Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain In the novel Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Almost every character lies one way or another. Tom Sawyer lies to portray his imagination, Huck lies about his family, and The King and Duke use lies to profit financially. In the novel Huckleberry Finn Tom sawyer, a young boy with a vivid imagination, lies about the things he and his “gang” but only uses his imagination. Tom says, “We are highwaymen, …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…everyone they come in contact with. Tom, Huck, and Duke and King all lie but Mark Twain portrays some lies as more cruel than others. The Duke and King come across as the worst and least moral. Tom is harmless, along with Huck. Nonetheless the lies in this novel do not get the liar any better off. So therefore Mark Twain’s opinion on lies is that despite the reason, lies are never for good.