The extract describes a boy named Jacob Blivens, who is always perfect, unlike other normal boys, who are quite the opposite. In the story Mark Twain ridicules the accepted norms and institutions of the society as he discusses the qualities of Jacob Blivens and tells his tale.
     Jacob is so ‘good’, because he loves to read the Sunday school books, and is fascinated by the good little boys portrayed in the books, he believes they existed and he idealizes them thinking will meet one of them.

     The main idea of the story is to turn conventional wisdom on its ear as the good little boy gets destroyed. The story teaches us to be own self in different situations and to be honest, especially with our dreams and believes, to have own ideas and thoughts in life.