Examples Of Satire In Huckleberry Finn

Chaucer's “The Canterbury Tales” is a satirical comedy about corruption in the Church during the 14th century. During the time period in which the Canterbury Tales was written the Church was extremely prevalent in almost all aspects of a person’s life and was prone to corruption. Christianity was not only the primary religion of Europe, but it was also one of the primary authorities as well. However, after the Black Death, many Europeans became more skeptical of the authority of the church. This is expressed in the text, “The Tales reflect diverse views of the Church in Chaucer's England. After the Black Death, many Europeans began to question the authority of the established Church. Some turned to lollardy, while others chose less extreme
Twain argues through “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” that civilization actually corrupts, and slavery racism are used as an example to prove that point. Huck Finn is a child who lived on the lowest rungs of society. He resisted any attempts to indoctrinate him with social values. It if for this reason that he is the perfect main character for this story. Due to the fact that Huck resists the norms of society he has no biases. An example of this would be that he knows society would dictate that Jim was Miss Watson's property, but he himself does not feel that way, which is why he helps Jim. Throughout the story, Huck is in moral conflict with the received values of the society in which he lives, and while he is unable to consciously refute those values even in his thoughts, he makes a moral choice based on his own valuation of Jim's friendship and Jim's human worth, a decision in direct opposition to the things he has been taught. Mark Twain, in his lecture notes, proposes that "a sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience" and goes on to describe the novel as "...a book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat" (Doyno). Karl Marx and Old Major’s visions for the perfect future led to the revolutions within their respective societies. The slave character, Jim, is meant to demonstrate the humanity of slaves. Jim demonstrates that slaves were just as human as any white man. There was no inherent inferiority and deep down they were exactly like white people or any race of people for that matter. The greatest revelation of Jim’s compassion appears at the end of the novel when Jim gives up his own freedom to save Tom. While many critics say Jim’s character diminishes in dignity in this section, to the contrary, this is where Twain gives us the greatest view of Jim’s humanity. While critics argue