Minor+Characters+within+Huck+Finn

Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired” (BrainyQuote 6). In //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn//, Mark Twain uses minor characters to explain problematic roles and opinions of the everyday man within society. Minor characters like Mrs. Judith Loftus, the Duke and the Dauphin, and Buck Grangerford demonstrate Twain’s opinions towards these social situations.
 * Minor Characters Explaining Major Problems **

On a break from rafting down the Mississippi River, Huckleberry Finn investigates news on the Illinois shore. To hide his true identity, Huck dresses as a girl. He meets Mrs. Judith Loftus (Nuzman). Through hidden tests, Judith Loftus determines Huck is a boy, not a girl. She “…advises him on the ‘correct’ way to play a girl” (Nuzman). In this scene, it’s becomes obvious a male is expected to stitch badly, while a female is expected to throw inaccurately. Twain asks the reader how anyone can define gender (Nuzman). Why is it better to have failing abilities than accomplished talents? A person with talents should be depicted as more, not less, of a man or a woman. Rachel Nuzman puts this situation plainly; “…through his portrayal of cross-dressing, Twain is erasing gender rules.” Later, t. Amongst selling runaway-slave Jim, lying to orphans, and deceiving a church, the Duke and the Dauphin perform “The Royal Nonesuch.” Much like its name, “The Royal Nonesuch” was absolutely nothing (Gradesaver). Twain points out it’s difficult for a person to imagine anything, even a show, about nothing. It’s tougher to imagine anything well-advertised amount to nothing (Gradesaver). The audience, not wishing to appear foolish, hypes up the show to the town. Twain uses this situation to explain human nature. People don’t like to admit they’ve been duped. Moreover, we would “…rather take in others before we admit that we have let ourselves be taken in” (Stein).

Later on, Huckleberry Finn meets his foil character, Buck Grangerford. Ironically, b Buck and Huck act like “…long-lost-twins” (Gradesaver). However, Buck is blindly racist and expects unnecessary expenses; Huck doesn’t. When //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn// was published, Francis Galton, the scientist, was in the prime of his career (Wikipedia). Francis Galton studied eugenics; he wondered whether nurture (upbringing) or nature (genetics) had a greater affect on human specifications. Some of Francis Galton’s experiments dealt with separating twins (identical in genetics) at birth, then comparing the twins’ grownup lives (Wikipedia). Through Buck Grangerford, Twain opinionates that the most positive nurture type IS natural surroundings. Mark Twain once even said “ Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities” (BrainyQuote 2) ; large populations force people to become naïve. If born in isolation, one depends on instinct more than education. Huck relies on his own instincts. Buck follows his ancestors blindly; he’s part of a war without reason.

Mark Twain once said [|dog] and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man”(Roschk). In //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,// author Mark Twain shares his opinions about society’s common man through minor characters. These minor characters include Mrs. Judith Loftus, the Duke and the Dauphin, and Buck Grangerfor d.   home --Clint