Huckleberry Finn lived in a society where the color of a person's skin determined the result of one's life. Throughout history, society has dictated man's rights to how one must act, look, believe, do, etc. Huck also understands that being free means that he can live his own life, by his own rules, and not worry about how he looks, talks, or acts. Huck expresses how he prefers to leave to a "bad place" than to spend himself trapped with the Widow's teachings. All I wanted was to go somewheres all I wanted was a change, I warnt particular. She got mad then, but I didnt mean no harm. Near the beginning of the book, Huck argues, "Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there. Being bound to the Widow does not allow him to express his personality, but steer him away from it instead. Huckleberry's drive for freedom pushes him away from the Widow, and more towards himself. However, the reader is quick to realize that Huck is an independent and adventurous person. Shadowed by the Widow, Huck is "sivilized" into being well conformed and polite.
Mark Twain introduces the protagonist of the novel, Huckleberry Finn, as an uneducated, wild, and independent child. The book and character, Huckleberry Finn, face many struggles with freedom such as his need to become free from the Widow's confinement, the choice of society or himself, and a debate of whether the book should be banned or not due to the choice of words Mark Twain uses. Slavery is a part of the sinful history of America, which in turn, inspired authors such as Mark Twain to write novels like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. However, the dark side of the thought is shown as well. Authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson demonstrate true American pride when writing. Freedom is Americas greatest attribute and characteristic, nevertheless, one can debate whether or not the idea has always been present in the country.
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