In regards to the mob speech, Sherburn describes humanity as being cowardly because of the mob-mentality it has. What does the incident of the shooting of Boggs and the lynch mob reveal about human nature? The incident with Boggs points out many weaknesses in the human character. Sherburn was foolish to pay any attention to Boggs.
What does Sherburn do to upset the townspeople? Boggs is the town drunk and Sherburn is the Colonel of the town. This angers the townspeople. He stares the crowd down and undermines the cowardice and mob mentality of the average person.
Sherburn tells the crowd that no one will lynch him in the daytime and the crowd disperses. As Sherburn directly attacks the moral strength of the mob he condemns the notion of abdicating moral responsibility by joining the crowd. The men in the crowd give up their individual moral responsibility when they come to lynch Sherburn and Sherburn forces them to recognize this fact. After a brief period, Sherburn comes out of his office and tells Boggs to stop speaking out against him.
Boggs continues to swear at Sherburn, and, in retaliation, Sherburn levels a pistol and kills him. The town immediately decides that Sherburn must be lynched, and they storm to his house in an angry mob.
The town drunk, known as Boggs, frequently insulted Colonel Sherburn, a store owner. Sherburn was obviously fed up with Boggs" insults, so he gave him about an hour to leave his store and discontinue the on going slurs.
As a result, Sherburn shot Boggs twice, which killed him. When this occurred, a crowd of townspeople gathered around Sherburn's store and began to suggest that he be lynched. Similarly, a mob reaches Colonel Sherburn's house after somebody says, "Sherburn ought to be lynched" Without paying any heed to their own minds, the crowd starting chanting the phrase, swarming up towards Sherburn's house.
Huck decides to go exploring and sees Boggs, the harmless town drunk, who is going through the streets and vowing to kill Colonel Sherburn. Sherburn gives Boggs till one o'clock to stop speaking out against him, one o'clock comes and Boggs doesn t stop. Religion is useless, worthless, mindless and for those not grounded in reality.
Or so Mark Twain would say, as indicated in the novel Huckleberry Finn. Twain's attitude towards religion, one of cynicism and mockery, is thinly veiled in this story. Although sometimes considered a children's anecd Human Nature in Huck Finn The Enlightenment philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, argued that man is by nature a selfishly individualistic animal.
In generalizing the nature of people in society in this manner, the worst characteristics are expected. In society's pursuit for personal advancement and wealt Type a new keyword s and press Enter to search.
Essays Related to Colonel Sherburn 1. Definition of a real man. Huck Finn as a criticism and a protest of the South. Huck Finn. The wall of people in the front of the crowd began to push forward as if they were a wave. The racket stopped, and the wave sucked back.
Just then, Sherburn stepped out on to the roof of his little front porch with a double-barrelled shotgun in his hand. He took his stand, perfectly calm and deliberate, without saying a word. The racket of the mob stopped, and the wave of people pulled back. Sherburn never said a word—just stood there, looking down. The stillness was awful creepy and uncomfortable.
Sherburn never said a word. He just stood there, looking down, slowly running his eyes over the crowd. The stillness was awfully creepy and uncomfortable. They dropped their eyes as if they were trying to hide something. Pretty soon, Sherburn let out a sort of laugh. The idea of you thinking you had pluck enough to lynch a MAN!
The idea of you thinking that you had enough guts to lynch a man! Does that make you think you have the stomach to lay your hands on a MAN? In the North he lets anybody walk over him that wants to, and goes home and prays for a humble spirit to bear it.
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