The Uncivilised Upbringing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an original American coming of age story. A boy named Huck befriends a black man in the antebellum United States and travels with him down the Mississippi river, both making an attempt to escape their past lives. On his journey Huck goes from being a naive country boy to a young man who understands and is disgusted of human nature and society. He becomes knowledgeable of society without ever truly having a formal education
conscience to make many different decisions in their lives. In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck becomes closer to Jim, and Huck has to make decisions to save Jims life. In the story, Huck goes against his conscience, and society, to do what he believes is morally correct. Albert Einstein once said, to “Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.” Huck is a great example of someone who does not conform to society, and what he believes his conscience is telling
For a teacher to disregard The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain out of bashfulness is a shame. This novel follows the adventures of a young boy named Huck, and a runaway fugitive slave he befriends named Jim. The two journey up the Mississippi river on a raft and acquire many obstacles that bring them closer together while they learn numerous lessons through the end. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn novel should be read by Holy Names students despite the notorious problem of the use