Escaping reality in Huckleberry Finn In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, one of the main targets of the satire is the romantic view of life. Despite the characters and symbols, it is clear that idyllic visions are denigrated. Some of the people featured in this book are simply deluded, while others cause great tribulations throughout their lives. Literary romance may be enjoyable, but it is not real and can confuse those not wise enough to distinguish the difference between a writer's fantasy and his reality. For a person who sees the delusions that humans indulge in, this can be aggravating. However, the discomfort caused is not the problem. It's the damage caused. The romantic problems brought to light in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn show how desperate humanity is to escape from its problems rather than face reality. The sinking of the steamboat Walter Scott is symbolic of Twain's dislike of Ivanhoe and its author. In the adventure book, the characters experience a near-revolution and even receive a happy ending. Realistically, unless the force was larger, a small group of men would have little chance against an army in a castle. Furthermore, in the story, love does not always exist between the heroine and the hero. The events described could happen, but the people are not real. Their actions don't always fit with those of someone from their background. A believable character would be like Pap, who stays in character until he is found dead. The reader can tell that when Pap signs the temperance pledge, he will not keep it. He is funny to those who see how ignorant he is, chasing his son because he is the "angel of death". As for the characters in a book like Ivanhoe, their actions are only… half the story… beyond their existence. Replacing the truth of your situation with a fantasy cannot help improve life's obstacles. Works Cited Pritchett, VS Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: An Annotated Text, Background and Sources, Essays in Criticism. Eds. Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, and E. Hudson Long. New York: Norton, 1961.Pearce, Roy Harvey. "Sincerely, Huck Finn." One Hundred Years of Huckleberry Finn. Ed. Robert Sattlemeyer and J. Donald Crowley. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1985. Rpt. in Mark Twain. Modern critical visions. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. 159-82. Railton, Stephen. "Jim and Mark Twain: What Do They Stand For?" Virginia Quarterly Review 63.3 (Summer 1987): 393-408.Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Bantam, 1994