Huck Finn

A transcendentalist is a person who believes people should learns things for themselves rather than just accept things the way they are. Mark Twain is known for his transcendentalist perspective, and it shows through in the character, Huckleberry Finn. The conflict between society and the individual is a theme portrayed throughout Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck was not raised in accord with the accepted ways of civilization. He practically raises himself, relying on instinct to guide him through life. As portrayed several times in the novel, Huck chooses to follow his innate sense of right, but he does not realize that his own instincts are more morally correct than those of society.

When Huck crosses paths with Jim, he sees him as an equal; “ I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn’t lonesome now.” Being this concerned for a slave was a shunned idea and it took a lot of

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” Here, we see society has tainted Huck’s conscience so that he believe he will go to hell for freeing a slave. ” Yet he looked up to him because he knew so much. “‘All right, then, I'll go to hell’-- and he tore it up.

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. Though today, equal rights seems like a simple concept, Huck’s society told him that whites were superior and to free a slave is theft.

Huck acts as a much nobler person when he is not confined by the hypocrisies of civilization.

Of all the people trying to change Huck, the one who was most effective was Tom Sawyer. Tom was the one person Huck couldn’t force himself to contradict. Huck never thought he could do anything well without Tom. Huck even agreed to, “robbery and murder,” so he could hang out with Tom. He almost always goes his own way, makes up his own mind, and lives by his own standards. ” In chapter sixteen, Huck complains how his “conscience” caused him to help Jim. From the beginning of the story we see his instinct come into play and how it affects his decisions throughout the story.

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