The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1605 Words

Some people assume that a greater power controls society. In society authoritative figures set upon younger people certain dogmas about their surroundings, and how to act about themselves and others. Critics argue that human nature and fate always overcome our society. Others yet argue the opposite, or that each of these works with synergy to promote growth with people. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses the river as a vessel to reveal how nature and society work together to provide physical growth, yet, at the same time, how society oppresses and molds the individual. Critics agree that individuals need society and support to survive. People gravitate towards these places in order to thrive, â€Å"The river was a like†¦show more content†¦Copious amounts of rule help run society and manage the individuals who live in the system. In an attempt to control their citizens and ensure some tranquility for the lives of residents in society, society enacts expe ctations of people in order to influence a person to act a specific way. Twain wants to show readers these rules, and how these rules can provide balance, but forces an individual to act in an unnatural manner. Along the river people provide for their needs in a positive way, with more jobs, and a thriving economy, however, without the river, people resort to unnatural structure which does not provide much benefit to the individual. Twain and critics believe that the dogmas citizens derive from their society often corrupt the mind and prevent them from their goals at a utopia. In order to mold the mindsets of its citizens, society take the young and frail minds of children and exposes them only to what that society needs in order to function: â€Å"In facts â€Å"epidemiology is the root cause† for religious faith, he says, because the cultural memes that go into religious dogma (ritual, unquestionable authority, doctrine, and so on) are imposed upon naive young boys and gir ls and as consequence not subjected to rational debate,† (Quirk 107). Religion serves as a prime example for how society molds minds, as well as a vessel. Citizen’s minds follow their dogmas, however most of their exposure to how they should react to a given situation comes from their