In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain attempts to show the contrast between what Huck and Tom value. By using these two characters who are some what different in what they value, Twain shows how absurd such issues as religion and mob mentality can be. The main thought Twain tries to express is the struggle to become an individual in a world full of conformists. Twain did a good job in the book to …showed first 75 words of 874 total…

…showed last 75 words of 874 total…gave America a new voice in literature, he also gave America a new set of standards to live up to by showing the absurdity of mob mentality, religion, and to a great extent conformity. Twain was a pioneer just like the trail blazers of the wild west, although he didn’t conquer new territories he conquered satire, that is just as important as the former of the two and is as important, if not more.