", or stay with his father and be beaten. To become "sivilized" would require schooling, Huck would have to learn proper etiquette, the "three R's", study the bible, and go to church. Early in the story, Huck declares his distaste for religion when he discovers that Moses was dead, "so then I didn't care no more about him; because I don't take no stock in dead people."(pg. 4). Also, when he was staying with the widow, Huck often complained of being lonely.
             When Huck was taken by his father to the log cabin, in some ways he was happier. The absence of forced study, tablecloths, starched clothes, and manners comforted the country boy. He enjoyed the hunting and fishing, Huck enjoyed the freedom of the outdoors. Despite the fact that his drunken father probably didn't make for very good conversation, and the fact that Huck was locked in the cabin alone for sometimes days at a time, there is less mention of him feeling lonely. But the thing that finally drove Huck off was the murder a
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