The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Samuel L. Essa

The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, write by Samuel L. Clemens, whose pen name was Mark Twain, presents the evils of southern societies during the pre-Civil War period in America.The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Samuel L.Clemens, whose pen name was Mark Twain, presents the evils of southernsocieties during the pre-Civil War period in America. Clemens, awell-respected author, began writing The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn in 1876 and, after several stops and starts, holy it in1883 (19). This novel revolves around the theme of slavery versusfreedom, and was published at a time when most southern land receiveersstill owned slaves. Huck Finn is a novel that incorporates thestruggles of a young boy, Huck Finn, with that of a cruel, cargonlessworld, on his travel down the Mississippi River in attempt at findinghis own identity. In this essay, I will present textual evidence thatproves that the Seven Deadly Sins are directly associated with thetypes of e vil in the novel, making Hucks world one(a) of force-out,terror, and death. The Seven Deadly Sins will be discussed accordingto their significance throughout the novel, beginning with 1.) Pride2.) Avarice and Sloth 3.) Gluttony and Wrath and 4.) Envy and Lust.Clemens main character, Huck Finn, experiences a great deal ofviolence throughout the novel as a direct result of the mostsignificant Deadly Sin, Pride. Hucks father, Pap, is a drunkard whocontinuously exemplifies the sin of Pride. Pap finds extreme Pride inthe white man with the legality of slavery. An example of his Prideis seen when an inebriated Pap verbally attacks free blacks in theStates. He states, It was lection day, and I was... ...usion, the Seven Deadly Sins of Pride, Avarice, Sloth,Gluttony, Wrath, Envy, and Lust are significant in the novel withmaking Hucks world full of violence and death. The deadly sinscommitted throughout the work produce an undesirable life for society,and much less for a child of Hucks a ge. The wondrous adventure thatHuck assumes he will take on at the beginning of the novel, becomes nomatch to the evils that the young boy will view on his journey. TheSeven Deadly Sins are all directly linked to the evils that Huckexperiences. Hucks eventful, yet horrific adventure becomes the basefor which he is forced into manhood. The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn takes the audience from the endless summer of childhoodpleasures., open up in Clemens The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to theviolence, terror, and death that lurk at the edges of thevillage(19).