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Examples Of Huckleberry Finn Final Project

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Huckleberry Finn Final Project Choice #2 Throughout the exciting escapades in the story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the conflicts and complements between individuals and society are constantly shown in the book especially when dealing with matters of conscience and personal principles of right or wrong. The author, Mark Twain, shows his point of view on these uncertainties by developing an internal struggle in the main character Huckleberry Finn to help give the reader a better idea of his own morals. Huck starts with, and develops, a lot of conflicts in the book about either trusting the standard from society or trusting himself. After Huck has been traveling with Jim for a while, Huck is thinking about sending Miss …show more content…

The townsfolk are society and all think they should torture the two criminals who are the individuals; the society doesn’t give any just privileges to the individuals like the right to an unbiased jury in a court. Although in this particular case, society was doing what seems right, the important part of this is they didn’t give the individuals the ability to defend themselves and instead continued with what they thought was right. The last part of the story showing conflict is after Jim is captured by Tom’s aunt and Uncle to be sold back to his “rightful owner”, Huck asks for Tom’s help in devising a plan to rescue Jim before they sell him back to Miss Watson. Tom, being his stereotypical privileged child from the time period, creates an extravagant and very intricate plan that causes unnecessary hardship for Huck, Jim, and even Tom by constantly putting them in too much possible danger. This example from the text shows conflict between individuals. Tom could represent society because in this passage, he is preventing Jim from being free (for different …show more content…

In the beginning of the story, Huck runs away from Pap and runs into Jim. The two decide to work together to escape the town. Huck and Jim complement each other because they both are willing to work together to benefit both of them in the end. This part of the story is an example of two individuals complementing each other; they both have a common goal of getting as far away as possible from the town they start in and both can’t do it alone. Their unique and different skills complement each other very well and they become a great team. Jim also helps Huck to start trusting his own sense of morals and is the catalyst for Huck’s uncertainty between society’s rules or his. The next example takes place A short while after Huck and Jim meet up with each other towards the beginning of the book, they start talking about going to the North. When they are talking, it becomes evident that they find the North to be a perfect place where anyone can be free and do anything they want to with a perfect society that won’t oppress your views. This shows how society in the north complements Huck and Jim by acting as the quintessence of all they ever wanted: freedom. Huck and Jim perceive the north as a perfect place with no slavery or strict society. Their perception of northern society is an example of a society working with Huck and Jim’s beliefs, even if the real North at that time

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