Presentation on theme: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By: Mark Twain"— Presentation transcript:
1The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By: Mark Twain Religion/Mockery of ReligionPresented by: shelby renae
Presentation on theme: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By: Mark Twain"— Presentation transcript:
1The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By: Mark Twain Religion/Mockery of ReligionPresented by: shelby renae hohler
2IntroductionHuckleberry Finn, a boy of a lower social class who is troubled by society, tries to understand religion. In the novel, not only are characters telling him that praying will answer his wishes but, he sometimes believes that hell is more appealing than heaven. Religion is mocked in this novel to show the point of view Mark Twain has on religion to show how hypocritical society really is. The author, Mark Twain uses satire and anecdote to get across his hatred for religious practices. Religion is one of the top major themes of this novel.
3My first example of religious mockery is when Huck tells how he couldn’t start eating a meal until the widow bows her head. He states that she would “grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn’t really anything the matter with them” Most people now a day, say an evening prayer of some sort depending on religion. Huck didn’t understand the meaning of “praying”. Then, she got out her bible and told him the story of Moses. The widow had his attention on the subject until she released that Moses was dead and he replied with “I don’t take no stock in dead people.” The Bible I have displayed on the slide is a photograph of the Holy Bible in which the Widow reads to Huck in the novel.How is society hypocritical on the subject of religion in the book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”? By my example, you read that the slaves in the book come indoors to participate in prayer. Having slaves is against Christianity morals yet the widow and Miss Watson bring them inside for prayer. Religion is a major part in Huck’s development of moral education because the bible and other sources of religion influence his decisions.
4In Chapter Three of the novel Miss Watson, his primary educator in the story, tells Huck to pray everyday and every chance he can get. She states that if he prays daily that whatever he prays about will come true. Huck prays daily and becomes frustrated when he doesn’t get granted what he wished for. I think Mark Twain was using a little humor/satire here to address Christian ways. When I think of praying daily as Huck does in the novel, I instantly think of the Lord’s Prayer which is a commonly prayed prayer by most Christians and can be said really at any time and I know that some families say it at meal time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvjveqUPE6gBy saying anything you pray to the Lord for, you will get is a little bit of an understatement and Mark Twain definitely makes fun of Christians in that moment. He definitely uses this to create how hypocritical society is.
5In Chapter 18 is another example of satire In Chapter 18 is another example of satire. Both the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons go to the same church on Sunday but besides going to church together they have this feud in which had been going on for almost thirty years. Nobody really knows why the fued was going on, but they continued to hate each other. The men of the families would keep their guns tight between their knees and when Huck mentions a particular sermon about brotherly love, many members of both families were killed. Not only does God say to love one another, but neither of the families followed in the light of Christ. They simply just went to Church and continued the fight in which nobody really knew what it really was about.This particular photo from the show “The Fairly Odd Parents” on Nickelodeon reminds me of this moment of satire. In the show, the two men of the families hate each other and try to one up each other daily. In the bible and as Christians, both of the families in the story should know that you should love one another as Jesus has loved you. Both families just go to church and remain hating each other and never letting a single grudge go.
6In Chapter 31, Huck says, “There was the Sunday- school, you could a gone to it; and if you'd a done it they'd a learnt you there that people that acts as I'd been acting about that nigger goes to everlasting fire.“ In this he is saying that he knows what he did was wrong, but in a way he felt what he did was right. Huck helped a slave esca