Ignorant Throughout Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, the word ignorant, is a recurring theme of a person who is unaware or unknowing of various concepts of life, and because of this is seen at as inferior to others. A scene that gives an example of this is on page sixty-eight when Huck tries to explain the concept of different languages to Jim. After repeated attempts at getting him to understand, Huck eventually gives up, saying, “…showed first 75 words of 254 total…

…showed last 75 words of 254 total…made to feel i! gnorant many times. “It ain’t no use to try to learn you nothing, Huck. (205)” Both Jim and Huck are called ignorant and treated as inferior to others throughout this story. The theme presented is that are they are an “uneducated” type of ignorant, not simply “stupid.” Their ways of dealing with the world and situations that they are presented with are different and many times seen as ignorant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**