Huckleberry Finn, Huck's Strug
In the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck must fight against many influences to make his own decisions and be an individual. He struggle against society and his conscience to love and help free Jim without guilt, and stay free and uncivilized. The world that is constantly trying to make him "everybody else" is both society as a whole as well as Miss Watson, Pap, Tom Sawyer, and his own conscience. Miss Watson tries to get Huck to abandon himself, his uncivilized ways, to live the live of a civilized boy and learn religion. Pap also creates a great deal of negative influence on Huck, including his racist views, drunkenness, and physical abuse. Tom Sawyer lives in a fantasy world of adventure and is always trying to get Huck to play along. Tom gets him to join "Tom Sawyer's Band of Robbers" and live out immaculate fantasies. Another force Huck must deal with is his own conscience that is constantly making him feel guilty and bad. His conscience has been molded by society and holds many beliefs of his time period including racism and the belief that blacks are property. I believe that Huckleberry is successful in being nobody-but-himself. When Huck is living with Miss Watson and being taught religion he learns ab
I believe Huck's success in staying true to himself I believe is due to the fact that he is willing to accept the consequences for rejecting society and finds it more comfortable doing so then becoming a civilized boy as miss Watson tries to make him. Another reason is that Huck already thinks of himself as a bad boy and therefore has the attitude; I'm already bad so I might as well not try and change. Huck makes a comment that it is not his fault that he is bad because he wasn't raised to be good. The friendship that develops between Huck and Jim is the most important influence that keeps Huck from becoming everybody else. He decides not to believe in the common belief that all blacks are property and sees Jim as a real person, as his friend. Jim is the only character in the novel that doesn't try to change Huck and really truly cares for him. This is what encourages Huck to make the right decision in helping Jim seek his freedom. There is one person, Tom Sawyer, that he does have a hard time standing up against even after he seems to have made the choice to be himself and follow his heart at all costs. In the end of the novel during Jim's escape from the Phelps's Huck goes along with Tom's elaborate plan to free Jim even though a much simpler and safer way is possible. I believe that this shows a weak side of Huck in his ability to stand up to others. During the final chapters Huck only reveals his true feelings about the ex
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Approximate Word count = 974
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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