Religion In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Twain expresses multiple views of religion in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn surrounding the values of Christianity. He sees religion as a concept that cannot fully be grasped by some individuals, especially a young, adventurous, and imaginative boy like Huck. Throughout the story, Christian virtues are challenged as Huck faces many dilemmas in his adventures, and has to make decisions that affect either his faith or his morality. Other characters, like the Widow Douglas, Jim, and the Duke and the King, have different perspectives on religion that contribute to Huck’s confusion and help to influence his decisions in multiple circumstances.
Huck first talks about religion toward the beginning of the story while he is living with the Widow. He speaks of her trying to teach him about Moses and the Bulrushers, not quite understanding why she cares so much about him or other people in the Bible as they “aren’t kin” to her, saying, “I didn’t care no more about him, because I don’t take no stock in dead people.” (Twain, 2) The Widow shows ultra conservative Christian values and bases her life fully around the word of God. Later, the Widow was telling Huck about the “good place,” or Heaven, and he says he would rather be at the “bad

They pretend to be the uncles to the Wilks family in order to steal the will of the deceased father, then fraud an entire town by performing a play and then stealing the money on the last night. Huck states, “I never seen anything so disgusting,” (167) showing that he understands how the greed for money has overtaken the King and the Lord’s life, and that by the Bible, what they are doing is something that will send them “straight to the bad place.” He vows that he will never be like the criminals as their lifestyle isn’t justly