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Huck Finn

Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a coming of age story in which a young boy breaks away from society’s moral restrictions and gains the freedom to make his own decisions. Mark Twain portrays Huck as being a boy who, yet is uneducated, makes moral decisions that exceed most of the people of his area. Huckleberry Finn is a boy who is uncivilized. Huck is constantly creating trouble for himself by not following social guidelines. Huck Finn has an internal conflict between what society tells him is right and what he himself believes to be right. Huck decides to follow his heart and free himself from guilt.
Huck Finn is a boy who enjoys being in his natural state and resists living in a culture governed by rules and regulations. At the beginning of the novel Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas attempt to civilize Huck Finn. Miss Watson teaches Huck the Bible and tries to teach Huck to differ between what society believes to be right and wrong. Huck’s ...

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