Corruption in AmericaThen and Now

Social Issue Twain Satirizes

He satirized the corruption in society during the Gilded Age

in his novel

Carpetbaggers from the North would come to the South and capitalize on the Southerner’s ignorance and make money

off of them

Examples of Corruption in Huck Finn

“I says to myself, shall I go to that doctor, private, and blow on these frauds? No-- that won’t do. He might tell who told him; then the king and the duke

would make it warm for me” (176)

This describes Huck being intimidated by the Carpetbaggers who stood for corruption

“ The duke says yes. Then there was a fine time. Everybody sings out, sold,

and rose up mad, and was a-going for that stage and them tragedies.” (152)

•This describes when the duke and dauphin rip the people off

Cont.

Cont.

“The duke and the king begun to lay out a plan for working them towns” (157)

This shows how the duke and king are planning to trick

people out of their money

“Well, if ever I struck anything like it, I’m a nigger. It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.” (163)

This is describing when Huck realized what the duke and dauphin were trying to doing to the Wilkes

Cont.

“ Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.” (231)

This is Huck describing how cruel the carpetbaggers were

CONT.

Cont. “ Them rapscallions took in four

hundred and sixty-five dollars in that three nights.” (153)

This shows how much money the duke and dauphin were taking from people

CORRUPTION IN SPORTS TODAY

NFL

NCAAB

NCAAF

NBA

Corruption in NFL

The league wants to increase the amount of regular season games to 18 to make more money

This would seriously increase the amount of injuries to players in the league

The league only cares about making money not player safety

Corruption in NBA

NBA ref Tim Donaghy was arrested for betting on NBA games

He says that the NBA routinely instructed its referees to alter the outcomes of its games. Or, to put it more simply the NBA is fixed

Corruption in NCAAB

Jim Calhoun, UCONN’s mens basketball coach, spent more than $6,000 in improper recruiting inducements

He had impermissible phone calls and text messages to prospective student-athletes.

Cam Newton was recruited by Miss. State and Auburn and Cam Newton’s father asked for $250,000 from Miss. State for Cam to play there, which is against the NCAA policy

Cam went on to play at Auburn and Miss. State complained about how Cecil Newton had asked for money and the NCAA confirmed it through an investigation

Corruption in NCAAF

The social issue of corruption within society never really improved because we can see it today in modern sports

The issue of corruption will never really be eradicated because people will always want money and that will cause corruption

Summary