Twain & Finn: Breaking the Language Barrier
Mark Twain's use of language and dialect in the book
"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" helped him to bring about the
overall feel that he conveyed throughout the book, allowing him to
show Huck Finn's attitudes and beliefs concerning the nature of
education, slavery, and family values.
When the story begins, Huck is seen as a young boy who
is not very educated nor wishes to be. He does not seem to care very
much for the attention that is given to him by the Widow Douglas,
who had taken him in for her son, and her sister, Miss Watson.
Huck's moral values were not only the product of his ignorance, but
there is relation seen between Huck's attitude and the attitude of his
father when Huck is confronted by him. Huck's father is disgusted at
the way that Huck seems to be becoming more and more civilized.
Traditional raft, from 1884 edition of Adventures ...
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)
English: Illustration from Adventures of Huckleber...He states "...they say you can read and write. You think you're
better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can't?" Perhaps this
statement shows disgust in Huck through not following the moral
values of his father, or perhaps this is just merely jealousy on his
father's part. Huck's father warns Huck about going to school any
more, yet Huck goes anyway, showing great willpower in the
character of Huck in that he was gaining an education that he never
really wanted in the first place, but soon came to realize that it was
something actually useful, and in the fact that he was disobeying his
father's orders.
Huck's feelings about slavery are shown when he helps
Jim, Miss Watson's slave, to escape. Huck's constant statement that
"Jim talks like he is white inside" shows that Huck was unique
amongst the society in which...