Huck Finn Contrast Paper
"Life is dilemmas, life is a chance. You feel free and also tense." This line of Yuliya Gutman's "Get Through the Day" explains it. There is a line that divides society and the individual. It separates moral and social conformity from complete individuality. Within that line, the moral standards of society are set. But when the heart of the individual says society is wrong, conflict arises. Society is a corrupt system that the individual, or free thinker, is at constant battle with. In Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the struggle of the individual versus society is an idea that is expressed through Huck's struggle against the corruption and moral shortcomings of society. The people that Huck meets on his journey represent society. Twain used Huck to represent the individual, whereas Pap, the king, and the duke represented society. Society treated Jim as it thought of him, as property. "... Some of them wanted to hang Jim for an example to all the other niggers around there, so they wouldn't run away like Jim done." This was an example of how society felt towards blacks. As a whole, people felt them to be property and nothing else, therefore runaway slaves were conside
Throughout the novel, Huck held his innocence. "They can't collect money for the niggers yet-" When the king and the duke deceived the grieving Wilks family, they sold the Wilks's slaves. "I thought if I was in Cairo, I would die of miserableness. Huck saw! past the bitterness of society. Huck's friendship conflicted with the laws of society. The cruelty of society was represented through Pap and the duke and king, while the compassion of the individual was represented through Huck. " After Huck played a trick on Jim, he felt really bad because he hurt Jim's feelings. Twain used Huck to represent the individual, who was not as corrupt as society. Huck was a very caring and sincere person to Mary Jane and told her that she was not part of the corruption. "He chased me around, calling me the Angel of Death. Pap hated blacks and thought they were only property. Pap obviously was a cruel person in society. Pap was also very cruel and thoughtless. When the family is torn apart, they still only care about themselves, and their money. " When Pap beat Huck, Huck did not fight back, he only pleaded for mercy.
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