The Main Themes of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by...

â€Å"PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.† This quote is from Mark Twain at the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and it shows Mark Twain’s humor, while also setting the tone for the book. This book was published in the 1880’s, which was around twenty years after the civil war, but it showed there were still signs of discrimination against the African Americans. The main themes of this story are racism and slavery, superstitions, and the issue of conforming to society to please others. The theme of the story largely revolves around the ideas of racism and slavery and is conveyed†¦show more content†¦Superstitions are a large part of the story because when Huck and Jim are together they are usually calm and collected, but when they encounter something that is superstitious, they become irra tional. There are several examples of this happening including when Huck flicks the spider off his shoulder into the candle and it burns, so he believes it is going to give him bad luck. Another example is when Huck spills salt at breakfast and went to throw some over his left shoulder, but Miss Watson stopped him before he could so he thought he was going to get bad luck. Superstitions have been around since the earliest of civilizations and will most likely always be around. They were just as popular during Mark Twain’s time as they are now. Today, most people are superstitious about sporting events and often will do outrageous things to help their team win. â€Å"Jim put the quarter under the hair-ball, and got down and listened again. This time he said the hair-ball was all right. He said it would tell my whole fortune if I wanted it to. I says, go on. So the hair-ball talked to Jim, and Jim told it to me.† (Twain, Chapter 4) Lastly, the final theme that is i mportant is society trying to mold you to please others. In the book, Widow Douglas is always trying to make Huck be proper and go to school,Show MoreRelatedMark Twain : Seeing America s Flaws1593 Words   |  7 PagesMark Twain: Seeing America’s Flaws â€Å"You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain and he told the truth, mainly. There was things he stretched, but mainly he told the truth† (qtd. in Jones 237). That was the very first line in Mark Twain’s controversial book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Samuel L. 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