He was the innocentest, best old soul I ever see (pg.232)

"He was the innocentest, best old soul I ever see. But it warn't surprising; because he warn't only just a farmer, he was a preacher, too, and had a little one-horse log church down back of the plantation, which he built it himself at his own expense, for a church and schoolhouse, and never charged for his preaching, and it was worth it, too. There was plenty other farmer-preachers like that, and done the same way, down South. "




Here Twain satirizes Silas much like the widow, but in a more serious case. Silas is a farmer and a preacher that people of the town claim to be a great preacher because he preaches for free and his preachings is very much worth listening to. In the novel, Twain writes that he also owns slaves in his plantation. So he is a slave owning preacher which Twain satirizes much like the widow, because she is also a strong Christian. This places Silan, the priest, in a weird predicament, where he disobeys the Bible by owning a slave of his own to work for him. This kind of activity can be seen today where people like Silan go out and do things that the Bible doesn't necessarily agree with. On the news you can see gay men getting ordained everyday. Even though being gay is accepted, in legal terms, but in the Bible being a homosexual is highly unacceptable. In the picture you can see a openly gay priest kissing another man, which breaks the priest's catholic oath to not be in a relationship, but to only stay true to God, and in addition be gay. This is a perfect example of how people disobey the Bible when they say they are strong Christians.

We Want ALL to Come (pg.169)

"That's why they're invited here this evenin'; but we want ALL to come—everybody; for he respected everybody, he liked everybody, and so it's fitten that his funeral orgies sh'd be public."

Mark Twain writes about how the king and the duke trick the members of the Wilkes family into believing that the duke and the king are members of their family. The major event that is occurring is the funeral service of William Wilkes. In the beginning they plan for the funeral to be a private matter, but the king and the duke persuade the family to make it public and eventually make it seem like a ceremony of not mourning, but somethign of teh complete opposite. Twain pokes fun of how people turn somethign that is spose to be sad into something of a celebration. People can see this in magazines and news articles all the time. Things such as the death of celebraties due to things such as drugs and depression have become less of a mourning to a topic of popular discussion. It has changed from sorrow to the latest thing. You can see this exploited in the magazine picture created after a celebraties death.

They Roared And Clapped And Stormed (pg.154)

"The people most killed themselves laughing; and when the king got done capering and capered off behind the scenes, they roared and clapped and stormed and till he come back and done it over again, and after that they made him do it another time. "

The King sets up a show for the men to watch and only the men, in order to single out just men so that they would be more liekly to come. This strategy attracts all the men and sells out immediatly. In the show the king comes out humiliating himself over and over again in order to gain a some money. He does acts such as crawl out on all fours, nude. Here Twain uses the king to send out a message of how desperate people are to make money, that they would actually go out and humiliate themselves. A modern connection to this is whores and prostitutes who go out and put themsleves on the street to make money off prostitution. Much like what the king does, prostitutes humiliate themselves by selling themselves and letting others exploit them for a few dollars. In the illustration, a prostitute sells herself, much like what Twain says when he writes about the king.

Half A Dozen Made A Jump To Do It (pg.93)

"And then he busted into tears, and so did everybody. Then somebody sings out, "Take up a collection for him, take up a collection!" Well, a half a dozen made a jump to do it, but somebody sings out, "Let HIM pass the hat around!" Then everybody said it, the preacher too."

Here the King tricks everyone in the church that he is a pirate from the Indian Ocean and that he needs to recreate is crew and ship, so he needs money. He starts to cry and everyone began to cry. They were all convinced that what he was saying were true. Twain here points out how idiotic it is for people to fall for such a dumb trick. They all fall for it and so Twain satirizes to the public how stupid and guliable some people could be. Occurances like this can be seen in American society today. You can see candidates that are running for President lie and persuade people in order for them to vote teh way they want.

I Covered Up Their Faces! (pg.119)

"When I got down out of the tree I crept along down the river bank a piece, and found the two bodies laying in the edge of the water, and tugged at them till I got them ashore; then I covered up their faces, and got away as quick as I could. I cried a little when I was covering up Buck's face, for he was mighty good to me."

This passage shows how Twain makes fun of how idiotic the feud between the Gangerfords and the Shephardsons were. Even though they did not have a clear arguement on why they fought, they still did, due to the histroical family rivalry that they have. Though it was long over, they still fought, which led to the death's of their children. This can be seen still in America today. Where racism still occurs. Many racists don't know why they are judging people the way they are. They simply rely on history to back up their arguement on why they treat a certain race of people another way. In the picture a man says to the black male that he does not fit in. This is a modern illustration, so slavery doesn't exist, but racism still occurs.

That’s a Frenchman’s Way of Saying it (pg.97)

When huck and Jim talk about how the different languages sucha s French, Jim i sin awe due to him not knowing anything about the outside world. He arges how could anyone speak any other language than that of English, and how French sounded weird. He also states that English is the "normal" language. Twain points out the ignorance of the people of America, mainly the south. He shows how close minded people are and how they lack intelligence. This can be seen in modern society. In America today, people remain close minded and ignorant to the world around them. They do things such as make fun of others cultures and values, because they only know one way of life, which is their own way. In this picture, the author shows how one of the characters only knows English and she is telling the other person how she is speaking English while he still has his translating calculator, despite he doesn't speak English.

I See in A Minute There Warn’t Much Chance for Anybody Being Alive in Her (pg.91)

“She was very deep, and I see in a minute there warn’t much chance for anybody being alive in her"

The Walter Scott that was a steam boat named after a famous writer in the romanticism period. Scott engendered people’s minds with these fantasies of chivalry and honor, through books like Ivanhoe. As Huck sees The Walter Scott sinking in the river, Twain is satirizes the romanticism period by showing its death. Twain, unlike Scott, is more of a realistic writer and more against fantasy. The idea of the dramatic fantasies drown along with the boat. When Huck says, “There warn’t much chance for anybody being alive in her,” Twain is saying that when people get on teh Walter Scott, or ideas of fantasy, they end up dead or lost. This can be portrayed in the Civil War as well, but it can be related more closly with modern society. In television shows of saviors or superheros, the youth find it interesting that the good side will always win and that the hero is one person everyone looks up to. This gets implanted into the minds of the youth and creates a sense in that they can do anything and that they could become that superhero they watch on T.V. It sways them away from reality, which is what Twain is trying to point out. In the picture you can see a kid dressing up as a famous superhero, Superman.

Great guns! is HE her uncle? (pg.75)

"Why THAT'S all right. Miss Hooker she tole me, PARTICULAR, that her uncle Hornback—"

"Great guns! is HE her uncle?"

A young man came into town with Miss Hooker, which was the rich Hornback's niece. When he was first seen, people at the dock where acting negative towards him and they believed he was a no one, until they found out who they actually were there tone and mood towards them suddenly chnaged. They began to act in a favorable manor, due to thier greed. Twain points out that the character of someone towards another is changed by greed and in wanting what the other person has. This can be seen in American society stil today. When someone around them wins the lottery, everyone tends to get closer to that person because of greed. They change the way the act in front of the rich person, simply to try to acquire what they want.

Most everybody was on that boat (pg.38)

" By and by she come along, and she drifted in so close that they could a run out a plank and walked ashore. Most everybody was on the boat. Pap, and Judge Thatcher, and Bessie Thatcher, and Jo Harper, and Tom Sawyer, and his old Aunt Polly, and Sid and Mary, and plenty more."

In the story when Huck is gone due to his father taking him into his own home, not too many people are generally as concerned. However, when everyone finds out that he died, they all set out and look for him in concern. They generally don't know what their missing until its actually gone, and thats what Twain points out. That the public doesn't appreciate and have too much concern for someone until they are actually gone. This can be seen in American society today with the youth and their parents. Much of the youth do not treat their parents with much respect and concern. But once they are actually gone or dead, the true value and meaning of their parents surfaces. In the hit show Grey's Anatomy, Meredith loses her mom, but before so she almost hates her mom. After the death of her mom she truely shows how much she loved her.

I Used to be Scared of Him! (pg.18)

"Then I turned around. and there he was. I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much. I reckoned I was scared now, too; but in a minute I see I was mistaken—that is, after the first jolt, as you may say, when my breath sort of hitched, he being so unexpected."


Huck Finn at teh beginning of chapter five, introduces his father by saying that he used to get hit and was always scared of him. This shows how the relationship they have between each other is not loving and sincere. Twain points this out to the American people, mainly to inspire change in that they might treat their kids better. In Addition to hitting, Huck also says that his father is the town drunk and no one could ever find him. It is obvious that he has a abusive and bad father and Twain points this out to show that many parents out there are abusive and treat their own children like dirt. This can be seen in America today. Children are still mainly becoming abused and hurt by their parents, which is causing them to become emotionally and physically damaged.

Kill That Person and His Family (pg.7)

“Whichever boy was ordered to kill that person and his family must do it.”

In this episode of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain shows the Huck and Tom and many other followers to join a gang that will rob and kill people based on a book Tom has read. Twain points out to America that the children and teenagers, based on what they have read and heard about they begin gangs and mobs, much like the one Tom creates, even though they dont exactly cause crime. By simply reading something or hearing it, people get a false tense of imagination, and try to imitate what they see and hear. This can be seen in modern society, but primarily in the youth. Games such as Grand Theft Auto promote gang activity and criminal acts. The latest Grand Theft Auto game sold 13 million globally and continues to be on teh shelves of game stores. Even though this is a simple game, you can see the same reactions as that of Tom's in the youth today. In teh video you can see a trailer of GTA and how this advertisement could influence the youth.

They fetched the niggers in and had prayers! (pg. 3)

“By and by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.”
Miss. Watson is recognized by her Christian faith, and is said to be a Christian of the Bible. She teaches Huck about things in the Bible, such as stories of Moses and the Bulrushers. But she shows her religious hypocrisy by owning slaves and calling them niggers, while knowing that the Bible states to treat others as you would like to be treated. She clearly doesn’t show that. This is clearly pointed out by Twain, showing the Americans that most of them choose to be religious hypocrites by owning slaves and being a devout Christian. This can be seen today through jokes by religious sects. Even though one may not believe what the other believes about the same religion, people still make fun of others simply for being in a different religion, when there own Holy book states treat others the way you want to be treated. In this picture you can see the joke said to the people, mainly because of religion.

Nothing but sweat and sweat! (pg 2)

“She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.”

When Huckleberry Finn came home, he felt as though she had wrapped him back up in her little cocoon of civility by dressing him up and making him clean. Twain shows here that even though you can dress someone someway, that person won’t change upon dress. He points out to the people that even though people can fancy themselves up with clothes, their inner self will resurface and that the clothes they wear won’t change a thing. This can be observed in American pop culture today. In the illustration you can see that the man can change the way he looks, but he will remain the same age and be the same person even though he ahs slightly changed his appearance.