Twain's Pessimism in Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain simply wrote about a boy and the river. In doings so Twain presents the reader with his personal view of mankind, whether he wants to or not:                  Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative                  will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in                  it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot                  will be shot. (2) Possibly by giving us this warning Twain admits to the existence …

…him with the ideals of a civilization and society that is on the whole corrupt that forces Huck to light out for the territory. Twain also foreshadowed a grim future for society when he wrote, 'But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest.' (281) By saying 'ahead of the rest' he acknowledges that wherever Huck goes, society, and subsequently the evil and corruption synonymous with it, must follow.