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In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain ridicules society and

educators through the characters of the book. "Because it ain't in the books so- that's

why"(9). Twain is using Tom Sawyer to speak for society in that quote, referring to how

we always believe what we read, instead of forming our own opinions. He mocks

how ignorant and gullible we are in the sense that people generally believe what ever

is told to them through text. Twain speaks through the character Roger, who talks

back to Tom Sawyer, about believing everything in the books. Twain uses Roger

to show society that they need to stop following, and start forming their own

opinions; That we need to question things instead of falling for every ounce of

information given to us. Mark Twain tackles society and their moral issues with

civilization through the characters of Huckleberry Finn

Society as a whole, we are lazy, and will believe what other people tell us,

because it......

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