The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1465 Words

Mark Twain states in his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that â€Å"just because you’re taught that something’s right and everyone believes it’s right, it don’t make it right† (Twain 69). In the novel, Twain creates the characters to fit the image of those who resembled Southern society and its’ ideals. He explores the three main themes of education, wealth and greed, and friendship, which are all still relevant today. Education back in the late 1800’s was very powerful, as it is today. In many situations that the characters encounter, they are able to evade being scrutinized and punished by having a little more education than the other people around them. For example, Huck comes in contact with the Wilks family. Here, Huck says, â€Å"I†¦show more content†¦The Dictionary defines education as â€Å"information about or training in a particular field or subject, especially at a school or university.† As one of Twain’s main themes in this novel is the power of being educated, he displays how one ounce of education can be an advantage to outsmart those that are less educated. In present day, when it comes to political debates or arguments on researched topics such as abortion or the position of whether or not to allow people to own guns, education is a key factor. There are many people on both sides of almost every topic there is to argue, but those who are more educated are more likely to win in their debates. If there are no supporting facts and just one opinion, then chances are the other person with more education on that subject will be able to outsmart the other. As characters in Huck Finn are one or the other, Twain gives them these specific characteristics for a reason. He uses the characteristics of education to prove the point that education is the key to power. Many of Twain’s characters in the book can be seen as greedy for money. Pap Finn comes back into town aft er not visiting Huck for over a year and one of the first things he says is, â€Å"’I’ve been in town two days, and I hain’t heard nothing but about you ‘bein rich. That’s why I come. You get me that money