The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1433 Words

â€Å"It s not the size of the dog in the fight, it s the size of the fight in the dog.† This quote said by Mark Twain directly relates to his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The story is about a young boy named Huck Finn, a small dog, who finds himself on a big and terrifying adventure that makes him fight and stand up for what he believes in every day of his journey. Twain uses the life of the young boy to display the faults of the society in which he lived in in a humorous manner with a serious undertone. He explores a range of societal norms in the novel that are viewed today as being major problems. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, three meaningful subjects are explored in education, cowardice, and†¦show more content†¦Then we’ll all be in the same boat† (Twain 139). Instead of taking a stand, they are so scared of being judged that they let others make their mistake. On the other hand, though, those who are educated can easily see through, and poke holes in the King and Duke’s schemes. For example, when the two pretend to be a dead man’s brothers to steal his fortune, everyone is onboard with their lie, except Dr. Robinson. He immediately knows the two are frauds and points it out to all their blind followers. He tells the dead man’s daughters that the king is, â€Å"’the thinnest kind of imposter- has come here with a lot of empty names and facts which he has picked up somewhere, and you take them for proofs, and are helped to fool yourselves by the foolish friends here, who ought to know better’†(155). The doctor so easily sees through the lies because he is educated and knows enough facts to see the faults in the story the King and Duke are selling. The theme Twain displays about education is that educated people are not taken advantage of as easily as those who are uneducated. Education is a main contributor to many problems in society. W ithout proper education, it is easy to be made a fool, as Twain displays. In his time, there were many uneducated people who went along with what everyone else was doing because that is all they knew and they believed it was right. In order to bring this to the attention of others he made it so apparent in this novel