People Never Change
Society has continued to be hypocritical ever since day one. We might think that over time people learn and things would change, but nowadays the hypocrisy of people still prevail. In Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we are able to view the vast amount of hypocrisy that runs throughout their society and wherever Huck's adventure takes him. Twain begins by satirizing this idea when he introduces us to the Widow Douglas. Every day she reminds Huck that he should always pray and be a good child, but never realizes the irony of her own actions. She has the idea that black individuals are lower to her and should remain slaves. Twain continues to present us with others such as Miss Watson, Mr. Phelps, and Mrs. Phelps. The Phelps pray with Jim and feed him, but keep him locked up because he is a runaway slave. Now if we examine the world, situations are less severe because of the ideals we are embedded with. Isolating and criticizing others hasn't disap