Hucks mockery of religion continues throughout the novel, with one scene occurring when the King convinces a religious community to give him money so he can "convert" his pirate friends, just another one of the King and Dukes "cons" of people to receive something to benefit themselves. But Twain does show how he mocks religion in his novel.
Racism is a big part of being an American. If you"re an American, you probably have encountered some form of racism, from either the color of your skin, your background, nationality, etc. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a lesson, and it teaches its reader not only about freedom and religion, but mostly about race and racism. As you probably know, Huck Finn is one of the most controversial books in American literatures history, and many people have different views on the book, like most of all, whether it should be banned from classrooms or not. If people are arguing whether or not it should be banned from classrooms, you can obviously tell that it involves a large amount of race and racism. It involves racism towards blacks mostly, and Twain often uses the words "slave" and "nigger" throughout the book. In my opinion, the book is not racist at all. Twain is simply telling things how they were, back when slavery still existed in our country. But I feel that since Twain wrote the novel back in the time of slavery, or near the time of slavery, that it is surely not racist. I also think that this novel really explains sort of what it means to be an American by somewhat explaining slavery. Slavery is a part of American history and being an American means dealing with slavery, because it's obvious that slavery is still present to this day.
Another issue that can be used in describing what it means to be an American is the subject of love and violence. Love and violence is clearly shown in the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", especially with the characters Stanley and Blanche.
