Huck Fin

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain contains symbolism associated with superstition. This is demonstrated by both the actions and beliefs of the characters and the events which occur in the story. The way in which friendship supersedes superstition and popular beliefs plays a major role throughout. Huck in particular is forced to mature and forget superstition when he is faced with the internal dilemma of his best friend, Jim, being a runaway slave. …

…home to normal life but not to end his friendship with Jim. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is filled with symbolism associated with the superstitious beliefs of the South at the time of slavery. The spider episode, the hairball, and the rattlesnake were given as justifiable examples of why the escapade was doomed to failure by bad luck – all of this played out without a direct reference to the “badness” or evil of slavery itself.