Pap's Inhumanity In Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain

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The man’s dark complexion made him different. His back wore mangled scars from the burning of old bloody ropes, while his spirit was permanently disfigured by the white man’s harsh mistreatment. The cries of his wife and daughter seemed to be a scratched record that continued to play in his head. As the color of his skin was inevitable, the man slowly drowned in the monstrous ocean wave of slavery and inhumanity of the white man. In Mark Twain’s novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he incorporates several scenarios where the theme concept of man’s inhumanity to man is displayed. Twain develops this idea through Pap’s cruel acts towards Huck, the foolish feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons, and the Duke and King’s dishonesty …show more content…

Huck’s uneducated father forces him through threats of violence, “I’ll give you something better-- I’ll give you a cowhide,” (29) to immediately renounce his schooling. His disapproval of Huck receiving an appropriate education demonstrates how heedless he is towards his son. Pap is outraged and jealous by the thought of his son being educated as he believes this will make Huck superior, “you think you're better’n your father” (28). Therefore, he is cruel to Huck. Afterward, Pap decides to kidnap Huck and keep him captive in a worn down windowless cabin. Huck claims that Pap “was gone for three days,” (35) leaving him without any food or water. Pap’s inhumanity towards Huck is the most impactful as a father should be loving of their …show more content…

When the uncle of the Wilks girls dies, the King and the Duke decide to scam them by pretending to be related to their deceased uncle in order to receive his inheritance. The Duke and King’s uncompassionate scam towards the lonesome young girls “they hadn’t ever dreamed of seeing the family separated or sold away from the town,” (262) shows how cruel a man is willing to be in order to become wealthy. The author also develops this major concept through the Duke and King’s betrayal of Jim. These men view Jim as an object and decided to sell him despite how kind and loyal Jim has been to them. Their inability to value human life causes them to do inhuman things, “they could have the heart to serve Jim such a trick as that, and make him a stale again all his life, and amongst strangers, too, for forty dirty dollars”

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