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Satire in Adventures of huck Finn   The dominant t cardinal of this work is satire. Twain pokes fun at galore(postnominal) of the aspects of Southern life in the 19th century (including slavery and feuds), and some(prenominal) characters as well.  His fiery attitude about the ills of society shows itself from the first summon of this book.           I think that one of the main themes in this novel is the bout among the societys cracking and bad. huckaback believed that a person was good if they were educated, well read, religiously trained, and had the ability to follow rules. This, of course, is not the true reputation of goodness, and a key element in Twains satire. In fact, Huck, who is one of the only good characters in the novel, believes good is based on the elements of dangers which casing him every day, and due to this dicotomy, does not believe he is good. This becomes sorely evident when Huck meets the Gregf ords. The Gregfords are an obvious simile for pure evil. though they have a temporal glow to them, after all, they are cryptical and aristocratic. However their misdeeds flow contrary to societys label of good . He labels them as good, though after he hears their story behind their feud, he realizes that they are not quite as good as he had believed. This shows the tumultuous journey between the good and evil occuring in Hucks mind.           The more or less clear occasion of this is when Huck dresses as a girl to drop off things from the neighborhood store. On a metaphorical level, this shows Twains alternate sexual taste sensation (Freud pointed this out in The Human Mind, Second Edition) -- he is quick vicariously through his creations. Twain uses the visage of Huck as a girl to ameliorate it against the societys evil perspective, in an attempt to popularize these acts. The bifurcation between his personal good and societys good is a k ey point in the book, and a universal theme which is best observed in this scene.           other important scene which goes along with this same theme was the scene with Huck Finn and his gang in the cave in the end of the second