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The conflict between society and the individual is a very importanttheme portrayed throughout Mark Twain's The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn. Many people see Huckleberry Finn as a mischievous boy who is a badinfluence to others. Huck is not raised in agreement with the accepted waysof civilization. He practically raises himself, relying on instinct to guide himthrough life. As seen several times in the novel, Huck chooses to follow hisinnate sense of right, yet he does not realize that his own instincts are moreright than those of society. Society refuses to accept Huck as he is and isn't going to change itsopinions about him until he is reformed and civilized. The Widow Douglasand Miss Watson try to "sivilize" Huck by making him stop all of his habits,such as smoking. They try to reverse all of his teachings from the first twelveyears of his life and force him to become their stereotypical good boy. However, from the very beginning of the novel, Huck clearly states that hedoes not want to conform to society. "The Widow Douglas she took me forher son, and allowed she would sivilize me...I got into my old rags and mysugar hogshead again, and was free and satisfied." (page 1) Huck says thisshortly after he begins living with the Widow Douglas because it is rough forhim to be confined to a house and the strict rules of the Widow Douglas. Huck's father, a dirty and dishonest drunk, was also a problem. Hewas so angry that his son could read, that he severely beat him and thenforced him to stay in a secluded cabin. Huck then devises a plan to escapeand heads down river were he teams up with Jim, a runaway slave. The theme becomes even more evident once Huck and Jim set outdown the Mississippi. As they run from civilization and are on the river, theyponder the social injustices forced upon them when they are on land. Theriver never cares how saintly they are, how rich they are, or what societythinks of them. The river allows Huck the one thing that Huck wants to be,and that is Huck. Huck enjoys his adventures on the raft. He prefers thefreedom of the wilderness to the restriction of society. Also, Huck's acceptance of Jim is a total defiance of society. Societyautomatically sees a black person, and even further, slaves, as inferior. Theynever think of slaves as human beings, only as property. A slave, such asJim, could be the nicest, most caring person you have ever met, but since heis a slave he is presumed incapable of such things. Ironically, Huck believeshe is committing a sin by going against society and protecting Jim. In Chapter sixteen, we see, perhaps, the most inhumane action ofsociety. Huck meets some men looking for runaway slaves, and so he comesup with a story about his father being on the raft with small pox. The menfear catching this disease and instead of rescuing him, they give Huck moneyand advise him not to let it be known of his father's sickness when seekinghelp. These men are not hesitant to hunt slaves, yet they refuse to help a sickman. This is contrasted to Huck's guilt felt for protecting Jim when heactually did a morally just action. Huck's acceptance for his love for Jim is shown in Chapter thirty-one. Huck writes a letter to Miss Watson to return Jim, yet he ends up ripping theletter and wishes to free Jim. "'All right, then, I'll go to hell'-and he tore itup." (page 214) Here, we see that Huck concludes that he is evil, and thatsociety has been right all along. The ending is perhaps most disappointing because it seems as thoughthrough all the situations that Huck is growing up and accepting his innateideas of right, when in fact he hasn't grown at all. In the last chapter aftereverything has been cleared up and set straight, Aunt Sally wishes to adoptHuck and unfortunately, Huck is against that idea. "But I reckon I got tolight out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going toadopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before." (page294) In Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry, Huck findshimself living in a society that doesn't fit him. Huck is considered anuneducated backwards boy, constantly under pressure to conform to the"humanized" surroundings of society. Everywhere he looks there are peoplewho value things that he sees as meaningless. Huck feels trapped and beginshis journey, with Jim, down the river in an effort to find someone or someplace that will bring him happiness. Huck and Jim's adventures give us achance to examine the society they live in. The conflict between society andthe individual is one of the most important themes of this novel. Throughoutthe story we learn that Huck functions as a more noble person when he is notconfined by the hypocrisies of civilization.
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