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Huckleberry Finn Book Report
Will Mullin
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Huck's Internal Battle

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Samuel L. Clemens, who is also

known by his pen name Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was Twain's first book

relating to adventure stories for boys. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn stars Tom Sawyers

comrade, Huck. Huck is rough around the edges but a real good kid and softy at heart. Huck had

good morals despite all his lies and sometimes cruel jokes and tries to do the right thing.

Throughout the story Huckleberry Finn has an internal battle with racism and whether his morals

or those imposed upon him by society are the right to follow. Huck is a victim of his time and

influences.

Huck is a rebel always defying and opposing authority throughout the book and his

constant need to break his restrictions and be truly free would be preferable. "She put me in new

clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing… and feel all cramped up (12). Clothing are used to try

and civilize Huck but this makes him feel restricted and he would rather not conform to what

society believes correct. "I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally

she is going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it" (283). Huck feels that in order to

flee society he must move out west alone. "I been there before"(283). Huck's quest to escape

civilizations grasp is an one going one. What is interesting is that he despises society yet society

admires him and he is the ideal "lone ranger".

In this point in time black's were not viewed as equals by the whites and were some times

they were convinced that they were truly of a lower class which could explain Jim putting up

with Tom's ridiculous plans for so long. "There's ben a dozen a-helpin' that nigger, ‘n' I lay I'd

skin every last nigger on this place but I'd find out who done it, s'I;

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