Twain's Pessimism in Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
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him with the ideals of a civilization and society that is on the whole corrupt that forces Huck to light out for the territory. Twain also foreshadowed a grim future for society when he wrote, 'But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest.' (281) By saying 'ahead of the rest' he acknowledges that wherever Huck goes, society, and subsequently the evil and corruption synonymous with it, must follow.
him with the ideals of a civilization and society that is on the whole corrupt that forces Huck to light out for the territory. Twain also foreshadowed a grim future for society when he wrote, 'But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest.' (281) By saying 'ahead of the rest' he acknowledges that wherever Huck goes, society, and subsequently the evil and corruption synonymous with it, must follow.