religion

religion What is Huck's religion? How does it affect his relationship with Jim and others? How does this it reflect life in the shore ? Is it a topic of satire?

To commence Huck’s religion was surely distinguished throughout the novel. Clearly, Huck’s religion is Christianity. Phrases from the novel gave specific clues to back it up. For example when the widow in the beginning of the story, she would always incorporate for Finn to pray, whether for a request or in denial, always pray to the lord .Also, the widow would always read to Finn about the Bible. Throughout the ending when Huck finally gave the location of Jim, he stated “ I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I knew I could pray now” (227). This not states clearly Huck’s relationship with Jim, but also conveys how Huck is throughout the whole novel. Demonstrating how part of him was leaned to do good instead of “sinning”. With no doubt, Huck Finn was not depicted as the most holy person in Mark Twain’s novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". However, he was a boy who was looking for someone to look up to, because with not much of a father figure in his life, he was left with no one to turn to, heading wherever the wind took him, which is why at some points in the novel he would make biblical references or even go to church, like when Huckleberry goes to church with Buck, Miss Charlotte, Tom, Bob, and the old woman (172). That would be the main reflection of his life on the shore. In this case, it is a topic of satire because throughout the entire novel, Twain pokes fun at the society of America.

Eli & Raul

Something that we really enjoyed about your paragraph is that you included a very good quote from page 227. However, your sentence structure was a little awkward, and it does not flow very well. Also, you have some errors in word choice, and grammar. We were curious as to your opinion on how the religions of small towns that Huck visits along the Mississippi contributes to the overall take on religion in __The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn__. Samantha, Zachary, and Monica

Response by Eli & Raul: Unquestionably, there were some sentence structures that were “awkward.” We noticed that within the novel, there were certain towns that were not very religious at all, and there were other towns that were very religious, like the town that Huck stopped by with Jim where he met Buck and Miss Charlotte.

It is very apparent throughout the novel that Huck is a Christian. Since "Sunday he goes to church"(106), he is instructed to "pray every day"(13). It is safe to say that Huck definitely understands the religion since he references "King Solomon, Leviticus, Judas, Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar, and Jericho" (75,150,182,265,241,and 253)which are all Old Testament biblical characters and cities .How much he truly believes in his faith in "the Good Lord"(13)is questionable. This affects his relationship with Jim because Jim is very superstitious and Christianity is not accepting of witchcraft or superstition. But by being Jim's friend he becomes more accepting of differences, realizes his sins, and begins to pray earnestly therefore strengthening his faith. This not only affects him but also affects the girls on shore Huck realizes that swindling their money is wrong and saves their inheritance by telling the girls of the “kings” plan. So Huck, Jim, and the people on shore all reap the benefits of Huck’s faith and religion. Mia, Sabrina, Kaylee

Pro: You did an excellent job of using book references to support your argument. Nice job of embedding quotes. Con: Your support wasn’t true all the time. For example, you said that the relationship between Huck and Jim is affected by Jim's superstition, when actually Huck is superstitious himself. In chapter 1 Huck talks about the spider burning bringing bad luck. Also you said that Huck is a Christian even though he said that he would gladly go to hell as long as Tom is there with him. Question: What makes you think that Huck’s belief’s conflict superstition? Keith/Owen We say that Huck’s religion conflicts superstition since the bible sates that you should not practice witch craft, seek a medium, or be superstitious-Old Testament. You used an example from the start of the novel which supports what we said about him changing from knowing his religion in the beginning to having a true solid faith in the end of the novel