The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ignorance While there are many themes expressed in the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has a stronger presence due to its continued, if not redundant, display of himself. Too often in society the lack of knowledge on a certain topic causes their opinions and actions to be strictly based on stereotypes created by the masses. This affliction is commonly known as ignorance. This is treatable, but people need to be open-minded and leave behind the dependence on society's views. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, society's ignorance becomes extremely evident in many parts of the book. Society forms ideals for all walks of life and then lets them become like stone in their minds. Therefore, once a person has been placed in a group, he or she will remain there forever. Society's ignorance is clearly seen when you look at Huck Finn, Jim the Slave, Pap, and the senseless violence of the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons. Many people see Huckleberry Finn as a mischievous boy who is a bad influence on others. Society refuses to accept Huck as he is and will not change its opinions of him until he is reformed and civilized. Widow Douglas and Miss Watson try to "civilize" Huck by making him stop all his habits like smoking, etc. They try to reverse all his teachings from the first twelve years of his life and force him to become their stereotyped commodity. lad. The rest of the city also refused to consider him good and he was considered undesirable. The only time the townspeople can put aside their opinions of Huck is when there's excitement to be found, like when they all crowd onto the steamboat to see if the cannons can carry Huck's body on the surface. Everyone took an interest in him and tried to show that they cared about him, but this only after he was presumed dead. They take these opinions to follow society in its ignorance. Few of them would have cared about Huck before because they didn't know him and didn't want to know him, but since caring about mysteries was the popular thing to do, society did it. Although Huck is seen in an ignorant light, he too was in agreement with this novel and very ignorant himself.