Huckleberry Finn Identity Analysis
The classic novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain satirizes the topic of identity and disguises. There have been many occasions in our history where people disguise themselves. Halloween is one big example of that. People all over the world pretend to be someone they’re not for one night. Actors have to pretend to be someone else for a living. There are many advantages and disadvantages to having a separate identity, and Twain shows both sides of the situation in his novel.
In the very beginning of the story when Pap comes back, Pap is the first person to take another identity. Even though he isn’t necessarily being someone else, he is taking on another personality. When he is first around Judge Thatcher, he says he wants to …show more content…
The fog was so heavy that they could not see anything. Eventually, the raft crashed and Huck and Jim got separated. Huck got out of the water and dogs started barking and going crazy when he went by. A man yelled out to see who was there, and of course, Huck pretended to be someone he was not again. “George Jackson, sir” (Twain, 72) He is getting so used to being someone else, he still doesn’t use his own identity, even though no one would know that Huck is actually suppose to be dead. Becoming this person and living in the house with the Grangerford’s was not in Huck’s best interest. The feud between the Grangerford’s and the Shepherdson’s put Huck in a lot of danger that he never saw coming. If he wasn’t careful, he would’ve been shot and never reunite with Jim.
After Huck and Jim are back together, they start to head down the river. Right before they head off, two guys come running and beg for Huck and Jim to help them get away. They end up helping the men and find out about how their lives are not the best. They have had to do many things for a “living” and pity themselves. They have so much pity that they pretend to be a duke and a king so they will get the attention from Huck and Jim they think they deserve. “I am the rightful Duke of Bridgewater; and here am I, forlorn, torn from my high estate…” (Twain, 93) “Bilgewater, I am the late Dauphin!” (Twain,
In the very beginning of the story when Pap comes back, Pap is the first person to take another identity. Even though he isn’t necessarily being someone else, he is taking on another personality. When he is first around Judge Thatcher, he says he wants to …show more content…
The fog was so heavy that they could not see anything. Eventually, the raft crashed and Huck and Jim got separated. Huck got out of the water and dogs started barking and going crazy when he went by. A man yelled out to see who was there, and of course, Huck pretended to be someone he was not again. “George Jackson, sir” (Twain, 72) He is getting so used to being someone else, he still doesn’t use his own identity, even though no one would know that Huck is actually suppose to be dead. Becoming this person and living in the house with the Grangerford’s was not in Huck’s best interest. The feud between the Grangerford’s and the Shepherdson’s put Huck in a lot of danger that he never saw coming. If he wasn’t careful, he would’ve been shot and never reunite with Jim.
After Huck and Jim are back together, they start to head down the river. Right before they head off, two guys come running and beg for Huck and Jim to help them get away. They end up helping the men and find out about how their lives are not the best. They have had to do many things for a “living” and pity themselves. They have so much pity that they pretend to be a duke and a king so they will get the attention from Huck and Jim they think they deserve. “I am the rightful Duke of Bridgewater; and here am I, forlorn, torn from my high estate…” (Twain, 93) “Bilgewater, I am the late Dauphin!” (Twain,