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Essay / What is humor and humor in Huckleberry Finn - 1202
A call to charm and humor: the morality of Huck FinnMorality and ethics, which are based on vision about what is right and wrong, explain how people make decisions in their lives. At a person's developmental stage, the community and those around them have a lasting impact on the basis on which people establish what is right and wrong. So, going against the ideas and values of society would definitely be a challenge for many. However, Huckleberry faces this task head on during his journey with Jim. In his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain managed to illuminate society's beliefs in a way that made them laughable and ridiculous by using satire, irony, and a particularly lovable and relatable character, Huckleberry Finn. Ignorant, although intelligent in his own way; uncivilized by nature and habit; dirty, malnourished, but still possessing a “heart of gold”; is the essence of a rebellious rascal and lovable underdog, Huckleberry Finn. Throughout the story, he wants to run away from home and escape his life. Pap and the widow (his guardians at the time), although diametrically opposed in nature, do not really listen to him, do not really appreciate his intelligence and do not respect his wishes. “The widow Douglass, she took me for her son, and allowed her to sivilize me…” (Twain 5). The widow and Miss Watson attempt to reform him, and he behaves rather like a miniature adult throughout the beginning of the novel. Where Huck most clearly does not completely distance himself from the doctrine of his two tutors, but rather engages him in a dialogue occurs when Miss Watson teaches Huck about prayer. Huck listens to Miss Watson and tries to pray; and even though it doesn't work to his satisfaction ("I got a fucking paper......ck company with the two fraudsters, he wishes he had never associated with the King and the Duke. After impersonating the Wilks brothers, Huck commented, "...it was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race" (Twain 149). and to gain compassion for those around him In conclusion, the endearing qualities of Huckleberry Finn and Twain's humor show the ridiculousness of the moral system of society at the time. Huck's qualities of compassion, practical intellect, and charm make it easy to understand his point of view and criticize Huck's illogical rules. Ultimately, Twain appeals to the reader's opinion of Huck and his meaning. humor to get his point across, and it is clear that he intended to show the incredible flaws in society's laws and social conventions..