Loyalty and Trust in Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Es

huckleberry Finn Loyalty and Trust   Huckleberry Finn does not address questions of law as directly as the other novels that we have train. Ostensibly, Huck is torn among disobeying the slavery laws and honoring his conscious.  However, Huck shows a disregard for other laws end-to-end the story, so I think that his conflict stems not from a picture that one must obey the law because it is the law, or on a social contract theory.  Huck is never overly concerned with the lawfulness or the norms of society, he adheres to the mores of society because of the consequences as opposed to any rudimentary acceptance of them or authority.  Unlike Billy Budd, however, Huck does not face to be influenced by the fear of corporal punishment, as much as he is concerned with the social consequences that would result if his disobedience was discovered.  The choice that Huck eventually makes is deeper than just choosing to accept the social consequences, he is willing to go to hell for Jim, rather than betray the loyalty and trust that has grown between them.    I think that Mark pas de deux choose an excellent vehicle for the foundation of a sharp, social satire. By letting Huck tell the story, twain was free to present the ignorance underscoring the mores that were passed onto to children.  Huck interprets the world literally, which starkly contrasts with the romanticism of turkey cock Sawyer and spiritualism of the widows.  Hucks literalism also allows him more leeway than a third-person storyteller can have.  Mark Twain could have presented his criticisms in an essay, or a more sensational, fictional novel however, he has chosen the most compelling form because the realism of th... ...ppears, because it is possible that tomcats disregard was not based on unintentional, ignorance but rather was intentional and selfish. I will have to re-read Tom Sawyer to consider that question, I remember that w as my view the very archetypal time I read the book because I did not read Tom Sawyer first.  I think I changed my mind upon culture that Tom was such a well-known and beloved character, I did not think the audience would accept it.  However, today, I am not surely why I thought the audiences expected acceptance/rejection is indicative of the authors intent. Twain was very dark in his later years, and his use of the dialects, inclusion of the (arrogant, cod?) notice/explanation (challenge?) and his biting satiric tone indicate that he would not feel constrained by the audiences expectations, and might seek to stroke them.