In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain, many important statements about the society during that time were included in the writing. The book is about a boy, Huck Finn, who runs away down the river with a runaway slave, named Jim. The author was able to entwine the story of the main character's adventures and the his ideas about society, by using many different forms of figurative language. The type of figurative language that pointed out many flaws in the society was satire. Mark Twain’s use of satire was used to help him get his opinion across about the hypocrisy of a “civilized” society, the average human’s lack of humanity, and a code of honor that often led to bloodshed. The hypocrisy of a “civilized” society is covered in many parts throughout the novel. This quote shows an example of one “And she took snuff, too, of course that was alright, because she done it herself” (2). In this situation, Huck’s caretaker wouldn’t allow him…show more content… The two con men Huck and Jim traveled with did many bad things. In the end, they were killed over a theater show because they crossed the town’s code of honor. This quote exemplifies another similar situation, “There ain’t a coward amongst them Shepherdsons- not a one. And there ain’t no coward amongst the Grangerfords either” (87). These two families are in the middle of a feud when Huck shows up, the honor and pride of these families led to many deaths on both sides. Another example of how a code of honor led to bloodshed is shown in this quote, “It ain’t right, and it ain’t moral and I wouldn’t like it to get out” (196). In this quote Tom is talking about their escape plan for Jim, and since he overcomplicated everything, so that it wouldn’t break his code of honor, he ended up getting shot in the leg. These are just a couple examples of how a character’s code of honor led to
