The Power of Superstition
The Power of Superstition
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible, said by Mark Hopkins. Mark Twain uses superstition to show people in the century he live were un-educated, many people thinks superstition is real, which is no scientifically proofed, and also creates interest for reading the novel of “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn”. For those people who think superstations are real and know a lot about superstition, superstition always makes them fear, and keeps them on their toes. Jim is one of them, he knows a lot about superstition, and he thinks they are real. He always fears about doing something that might bring him bad luck, and always tells Huck about them. In the first chapter, Huck says a spider shrivel is a sign of bad luck, but it didn’t actually brings him bad luck. In chapter 10, Jim says, “druther see the new moon over my left shoulder as much as a thousand times than take up a snake-skin in my hand,”(Pg53) means see the new moon over my left shoulder will bring him bad luck, and touch snake skin even worse. Later on, Huck touched snake skin and they actually got bad luck. Jim was bit by the dead snake’s family and wasn’t able to walk for a few days after Huck killed a snake and hid it under Jim’s bed. This is a irony from Mark Twain - it’s a superstition but they are real. When a person knows so much about superstition, he always thinks he is facing bad luck, because he always can think of a superstition that says it will brings him bad luck.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition1. In general, most people who believe in superstition are real are un-educated, they cannot view and understand mysterious events in a scientific way (proofed by someone or gene -rally acknowledged). As to they only have very limited knowledge, and they wants to explain some mysterious circumstances or events as best as they can, so they made up superstition, and
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible, said by Mark Hopkins. Mark Twain uses superstition to show people in the century he live were un-educated, many people thinks superstition is real, which is no scientifically proofed, and also creates interest for reading the novel of “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn”. For those people who think superstations are real and know a lot about superstition, superstition always makes them fear, and keeps them on their toes. Jim is one of them, he knows a lot about superstition, and he thinks they are real. He always fears about doing something that might bring him bad luck, and always tells Huck about them. In the first chapter, Huck says a spider shrivel is a sign of bad luck, but it didn’t actually brings him bad luck. In chapter 10, Jim says, “druther see the new moon over my left shoulder as much as a thousand times than take up a snake-skin in my hand,”(Pg53) means see the new moon over my left shoulder will bring him bad luck, and touch snake skin even worse. Later on, Huck touched snake skin and they actually got bad luck. Jim was bit by the dead snake’s family and wasn’t able to walk for a few days after Huck killed a snake and hid it under Jim’s bed. This is a irony from Mark Twain - it’s a superstition but they are real. When a person knows so much about superstition, he always thinks he is facing bad luck, because he always can think of a superstition that says it will brings him bad luck.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition1. In general, most people who believe in superstition are real are un-educated, they cannot view and understand mysterious events in a scientific way (proofed by someone or gene -rally acknowledged). As to they only have very limited knowledge, and they wants to explain some mysterious circumstances or events as best as they can, so they made up superstition, and