Thursday, May 6, 2010

Huckleberry Finn, duke and king foil

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Duke and the King are major rolls in the book. The king and duke are big, big foils. We thought that Huck and Jim were really bad characters in the book. The two boys stealing objects like dresses and money from houses and ferries. Another example is that Huck didn’t turn Jim in for running away from his house so he didn’t have to sold.
Well the true bad guys are the duke and king. The duke and king are con-men trying to make money to get alcohol. One part in the book Huck says “The duke and king begun to lay out a plan for working them towns” (169 Twain). They have many plains on what they will do to the next towns. They would do anything to get money. The duke and king make Huck and Jim look like good kids. That why they are foils. Foil is a character that makes the main character look better. That’s what the duke and king do.
The duke and king make Huck a better kid. He see that bad of stealing and that it wont get you anywhere in life. He realize that he if he kept up stealing things that him and Jim would turn out to be just like them. When he goes and steals Jim back from where he was sold to isn’t going in the right way but he is only doing it to save his friend.

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn .New York: Penguin Book, 1986, 1884. Print

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