Outside Reading Digital Journal #3

         At one point in the book, Huck begins to question religion. Miss Watson continues to tell Huck about how he should believe, and tells him that if he prays every day, God will give him anything he asks for. Huck says that he tried asking God for things, but they were never given to him. Miss Watson calls Huck a fool when he asks her about why God didn't give him what he asked for, and Huck doesn't know why.

          I made a connection to both Puritanism and Rationalism through this, but mostly to Rationalism. The only reason it connects to Puritanism is really just because of the idea of God. There is a deeper connection to Rationalism, though. Although most questions and reasoning of rationalism usually wasn't focused around religion, the kinds of questions that Huck asks connect to rationalism in general. He wonders that if anyone get get anything they pray for, then why can't "Deacon Winn get the money back he lost on pork? Why can't the widow get back her silver snuff-box that was stole?" These questions are completely logical. Why doesn't everybody have all that they want if it is that easy to get? This is a significant connection to rationalism because he keeps searching for answers to what he doesn't clearly understand.