The great American writer Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, once stated, "Independence... is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes" (Schmidt). Twain portrays many of his beliefs and attitudes of life and society among his many compositions, particularly within one of his most influential novels-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Throughout this narrative, the concept of resisting the biased and hypocritical morale of society is recurring, being illustrated through the central character, Huckleberry Finn. The story principally circulates around bildungsroman-the moral development and independence of a male character through understanding life and society's significance, in addition to the adventures he undergoes, supported with the guidance and encouragement of an insightful adviser. Huck established his moral and autonomous institutions through his intellectual development, constantly questioning his inner values and conscience, while observing the disposition of Jim, a fugitive slave behaving as an ethical standard for Huck to examine. Culturally speaking, maturation generally entails development of the adolescent through experience and instruction; in relation to bildungsroman, Huckleberry Finn mentally and psychologically blossoms via societal observations of white prejudice over blacks, differentiation between right and wrong, as well as through the simple yet principled beliefs and support embodied within Jim.
             Huck's premature judgments are principally molded and manipulated with the influences of the surrounding culture, particularly its position on slavery. To facilitate the examination of society's effect on Huck, it is plausible to observe his yielding behavior, particularly in relation to Tom. Even from the story's opening, the infantile Huck is depicted as an admirer and follower of his comrade, ...