Lies
There are certainly a lot of lies told throughout the story. Some of them are good and some of them are bad. It seems to me that all the lies told by Huck are good and those told by the fake king and duke would be bad but why is that? Well the lies they told were all for their selfish reason so I wonder why I would think that. Plus lying is bad. Well I guess I thought Huck’s lying was good because they rescue Jim and they agree with my morals. For example Huck’s lying in the start of his journey when he pretended he was a girl he was lying for his and Jim’s freedom so that agreed with my morals because I value freedom. And I think the lies told by the fake king and duke are bad because the lies they told was not only selfish but scammed other people of the money they worked hard for. “I knew the first house would keep mum and let the rest of the town roped in; and I knew they’d lay for us the third night, and consider it was their turn now. (204).” And later Huck said “Them rapscallions took in four hundred and sixty-five dollars in that three nights. I never see money hauled in by the wagon-load like that before. (205)”
Since there is so much lying going on throughout the story I think this shows something. I think this is another fact that Mr. Twain used to show the dangerous conditions of that era and how no one can be trusted. And I wonder why lying would be such a big part of Huck.
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