjoys the attention he receives after being bewitched. In reality Huck and Tom played a joke on him and hung his hat from a tree. "And the next time Jim told it he said they rode him down to New Orleans; and, after that, every time he told it he spread it more and more, till by and by he said they rode him all over the world, and tired him most to death, and his back was all over saddle-boils. Jim was monstrous proud about it, and he got so he wouldn't hardly notice the other niggers" (Twain 8). Jim became known as an "authority" on witches. Other blacks would come from far to here his story (Bruce 7). Huck's father, even though he was never around, had a small influence on Huck and his thoughts. Pap wore a cross on the bottom of his shoe to ward away the devil. "There was a cross in the left boot-heel made with big nails, to keep off the devil" (Twain 17). Although the widow and Miss Watson look down upon superstitious, they have no way to control the people that Huck encounters. .
Hucks troubles seem to start up after he kill the spider leading us to believe it was really bad luck that had fallen upon him. " Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up. I didn't need anybody to tell me that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me" (Twain 5). He was so set on his ways he became afraid of what might happen to him since he had no way to get rid of his bad turn in events. "But I hadn't no confidence. You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you"d killed a spider" (Twain 5).
The character that Twain chose to represent morality and maturation is none other than Huck Finn himself. ... Twain shows this position to give the reader an introduction to Huck Finn. ... On the island Huck is frightened by Jim's superstition. ... Later, after getting bit by a snake, Jim's superstition is validated. This only pushes Huck further towards believing in Jim's superstition. ...
Superstitions and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Even though the Pre-Civil War classic THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN contains humorous passages, Mark Twain's main purpose in writing the novel involves criticizing mankind and society. Frequently, in the course of the novel, Twain addresses the theme of superstition. ... First, at the beginning of the novel Huck was sitting in his room and he lit a candle. ... Next, Twain uses superstition through Jim. ... Another superstitious moment for Jim is when he believes that the snake-skin that Huck touched brought bad luck to no...
The Moral Development of Huck Finn Moral development is the process of becoming yourself, forming your own ideas, opinions and principles. ... In Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn is able to separate himself from his normal, civilized environment, when he runs away. ... In his run-away journey Huck Finn morally develops by leaps and bounds but ultimately, when he is put back into civilization, he ends up in the same niche he started in. ... The difference betweens Jim's superstitions and the organized reli...
In the novel, the theme of freedom versus civilization is revealed through the day-to-day life of the main character Huck Finn. Huck Finn represents natural life through his freedom of spirit, his uncivilized ways, as well as his desire to escape from civilization. ... Huck Finn's belief that civilization corrupts rather than improves human beings is proven when a new judge grants Pap, Huck's dad, custody of Huck. ... Mark Twain did a great job of showing, through the eyes of Huck Finn, how civilization can corrupt society. ... Realizing that no one is free from civilization, Hu...
Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn is a classic that has withstood the test of time. ... The young boy Huckleberry Finn is quite a character. ... He believed greatly in superstitions and bad luck jinxes. ... Huckleberry sometimes took advantage of Jim and his superstitions and uneducatedness. ... Huckleberry Finn is a real classic that we all are able to comprehend. ...
The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a story of complex and evolving relationships. ... In these pages one hears almost exclusively about Jim's various superstitions. Huck tells a few stories involving Jim and these superstitions, such as "Jim always kept that five-center piece round his neck with a string, and said it was a charm the devil gave to him with his own hands, and told him he could cure anybody with it and fetch witches whenever he wanted to just by saying something to it".",(6). ... It portrays him as ignorant and naive, and shows he has a quirk...
Mark Twain tells us of the adventures young Huckleberry Finn experiences in his book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... Even though several themes are sporadically mentioned, the themes of superstitions and immorality seem to be more frequently apparent in Huck's life. ... Usually creepy crawly arachnids would fascinate a young boy, but Huck was fearful due to a mere superstition. ... Due to the frequent mention of superstitions, we can conclude they played a rather large role in the life of Huck. ... Not only did Huck learn about superstitions, he discovered religion and had...
The most influential though of all these was Huckleberry Finn. ... In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn you meet a rebellious young teen named Huck Finn. ... Huck's decision in his moral confliction truly impressed me with how courageous Huck was for the sake of his friendship and how he didn't take any regard to the law. ... In conclusion, Huck Finn through all the trials he was put through voluntarily for his friendship with a runaway slave, Jim, proves just why he deserves to be called a hero. Huck had many difficult, moral choices which he was forced to make al...
Huck Might Have Become a River Boat Captain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi were both written by Mark Twain. ... In the passage from Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain describes Jim and Huck's independence on the river by constantly using words such as "lonesomeness," "stillness," and "not a sound." ... During this time of his life Mark Twain might possibly have been going through the same experiences and decided to write Huck Finn in such a way as to express his new found interest and feeling of supreme freedom on the river. The passage from Life on...
