The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Superstition

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Superstition In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, there is a lot of superstition. Some examples of superstition in the book are Huck killing a spider which is bad luck, the hairball used to tell fortunes, and the rattlesnake skin Huck touches that brings Huck and Jim good and bad luck. Superstition plays an important role in the book Huck Finn. Huck sees a spider crawling up his …

…wrist. Jim said it would help him. Huck says "I made up my mind I wouldn't ever take a-holt of a snake-skin again with my hands, now that I see what had come of it." As you can see superstition plays an important role in Huck Finn. Huck killing the spider that is bad luck, the hairball that tells fortunes, and the rattlesnake skin that Huck touched are all examples of superstition in this book.