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Huckleberry Finn’s free spirit and picaresque attitude conflict with society and the civilization of the old south. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain utilizes the adventures of the free-spirited Huckleberry and his friend, Jim, a runaway slave, to expose the hypocrisies of pre Civil War society in the deep south. Huck’s free will and indifference to civilized society allows the reader to see the problems of society. ... Twain satirizes aspects of the society such as accepted customs and beliefs, slavery and racism, and organized religion. Meanwhile, Huck lives a moral life because he has an open mind and a conscience that is not corrupted by society. ... From the beginning of the novel, Huck wants to resist conforming to society: “The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me…I got into my old rags and my sugar hogshead again, and was free and satisfied” (1). ... One begins to see corruption of society as Huck is put back into custody with his drunken father who beats him. ... Twain is illustrating that society (the crowd) can act just as inhumanely as the criminals. ... Through this passage Twain satirically implies that society, like the boys, will often accept a custom or belief to be true when it is actually wrong. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck describes the problems of society’s customs and beliefs.
Approximate Word count = 1105
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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