Naturalism In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain is the author of the novel “ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The main character in this novel is Huck Finn. Huck Finn is a character who both uses his instinct and his environment around him to make decisions. Huck has many struggles in the novel with his abusive father, miss Watson trying to civilize him with strict rules, and most importantly, helping his friend Jim, a runaway slave that 's wanted with a “reward out for him –three hundred dollars.” With all the struggles Huck goes through it makes it hard for him to be in control of his destiny. Huck doesn 't really get to choose his destiny because of the many loopholes in his life.
Huck Finn is portrayed as a naturalist in many ways. However, the most accurate way Huck presents himself as a naturalist is through his instincts. Huck is a natural liar. To Huck lying is second nature. In the beginning of the novel Huck doesn’t really have anyone educated to take care of him. The one person he had was his abusive father in which he 's better off without is his drunk Huck doesn 't think much of this and just relies on his instincts to get him through life. Huck chooses to follow his central sense of right and wrong but, the actions Huck 's instincts lead him to isn 't really accepted to by society. In chapter 11 Huck and jim, a runaway slave realize that they need to go to town to try finding some news of what the town is saying about them.Huck pretends …show more content…
However, some say its strong use of satire and Mark Twain 's excellence at showing the readers the flaws of this world with slavery, racism, and hypocrisy is something they’d prefer hidden. Many may say that Huck is not at most a naturalist and a realist as he has a bit of all philosophies. Who Huck is to most would be a naturalist and a realist as he is in no control of his