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A Society Without Knowledge! - Term Papers

A Society Without Knowledge!

A Society Without Knowledge Far too often in society people's
lack of knowledge of a subject causes their opinions and
actions to rely strictly on stereotypes created by the masses.
This affliction is commonly known as ignorance. This is
curable but people have to become open-minded and leave
their reliance on society's viewpoints behind them. In the
novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain,
the ignorance of society becomes extremely evident at many
parts of the book. Society forms ideals for all walks of life and
then lets them become like stone in their minds. Thus, once a
person has been put into a group they will remain there
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The Widow Douglas and
Miss Watson try to "sivilize" Huck by making stop all of his
habits such as smoking, etc. They try to reverse all of his
teaching from the first twelve years of his life and force him to
become their stereotypical good boy. The rest of the town
also refused to view him as good until they received visual
proof of this. Until then he would be viewed as someone
undesirable. The only time that the town's people were able to
put away their views of Huck was when there was excitement
to be found, like when they all crowded on the steamboat to
see if the cannons can bring Huck's body to the surface.
Everyone got interested in him and tried to show that they
cared about him, but this is only after he is presumed dead.
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Added: 12/21/2007 03:51:59 AM
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