Themes in Huck Finn

When Huck dresses up as a girl, he is caught. This symbolizes when you try to hide who you truly are, society will figure it out for you and catch you in your lie.  This can be seen a lot today in high school. Many people are afraid to condemn their friends for something they say or do, they try to fit into the trends they see, and believe what they are told. Don’t cheat yourself by trying to fit into what you think is the best. Make up a new mold.

The scene where Huck and Jim find a dead body in a house, Jim tells Huck to go away and not look at the body. Jim decides to take care of the body because he doesn’t want Huck to see the face of the man. In this scene, Jim wants to protect Huck from this specific danger of the world. Jim cares about Huck, and he doesn’t want this young boy to see this. Jim takes on a fatherly role, which is even more evident because the body was pap.

Humans want others to be brought down to their own level of stupidity. We like to believe we are the best ones out there, and when we do something that is stupid we want others to experience the same thing so they are also brought down. This is shown in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn when the Duke and Dauphine go around to a town ripping people off by making them pay for a show that is only two minutes long. People feel so idiotic they paid for this show, they tell other people to see so they are all on the same level.