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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The conflict between society and the individual is a very important
theme portrayed throughout Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn. Many people see Huckleberry Finn as a mischievous boy who is a bad
influence to others. Huck is not raised in agreement with the accepted ways
of civilization. He practically raises himself, relying on instinct to guide him
through life. As seen several times in the novel, Huck chooses to follow his
innate sense of right, yet he does not realize that his own instincts are more
right than those of society.

Society refuses to accept Huck as he is and isn't going to change its
opinions about him until he is reformed and civilized. The Widow Douglas
and 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 twelve
years of his life and force him to become their stereotypical good boy.
However,......

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