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complex meaning. The above quote was taken from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the thirty-first chapter. Huck's words in this quote illustrate and directly relate with how modern man copes with what Mark Twain termed the “inescapable dilemma of Democracy.� In the novel, Huck is faced with the dilemma of whether or not to return Jim, the runaway slave, back to Jim’s owner. He, at an early age, is faced with the decision that has plagued man for ages: choosing what is morally right, even though it is forbidden in society and popular culture. He goes against the fold and goes with what his heart tells him. Huck's predicament is Twain’s “inescapable dilemma.� In an essay by Roger Rosenblatt, entitled “The Bill of Rights, Rosenblatt ends his essay with a single line: “Downriver we ride together, as ever, free to go to hell.� Rosenblatt’s final line in his essay makes an important point. It is not just Huck who is faced with decisions. Huckleberry......

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