Mark Twain saturates the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with many examples of superstition and myths. These aspects of the novel help the story progress, theyprovide entertainment and help the story identify with the time. The most importantreason for the superstition and the rituals that come along with them are they are one ofthe main reasons for the adventure in the first place. There are many examples throughtthe story of the superstition from the spider in the candle to the rattle-snake skin and thehair-ball.One of the first examples of superstition is a simple thing that carried some of thebiggest consequences.One morning I happened to turn over the saltcellar at breakfast. Ireached for some of it as quick as I could to throw over my left shoulder and keep off thebad luck, but Miss Watson was in ahead of me, and crossed me off. This is an exampleof how everything superstition has a ritual to remove the bad luck. Huck was not satisfiedthought with what the widow had done for him he says The widow put in a good wordfor me, but that warnt going to keep off the bad luck, I knowed that well enough. Thisfear of bad luck was acompanied by seeing his fathers shoe prints in the snow so Huckknew he had to do something. What Huck ended up doing was going to Miss Watsonsslave Jim who had a magical hair-ball. When Huck goes to find out what the hairball cantell him Jim tells Huck that the hairball needs money to tell his fortune. All Huck hadhowever is a conterfiet quarter. Jim managed to make it work though by sticking it insidea potato to fool the hair-ball. What the hair ball ended up telling them is this Yoole fathedoan know yit what hes a gwyne to do. Somtimes he spec hell go way, en den agin hespec hell stay. De bes way is tores easy enlet so ole man take his own way. Deys twoangels hoverin roun bout him. One uvems light en tother one is dark. One is rich ent other is po. Yous gwyne to marry de po one fust e...
