Huck Finn - Theme

Question 1

legality vs. morality

Answer 1

• they don’t always go together well
• go with what is moral before what is legal
• legality and morality are often at odds

Question 2

society

Answer 2

• society punishes – seeks out deviance and punishes it

- society want sot maintain the status quo

Question 3

religion

Answer 3

• explores the hypocrisy of organized religion

- religion tends to prevent self-actualization

Question 4

family

Answer 4

• family doesn’t have to be blood
• families can be racially diverse
• families can be who we need them to be

Question 5

evil

Answer 5

• evil exists in many forms
• Duke and the Dauphin
• Tom Sawyer, in some ways
• Huck in the beginning

Question 6

note

Answer 6

• sometimes illegal things can be moral (eat)
• religion can prevent self-actualization
• legality and morality are often at odds
• evil exists in many forms
• race shouldn’t matter
• jim (not used to express evil)
• progress comes from people
• it holds him back from being moral