Themes (3 major themes identified & significance explained):
1. Maturation through what you believe to be right and not what society tells you
Huck goes through numerous adventures and incidents before he matures, and as those incidents occur he makes realizations about himself, those around him, and about society in general. Huck has a good conscience, however his society does everything it possibly can to hinder his ability to think in any way that is different to what they deem to be correct. Huck faces a major internal conflict when he realizes that he should turn in Jim because that is what his society would wish for him to do, however he also listens to his own judgement and quickly realizes that to turn him in would be wrong, …show more content…
Huck has a sincere sense of emotion towards the environment around him which is why on occasion he decides to sleep outside and be one with nature rather than surround himself with material objects that do not truly affect him. Twain effectively demonstrates how morality is natural to people and that it is actually society that corrupts man. Huck refuses to conform to society’s ideals for the most part and that results in him having a different perspective that allows him to remain moral and prevents him from becoming a product of his …show more content…
Huck recognize that Jim misses his family and feels for him, however because he still partially has a mindset of a teenager raised during the Antebellum era, he thinks that because Jim is missing his family, h must be white on the inside. Huck compares Jim to a white person and agrees that they are both similar to each other in that way. Huck thinks Jim is a good man and this exemplifies how Huck is growing as a character and is now capable of having a deeper understanding as to why people act in the manner that they
1. Maturation through what you believe to be right and not what society tells you
Huck goes through numerous adventures and incidents before he matures, and as those incidents occur he makes realizations about himself, those around him, and about society in general. Huck has a good conscience, however his society does everything it possibly can to hinder his ability to think in any way that is different to what they deem to be correct. Huck faces a major internal conflict when he realizes that he should turn in Jim because that is what his society would wish for him to do, however he also listens to his own judgement and quickly realizes that to turn him in would be wrong, …show more content…
Huck has a sincere sense of emotion towards the environment around him which is why on occasion he decides to sleep outside and be one with nature rather than surround himself with material objects that do not truly affect him. Twain effectively demonstrates how morality is natural to people and that it is actually society that corrupts man. Huck refuses to conform to society’s ideals for the most part and that results in him having a different perspective that allows him to remain moral and prevents him from becoming a product of his …show more content…
Huck recognize that Jim misses his family and feels for him, however because he still partially has a mindset of a teenager raised during the Antebellum era, he thinks that because Jim is missing his family, h must be white on the inside. Huck compares Jim to a white person and agrees that they are both similar to each other in that way. Huck thinks Jim is a good man and this exemplifies how Huck is growing as a character and is now capable of having a deeper understanding as to why people act in the manner that they