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Portrait of A Rebel
Smart and efficient, but uncivilized in manner and habit; ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed, but a good a heart as ever any boy had; this is Huck Finn, a young boy that seeks to run away from home and flee his life. Throughout American Literature, the 'bad boy' or rebel has fascinated readers. American society flocks typically toward specific characters in literature based on their actions and characters. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck Finn is the perfect example of such a rebel.
At first blush Huck Finn seems like an incorrigible youth of the period. In his first appearance in the novel, he is sneaking out of his window. (3) Huck is also caught in a mess of lies throughout the novel. For example Huck is caught pretending to be a girl. "Oh, yes'm, I did. Sarah Mary Williams. Sarah's my first name. Some calls me Sarah, some calls me Mary." (44) Huck feels ambivalent toward the idea of "civilization." Huck's view of civilization......

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