The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Essay
Obsession with material wealth
Are you obsessed with material wealth? Well in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, author, Mark Twain explains some of the characters actions with material wealth throughout the book.
In the beginning, an example of obsession with material wealth would be when Tom and Huck recovered money in Tom Sawyers gang, then gave the money to judge Thatcher to manage for them. Then one day when Huck discovered tracks in the snow and finally realized who the tracks belonged to he sold his fortune to judge Thatcher for one dollar.
Throughout the book Duke and Dauphin made plans to steal from a lot of towns people; for example, Duke and Dauphin created a play all in plan to steal money. They presented the play three times. Each time they were successful with the play but the third time the towns people wanted to throw things at them while they were on stage. But the Duke and Dauphin outsmarted them and got enough time to escape with all the money without having to perform for a third time.
The Duke and Dauphin found a sign that was up for Jims capture and told Huck that if they didnt help them then they would turn Jim in. They said it because they were trying to get away from where they were because they had just scammed a group of people and they had to leave before they were caught. They also lied to Huck and Jim and told them that they were kings, and they had to listen to them because they were royalty. In the end the duke and dauphin ended up selling Jim for the money without Huck knowing anything about it and when Huck found out that the duke and dauphin sold Jim he was devastated and wanted to go and save Jim right away.
Another example of obsession with material wealth would be when duke and dauphin pretended to be Mary Janes uncles and her late fathers brothers, just so they could steal the money that they heard Mary Janes had from her father. They pretended to have a French accent, and duke pretended to be a preacher. They were determined to get their hands on the money but so they wouldnt get caught they tried not to make it so obvious that they were fakes.
As the story went on Huck started to realize who the duke and dauphin were becoming. So he decided that he would steal the money from duke and dauphin and hide it. Once he got the money he hid it in Mary Janes fathers coffin so no one would find it. Afterwards Huck told Mary Jane everything, how the duke and dauphin werent her uncles and how they were planning to steal the money. Huck also told Mary Jane that she needed to go away so she wouldnt tell the duke and dauphin what he told her and that her would write her to tell her where the money was hid.
Because of how greedy the duke and dauphin were throughout the book they had to suffer the consequences after finally getting caught in their lies. They ended up getting tarred for all the damage they had caused. Duke and Dauphin had to learn the hard way that being obsessed with material wealth wasnt such a good idea.
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