I believe that Huckleberry Finn teaches us about the flaws in human nature. One of the themes I believe Mark Twain shows throughout the novel is how we are such hypocrites and how our morals can be skewed by others.
Some people try to be righteous, but can become confused by the way society and man twists our morals. For instance, Mark Twain shows how confused Huck is because he feels that it is wrong to help free a runaway slave. He feels that he will go to hell for it and chooses to go to hell because he won't betray his friend. That just shows us how twisted the society was back then, and still is now. It's curious how so-called Christians can treat slaves so horribly and call them names when they are people just the same and the Bible says to love everyone. They claim to be righteous, but aren't really following God's word.
Most people in society are hypocrites. For example, the Grangerfords and Sheperdsons went to church on Sundays with their guns. One Sunday the Grangerfords talked about how good the sermon on "brotherly love" was, when they weren't loving to their "brothers". Instead of just forgiving each other, the two families had a small war and killed each other off.
Another example of hypocricy is Miss Watson. She said that smoking was bad, but snuff was okay, because she did that herself. It just kind of shows us how morals become skewed because people follow their own desires instead of doing what is right sometimes.
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