Religion is one of the main victims of Twain's satire. The satire is visible when the Widow Douglas tells Huck about Moses. It is obvious that Huck does not care to know when Huck states, "Here she was a-bothering about moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see..." Later in the novel Huck realizes that prayer has never done anything good for him and he can not see that it has done anything for many others either. Through Huck, Twain is able to attack the blind faith that civilized society places towards religion.

The King and the Duke are perfect people for Twain to express his satire. They are frauds who make their money by ripping people off. Twain goes on to satirize human nature through the town's reaction to the Royal Nonesuch with the King and the Duke. Instead of running the frauds out of town as soon as they realized they were being robbed, the towns people let them stay and encouraged

There were also many gullible people in the novel. The most gullible would have to be the Wilks girls. They believed that the King and Duke were actually their uncles, even after Doc Robinson told them otherwise and even tried to prove it to them. Twain is satirizing the fact that some people fail to listen and they are fooled because they do fail to listen when someone is trying to help them.

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