Huckleberry Finn Ignorance Quotes
While there are many themes expressed in the
novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
one makes a stronger presence by its continued,
if not redundant display of itself. Far too often in
society people's lack of knowledge on a given
subject causes their opinions and actions to rely
strictly on stereotypes created by the masses.
This affliction is commonly known as ignorance.
This is curable but people have to become
open-minded and leave their reliance on society's
viewpoints behind them. In the novel, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain,
the ignorance of society becomes extremely
evident at many parts of the book. Society forms
ideals for all walks of life and then lets them
become like stone in their minds. Thus, …show more content…
Huck said "I thought it all out, and
reckoned I would belong to the widow if he
wanted me, though I couldn't make out how he
was a-going to be any better off then than what
he was before, seeing I was so ignorant, and so
kind of low-down and ornery." Huck talks about
Pap with some disgust and disregard. While
Huck is not completely afraid of him in this quote
as he later becomes, he still does not show
respect for his father. The following is a good
representation of what Huck does and does not
understand. "I studied a minute, sort of holding
my breath, and then says to myself: All right,
then, I'll go to hell'--and tore it up." Huck wrote
a letter to Miss Watson but tore it up. He decided
that he would go to hell for Jim. Another good
example is when Huck was having problems with
Jim wanting his children back. "...[Jim] would
steal his children -- children that belonged to a
man... a man that hadn't ever done me no
harm." This quote shows that Huck is still
troubled by helping Jim and that he still does not
yet understand that Jim is just as human as those
people who own his children. This shows a stage
in his growth in understanding about slavery
novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
one makes a stronger presence by its continued,
if not redundant display of itself. Far too often in
society people's lack of knowledge on a given
subject causes their opinions and actions to rely
strictly on stereotypes created by the masses.
This affliction is commonly known as ignorance.
This is curable but people have to become
open-minded and leave their reliance on society's
viewpoints behind them. In the novel, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain,
the ignorance of society becomes extremely
evident at many parts of the book. Society forms
ideals for all walks of life and then lets them
become like stone in their minds. Thus, …show more content…
Huck said "I thought it all out, and
reckoned I would belong to the widow if he
wanted me, though I couldn't make out how he
was a-going to be any better off then than what
he was before, seeing I was so ignorant, and so
kind of low-down and ornery." Huck talks about
Pap with some disgust and disregard. While
Huck is not completely afraid of him in this quote
as he later becomes, he still does not show
respect for his father. The following is a good
representation of what Huck does and does not
understand. "I studied a minute, sort of holding
my breath, and then says to myself: All right,
then, I'll go to hell'--and tore it up." Huck wrote
a letter to Miss Watson but tore it up. He decided
that he would go to hell for Jim. Another good
example is when Huck was having problems with
Jim wanting his children back. "...[Jim] would
steal his children -- children that belonged to a
man... a man that hadn't ever done me no
harm." This quote shows that Huck is still
troubled by helping Jim and that he still does not
yet understand that Jim is just as human as those
people who own his children. This shows a stage
in his growth in understanding about slavery