how does the book huckleberry finn have anything to do with religon?

Question

ive been reading it, not finised yet but almost htere. does it critisze it, does it what? what does it have to do with religon?

Answer 1

Religion is one of the most constant targets of Twain's satirical pen. In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain portrays contemporary religion as shallow and hypocritical. He criticizes the hypocrisy of conventional religion by comparing it with the true religion of Huck.

Most of the characters in Huckleberry Finn, while ostensibly devout Christians, in reality behave in anything but a Christian way. Some use religion as a tool to obtain wealth. The king, who twice poses as a preacher, is the epitome of the greedy evangelist. His actions are, in Huck's words, "enough to make a body ashamed of the human race" (131). Many do not exploit religion, but most are hypocritical. For example, the Grangerfords go to church, own religious books, and say that the sermon about brotherly love is very lovely. However, they kill their neighbors and bring their guns to church.

Answer 2

The free spirit described went against everything that was 'current' during those days. Everything was based on being a good Christian.

So, that's why it got that reputation without ever mentioning religion.

Even today the book is challenged. The American Library Association ranked Huckleberry Finn the fifth most frequently challenged (in the sense of attempting to ban) book in the United States during the 1990s.