Damned And The Damned Huckleberry Finn Analysis
Analysis of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s quote "The human race consists of the damned and the ought-to-be damned." reflects in his work Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which criticizes the hypocrisy of otherwise civil white Christian and slave owning Americans throughout the entirety of the 19th century in a morally and religiously misconstrued society, resulting in the wrongful punishment of honest workers and innocent slaves. The feud between two Southern families serves as a metaphor for the Civil War, in which a united nation splits into two, bashing fellow countrymen against each other until death. Also, the irony of slave owners enslaving another guiltless human being displays the power of convention and …show more content…
Honor and tradition creates a bloody and foolish feud between them even though they share similar social status and live in the same town, resulting in the death of many members of both families. Even though neither side originally caused a reason for conflict, and the feud started years ago with their ancestors, they still kill one another for the sole purpose of preserving custom. When their family members died, they did not end their fight. The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons chose to harm each other instead of discontinuing their old practices. During a sermon about brotherly love, both families held guns between their knees. In the end, many ended up murdered by the other family. The long standing and often irrelevant duel between the two similar but opposing sides represents the issue of such conflict on a grander scale—after the Civil War, the North and the South faced the aftermath of a crippled and divided country caused by a conflict between its own people. On a land united by God by people who swore to love their fellow neighbors, a war still erupts, because the North and the South refuse to resolve their differences. Both sides sacrifice a large number of lives and eventually the economy and the trust in their government by the end of the
Mark Twain’s quote "The human race consists of the damned and the ought-to-be damned." reflects in his work Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which criticizes the hypocrisy of otherwise civil white Christian and slave owning Americans throughout the entirety of the 19th century in a morally and religiously misconstrued society, resulting in the wrongful punishment of honest workers and innocent slaves. The feud between two Southern families serves as a metaphor for the Civil War, in which a united nation splits into two, bashing fellow countrymen against each other until death. Also, the irony of slave owners enslaving another guiltless human being displays the power of convention and …show more content…
Honor and tradition creates a bloody and foolish feud between them even though they share similar social status and live in the same town, resulting in the death of many members of both families. Even though neither side originally caused a reason for conflict, and the feud started years ago with their ancestors, they still kill one another for the sole purpose of preserving custom. When their family members died, they did not end their fight. The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons chose to harm each other instead of discontinuing their old practices. During a sermon about brotherly love, both families held guns between their knees. In the end, many ended up murdered by the other family. The long standing and often irrelevant duel between the two similar but opposing sides represents the issue of such conflict on a grander scale—after the Civil War, the North and the South faced the aftermath of a crippled and divided country caused by a conflict between its own people. On a land united by God by people who swore to love their fellow neighbors, a war still erupts, because the North and the South refuse to resolve their differences. Both sides sacrifice a large number of lives and eventually the economy and the trust in their government by the end of the