Adventures Of Huck Finn By Twain And Cruelness
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Adventures Of Huck Finn By Twain And Cruelness
Throughout the tale of Huckleberry Finn as told by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens),
almost every character for his or her own reasons lies. This can be considered a
commentary on the morality and ethics of man kind by Mr. Clemens. Almost no
person exists that has never uttered at lease one untruth. That is one of the
wonderful things about this novel. It closely mimics real life. There are
characters that lie for personal gain. There are also those that lie only in
hopes of helping others. Though both are lies, one can be considered courteous
or even heroic at times, where the other can only appear greedy and wrong no
matter what light it is viewed in. Mark Twain often uses the river to denote
freedom and purity, however just as many lies are told on the river as off. This
is because Twain doesn’t make the assumption that all lies are wicked, and can
thus attach them to his symbol of pure good. Practically every “good”
character in Huckleberry Finn lies. Huck himself lies on almost countless
occasions. Miss Watson lies on at least one occasion. Jim tells several lies
during the tale. Tom Sawyer is practically unable to speak the truth. Yet none
of these characters are seen as morally corrupt. The villainous characters lie
on a constant basis in the course of the story. The king makes lying an art at
times, while the duke lies without pause for his entire appearance in the story.
Pap makes up numerous tales during his time in the book. All these characters
are considered evil and wrongdoers. The difference is the fact that the latter
characters lie in hopes of personal gain, while the first characters lie to help
others, or in order to entertain. Nearly every character lies in Huckleberry
Finn; it is their motivation for their lies that defines their character to the
reader. Huckleberry himself tells many a lie during the story. Perhaps his
biggest lie is when he fakes his own death, and makes the whole town look for
his “dead carcass” (Clemens 32). This caused the widow and Miss Watson a
terrible amount of heartache and concern. He also helped Jim escape by telling
men on a passing boat that the man on his raft was his father who “got the
small pox” rather than a run away slave (Clemens 75). Although the first lie
hurt some people, the reader interprets it as Huck’s only choice and therefore
doesn’t “mark him as a bad person” (Miner 23). The perception of Huck is
that of a hero, so no matter the moral choices he ...
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